1.  Paus placed his beleaguered coach in an awkward position and by not being forthright from the beginning, he compounded the problem tenfold.

2.  Riley was the hot one, beleaguered Dolphins coach Don Shula was not.

3.  Survival is the game now, for Jeff Van Gundy, the beleaguered coach, and Ewing, the battered star.

4.  Sunday, Tucker joined the beleaguered coach to announce that the Sullivan era will end after the final game of this season without reaching those lofty goals.

5.  The front office wanted Kittles on the floor, and the beleaguered coach Don Casey wanted him on the floor.

6.  The owner has backed away from his beleaguered coach so fast that he has to be suffering from major whiplash.

7.  This will be a much-needed win for beleaguered Irish coach Bob Davie, although like everything else this season, it will be a struggle.

8.  After an opening blitz, the Germans played a ragged match in a performance sure to increase the pressure on beleaguered coach Berti Vogts.

9.  Beleaguered Espanyol coach Paco Flores can take heart from the response of his players to rumors that a new defeat will cost him his job.