At 04:45 PM 11/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I think the important thing to remember is that Coach Walsh brought a
>national championship to Maine and proved that one year was enough college
>for the Ferraros and certainly Maine gets enough mention everytime one thinks
>of Paul Kariya. Some faculty types might get upset- but this is about sports.
>This was Maine's finest moment as a university other than when it won the
>1965 Yankee Conference football title and went to the Tangerine Bowl and had
>a player go to the NFL.
 
I will refrain from commenting on Shawn Walsh. There are enough people,
(from Maine as well as other places) who have beaten this issue to death
(which is probably the appropriate place for this thread).
 
One thing I cannot let go without comment.  True, Shawn Walsh brought
a national championship to Maine (although it might have been nice to give
at least SOME of the credit to the fine athletes who actually played). But
to state that this was Maine's finest moment as a university seems to me
to be the biggest insult to U.Maine that I've heard on this list yet.
Finest moment in Maine's sports' history is an appropriate comment. But
aren't we all losing sight of the primary goal of these universities?
 
In my mind, every time a senior was handed a diploma in Orono and sent
out into the real world, THAT was Maine's finest moment as a university.
The NCAA championship banner and trophy are just items of historical interest.
 
Mark Lewin
RPI - class of 1969
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