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George Karlaftis Miami legacy is a potential 5 Star recruit?

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MotoSniper said:
I did it after my service. I was a mustang; enlisted out of HS and was a grunt/sniper. Went to college the first time around and became an Officer. I was an infantry officer, then reconnaissance officer, then went spec ops for the latter part of my career. Got blown up and beat up a couple of times over seas and had to retire medically at 15 years of service. Decided to go back to school and set my sights on medicine.

Side note: if any of you vets are thinking about going back to school or pursuing post graduate programs, the VA through Chapter 31 Voc Rehab program will pay for all of your school to include tuition, fees, licenses, supplies, books, etc. at an uncapped dollar amount. They paid for my med school in its entirety. Just need to be service connected for at least 1 condition at a rate of 10% or higher.
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Are you practicing, and in what field? Also, don’t answer if you don’t want, I would understand. Not trying to be intrusive.
 
OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
That depends in medicine as well. You can never discount a degree from a prestigious institution, even in medicine.

Depends on the field and what type of career within the field, especially in areas where you are seeking prestigious appointments, say for example in academia for research based postings.

Obviously, how you perform as your career progresses is paramount, but never discount a prestigious degree, everything else being equal.

Even if you’re a single practice MD who’s hung out his shingle. You’re competing against other MDs, assuming all else is equal, patients will respond slightly more favorably to Dr. Bill with the Harvard degree in the waiting room than Dr. Joe, with the University of Banana Republic degree. To repeat, with all else being equal, all other variables the same.
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Absolutely!! Whether it’s medicine, engineering, business, or law, as examples, employers definitely consider where you were educated and it makes a difference. If you have two applicants - one from Harvard and the other from Banana Republic (as extreme examples), Harvard’s definitely getting the nod.

Having a degree from a prestigious highly ranked university can open a lot of doors not open to others who may practically be just as qualified.
 
CashMoneyCane said:
And one of the OL's on the 2001 team, I think it was Joaquin, won the Draddy award, aka the academic Heisman.

The notion that a guy can't play because he's smart is absurdly asinine.
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It was Joaquin. He chose to walk on at the U instead of going to Harvard. It’s a big misconception, throughout the years we have consistently had guys who excelled both on the field and in the classroom. 2001 team had a few “nerds” that were dogs.
 
MotoSniper said:
No worries. I started in primary care and now work for an orthopedic group.
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Thanks and thanks for your service.

Orthopaedics. Great field, especially in south Florida, with our aged population; knees and hips galore.

Orthopods are the athletes of the surgeons. Hip replacements are no joke.
 
OriginalGatorHater said:
That is 100% wrong. That may be the case for your particular major, but is far from the truth in many other majors. I know for a 100% fact that the VAST majority of the straight out of college guys that work in front office investment banking, private equity, etc. at the big firms in NYC are ivy guys. They will literally not even look at resumes from schools like UGA, FSU, etc. I would say of the new entries each year 75% are from the prestigious Ivies or foreign elite schools like oxford/cambridge. Then 20% are the less prestigious ivies(ie. Cornell) and schools like Stanford, Duke, etc. The remaining spots are taken by schools like UM, Notre Dame, etc. Anyone below that has almost 0% chance of getting the job unless they have some sort of insane resume of internships.
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@Tetragrammaton Cane You disagree? I would love to hear your reasoning. Just an FYI your STARS Autism school degree does not count as prestigious. Also, your job at Publix bagging groceries is not the type of job we are discussing. Actually, I do not want to hear your reasoning. I won't take any advice from the guy who rode the short bus and got extra time on his tests in HS.
 
OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Thanks and thanks for your service.

Orthopaedics. Great field, especially in south Florida, with our aged population; knees and hips galore.

Orthopods are the athletes of the surgeons. Hip replacements are no joke.
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Yeah man. I am currently out in San Diego, but the wife and I will definitely look to head back home to Florida in the next few years. Ortho is a great field. Also, considering that I've been a patient and have had several back surgeries, I have a unique insight into pain and what some folks go through with chronic pain and surgery.

Are you in the health care field as well?
 
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TRick72 said:
It was Joaquin. He chose to walk on at the U instead of going to Harvard. It’s a big misconception, throughout the years we have consistently had guys who excelled both on the field and in the classroom. 2001 team had a few “nerds” that were dogs.
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And let's not forget newly-minted 'Cane legend Braxton Berrios, who was the freaking valetdictorian for the school of business.
 
OriginalGatorHater said:
That is 100% wrong. That may be the case for your particular major, but is far from the truth in many other majors. I know for a 100% fact that the VAST majority of the straight out of college guys that work in front office investment banking, private equity, etc. at the big firms in NYC are ivy guys. They will literally not even look at resumes from schools like UGA, FSU, etc. I would say of the new entries each year 75% are from the prestigious Ivies or foreign elite schools like oxford/cambridge. Then 20% are the less prestigious ivies(ie. Cornell) and schools like Stanford, Duke, etc. The remaining spots are taken by schools like UM, Notre Dame, etc. Anyone below that has almost 0% chance of getting the job unless they have some sort of insane resume of internships.
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Yeah. It's true for law, too. The Hillary Clintons of the world are in high demand. Let's see who gets Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court. Good chance it goes to one of the top five schools.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Lots of misguided stuff on this thread.

