I just have a few comments about this:
1st: RPI Students and the local media do put pressure on the players
There are time when the RPI team has actually been booed by its own
fans (RPI vs UNH 93-94 Season)
I have also heard many comments form the fans 1 for example:
I'd rather be doing LUMPS (a hate engineering course at RPI)
Not that I have never made some of them ( I cannot take credit for that one)
The media covers the Engineers quite often and also may give them just as
much exposure in the area as a regular season pro-event(depending on
how much is happening). I am from Boston where the atmosphere is very simial
When the team wins, they are the best. But when they lose, they are bums
you might as well count them out. Many people at RPI do talk that way.
And if you do not think that the players pay attention to that, then take
another look. There are RPI players who are scratched or injured sitting
in the back of section 16 near the press box. They can hear what you say.
The parents of the players also do. This can become stressful for someone
in the public(local public) eye. This would add a great deal of pressure
for anyone.
I admit that I am guity of it and probably will be guilty again
and so will many of my friends, that is life as a public figure
2nd:RPI is an elitist group, Tom something or another said this.
I just want to know where he came up with this. Yes RPI students
are sometimes tough to undersatand or deal with. It is alsonot the
worst place to go. I can name about 5 or 6 other hockey fans
which are more problemmatic than RPI's of course I will keep
my comments to myself. But elitist how? why? What evidence do you have?
Later,
IJosh
RPI '94
"You mean in all you years you've never slipped one past the goalie"
-Jerry Seinfeld to Kramer about
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