Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press sports Section Julian Rachey 6977285 c1 july 1995 v a Kyj inv Egirt firn work of Saft visit last Safiano j t away snowed 10oobm Benin plan meetings and to Cal Firth eat break chm Garne plan Tor i 4 4 i 4 a i i f f f i prepare wristbands for containing play mom watch firn with prepare Call sheets prewar re meet with Media to discuss to hotel rest Board bus for memorial Sta prospective running Back from Kickoff to but kicking by Midnight flight departs Baltinis Reoh f arrive if Spalti is Koo arrive feeding bottle to six Eskold Daugh Ter embed Kellys old does daa review Baltimore tape info into noon Analyse computer prepare scouting film session with handout san Antonio scouting report and watch personnel meeting involve Quick workout to revive and Kelly directs the bomber offence during a workout at the stadium Kelly greets writ Ingouf game v head to met wow administer eat breakfast with at write out practice do Winnipeg play 4 i f it 1100 finalize game enter data into plan attend personnel with review game plan with res and More film on san Antonio practice review assignments with several take Quick look at practice p Shower and head no Letterman its time for 700 Good arrive at meet with receiver Fred quarterback running backs and receivers join with workout and prepare wrist bands with play lists and Call fire up Barbecue and devote rest of evening to Patti and the beleaguered Blue bombers staff running on fumes coach work never ends by Dave sup eve sports reporter the fatigue creeps through the body and a Yawn tries to Force its Way Mike Kelly wont refusing to let the weariness show or the Yawn in embarrassed if i Yawn in a meet said offensive coordinator of the Winnipeg Blue i dont Ever want the players to think in tired or run Kelly and everyone on the Winnipeg coaching staff is running strictly on fumes these tonight at the bombers play their second game in 97 when Kelly and the other coaches left their offices yesterday around each had spent about 50 of the preceding 72 hours its very quiet in Here at at said Kelly of the coaching Wing in the bombers office were All All in our own for me theres a feel ing that i know almost everyone else is relaxing at watching the news and waiting for David Letterman to come Here i am trying to figure out what Pat terns to run against certain the reason coaches put in hours like this is so the players have some normalcy in their they cant feel like things Are especially when a team is los can be a lonely Many nights its just a Remote control and a meal after meal comes out of a a myriad of sandwiches and at least when a coach gets leftovers he gets a sense of what his family had for dinner the night in the Wacky scheduling ways of the Canadian football league most teams end up playing two games in four its happening to the bombers right now and it will occur again in however tight the assistant coaches must cram what is usually six Days of preparation into there is no overtime just a demand to make sure the team is in two Days in sunday and Kelly saw his two daughters for about five my lifestyle is said breakfast is our family in rarely Home to eat dinner with Mike and Patti Kelly have two Daugh Lindsey celebrates her second birth Day on Morgan was born june Kelly has a third daughter Jamie from a previous when game preparation time is its family time that the absolute worst thing is sometimes Kelly cant be Home for that when we first Check Lindsey blood sugar and that when we administer her said Kelly of his daughter who is its important to me to be there and be part of Kelly started getting ready for tonight game even before the bombers played their a 437 loss on saturday to the Baltimore its something Kelly never had experienced As a College where games with rare except seven Days while dozens of hours Are spent alone when games Are close there is Little Solitude for each bit of film sends multiple ideas through his his Only break from the football world comes during daily since Lindsey birth and a subsequent change in everyone diet and lifestyle in the Kelly Mike has lost about 11 out gives me some a time when i can think about things by said theres nobody else talking to me or asking i want to know what in saying to the 1995 season has been Long for Kelly and the the team has lost three of its first four games and the offence is ranked near the Bottom in numerous having to play two games in four Days Doest give a coach time to overhaul the As another Long work Day drags Kelly realizes that May not be so when games Are like this your players dont get As much time to look at film and study their said the 37year old you dont get a Chance to diversify your passing attack quite As in our situation right now were getting More Basic than we Are adding the intensity of the Long work Days shows in Kelly in curious one Indi cation is How Early he dips into the Mas Sive food filled with fruit and breakfast Patti prepares for at Kelly int scrounging around for a mid morning Hes looking for a every Day Kellys wife writes a message on the yesterdays