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Matmen Lose To Davis
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by Gary Rubin
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| When a man isn't performing up to his capabilities in athletic competition, it sometimes makes for a difficult
decision on the part of the coach. |
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| Should he leave that man in, despite the apparent lack of effort, or should he replace him right then and there... |
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| That was SJS wrestling coach Terry Kerr's dilemma in Wednesday night's UC Davis meet. |
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| Kerr chose rather drastic action at the meet, pulling the squad's 150-pounder for lack of effort, after consulting
with assistant coach Russ Camilleri. SJS forfeited the match in the four point loss to Davis. |
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| "It was a tough decision for us to come to," said Kerr, who preferred not to identify the Spartan grappler.
"It was obvious throughout the first two sets that he wasn't putting out 100 percent effort. That's contrary
to our coaching policy." |
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| "After we pulled him, we had a talk with him and his attitude changed quite a bit," Kerr noted. |
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| The rest of the Spartan team, trying to win without two of their top performers, gave Davis a hard time, before
losing 22-18. |
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| SJS was without the services of Steve Baca, suffering from a broken nose that has impeding his breathing, and Tim
Kerr, by a leg infection that has spread throughout his whole system. |
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| The Spartans have one match left before a two-week hiatus because of finals. They meet Stanford at Palo Alto tomorrow
night. |
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| "Stanford has a new coach and although they don't have an outstanding team, they come up with a lot of people
due to scholarships and an influx of junior colleges transfers," Kerr explained. |
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| After Stanford, the grapplers will "wrestle" with finals and have their next match on Jan. 21 against
Oregon College at Arcata. |
