Word: roughshod
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...supporting the supremacy of the captain. The absolute control of the coach does not necessarily mean either the subordination of the captain or a lessening of his influence, nor does it mean the institution of a system of coaching whereby the head coach is to rule, as a despot, roughshod over rowing traditions or over undergraduate ideas. To those who expect or await the establishment of such a dictator to govern Harvard rowing I express an opinion that they are doomed to disappointment. There has never been encouraged in any sport that sort of control; and I hope there never...