Word: nash
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...past few years, the mention of Ted Nash has struck pain into the blistered calluses of oarsmen up and down the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. The former flight instructor, juvenile judge of traffic, guerrilla warfare teacher and resident lifeguard on the Schuylkill the recently saved two people from drowning there is as much a legend around Penn as Parker is at Harvard...
Since he took over the head coaching job from Joe Burk last year, Nash has been subjected to much criticism from crew enthusiasts and sometimes his own oarsmen for his long and hard training methods. At the start of this year, in backlash to this Marine-style approach, two of Nash's premier rowers, Olympians Luther Jones and Rick Crooker, decided it might be healthier not to compete...
...with only captain and stroke David Young remaining from last year's boat, Nash has undergone a complete metamorphosis, And in switching his approach to practice he has also switched his crews rowing style this season...
...switched to a cyclical style of rowing like the East Germans use." Nash said. "As far as practice is concerned the atmosphere is a lot more voluntary. It's much more wholesome and we're all happier. Unfortunately, this new approach has left us 750 miles of practice rowing short of last year, but at this point our rate of improvement is extremely fast...
However, in preparing for today's Adam Cup, Nash has had nothing but trouble. "Two of my men are sick but I don't want to make that sound like any kind of excuse." Nash said. "My six man has a case of. I guess you'd have to call it the runs, and my two man, Mike West, has a muscle strain...