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Fish hired a new assistant, Don Usher, who from the start dedicated himself to molding a program which, in his words, would "not only give us reliable fill-ins, but would also allow these darned good tennis players to get out and fight...
...joke about it now," Usher says, "but when I came in, I had to really struggle to find a way not to cut Tory altogether. Then with the new program, we had a way to keep him and the others and let them work hard on their games...
...told Tory last fall that I would keep him around just as an assistant coach if I had to, but he said he'd make me keep him for his game," says Usher, "And that's just what...
...performance, those dreams suddenly seem a lot closer to reality, but as Beren himself says, there is no guarantee that Harvard will be able to recruit another generation capable of replacing him, Sands. Mike Terner and Warren Grossman after they graduate in 1983. The "B" team, mean-while, gives Usher a chance to work with rookies who can't come close to the varsity now, but who may someday produce a solid record, if not an Ivy title...
...idea at Harvard is that we're supposed to be educators, and we can do that and still field a team which goes to the NCCAs, if we happen to get the players in a particular year," says Usher...