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That means the professor, once a serious contender for both Harvard's presidency and the deanship of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will be forced to give up his Harvard tenure and formally resign. Tenured professors cannot be off campus doing non-University work for more than two years...
Add the midfield strengths of senior Bo Bernhard, junior Chris Wojick, sophomore T.J. Corella and multi-faceted freshman Tom McLaughlin to the mix, and all the elements of a darkhorse Ivy League contender are there. With an entirely new assistant coaching staff (Gary Crompton guiding the attackers as Murphy teaches...
Another contender could be former Student Affairs Committee Chair Hassen A. Sayeed '96, who resigned with a wave and a flourish at the council's last meeting.
Of course, all this having been said, Smith and the Crimson squad are not merely looking to the future with rose-colored glasses. The young team will show signs of inexperience this season and will need time to grow before it can become the sort of ECAC contender Smith envisions...
To achieve its goal of becoming a contender for the Ivy League crown, the team will be looking to avoid the sort of streaky play to which it was victim last season, particularly without the heart of the Ivy League schedule.