More prestigious but more political and more pressure. Harvard was
picked as one of the two top teams in the ECAC last year and they
grossly underperformed through most of the year. They had a great run at
the end and they peaked in the ECAC's to win the championship, but as
late as mid February, the talk was that Mazzoleni would probably be
fired at the end of the season due to disappointing Harvard performance
over the past few seasons.

Perhaps the pressure was too much for him. Perhaps living among the
Hahvahd elite just didn't do much for him.
He may have escaped the ax this year due to their great run at the end,
but perhaps he decided to go out on a winning note rather than wait for
a down year and being shown the gate.

Good luck to Mark in his future career. Going home should relieve some
of the pressures that must be endured at the Divion 1 level. It should
be interesting to see who Harvard gets as a replacement. It could easily
trigger a domino effect in division 1 if anothe D-1 coach moves to
Cambridge.

<-----Original Message----->
From: Rowe, Thomas;Rowe, Thomas
Sent: 6/17/2004 11:15:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Harvard's coach resigns

I wish he would come all the way home and return to Stevens Point. But,
of course, that would be a huge step backwards to come back to a Div III
team.

Maybe I'm nuts, but I wonder what all is behind this move because I
consider coach at Harvard to be more prestigeous than junior hockey, and
probably more lucrative, too.

Tom Rowe


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Harvard's coach resigns
>
>
> In a message dated 6/16/2004 5:36:57 PM Eastern Standard
> Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I heard on the drive home
> from work that Harvard's coach, Mark Mazzoleni, has resigned
> to coach in the pros. Here is link to the story on the ECAC
> web site: Not exactly the pros--the Green Bay Gamblers of the
> U.S. Hockey League, a junior hockey league in the midwest.
>
> He's from Green Bay, and he's going home.
>
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