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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 26842" data-attributes="member: 923"><p><strong>MILITARY SCHOOLS</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Army seemed to have pretty good success with football during the war times. I am assuming the “Mandatory Draft” affected this diversion somewhat. Even if the Navy did not have the draft, they would benefit from those who preferred to join the Navy rather than be drafted into the infantry of the Army. For this reason, my focus is on Army, Navy, and Air Force after certain wars ended and the removal of the “Mandatory Draft”.</p><p> </p><p>It is well known that the military schools do not get the same quantity and quality of athletes entering the Colleges and Universities. It becomes more difficult to win against superior athletes, but it is proven that some coaches have won anyway at the military schools. It seems obvious that these records are proportional to the skills of the particular coaches.</p><p> </p><p><strong>AIR FORCE</strong></p><p> </p><p>Football began at the Air Force in 1956. Four coaches from 1956-1983 had a percentage of winning of 52%; 48%; 27%, and 45%. One coach, Fisher Deberry took over in 1984-2006 and had a winning record of 169-109 (61%). His present successor has a record of 49-41 (54%). It is clear that it can be done, but it has to be the right coach using only the skills available from that quality of athletes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>ARMY</strong></p><p> </p><p>I started with Earl H. “Red” Blaik, the head coach who began in 1941-1958. The war did not end until 1944, so he might have benefitted from a few years of the draft, but continued coaching for 18 years. His record for that period was 121-33-10 (77%).</p><p> </p><p>After Blaik, from 1959-1982, the records of the coaches started falling slowly then drastically until 1983-1990 when Jim Young became Head Coach. His record was a modest 57%, but proved Army could win even with the dearth of athletes available.</p><p> </p><p>The next six coaches had percentage wins of 45%, 0%, 13%, 26%, 25%, and the last coach just fired was 33%. It is recognized that the present administration has been cutting back on the military, but we have also had many wars during this time. It is a mixed bag, where there is probably still a dearth of athletes, but we see that two Head Coaches could still win sufficiently with military football recruits.</p><p> </p><p><strong>NAVY</strong></p><p> </p><p>Navy also had competitive teams during the draft and war years, but also their records began to decline steeply after the wars and mandatory draft.</p><p> </p><p>Edward J. “Eddie” Erderlatz 1950-1958 had a record of 50-26-8 (64%), and Wayne Hardin 1959-1964 38-22-2 (63%) were the last two good records at Navy for the next 8 years (Two 4 year coaches had records of 41% and 23%. Then a new coach arrived, George Welsh, and brought back respectability to Navy. His record was 55-46-1 from 1973-1981 (54%). He then became the UVA coach, and his record at UVA was 134-86-3 (61%) from 1982-2000.</p><p> </p><p>After Welsh, the next 5 coaches had records of 37%, 24%, 25%, 40%, and 0%. Paul Johnson then coached Navy for 6 years with a record of 45-29 (61%). After Johnson, the present coach, Niumatalolo, has a record of 49-30 (62%).</p><p> </p><p>It is obvious at this military school that certain coaches can overcome the deficiency of the quality of military athletes. Again, the records prove the coaching is the catalyst in the winning at the military schools.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 26842, member: 923"] [B]MILITARY SCHOOLS[/B] The Army seemed to have pretty good success with football during the war times. I am assuming the “Mandatory Draft” affected this diversion somewhat. Even if the Navy did not have the draft, they would benefit from those who preferred to join the Navy rather than be drafted into the infantry of the Army. For this reason, my focus is on Army, Navy, and Air Force after certain wars ended and the removal of the “Mandatory Draft”. It is well known that the military schools do not get the same quantity and quality of athletes entering the Colleges and Universities. It becomes more difficult to win against superior athletes, but it is proven that some coaches have won anyway at the military schools. It seems obvious that these records are proportional to the skills of the particular coaches. [B]AIR FORCE[/B] Football began at the Air Force in 1956. Four coaches from 1956-1983 had a percentage of winning of 52%; 48%; 27%, and 45%. One coach, Fisher Deberry took over in 1984-2006 and had a winning record of 169-109 (61%). His present successor has a record of 49-41 (54%). It is clear that it can be done, but it has to be the right coach using only the skills available from that quality of athletes. [B]ARMY[/B] I started with Earl H. “Red” Blaik, the head coach who began in 1941-1958. The war did not end until 1944, so he might have benefitted from a few years of the draft, but continued coaching for 18 years. His record for that period was 121-33-10 (77%). After Blaik, from 1959-1982, the records of the coaches started falling slowly then drastically until 1983-1990 when Jim Young became Head Coach. His record was a modest 57%, but proved Army could win even with the dearth of athletes available. The next six coaches had percentage wins of 45%, 0%, 13%, 26%, 25%, and the last coach just fired was 33%. It is recognized that the present administration has been cutting back on the military, but we have also had many wars during this time. It is a mixed bag, where there is probably still a dearth of athletes, but we see that two Head Coaches could still win sufficiently with military football recruits. [B]NAVY[/B] Navy also had competitive teams during the draft and war years, but also their records began to decline steeply after the wars and mandatory draft. Edward J. “Eddie” Erderlatz 1950-1958 had a record of 50-26-8 (64%), and Wayne Hardin 1959-1964 38-22-2 (63%) were the last two good records at Navy for the next 8 years (Two 4 year coaches had records of 41% and 23%. Then a new coach arrived, George Welsh, and brought back respectability to Navy. His record was 55-46-1 from 1973-1981 (54%). He then became the UVA coach, and his record at UVA was 134-86-3 (61%) from 1982-2000. After Welsh, the next 5 coaches had records of 37%, 24%, 25%, 40%, and 0%. Paul Johnson then coached Navy for 6 years with a record of 45-29 (61%). After Johnson, the present coach, Niumatalolo, has a record of 49-30 (62%). It is obvious at this military school that certain coaches can overcome the deficiency of the quality of military athletes. Again, the records prove the coaching is the catalyst in the winning at the military schools. [/QUOTE]
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