The ball is about to be snapped during Saturday's scrimmaging on Memorial Field.By Bruce Wood
www.biggreenalert.com
April 26, 2008
HANOVER – Addressing a gathering on campus some years ago, former Dartmouth administrator and two-sport coach Whitey Burnham told the story of a confused cowboy who found himself with a lariat in his hands. Poor guy didn’t know whether he’d lost a horse or found a rope.
Any coach trying to assess an intrasquad scrimmage just moments after it finishes is staring at the same kind of dilemma. Is a strong showing by the offense a good thing for the “O” or a bad thing for the “D?”
On a breezy but blue Saturday when the first Dartmouth offense moved the ball with confidence and efficiency, Big Green coach Buddy Teevens went with the “good thing for the ‘O,’ ” point of view.
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