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RPI 2020 Off-season Overtime: In Memory of Turk181

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Ralph Baer said:
Babichuk would be another big loss. I don't think that we have another defenseman with a similar talent set.
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Agreed. Skilled dman with very good offensive upside.

Is this the start of an ugly trend??? Going to be interesting over next 7-10 days to see if anyone else enters portal.
 
sezenack said:
The blows just keep coming....
Let's be clear though that next season is not in jeopardy. We're on track to achieve herd immunity through vaccinations by the end of May right now. Tough to get excited for the season now though because it's tough to see us staying competitive with all these departures.
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Based upon RPI's/SAJ approach to the pandemic, I have very little confidence in anything right now. The rest of the local area, region, nation has hockey being played/practiced etc.........cob webs collecting at RPI facilities. The hockey sophs haven't been on campus since last March, and the entire team (I think) elected to stay home this semester. To me, that is a not a good sign that these athletes have any confidence in what may happen. To rely on what the rest of the world is doing in regards to getting back to a normal life, SAJ has shown she will do what she wishes. Until there is a statement from school/administration that athletics will return in Fall/Winter, I won't hold my breath. And apparently neither are some of the players. They have had enough of the run around.

Hearing of another "key" returning player entering portal as well.........
 
jericho said:
If true, the timing of this is curious. The season is winding down and there’s no playing time to be had now. I don’t think this one can be blamed on the cancellation of the season.
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This decision obviously isn't about playing college hockey this spring. I'd recommend going back and reading Billy Jerry's letter he wrote earlier in the winter. Athletes have been cut out of all decision making and ability to even work out. Any hockey player who has any aspirations of progressing in their career beyond college isn't going to sit still waiting for SAJ's next decree. It reflects the damage done by SAJ.
 
NAFTA123 said:
“RPI defenseman Cory Babichuk has entered the NCAA transfer portal, per a source. Babichuk was slated to be a sophomore this season at RPI before the school canceled its 2020-21 season.” - via College Hockey Insider

And the second round of transfer portal entries begins........
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I called it when he left..... another blow for RPI hockey.
 
NAFTA123 said:
Based upon RPI's/SAJ approach to the pandemic, I have very little confidence in anything right now. The rest of the local area, region, nation has hockey being played/practiced etc.........cob webs collecting at RPI facilities. The hockey sophs haven't been on campus since last March, and the entire team (I think) elected to stay home this semester. To me, that is a not a good sign that these athletes have any confidence in what may happen. To rely on what the rest of the world is doing in regards to getting back to a normal life, SAJ has shown she will do what she wishes. Until there is a statement from school/administration that athletics will return in Fall/Winter, I won't hold my breath. And apparently neither are some of the players. They have had enough of the run around.

Hearing of another "key" returning player entering portal as well.........
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This is a very fair statement true. Another key player? Oh boy.... so something obviously happened with the administration or something else
 
Today is 6 March 2021. There are 210 days (30 weeks) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
engineerhockeyfan said:
Since I don't follow any other teams in the ECAC, do we know if any of the non-participating schools are seeing this kind of action by their players?
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Union has lost some. On the Cornell site, they have mentioned that trouble, but I think mainly by players who would graduate this year. The additional problem is that the Ivies don't allow grad students to play. There probably have been others too.
 
sezenack said:
The blows just keep coming....
Let's be clear though that next season is not in jeopardy. We're on track to achieve herd immunity through vaccinations by the end of May right now. Tough to get excited for the season now though because it's tough to see us staying competitive with all these departures.
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Not from what I have heard ... so you are wrong Sez. SAJ has NOT committed to a season in the fall. As an FYI, Cory will be just the beginning of this next round of exits ... others are also leaving ... I've been told there were 2 others. You can't compare Union's situation to RPI's. Union has ice is in and they practice, as well as other weight room development. RPI does nothing for any student athlete in any sport.
 
How many players players is that total in the transfer portal now? By my count, it's 8. Savory, Ashbrook, DiGrande, Lee, Babichuk and 3 others who were not named. Would love for someone to confirm if I'm remembering correctly.
 
sezenack said:
How many players players is that total in the transfer portal now? By my count, it's 8. Savory, Ashbrook, DiGrande, Lee, Babichuk and 3 others who were not named. Would love for someone to confirm if I'm remembering correctly.
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I’ve only heard of two others rumored to be in portal, with more to potentially follow.
 
NAFTA123 said:
I’ve only heard of two others rumored to be in portal, with more to potentially follow.
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Ok, only two others right now. Hopefully, some of them decide to stay but not going to get my hopes up. I really wish there were positive things to talk about with the team/program! The negativity is really a bummer.
 
NAFTA123 said:
Ouch....thanks Shirley!!!!
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Actually I blame McElroy as much as Shirley. If he doesn't have the gonads to tell her that we owe these athletes some assurances about their careers at RPI then he shouldn't be the AD. He was retired when Shirley hired him - perhaps he views this job as a nice pension supplement so he doesn't want to actually do the job and rock the boat a little bit. The AD is supposed to argue in favor of what's best for the RPI athletic programs and, while I agreed with the cancellation of the season, it sounds like he stopped even trying to do his job when he failed to push through the types of accomodations and information flow that other schools have to keep the athletes active and involved.
 
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Today is 7 March 2021. There are 209 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
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