More On Lee, Perry

Updates on a couple of recent stories. ...

First, the Chicago Bears' website has a nice story about former Dartmouth safety Lloyd Lee's promotion to linebacker coach. There's also a relatively recent photo. (That certain Hanover eighth-grader: You mean he's Brian Urlacher's coach? Yup.) Head coach Lovie Smith's quote:

"Lloyd is extremely bright. He works hard, has energy. He has all the things you’re looking for in a coach."

Another story in the local paper about former Dartmouth offensive coordinator John Perry leaving New Hampshire to take over as head coach at Merrimack. Perry told the paper:

"I see this as a long-term adventure. I'll be there as long as (the administration) will have me."

My in box brought brought a well-reasoned response from a reader regarding the Princeton recruit who turned down scholarship offers from powerhouse programs (see yesterday's blog) but still expressed an interest in playing pro football. This reader went to a Big Ten school and knows Dartmouth from the inside. He wrote:

Any kid who is A) academically qualified and B) already being talked about as a legit pro prospect would be a fool to go anywhere but the Ivies.

If he goes to, say, Florida, and they recruit above him next year, then he sees a diminished role. If he goes to Princeton, my bet is he starts for four years. ... And he obviously is right that the NFL scouts look at Ivy kids, albeit without quite as much salivating. He might have cost himself several rounds in the draft by going the (Ivy) route, but as I indicated above, he's taking a chance wherever he goes. And at least this way he gets a Princeton degree out of the deal.

No-brainer ... even for a cow college grad like myself.

Any thoughts?

The Daily Pennsylvanian writes about Dartmouth's recent win over Harvard in men's basketball. It's amazing how much this sounds like what people were writing about Dartmouth football before last season:

Harvard coach Tommy Amaker has seen it all in his coaching career. He was a member of Duke's assistant coaching staff for two NCAA championships, made the Sweet Sixteen as Seton Hall's head coach and won the NIT title with Michigan.

And now he knows how it feels to lose to Dartmouth.

The Big Green beat up on the Crimson 73-56 in Hanover, N.H. last Friday to salvage the second half of a season split. After blowing out Dartmouth six days earlier in Boston, Harvard probably didn't count on too much of a fight from the Big Green- perennial Ivy doormats and the preseason pick to finish last in the league.

I'm not going to go overboard on the Beta issue, but given that it's so close to the heart of a lot of football alums, a couple more links before I leave it behind. First, the Daily Dartmouth reports there was an "open meeting to discuss the College’s recent decision to allow the Dartmouth chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity to return to campus." From the story:

Students also noted that the terms of Beta’s derecognition by the College stipulated that it was to be a permanent decision.

“Permanent is permanent, just like if a student is expelled from the institution,” (Dean of Residential Life Martin) Redman said. “However, exceptions are made, just like with students. We are making an informed exception.”

The D also has an opinion piece from a woman in the class of '08. She writes:

I would like to propose that Beta return to campus as a coeducational Greek organization. According to Dean of the College Tom Crady and Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman, there are no college policies restricting the house from becoming a male and female space. With the number of male fraternities that already exist, I don’t believe that Beta will provide anything unique to the campus by returning as an all-male entity.

I'm stringing the Dartmouth ice hockey game against No. 1 UNH tonight for a paper on the seacoast. Um, make that the No. 1 women's ice hockey team in the country. We're expecting snow and ice but thankfully I should be tucked away safely on the mountain before things get dangerous.