Word: fording
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coach Ford thinks the offense was clicking. "We created chances that were easier than the year before. We just couldn't put them in." Ford said yesterday. He felt that Nelson and Diaz put too much pressure on themselves...
...soccer team finished with a disappointing 5-9-1 record, and as is usual with a losing record, a lot of dissension has surfaced in the ranks. What makes this case noteworthy is that the grumblings--mainly about Coach George Ford--have been heard before...
...Ford, in his fifth year as Harvard soccer coach, in which he has compiled 26-33-9 record, started with the most talented group of players he has had. So, what went wrong...
...according to many of the players, starters and benchriders. Ford was the cause of the added pressure. He rode the forwards continuously, he constantly made personnel changes, he stripped his scorers of their confidence. And here lies the reason for that curious state of limbo--although the players kept playing hard, they were playing to please Ford rather than to win, as one team member said...
...sense, Ford was just trying to find the ever-elusive winning combination as he juggled lineups all season. But, he apparently failed to communicate with the players, and most did not know where they stood...