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...next six years. Yovicsin's teams stayed in the first division, sharing the championship again in 1966, along with Dartmouth and Princeton...
Everything peaked in 1968. Yovicsin said at the start of the season, "We're not conceding anything." But there were obvious problems, and it looked like a little "rebuilding" was in order. Zimmerman was gone, for one thing...
Then 1969, Yovicsin had gotten a bit older in recent years, and the enthusiasm which had so characterized him at first, had faded a bit. He and Cramer could not fire up the team, and the material never gelled. Even Yovicsin's heart was telling him that it was about time to do something else...
...heart condition which has supposedly ended his career at this point. He was hospitalized for eight days five months ago, for he has never fully recovered from the open heart surgery done in 1965. Yovicsin's medication has brought problems of its own. But it's hard not to speculate on other reasons for his departure...
...Yovicsin has earned much of the derision he's received in the last year or so. It seems that the talented players he has helped make so matter-of-fact around here have helped cover up some of his other failings in recent years. But Yovicsin's probably gotten more criticism than he deserves...