read we All love l and it lets me know there there for said a Glisten appearing in his there my whole life outside this we have no family As far As blood relatives go we have no one within 13 hours of my brother in at Kelly shut the door to his office which looks out on the bombers practice the night before every Home game at least the summer games the Kelly clan plans a at that moment its almost like having a Normal at that Point you just Ive done everything i its in the players said fms in 9ne Home game and one Road game Duleff each of the 13 Eastern conference makes an 82game schedule that april b Matt the dal us hts Champion new Jersey devils make their Only appearance at the Arena Montreal solv visit of the year is St stretch of far in in in omy appearance at the Arena i i Montreal softly visit of the year is i the busiest stretch of the year is in of mix they play 16 including 10 on Type the there is also a Home stand in late by Fawber that has them playing five game Wiley play 16 including 10 m iffy i the there is also a Home stand in late is note Jober that has them playing five games at vhf Arena eight i Complete jets Lon drive vet uncork a 371yard Hole none by Rachel Bachman Paul Star Tribune Mir Titor a ridiculous h imagine walloping a Golf Ball 371 picture that drive ending in a that what happened saturday on the par4 fifth Hole at the links of Northfork in the Barry Hay of is a Veteran of Lon drive he was buying lunch for every links sales manager Tom Webber he was pretty exit Hay didst actually see the Ball go it disappeared Over a Hill and around the holes Dogleg to the after a Brief search of the area around the foursome player Dave Lapage found the Ball in the i thought it might have been my said Byron barrys so i was but it turned out it was Barry Hays first thought was that the people in the group ahead of his were playing a they for those who have web Ber offers this testimonial the Hole is definitely in a Small Guy and Ive reached the Green in one shot i dont have any doubts about according to Golf digest Maga the Odds of getting a Hole in one Are to the Over whelming majority come on par3 which Are generally Shorter than 200 in this Hay used his 200pound Frame to muscle the Ball nearly four football he works out with plays other sports five to six times a week and golfs Scott Taylor big Guys up front Are under the gun Miles Gorrell takes a philosophical approach to his new you work for somebody and you know the Boss is always Gorrell said with a Chuck right now my Boss wants me to play right guard instead of left it Doest matter what i in going to play right in an Effort to get some kind of spark into a dead Winnipeg Blue bombers head coach Cal Murphy has decided to shake things for tonight game at the stadium against the san Antonio Tex Murphy will replace running Back Mike Oliphant with Blaise put David Williams in at hideout and use Marcus Dowdell in place of Wade Hopkins at Slot for the fifth straight till be musical Murphy has now used at one time or another Shawn Rob Jamie Fred Dowdell and now Williams at Hes gone with Gerald Gerald Allan Matt hop Kins and now of running backs dont have Job Security in Winnipeg now that Bryant has been inserted into the Murphy has gone with four backs Keith Eric Mike Oliphant and now the Baisei so for those who would very much like to go to Bat for Mega maligned quarterback Sammy it could be argued that its hard to find any timing when the personnel changes so those Garza lovers will also Point to a few weaknesses along the offensive line As another Rea son for the bombers inability to score this season the offence has put up Only s3 Points in four Murphy Hopes Hes alleviated his blocking problems by moving Gorrell to right guard and putting David Black at left but Gorrell feels the problems go much deeper and dont necessarily belong to the troops in the a according to the we Haven played very Gor Rell said with a but i think we need a scheme that serves the purpose of our offensive were we can All move people out of the when your 1 running play is the quarterback it kind of suggests the line can move people off the i dont think were being asked to do the right what the huge bomber 0line is being asked to do almost exclusively is pass that because the bombers Are often Down by two touchdowns in the first Quarter and the running game has already been aban ill As a we Arent jelling and we had a meeting of just the 0line Guys on sunday to discuss Gorrell weve been looking in the Mir ror but you can Only do that so at some you come to the conclusion that you Arent being asked to do the right we have a huge but we Arent using a lot of those Murphy wont get into a Public discussion with his Veteran 0 lineman Over the the coach just grins and makes a we moved people around this week because we have to look at doing different Murphy dont know what Miles wants to but blocking people might zing this is a huge game for the if they go the eightball there already behind will be As big As a this is an even bigger game for the if the positional changes dont produce personnel changes will be ;