Daily Nebraskan
Page 23
Wednesday, August 24, 1983
Daigle . . .
Continued from Page 17
"I've solved those doubts now, and
I'm positive about this coaching move.
If I didn't think I could do the job, I
wouldn't have taken it.
"this is only my third campus in 17
years of playing and coaching, and I
took this job with the intention of'it
being my last move."
As a 220-pound shortstop and coach,
Daigle earns respect both physically
and philosophically.
"First and foremost I think the suc
cess I've enjoyed is due to my getting
first-rate quality young ladies to play
in my program," Daigle said. "I'll for
sake a really good softball player for a
good girl. I want my ladies to be out
standing morally, academically and as
a citizen. Give me that, and I'll take a
good player and make her an out
standing player."
After coaching both men and women,
Daigle said there is little difference in
coaching philosophies for good ath
letes of either sex.
"Of course there are some physical
differences, but, for a true athlete, I
don't think there's any difference in
their job attitude about the game. If
anything, I think I've found college
women's athetics to have a pureness
that college men's athletics lacks. You
find a lot more problems with recruit
ing and academics in men's sports
then you do in women's. I think it's that
pureness that appeals to me."
The last Nebraska softball season
was marked by inner-team conflicts
and walk-outs that led the UNL athletic
department to cancel most of the spring
schedule. Daigle said he purposely
choses to ignore last season's problems.
"I don't want to know what went
wrong with the team last season be
cause I don't want to dwell on anything
negative," he said. "The less I know
about last year's problems the more
open I can be with my players."
"I'm inheriting some good players. I
think it may take them a little while to
get used to my ideas about offense and
defense, but I think by the time the Big
Eight Tournament starts, well be pretty
competitive".
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