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...they will still provide a challenge for the Crimson backs. Harvard returns three starters in the secondary, along with reigning Rookie of the Year Matt Hanson, and should improve on last year’s third-ranked pass defense. TIM MURPHY vs. TOM WILLIAMS When Yale coach Jack Siedlecki stepped down last year, there’s no doubt that a large part of the decision had to do with the Bulldogs’ recent misfortune against archrival Harvard. Murphy is 10-5 against Yale and has led the Crimson to victory in The Game in seven of the last...
...defensive coordinator. In 2005, he worked under former Texas coach Dick Tomey at San Jose State as the defensive coordinator. The next year, he moved to the Jaguars, where he has served as a defensive assistant under head coach Jack Del Rio. Williams steps into the shoes of Jack Siedlecki, who had lost seven of his last eight against Harvard, including an embarrassing 37-6 drubbing in 2007 that ruined an undefeated season for the Elis. Siedlecki finished 70-49 in 12 seasons at Yale, winning Ivy championships in 1999 and 2006. —CRIMSON SPORTS STAFF
...what does Yale expect to gain by replacing Siedlecki? The question looms larger when you consider that Siedlecki took over a program in terrible shape in 1997. That season, his first year in New Haven, the Bulldogs went 1-9, undermanned and unprepared after the last unsuccessful years of Carm Cozza, the closest thing Yale has to Bear Bryant. Two years later, Siedlecki led the Bulldogs to a win over Harvard that locked up an Ivy title and a 9-1 season. In other words, Siedlecki restored the luster to a program that was sorely lacking, taking it about...
...with Siedlecki gone, where does Yale turn? It's not as easy as you might think to find a quality coach in the Ivies, given the recruiting restrictions, relatively low profile, and comparatively low coaching salaries...
...Bulldogs really find a coach to take them beyond where Siedlecki had already led? Defensive coordinator Rick Flanders seems like the obvious choice, having led the nation's top scoring defense this season and worked in the Ivy League for the last 16 years. But if he faces the same unrealistic expectations that Siedlecki did, it won't be a particularly long tenure...