I went to UM with Matt Karlaftis. He was a track guy, he threw the javelin (George does shotput). Until recently, Matt still had a UM Top 5 all-time javelin record. He walked on to the football team later. Most of you are unaware that Matt was seriously hurt playing football, which pretty much ended his athletic career, thus he went on to become an academic.

Matt was in one of the fraternities in the Panhellenic Building, which is where my fraternity was located. One of my best friends (and my fraternity brother) was on the track team with Matt as well, so I met him quite a bit over a few undergrad years.

A couple of things to point out. First, the "engineering school" thing is not just about a first job. Matt got his PhD in Engineering at Purdue, so, yes, the quality of the school matters if you have aspirations towards a doctoral-level degree and becoming an academic, as Matt was. Many people are dumping on George's choice simply because he is a talented football player, without thinking about why the kid is not just counting on football for a job, since Matt was badly injured while playing football (it was a major head injury which gave Matt a permanent scar).

Second, George's mother also graduated from Purdue, which is where his parents met. Given what has happened, it is understandable that he might want to stay close to his family.

Finally, George did not "grow up" in West Lafayette, though his mother did. George grew up in Athens, Greece. The family only moved to West Lafayette a few years ago.

Having said all of that, I hope that Miami continues to recruit George until National Signing Day. I would love to see him join the Miami Family and walk in his father's footsteps. I respect that he has his father's athletic ability, but he just might follow his academic path. I wish him and his family nothing but the best, and I really hope he changes his mind and comes to UM.


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I read a lot of stuff about the father some months ago, when the kid's name first came up. I pride myself on remembering most of the guys who have played over the past third of a century...in fact, i remember quite a few from the '50's and '60's. I did not remember the father.

He was a prominent engineering academic in Athens, I guess (and not Athens, GA). He died young. I don't remember if it was cancer, which is often the case with early deaths.

Amazing how this kid has blown up. He apparently was quite a UM fan but I guess felt more comfortable going to a school near home and a school where his surviving parent went. The kid really had very little direct connection to UM. Just based on what I'm reading around here, I doubt we have a shot to flip him.
 
MotoSniper said:
Yeah man. I am currently out in San Diego, but the wife and I will definitely look to head back home to Florida in the next few years. Ortho is a great field. Also, considering that I've been a patient and have had several back surgeries, I have a unique insight into pain and what some folks go through with chronic pain and surgery.

Are you in the health care field as well?
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Tangentially
 
MotoSniper said:
Yeah man. I am currently out in San Diego, but the wife and I will definitely look to head back home to Florida in the next few years. Ortho is a great field. Also, considering that I've been a patient and have had several back surgeries, I have a unique insight into pain and what some folks go through with chronic pain and surgery.

Are you in the health care field as well?
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I just PCS'd out of SD. No idea why you'd wanna go back to FL! Well I guess it's a lot cheaper there, but there are reasons for that.
 
pacusmc said:
Not true for some majors or some schools devil dog.
For example mba’s and law degrees from Ivey league schools have 100% employment immediately after graduation.
Any UM law grads on here? They have a huge post grad employment rate.
I know 2 guys that had a rough time after graduating from St Thomas Law.
I worked as a UPS driver for a while and the ammount of drivers with bachelor’s degrees was pretty eye opening and I’m sure non of them wanted to be a UPS driver. (No dissing on ups’ers it’s a tough job that pays well)
Kid wants to guarantee employment if football doesn’t work out. There is also a lot of business opportunities and networking if you go to a top engineering program. It’s a form of insider trading if you will. Some of the top engineering programs perform research for the government and private corporations and higher the engineers that perform some of the research. If they don’t higher you at least you know what to invest in.

However he should be a fugging cane and wtf is a boilermaker?
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If you have to ask...you can't afford it.

Can anyone verify if it's a *** position?
 
Pickle Richt said:
I just PCS'd out of SD. No idea why you'd wanna go back to FL! Well I guess it's a lot cheaper there, but there are reasons for that.
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Yeah, we are on the fence. My folks still live in Orlando and they are starting to get a bit older. Would be nice to be closer to home to spend more time with the parents before it's too late. I feel you though, would not be looking forward to the summers down there.

Where are you currently stationed?
 
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MotoSniper said:
Yeah, we are on the fence. My folks still live in Orlando and they are starting to get a bit older. Would be nice to be closer to home to spend more time with the parents before it's too late. I feel you though, would not be looking forward to the summers down there.

Where are you currently stationed?
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Yeah family and the Canes are the only reasons I'd want to go back. I went back for the ND game and it brought back a lot of good memories.

Send me a PM if you're really interested in where I'm stationed. Way too many weirdos on here offering HJ's and inviting me to their basements, etc.
 
Pickle Richt said:
Yeah family and the Canes are the only reasons I'd want to go back. I went back for the ND game and it brought back a lot of good memories.

Send me a PM if you're really interested in where I'm stationed. Way too many weirdos on here offering HJ's and inviting me to their basements, etc.
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Weirdos on CIS offering HJ's?
 
Pickle Richt said:
Yeah family and the Canes are the only reasons I'd want to go back. I went back for the ND game and it brought back a lot of good memories.

Send me a PM if you're really interested in where I'm stationed. Way too many weirdos on here offering HJ's and inviting me to their basements, etc.
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Smart man
 
Karalaftis was unimpressive last year at Paradise IMO.

It looks like he's gotten better and could be one of those guys who blows up in college. But that's my guess as to why UM is not more involved.
 
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