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...Eastern Sprints, the alpha and omega of the rowing season, is upon us, and while most everyone will agree that coming in first is the only thing that counts. God bless Vince Lombardi, each individual oarsmen does have a special attitude toward the Granddaddy of them...
Joan (Ann Reinking) comes on like a female Vince Lombardi who feels she can psych Charley into a zest for winning. She sings pep talks at him like To Make the Boy a Man and I Am Going to Love (the Man You're Going to Be). But somehow he never seems to become quite the man that she is. She dominates the action, partly because playgoers cannot really forget Shaw's Saint Joan, though nothing, unfortunately, has been borrowed from G.B.S...
...with the Packers. Devine took his team to the playoffs in 1972, but since then they have slumped badly, finishing this season with three straight defeats and a sagging 6-8 record. Disillusioned Green Bay fans who wanted nothing less than a consistent winner like their late coach, Vince Lombardi, subjected Devine and his family to unremitting torment (TIME, Oct. 7). "I wouldn't be human," he says, "if I weren't a little bitter. In all honesty, I can't say I could have stayed on in those conditions...
Trying to live with the legend of Lombardi was tough enough; now Devine is taking on the memory of Parseghian, Rockne and Frank Leahy. And he knows all too well that Notre Dame has never brooked even middling showings by its football coaches. (Terry Brennan was asked to leave after a 32-18 record in five seasons.) But Devine is undaunted. "I feel like I'm going to have the full cooperation of everyone," he says. "As long as I've got the support, I can produce a winner...
...determined to stick it out. "I only wish this town would give me a little loyalty and support," he says. "I know that given a fighting chance, I can make this club a winner." Devine's contract with the Packers expires next year. To whip the ghost of Lombardi by then, he will need nothing less than another N.F.L. championship for Green...