Garman is gone (from the hockey program)

[Cop at Lynah]

http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2011/04/12/mens-hockey-goaltender-garman-forgo-senior-season

[dag14]

Actually, Mike is not gone, he has left the hockey team.  He is on campus attending classes so that he can graduate.

[Al DeFlorio]

Actually, Mike is not gone, he has left the hockey team.  He is on campus attending classes so that he can graduate.

Now I'm really confused.  He's a junior.  How can he "graduate" if he's going to play pro hockey next year?  Or is he going to finish this semester so he has only two more required to complete his degree...someday?  In which case he hasn't decided to "graduate," he's decided to leave after his junior year and put his education on hold.  Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

[billhoward]

Actually, Mike is not gone, he has left the hockey team.  He is on campus attending classes so that he can graduate.

Now I'm really confused.  He's a junior.  How can he "graduate" if he's going to play pro hockey next year?  Or is he going to finish this semester so he has only two more required to complete his degree...someday?  In which case he hasn't decided to "graduate," he's decided to leave after his junior year and put his education on hold.  Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

Maybe he's smarter than you and me, Al?

[upprdeck]

hmmm.  and people didn't think the poster early last week knew what he was talking about..

[KeithK]

Actually, Mike is not gone, he has left the hockey team.  He is on campus attending classes so that he can graduate.

Now I'm really confused.  He's a junior.  How can he "graduate" if he's going to play pro hockey next year?  Or is he going to finish this semester so he has only two more required to complete his degree...someday?  In which case he hasn't decided to "graduate," he's decided to leave after his junior year and put his education on hold.  Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

It's certainly possible to graduate after three years if you have enough credits.  He may have come in with a bunch of AP credits and/or taken classes over the summers to get ahead.  He might also be planning to graduate in August, which gives him another chance to take classes.

[Rosey]

hmmm.  and people didn't think the poster early last week knew what he was talking about..

I didn't interpret it that way: my statement ("Can I PM you for details?") was to express skepticism about any unconfirmed "I heard it from a guy who knows" claim. I had no basis for either believing it or disbelieving it, and my statement should not have been interpreted as a judgment about the truth of the claim. Now we have confirmation. Fabulous. :-)

[Al DeFlorio]

It's certainly possible to graduate after three years if you have enough credits.  He may have come in with a bunch of AP credits and/or taken classes over the summers to get ahead.  He might also be planning to graduate in August, which gives him another chance to take classes.

And that's what I'm told will happen.  While it's possible, it's not exactly the norm, especially for someone playing a sport with a season that extends six months across a nine-month school year.  Good for Mike.

[scoop85]

Well, unless a late goaltending recruit is in the works, Iles will need to play the iron man role next season.

[ugarte]

Well, unless a late goaltending recruit is in the works, Iles will need to play the iron man role next season.

Or the band should start learning how to play The Farmer in the Dell.

[upprdeck]

its a dead period now so it may be awhile before any new recruiting gets done.

[Trotsky]

Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

Didn't Jordan Kary just do this?

The last time we had a situation like this we accelerated the schedule of a future goalie.  The result was The Ballad of Eddie Skazyk.

I kind of hope this turns out a little better.

[Al DeFlorio]

Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

Didn't Jordan Kary just do this?

The last time we had a situation like this we accelerated the schedule of a future goalie.  The result was The Ballad of Eddie Skazyk.

I kind of hope this turns out a little better.

I thought McKee had deferred matriculation but then changed when LeNeveu left.

[marty]

Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

Didn't Jordan Kary just do this?

The last time we had a situation like this we accelerated the schedule of a future goalie.  The result was The Ballad of Eddie Skazyk.

I kind of hope this turns out a little better.

I thought McKee had deferred matriculation but then changed when LeNeveu left.

That's what I remember too.

[KeithK]

Or is he some kind of genius and will get his degree in only three years?

Didn't Jordan Kary just do this?

The last time we had a situation like this we accelerated the schedule of a future goalie.  The result was The Ballad of Eddie Skazyk.

I kind of hope this turns out a little better.

I thought McKee had deferred matriculation but then changed when LeNeveu left.

That's what I remember too.

You two may be right. But some of us remember the Skazyk situation a little more clearly because that didn't turn out quite as well.  1993... *cringe*.