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...Restic's personal philosophies can only be called conservative. "I believe the family comes first," Restic told The Boston Globe in 1974. "That's the base. Then I have strong religious beliefs and I love my country...
...Restic could have ridden his New Age football into the NFL. In 1976, following the second of Harvard's five Ivy titles under Restic, the Philadelphia Eagles knocked on his door, holding out a multi-million dollar contract and the lure of coaching the team for which he had once played (number 82--check your 1953 roster). Restic nearly accepted the offer. The Eagles even called a press conference to announce his hiring. But the lack of talent in the Eagles organization scared...
...Today, Restic's tactical mind isn't the hot commodity it once was. The splashy success of the '70s and early '80s has worn off as football has caught up to where Restic was 20 years ago. But although there have been other offers to move on, Restic says, he has always stayed at Harvard. Harvard is one of the few remaining schools in the nation with a football philosophy that matches...
...Whether you win or lose, you do it in a class way," Restic said in 1989. "That's what I've always tried to teach here, because that's what playing football is all about. I think that's what coaching is all about, also...
...wanted to have the best record in the country--the best--I would be at a school where I felt I could do the most in the recruiting area, have a big budget to take care of that, and do everything I could to win that football game," Restic said...