Show r r D pROBABLY the main reason that Rear Adm James M M. M Holloway Jr head of the 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 Point or Annapolis have drawn to date date and and a better educator educator educator tor than he is a football selector Another reason is that the admiral admiral admiral ad 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 modern modern modern mod mod- ern experience and anda a slightly less rigorous rigorous rigorous rig rig- orous schedule to tobe tot toi t i f. be a f a match for any any- f. f one one He was far behind be t I hind s such ch co coaches ches s' s 4 as Fritz Crisler Lou Little it Frank SIJ t d Leahy hy and many 3 i others in m exper Ma ence And experience S' S 4 i. i 9 lv r ence is the most j vital requisite of 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 Army Matty Bell S l Jimmy Phelan St St. Marys Mary's Blair Cherry Texas Jim Tatum Maryland Maryland Maryland Mary- Mary land Wallace Vallace Wade Vade Duke Paul Bryant Kentucky Red Sanders Vanderbilt Bobby Dodd Georgia Tech Wally Vally Butts Georgia and Bernie Bierman Minnesota 1 But how many of these can Navy get I dont don't think Navy could get Leahy Crisler or Little I doubt that Navy would reach for Blaik Ive I've heard two names mentioned lately lately- Phelan of St. St Marys Mary's and Tatum of Maryland Either would be an excellent excellent excellent ex ex- ex- ex choice Phelan's 1945 or 1946 St. St Mary Marys team was certainly as well coached i as Leahy's Notre Dame teams or ar Crisler's Michigan teams Leahy and Crisler currently are rated on top Both are brilliant coaches Buino But Bui no po one knows how large a part the best material plays in football Coaching and Al Material In my b book ok material is far more important than coaching Leahy and Crisler have had far the best material material material mate mate- rial lately They have had material that completely outclassed rival riva players through the last year anc and both know it They have been meeting teams that never had a man who could make their first squad squad line line or backfield back- back field Notre Dame and Michigan steadily get the best material in the Midwest l 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 big help Modern Io lern football moves at ata a killing pace There are so many new offenses and defenses that a acoach acoach coach slightly behind the times is II completely bewildered A football coach is the Ule hardest working instructor in the Ule realm of sport No other coach in any other game faces such consistent pres pres- sure No other coach faces so many problems has so many worries so many shocks I The pro game is full of fine 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 I 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 m inthe the last two years This wont won't happen happen happen hap hap- pen through 1948 A Possible Tangle The Big Nine either is gambling on Minnesota l to win her conference crown next fall or figuring the West Coast is too dazed to care what hap hap- pens At least nothing so far has been done about sending her second or third-place third team to the Rose Bowl game in case Michigan and Illinois run 1 Our inform information a tion on Illinois is slight But our information on Michigan Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan is complete and it indicates that the Wolverines will be just about as tough next fall as they were last season Michigan loses a flock of stars including Chappuis Mann Ford and But there will be more than enough stars left to plug the gap and make the Wolverines again agnin 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 l backs The point is this this suppose suppose MIchIgan Michigan Michigan Michi MIchI- gan wins again and the Big Nine sends out Minnesota or Purdue to play against the Pacific Coast conference conference conference con con- ference champions I have an nn Idea you will hear one olle of the loudest squawks that ever churned up the 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