Thursday, October 18,1990
New attitud
Coach Guilliams has baseball program back on track
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The Collegian
Attitude. It's a simple word, but it's
tough to change in most people.
New Behrend Baseball Coach Greg
Guilliams is attempting to change is
team's attitude, which was 4-22 last year
under former Coach Michael Bad.
Guilliarns said that the essence of his
program is to promcte confidence.
"The key to performance is physical
relaxation and mental concentration.
Your philosophy is more important
than your personnel, because your
personnel changes while your
philosophy doesn't."
According to past and present
players, and also opposing coaches,
Bari's program is very different from the
new one that has been installed at
Behrend under Guilliams.
For shortstop Peter Zulick, his
feelings on the subject of Bari's program
versus Guilliam's program are quite
clear.
"Bari had a lot to do with me not
playing last year," said Zulick. "A lot of
other people thought of Bari the same
way I did."
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Zulick continued to say that "Bari
had no pattern in the way he did things.
If we won, we won. If not, no big deal."
This attitude, says the shortstop, is
starting to turn around this year.
"Under Bari the team was
lackadaisical, but under Guilliams,
everyone on the team knows what the
coach wants, which is to win. I think
"Behrend is a sleeping giant. He (Behrend Coach
Greg Guilliams) brings back a new interest in the
program. The (Behrend) players are responding to the
new coaching change with enthusiasm and a new
confidence."
this year that (lackadaisical attitude) will
definitely change and there will be a
good turnaround," said Zulick.
Zulick is not the only one to see a
difference in the Behrend squad this year.
The head coach for the Allegheny
Gators, Rick Creehan, took notice when
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Behrend swept a home double-header
with, Allegheny on Oct. 7 by the
identical scores of 2-1.
"They made no mistakes," said an
impressed Creehan. "Behrend is a
sleeping giant."
As for the rest of the Allegheny
College ball club, team captain Jack
Mosier said after playing Behrend, "It's
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Allegheny Baseball Coach
the best coached Behrend team I have
ever seen."
Last Spring when Behrend played
Allegheny, it was the Gators who came
up the victors by a 10-2 margin.
According to Creehan, Guilliams arrival
is part of the reason for the
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improvement in the team.
"He (Guilliams) brings back a new
interest in the program." said the Gatcu's
skipper. "I know that he comes from
Eastern Kentucky and his background in
baseball is solid.
Creehan also pointed out that the
players have adjusted well to a new
coaching staff.
Crechan said: "The (Behiend) players
are responding to the new coaching
change with enthusiasm and a new
confidence."
On a personal level, Coach Creehan
said: "I welcome the challenge to coach
against a quality coach like Greg. You
only get better playing better people."
What the upcoming Spring season
will hold for the Lions is unpredictable.
But no matter what the outcome,
Guilliams' philosophy would remain the
same.
When asked about the Spring season
Coach Guilliams said: "We're going to
improve. And the reason we're going to
improve is because we're going to build
confidence. You build confidence by
encouragement and preparation, and we
will do just that. Therefore, we will be
highly skilled and motivated."
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