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Brian Morris writes:
> That said, I wouldn't get too excited about RPI jumping ship--unless all the
> old ECAC teams are involved. First I don't think the administration would
> like RPI to increase the number of games it plays to that of Hockey East. Like
> the other old ECAC teams, e.g. Colgate, I think RPI is more comfortable with
> the Ivies' idea of sports, with competition taking a back seat to the academic
> image of the university. Granted RPI has no problem with scholarships, but the
> players admitted have to be willing to accept an extremely rigorous course load
> at a university that offers few "gut" courses.
This is not at all intended as flame-bait, but I work with a lot of RPI grads
and their impression is that the courses that many of the hockey players take at
RPI are hardly rigorous. A guy like Juneau, who graduated with an engineering
degree *while adjusting to/learning English*, is considered the exception.
Guys like Oates and Carter were viewed as being hockey players first and
foremost who *did* take a lot of soft courses. Things may have changed since
the Oates/Carter/Juneau days or maybe not. It's also a possibility that my
friends would view anything other than engineering courses as soft.
But it's also possible that although RPI is a top-notch engineering school,
that there are sufficient soft courses around and the jocks-only crowd finds
them.
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