1989 Never Happened: MN Hosts Harvard

[Red Cloud]

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Harvard sucks. (c)

Unoriginal but true until the end of time.

[Greyeagle]

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I could take a Skeets post and segue into practically anything.

One must keep it simple for Skeets.

[Red Cloud]

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One must keep it simple for Skeets.

Skeets > *

[The Rube]

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Unoriginal but true until the end of time.

Wasn't trying to be original, just stating a fact. That's what I do.

[startthebus]

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Hold on to your butts!

[Greyeagle]

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Skeets > *

Me = *

[RedFreak]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/sp...11harvard.html

Just sayin'.

[Skeeterman]

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Nothing on ineptitude on google. I think I created the word, right after Al Gore and I created the internet.

[Stauber1]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/sp...11harvard.html

Just sayin'.

Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”

[LynahFan]

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Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”

Really? 'Cause I liked the part about how this year's freshmen were supposed to turn the team around...

[Puck Swami]

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Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”

I love Cleary's idealism, I really do. He's a great man, and legend of our game.

But that toothpaste is out of the tube already and has been for years. I think that big time D-I athletics in revenue sports has morphed from a part of the educational process to a pre-professional training ground in and of itself, much as a college education has advanced from a luxury for the rich few to a pre-professional training ground today.

In Cleary's college days in the mid 1950s, 10% of Americans went to college, and Harvard was mostly an exclusive WASP bastion for men, and Harvard Hockey was a game played for serious fun by prep school grads. For most Harvard players of that era, Harvard and perhaps the Olympics was as good it got for a Harvard player.

Today, 65% of Americans are going to college, and Harvard has been transformed into much better school and more of a meritocracy for all different types of smart people, most training for their careers. And Harvard Hockey has evolved to effectively train a player for professional hockey, just as the B-school can prepare effective executives and the Divinity school trains effective clergy.

We're not going back to feel good era of the malt shop, letter sweaters and sock-hops. We have D-III and Club hockey for that. Harvard students are serious about their futures in all areas, and I have no problem with that extending to hockey players, either.

[RedFreak]

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Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”

Hey, at least the Harvard players write their own term papers.

[Greyeagle]

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Hey, at least the Harvard players write their own term papers.

And buy their own shoes.

[RedFreak]

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And buy their own shoes.

[ScoobyDoo]

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And buy their own shoes.

*zinger*

Ba-dum-dum