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On Sun, 19 Feb 1995, Jeffrey M. Beyer wrote:
> --- Peter Gordon Martin wrote:
> Thanks to Richard Hungerford for his interesting commentary on the
> Harvard - Dartmouth game. It is indeed sad to see a team playing so far
> below its potential.
> --- end of quoted material ---
>
> How about giving Dartmouth a little credit here? How about saying that maybe
> the Big Green played one of their most solid efforts of the season.
> Harvard is a quicker, more skilled team than Dartmouth, but Dartmouth
> neutralized their speed and frustrated the forwards by holding the blue line,
> and forechecking and backchecking well.
> Not to mention the fact that Dartmouth beat Harvard at their own game...the
low
> scoring, defensive struggle.
> If you want to say Harvard played below their potential, fine; but don't
ignore
> that Dartmouth's fine play had a great deal to do with it.
>
> Jeff Beyer
>
My comments were directed not only at Harvard's efforts in the Dartmouth
game, but their current woes as a whole (see, for example, Harvard's
score against UVM Saturday night). This is why I used the present
progressive tense.
Regardless of the quality of Dartmouth's play, Harvard has not been
performing as well as they should be.
P.Martin
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