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...but there is no way that Shaquille
O'Neal should even be considered for the
NBA's MVP award. His performance is
nowhere near that of David Robinson's,
Hakeem Olajuwon's, Patrick Ewing's or
Charles Barkley's.
I thought that I was the only person in
the entire world that had not been caught
up in the SHAQ-FU mania until yesterday
when I was talking to one of my brothers
in the gorge (not the Wintergarden Cafe,
the GORGE! GORGE! GORGE!) and he
brought up an interesting point: How can
Shaq be considered for the MVP when his
team will not give him the ball in a close
game at crunch time?
Lack
consitency
hurts team
Subdued coach disappointed
by performance
by Brian Stadler
Collegian Staff
As the baseball season
continues, the Behrend Lions
struggle to find the one thing that
they lack: consistency.
The struggle continued this past
Saturday as Behrend fell in both
games of a double-header to
SUNY-Fredonia, by scores of 3-1
and 9-0.
In the closely played rust game,
the Lions did not take advantage
of SUNY-Fredonia's mistakes.
Behrend also did not take
advantage of a well pitched game
from Greg Gapen.
A disappointed Quinn McGuire
expressed his opinion about the
team's performance.
"The opportunities were there,
we should have taken advantage
of their mistakes and won but we
didn't."
The Lions didn't have much
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time to think about the first loss
as the second game was much the
same but worse.
Behrend finished the second
game on the wrong side of a 9-0
count. With the loss, Behrend
fell to 5-11 for the season.
A somewhat subdued Coach Dan
Perritano felt disappointed about
his team's performance.
"We need to improve defensively
very much and our hitting needs
to come around. We need to
collectively play better baseball
as a team," explained Perritano.
McGuire agreed with his coach's
comments.
"We are not hitting or playing
well defensively. We're
struggling to do anything," stated
McGuire.
The Lions hope to get things
going on the plus side with
games against Grove City and
Washington and Jefferson. All
games are weather permitting.
The Colle
affordable.
Shaq is shooting only 54% from the
free throw line. This is not only the
lowest percentage on the Magic, but you
would be hard-pressed to find 15 or 20
other players in the NBA that toss up
more bricks from the line than the
"Almighty Shaq."
I admit that Shaq is an intimidating
force in the paint and has improved both
his defensive and ball-handling skills, but
I think that it is a travesty that he is
getting so much attention from the press.
Another reason that Shaq does not
deserve the honor of MVP is that he is
surrounded by a better cast than any other
superstar. I am under the opinion that the
Sports
inion. . .
MVP should not just be the best person
on the best team, but should be the player
that has the greatest impact on a team's
success.
If you judge an MVP on those standards
than two players rise to the top: "The
Admiral" David Robinson and "Sir"
Charles Barkley.
Robinson's Spurs and Barkley's Suns
have continued to play exceptional
basketball after losing a significant
member of their team.
The Suns are leading the Pacific
Division even though all-star forward
Danny Manning tore his anterior cruciate
ligament right before the all-star break and
Collegian File Photo
Swinging for the fences: Due to the bad weather Coach Dan Perritano and the Lions
have not been able to take the field for recent games. They will try again on Saturday as they
host Washington and Jefferson.
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will not play until next season.
Since Manning's injury, Barkley has
averaged 27 points a game and has been
their emotional leader.
The Spurs lost the NBA's most talented
rebounder Dennis "The Worm" Rodman
for 2-4 weeks when Rodman lost a
confrontation with the pavement after
falling off of his Harley.
Instead of coming up weak in the
middle, the Spurs pulled together and
reeled off 15 straight wins before losing to
the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday
night.
Sorry Shaq, you may have a big thirst,
but you don't deserve to drink from the
NBA's MVP trophy this year.
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Thursday, Aprill3 , 1995