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Coach Joe Bernal's squad contains Many freshman swimmers Some stand out like shining stars, And others glimmer dimmer...
...March 6th article by Mark Doctoroff, The crimson attributes the resignation of Stephanie Walsh, the women's swim coach, to the actions of Joe Bernal, the men's coach. The reporting was inaccurate and prejudiced. As co-captain of the men's team, I feel compelled to respond to an article that presents such a poor image of our program and coach...
Secondly, the article is slanted. By the time the reader finishes with the sympathetic rendition of Walsh's and captain Sharon Beckman's comments, Coach Bernal's statements at the end of the article can only seem inadequate. Bernal's guilt has been established in the reader's mind before he is given a chance to defend himself. When Doctoroff states that "Bernal is about the only person involved who does not agree with this analysis," he only reveals the shallowness of his own journalism. The only comments besides Bernal's are Beckman's and Walsh's; if Doctoroff...
...inaccurate. Doctoroff claims that the "historic" animosity between the men's and women's programs has been fueled by the dislike between the two coaches. The animosity is historic; four years ago when I started swimming at Harvard, the two squads were barely civil to each other. Since Coach Bernal has been here, the relationship has improved. Instead of promoting animosity between the teams, he has actively discouraged it. At the start of this year, I was given a long talk by Bernal on ways to improve the relationship, with direct orders for our swimmers to "cool it". The captains...
...Coach Bernal has also been charged with "meddling" with the coaching of the women's team; he has been accused of trying to "undermine" their program. This mystifies me. Bernal has never tried to entice Stephanie's swimmers away; if the women are dissatisfied with their own coach, it is more than likely due to a comparison between the abilities of the coaches involved. I can assure Doctoroff that neither Bernal nor the swimmers are engaged in a fifth-column cold war down at Blodgett pool. Ned Cahoon Co-captain, Harvard Men's Swim Team