Word: herrick
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Herrick's second point seems to be that the Athletic Committee could, but has not defined the powers of any coach. Of this fact the CRIMSON has long been aware. But because the Athletic Committee has not done so in the past is scarcely an argument against such action...
...Herrick's statement--his third point--that "college sports are for the undergraduates and should be managed, so far as possible, by them,"--that is exactly the point of the present discussion. Undergraduates apparently object to the manner in which the crew captain has exercised the coach's powers, and as it is their sport, their voice should be heard...
...Herrick concludes his letter with an encomium on Harvard captains, deploring the fact that their powers may be usurped by professional coaches. Unstinted praise is due all Harvard captains (and to Mr. Herrick as one of the best of them all) whose splendid deeds are immortal in the history of the University...
...proposal to define the functions of the coaches does not aim, nor will it have the effect, as Mr. Herrick appears to believe, of causing coaches to take "the place of undergraduate leadership and skill." Everyone will recognize that both Coach Haughton and Captain Mahan had a part in last fall's football victory, but the roles played were of a different order. Haughton's was of instruction, Mahan's of execution...
...present crew situation has arisen from an incomplete conception of the respective duties of captain and coach. Mr. Herrick says, "The captain of the crew is elected by the crew as its leader," and he states the situation exactly as it should be. The captain should be a leader, but he is not qualified to select the make-up of his crew or to prescribe the amount of work necessary to bring his colleagues to the highest efficiency. These last functions belong to the coach...