Word: valpey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pleased with the progress of the team, as it rounds out its next-to-last week of spring practice. He is surprised at the amount of spirit shown by everyone. Candidates started the training period with so much pep that Valpey had to tone down practice sessions, keeping them quiet as possible, so that players could concentrate on absorbing the fundamentals of the Crisler system...
...system is built on the "drawing" theory--pull a man out of position and confuse him so that he can't do anything positive, and his size is immaterial. "Fool 'em, don't bounce 'em," says Valpey. Of course, when the other team has the ball, you've got to bounce 'em. That is why every afternoon Valpey has his men belting each other around the practice field near Dillon Field House. "We're in the bumping stage now," he says, "and it's all boom-boom-boom till...
...Jayvee ball last fall, has come close to stopping the red-team running plays. Occasionally, when they take over possession of the ball, either on downs, or through interceptions or fumbles, the Green players get a chance to run their own attack. Scrimmages are rugged. "It's funny," muses Valpey, "how many of the boys have already discovered there are other things they'd rather do than play football. But if you think this is rough, wait till next fall...
What the head coach and his aides hope their men develop is the shoulder tackle. "They're not hitting with their shoulders yet," Valpey says, "and until you do that, you're not going to make many clean tackles...
...looks good? Valpey isn't mentioning names. "We can make anybody look great for three plays," he says when asked if he doesn't think such-and-such a back is running like a combination rhino-gazelle. "It wouldn't be fair to the boys to name names at this stage of the game. There's no lineup. We're sorting 'em and changing 'em around...