Word: coaching
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Harvard follow the example of Yale, and either send a man to England to acquire the English style, or, if practicable, import an Englishman to Harvard who can coach the crews? In my own time we were fortunate enough to be coached for a short time by an ex-"'varsity" stroke from Cambridge, England, and his hints were invaluable...
...following men are trying for the "Varsity": Otis, L. S. S. (Captain), Le Moyne, '78, Loring, '78, Bancroft, '78, James, L. S. S., Thayer, L. S. S., Irving, L. S. S., Warden, '78, and Jacobs, '79. A. P. Loring, '71, will coach them...
...WATSON, who rowed on the victorious crew of '69, will coach the Freshmen...
This opinion is no doubt a just one, and will be concurred in by most undergraduates; but on reviewing all the circumstances connected with the case, it is evident that the resignation of either coach or captain was unavoidable. By the method of training pursued at Harvard, a coach is not given absolute authority over the crew; he is a trainer and an adviser. The responsibility therefore rests as much upon the captain as if there were no coach...
Under these circumstances, when there is a difference of opinion between the coach and the captain, the latter naturally wishes the decisive word, as in case of mistake the blame will fall upon him, and though ready to abide by his own mistakes, he naturally does not care to be responsible for those of another. This has been the cause of separation between the crew and the late coach. The latter insisted upon a measure which the captain believed to be wrong; he was therefore obliged to choose between rejecting the directions of the coach and retaining his own method...