John Poole ’69

8 Years Ago

What’s wrong with football?

I would never have guessed that Princeton football would fade into mediocrity for more than 40 years after my class graduated (Sports, Sept. 19). How is it that Harvard and Yale can continue to field such fine teams on a regular basis, while we can’t? Coaching? Lack of administrative support? Meanwhile, the athletics program flourishes as a whole. What’s the matter with football?

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