THE SPORT OF ROWING In one year, though superficially the boat had hardly changed, only one new oarsman and the same meticulous coaching, it was obvious that something was amiss. Mickelson: “In ‘74, we knew we had to work hard at it, but it was fun. “It was the opposite in ‘75. It felt slow. What were we going to do to get faster? When something’s not going right, usually you make some changes, but there were no changes made.”5250 Northeastern grad Larry Gluckman: “In Al’s defense, in ‘74 when he was so successful, he had a cadre of coaches: Hugh Foley, Tony Johnson, Bill Stowe and Ted Nash! I was in the Peace Corps in the northeast of Brazil in ‘74, and I would get letters from guys about how fast they were and about special workouts. “I heard the things that Al was doing, and there wasn’t any fluff. It was all just work. It was technique and work. “And then in ‘75 he had less support, although Tony was with him, and he had to replace Norelius, but he brought in the tai chi and the yoga and some other stuff, and guys began to feel that they were not doing as much of the same good stuff as ‘74.”5251 Mickelson: “In ‘75, we Alan Shealy United States Camp Heavyweight Men’s Eight 1975 World Fifth Place, Holme Pierrepont Bow Tim Mickelson 6’3” 191cm 187lb. 85kg, 2 Ken Brown 6’2” 188cm 195lb. 88kg, 3 Mark Umlauf, 4 Mike Vespoli 6’5” 196cm 198lb. 90kg, 5 John Everett 6’4” 193cm 205lb. 93kg, 6 Dick Cashin 6’4” 193cm 205lb. 93kg, 7 Hugh Stevenson 6’4” 193cm 201lb. 91kg, Stroke Al Shealy 6’3” 191cm 198lb. 90kg, Coxswain Dave Weinberg 0°, +25° to -25°, motion: 0-6, 0-8, 5-10 Modern Orthodox 5250 Mickelson, personal conversation, 2005 5251 Gluckman, personal conversation, 2007 didn’t get a lot of fresh talent to make the boat faster because people knew that everybody was coming back, and as a result 1448
