Word: restic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That was pretty perceptive of you to notice that Brain was lining up so far behind the center! This began during training camp when the Harvard centers were complaining to Coach Joe Restic that Buckley's fingernails were too long and their pants kept getting ripped when Buckley lined up directly behind the snapper...
...When Restic told Buckley to cut his nails the sophomore refused and rather than cut the talented signal caller, the football genius instead decided to use Brain in a continual shotgun position and plant a small land mine between him and the center. the "multi-death" offense, as it is known, should be very useful in preventing quarterback sacks this year...
...everyone loves a winner, then the Harvard football team must be making out like freshman pre-meds with skin condition. The folks around Cambridge, accustomed to Joe Restic's Crimson bringing home more than its share of victories, have raised eyebrows as well as voices about the Crimson's less than thrilling efforts of the past two weeks--a 17-0 loss to UMass and a 38-21 trouncing by Colgate...
Harvard stuck to its original intentions, but Restic provide the following post-mortem. "I thought we would run a little more effectively to the outside," he said. "The thing that exasperated me was that they threw on us long. What will give people a problem from now on is when we alternate the shotgun with our regular offense once Buckley gets adjusted so they won't be able to put in extra defensive backs...
Despite Colgate's revamped football program, Restic and his triad of major-domos have no regrets about forsaking Hamilton for the confines of Dillon Field House. As Horan put it, "In our minds as coaches, Harvard is a step up the ladder. It's as attractive to a coach as to a student. Year in and year out over the long run you're going to do better than at Colgate...