Romano will not be back next year

[redice]

[quote ugarte]And if he can't hack school, he can't hack school. I'm not going to follow his trip up to the NHL but if he gets there I'm not going to root against him either.[/quote]

If Cornell was too challenging, he should have chosen a school that he can "hack".   He's unlikely to have an NHL career.   And, won't make much money in the minor leagues of hockey.  So someday, he's going to wish he had a college education.

[ftyuv]

[quote redice]If Cornell was too challenging, he should have chosen a school that he can "hack".[/quote]

[insert hotelie joke here]

[Trotsky]

[quote ursusminor]I didn't notice this recent article by Elliot Olshansky linked here yet: http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2007/08/goodknight_mr_romano.html.[/quote]Yikes.  It really does make one wonder: why, of all places, Cornell, then?  "I don't care about school, I want to be in a total immersion hockey environment, and I don't like playing a defensive system."

There must be a thousand kids playing juniors who would say the same thing, and god bless em.  But why come play in exactly the opposite enivronment?  And why did Schafer bring him in?  You gotta figure one of the first things we say to prospects is, you can't play if you don't forecheck, and you can't score if you don't play.

[French Rage]

[quote Trotsky][quote ursusminor]I didn't notice this recent article by Elliot Olshansky linked here yet: http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2007/08/goodknight_mr_romano.html.[/quote]Yikes.  It really does make one wonder: why, of all places, Cornell, then?  "I don't care about school, I want to be in a total immersion hockey environment, and I don't like playing a defensive system."

There must be a thousand kids playing juniors who would say the same thing, and god bless em.  But why come play in exactly the opposite enivronment?  And why did Schafer bring him in?  You gotta figure one of the first things we say to prospects is, you can't play if you don't forecheck, and you can't score if you don't play.[/quote]

While he was at it, he should have added "I don't like snow, or hills...".

[Trotsky]

[quote ftyuv]If he wants to throw out good advice and take the path of least resistance, I don't feel sorry for him.[/quote]Kent Manderville.  He scoffed at Brian McCutcheon's advice to learn to play two-way, had to learn the same lessons over and over and over again at Olympic camp, then one day the lights came on and he wound up with a solid NHL career.

It's never too late to learn.

[Josh '99]

[quote Jim Hyla]His mother's a teacher, his father owns a telecoms company, and he's "not too into school"?[/quote]Given that background, I could imagine it having been the case that his parents pressured him into taking the college route rather than going to major junior, when he knew all along that he didn't have any interest in more schooling.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote ftyuv][quote redice]If Cornell was too challenging, he should have chosen a school that he can "hack".[/quote]

[insert hotelie joke here][/quote]

Actually, I was thinking of a different joke:

[Trotsky]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ftyuv][quote redice]If Cornell was too challenging, he should have chosen a school that he can "hack".[/quote]

[insert hotelie joke here][/quote]

Actually, I was thinking of a different joke:

[/quote]

He's an Islander now, so that's not funny. ::innocent::

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote Trotsky][quote jtwcornell91][quote ftyuv][quote redice]If Cornell was too challenging, he should have chosen a school that he can "hack".[/quote]

[insert hotelie joke here][/quote]

Actually, I was thinking of a different joke:

[/quote]

He's an Islander now, so that's not funny. ::innocent::[/quote]

As a Flyer fan, yes it is  ::moon::