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...drive toward the top of the Ivy League is the Crimson offense. Or rather it is the lack of an offense, a consistent offense, that has handcuffed Harvard. There is one major reason that Restic's offense has not been a consistent threat--and that reason is named Crone...
...Crone. Eric Crone, three-year varsity quarterback and two-time winner over Yale. In the seven games that Harvard has played to date, Crone has started at quarterback six times. In every game that he has been at the helm (excluding the B.U. context, which was like scheduling Wellesley High) Harvard has been unable to mount a sustained and consistent attack...
...Crone does not see his receivers quickly enough, and when he does see them, he is unsure which one to throw the ball to. When one watches Crone fade back to pass one witnesses the epitome of indecision, and when he completes an serial, one has the feeling that it is the direct result of Divine intervention rather than skill...
Against Princeton, Crone's performance reached an all-time low and it is not mere coincidence that the performance of the Harvard offense as a whole simultaneously hit bottom. Against Princeton Crone finally got it all together in a reverse sort of way. That is to say that he finally compressed all his flaws and inconsistencies into one incredibly negative performance. Crone could do nothing right against the Tiger defense, and both his execution and play calling were horrendous. Crone's offensive leadership in the first half produced only one drive over 13 yards in length and the senior signal...
Restic wanted to pain against the Princeton defense. But Crone's maddening habit of scrambling around the backfield and ceaselessly pumping the ball while being unable to focus on his receivers--some of whom were yards in the clear--virtually eliminated any passing attack that the Crimson coach had hoped to mount...