Show I D P pROBABLY the main reason that 1 Rear Adm James M. M Holloway Jr head of the he U. U S. S naval academy hasn't called us in to help select Navys Navy's next coach is that Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Holloway Is an extremely smart person one of the finest types West Vest Point or Annapolis have drawn to date date and and a better educator educator educator tor than he is a football selector selector Another reason is that the admiral ad miral figured we would cast our vote for Capt Tom Hamilton who is isnow isnow isnow now Navys Navy's director of athletics Captain Hamilton a brilliant navy officer only needed a bit more modera modern mod mod- era ern experience and anda a slightly less rigorous rigorous rigorous rig rig- orous schedule to tobe tobe lp be a match for any any- one He was far tar behind behind behind be be- hind such coaches as Fritz Crisler Lou Little Frank 1 Leahy and many 1 others in 3 ence And experience experience Li ence is the most vital requisite of Grantland Rice any football coach Suppose Navy had its pick of the field Who would be bethe bethe bethe the one to select Among the best coaches in college football in no selected order order we we could name the following Leahy Notre Dame Crisler Michigan Little Columbia Red Blaik maik Army Matty Bell BeU S1 I. U. U Jimmy Phelan St. St Marys Mary's Blair Cherry Texas Jim Tatum Maryland Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land Wallace Wade Duke Paul Bryant Kentucky Red Sanders Vanderbilt Bobby Dodd Georgia Tech Wally Butts Georgia and Bernie Bierman Minnesota But how many of these can Navy get I dont don't think Navy could get Leahy Crisler or Little I doubt that Navy wold reach for Blaik Ive I've heard two names mentioned lately lately- Phelan of St. St Marys Mary's and Tatum of ci Maryland Father would be an excellent excellent ex ex- ex- ex choice Phelan's 1945 or 1948 1946 St. St Marys Mary's team was certainly as well coached I as Leahy's Notre Dame teams or Crisler's Michigan teams Leahy and Crisler currently are rated on top Both are brilliant coaches But i ino no one knows how large a part the best material plays in football Coaching and Material l I In my book material is far more I important than coaching Leahy Leaky and I Crisler have had far the best material material mate mate- rial lately They have had material I I that completely outclassed rival players through the last year and andI both know it I They have been meeting teams I that never had a man who could i make their first squad squad line line or back back- I I field Notre Dame and Michigan I steadily get the best material in the Midwest a strong football sector There is no such monopoly in other sections Since the war Army and Navy took a drop drop drop-a a terrific drop on Navys Navy's side Material is important but a smart keen alert coach also is a abig abig abig big help Modern rodern r- r football moves at ata a killing pace There are so many new offenses and defenses that a acoach acoach acoach coach slightly behind the times is completely bewildered A football coach is the hardest working Instructor in the realm of I sport No other coach In any other game faces laces such consistent pres pres- sure No other coach faces so many problems has so many worries so many shocks The pro game is full of fine tine coaches Paul Brown Steve Owen Sutherland Greasy Neale Buck BuckShaw Shaw Shaw Shaw-on on and on But the answer here is still largely material I have no record of Navys Navy's materIal material material ma ma- for 1948 But it should match Army's and with a pro coach such as Phelan or Tatum or one of that class Navy isn't going through a season again winning one game a year Navy has won only two games Inthe in inthe inthe the last two years This wont won't happen happen happen hap hap- pen through 1948 S S C CA A Possible Tangle The Big Nine either is gambling on Minnesota to win her conference crown next fall tall or figuring the West Coast is too d dazed zed to care what happens hap hap- pens At least nothing so far has hast been done about sending her second t or third place team to the Rose Bowl game in case Michigan and Illinois run 12 1 I Our information on Illinois is slight But our information on Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan is complete and it indicates i that the Wolverines will be just f about as tough next fall as they I were last season Mic Michigan gan loses a flock Cock of ot stars including Chappuis Verges Mann Ford and But there will be more than enough stars left to plug the gap and make the Wolverines again as formidable as any squad in the land Bernie Bierman at Minnesota will have a fast powerful line one of the best in football But he could use one or two of Michigan's backs The point Is this this suppose suppose Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan gnu wins again and the Big Nine I sends out Minnesota or Purdue to I play against the Pacific Coast conference conference con con- ference champions I have an idea you will win hear one of the loudest squawks that ever churned up the coastal waters water of 01 the putting pulling Pa Pa- I 4 TJ I |