BEAUCHEMIN BATTLES ON : GLENDALE COACH REACHES MILESTONES.Byline: Dave Shelburne Daily News Staff Writer Brian Beauchemin isn't all that crazy about moral victories. He'd rather have the kind that actually count in the win column. But in 18 seasons as Glendale College basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
So far, he's got 308 of the for-real wins, having joined the 300 club with his first win this season. The total would be a lot closer to 400 if you throw in those moral decisions - like the time eventual runaway state champion Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Santiago needed overtime to edge Glendale in the 1990 regional final. ``Even though you're ahead, you're never out of the woods with them,'' said recently retired, 513-win coach Al Nordquist of Moorpark. `He gets a lot out of his players. I can think of games when we obviously had better talent and he gave us fits.'' Most seasons - this one included - that's the game plan with which the Vaqueros are stuck, like it or not. For much of Beauchemin's tenure, they have been the proverbial pro·ver·bi·al adj. 1. Of the nature of a proverb. 2. Expressed in a proverb. 3. Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous. gutty little Bruins of the Western State Conference, often outmanned and outsized out·size n. 1. An unusual size, especially a very large size. 2. A garment of unusual size. adj. also out·sized Unusually large, weighty, or extensive. Adj. 1. but seldom outworked. His 8-13 team showed that again last week in a six-point road loss to Cuesta cuesta (kwĕs`tə), asymmetric ridge characterized by a short, steep escarpment on one side, and a long, gentle slope on the other. The steep side exposes the edge of erosion-resistant rock layers that form the cuestas. , ranked 10th in the state. ``That game typifies our season,'' Beauchemin said. ``Their front line went 6-6, 6-6, 6-6, we've got three guys under 6-feet and a 6-4 and we have a chance to win. Our poor guys don't have any size, but they keep battling.'' Sophomore guard Carl Biel has been a big part of the battle, averaging a WSC-best 25.4 points - mostly from outside. ``We may set a record for shooting 3s,'' Beauchemin said. ``We have to. We've got the bagel offense - nothing in the middle.'' They've also got good defense, sound execution and the kind of nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. intensity that WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) coaches have come to dread when playing Glendale. ``We just have a dickens of a time every time we play them,'' said Canyons' Lee Smelser, another coach with more than 500 career wins. ``They play hard and they play with confidence and belief in the system.'' Ted Grissom, point guard on the Vaqueros' 1984-85 state tournament team, said Beauchemin's competitiveness was contagious contagious /con·ta·gious/ (-jus) capable of being transmitted from one individual to another, as a contagious disease; communicable. con·ta·gious adj. 1. Of or relating to contagion. that season. ``He wanted us to work hard, always be ready and play smart, not just in games but in practice too,'' Grissom said. ``He made us want to do better.'' Beauchemin doesn't think the game or his coaching has changed much since then. ``Just the fringy things are different,'' he said. ``There's more interest in garb and that sort of thing. Today, in a lot of people's minds, there's more emphasis on style than substance. I'll take substance any day. But coaching is the same - the same challenge to prepare and pay attention to detail.'' Attracting top players is an annual challenge at Glendale, one of the smaller districts in the state. Keeping players can be another challenge. The Vaqueros lost returning All-WSC Mike Wright in 1994 and frontcourt front·court n. Basketball 1. The half of the court having the basket at which the offensive team shoots. 2. The forwards and center on a team. Also called frontline. starter Tony Hoggatt last fall when both quit just before those seasons started, transferring to Chaffey. Beauchemin long ago accepted the fact he would lose players occasionally. In 1983, he even initiated the departure of one of the best players he has coached - guard Jimmy Daniels. ``He was a very undisciplined player and his first year I almost booted boot·ed adj. Wearing boots. Adj. 1. booted - wearing boots shod, shodden, shoed - wearing footgear him off the team,'' Beauchemin said. ``The second year, I did boot him. He came back the next day and said, `I'm going to do it your way.' '' Daniels wound up conference MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. and one of Beauchemin's favorite players. Beauchemin, who insists on structure and discipline, says he doesn't try to rein in to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; - to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive. See also: Rein Rein his players as much as teach them to play smart at any speed. ``We're structured, but we let them play,'' he said. ``I tell them (early) `I'm only pulling tight on you now.' We run the break, but we want the right guy shooting the ball. Because if we miss, it's theirs.'' GLENDALE'S BIG THREE All-time wins 1-Abe Androff, 1954-78, 324-392, .453 2-Brian Beauchemin 1979-97, 308-227, .576 3-Abe Elliott, 1945-54, 173-114, .603 CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Glendale coach Brian Beauchemin, in his 18th season, joined the 300-plus win club this year to go along with his moral victories. Gene Blevins / Special to the Daily News Box: GLENDALE'S BIG THREE (see text) |
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