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Fisher has done worthy job as coach

In response to Doug Pristach's letter ("Fisher is the cause of `M' basketball troubles," 3/26/96), I would just like to tell him to get a clue. So we haven't won a national championship in five years. Neither have about 500 other schools. Steve Fisher is doing an excellent job, and has been doing an excellent job ever since he became the head coach.

How many schools have managed to recruit the players that he has? How many coaches can boast an NCAA tournament winning percentage of Fisher's? And even with the talent that we have had, we certainly have not had the most talent in the nation over the last three years. One thing to keep in mind: If Dean Smith's Tar Heels had not won in the infamous Chris Webber timeout game, would people say Dean Smith is a bad coach? Only one year, before the Fab Five, the Tar Heels recruiting class had also been proclaimed by many to be the best of all time.

As far as your comment regarding Fisher neglecting the fundamentals, Baston and Webber were both sophomores at the time. Approximately 19 years old, playing in front of tens of thousands of people, and another couple million watching at home. Is it fair to say that Fisher can't get the fundamentals through his players' heads? I think not.

JIMMY WAN

LSA JUNIOR