6 Comments

• Lee says:

  July 9, 2009 at 7:52 pm

  Thank you for the update Frank. Please continue to do so.
• skae says:

  July 9, 2009 at 10:19 pm

  The decision probably seems very easy for those of us who “think” it should be no contest… always choose the education. But very few of us have ever been in this position and it’s obviously very difficult, especially when there’s pressure from many different directions. My hope is that Mr. Moore will ultimately decide that getting an education can [and often will] end up just as valuable.
• Newmy says:

  July 11, 2009 at 3:37 pm

  Kitchener-Waterloo is home to two of the top Universities in Canada that he could attend classes at while playing for Kitchener. If education is a primary consideration, then Kitchener also makes sense.
• jim bennet says:

  July 13, 2009 at 4:29 am

  Truthfully , it is no contest. The OHL is the top developmental league in the world. The University of Waterloo in Kitchener has one of the best Science and math departments in the world. Stephen hawking is affiliated with the school and RIM/Perimeter institute (Blackberry?) is there. The honors Math and Physics graduates TYPICALLY are accepted into Cambridge and MIT for Grad school. That is if they choose to leave for Grad school.
  If Moore were an Ivy quality student and was interested in Brown or Harvard that would be another story. Brown and Harvard have pretty terrible hockey programs when compared to Major junior however.
  If John is serious about school and hockey,he would choose Waterloo and the Rangers over CC.
• skae says:

  July 14, 2009 at 11:52 pm

  No question, Kitchner has great universities. However, between practice, extensive travel, and a 80-plus game schedule with the OHL (compared with approx. 40 with CC), one should question how much time would *realistically* be available for college studies, or any kind of social life beyond hockey.

  Mark Stuart’s analysis of his time at CC is quite sensible and obviously feels his college years were very valuable. He has said that going to CC allowed him to learn the ability of balancing his life between hockey, academics, and social activities (beyond hockey).
• Lee says:

  July 15, 2009 at 8:43 pm

  Excellent analysis skae. There is a lot more to college then just a taking classes.