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...immediate reasons for Knight's departure seem obvious. The pressure to play for a rising national power could have been too much--forcing Knight to make a full, not -stop commitment to the team. The arrival of a new corps of recruits--many from California and the Northeast--hinted that the team might be headed in a different direction...
...longer would the Crimson look overseas for the bulk of its talent, a policy ex-Coach Jape Shattuck had espoused during his tenure from 1981 to 1986. Now, with current Coach Mike Getman at the helm, the team was changing. Instead of the fast and physical game Knight had grown used to in England, Harvard was gradually beginning to emphasize the skill and patience which characterize the American school of play...
...Here we are [the returning members of the Final Four teams], trying to play a European style, while others are trying to play another style," Knight says, "Before, we were a lot faster and a lot more physical...
...changes in Harvard's game alone do not present a full picture of Richard Knight's decision to give up a sport he loved. If this had happened at soccer temples such as Indiana and Hartwick, Knight's action would have been sacrilegious. Remember, however, that this is Harvard, where the athletic fields are isolated across the Charles River. Here, Knight found that he no longer had to cross Longfellow Bridge to find his center...
...This is like my third continent," says Knight. For a brief moment, you think he's kidding. Knight finds comfort in his sense of humor. And others find comfort...