Luiz writes: >Let's not forget that Ned Harkness was forced to resign as Union College >coach due to recruiting violations. It appears that his winning-at-all- >costs attitude eventually caught up with him. A minor clarification, though what Luiz says is correct. The violations were of NESCAC rules, not NC$$ ones. Back then (1978), Union was a member of the NESCAC, which had (and may still have) a rule prohibiting head coaches from visiting recruits. Well, Ned visited a few in the off-season and, when confronted about it, committed the Really Big Boo-boo and lied about the whole thing. He eventually 'fessed up. His resignation came some time later and had to do in part with four or five of his players being declared academically ineligible during the season. According to the recent SI article, this whole situation caused the NESCAC to kick Union out of the league. I was under the impression that Union withdrew from the league themselves, rather than being forced out. Can anybody clarify this? -- Disclaimer -- Unless otherwise noted, all opinions expressed above are strictly those of: Bill Fenwick | Send your HOCKEY-L poll responses to: Cornell '86 and '94.5 | [log in to unmask] LET'S GO RED!! DJF 5/27/94 "I had a terrible time in college, until I finally figured out what my problem was. I had been highlighting with a black magic marker." -- Jeff Altman