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Michael J. Skey ’02-’03, who also took a year off, experienced similar feelings of absence this year...
...point trophies] reflect on how the varsity got to be that fast because you have all these guys behind there that are pushing them all season to make them what they are,” said Harvard captain Mike Skey. “It’s a great triumph to be able to do this. I think of the [junior varsity] as the sixth man on the basketball team. They ride the pine but still score some points. You’re not going to win unless you’re pushed all season...
...five-week rule] had the opposite effect of what the administration wanted to accomplish—[our rowers] wanted to train more,” Skey said. “It’s kind of like when you tell kids, ‘Don’t touch the hot iron.’ They’re going to touch...
...That left a very sour feeling in the squad,” Skey said. “This year was pretty much a rectifying of what happened and to not let that happen. That’s going to carry into the next two years. The kids who were part of that are not going to let that happen again...
...Harvard crew began to draw attention for its off-the-water actions when Skey helped direct rowers in the erection of a giant snow phallus in Harvard Yard. Its subsequent condemnation and destruction by feminists sparked national debate and even earned a Saturday Night Live mention. Publicly, Skey stayed out of the controversy and summed it up succinctly by saying, “Smart kids overanalyze things...