Interview With Coach Schafer Now Available!

ELynah.com's exclusive interview with Coach Schafer is now available. Thanks to all who submitted questions!

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A couple interesting quotes:
[q]We need home games. We are a team that needs to support our Athletic Department and bring in money, just like anyone else. It does our department and University no good if we are traveling all over the place and not playing at home.[/q]He seems to be saying that money is just as important to Cornell's scheduling as it is to Michigan or Minnesota. The only difference is that the Gophers and Wolverines have more leverage. Also sounds like we're doing the same thing to CHA/AH teams that the Big Ten powers do to us.

Maybe the NCAA should mandate that teams play at least 1/3 of their games on the road in order to address this inequity. Oh wait, this is the NC$$
[q]I think the officials need to take the next step by really enforcing the rules of a dive, and the referees can't be afraid to call this. ...I believe it hurt us down the stretch drive, especially in the NCAAs. ... I think they need to address the issue of diving because it is running rampant and hurting our game more than the clutching and grabbing. It is the worst possible thing that can happen to our sport.[/q]I had the same thought while watching Minnesota (though admittedly with red-tinted glasses on). It seemed like they would flop to the ice at the least provocation.
[q]I can discuss how next year's team is shaping up, but I can't discuss each individual in the Class of 2009 until we send out a press release. [/q]Is this an NC$$ regulation, league policy or just a Cornell thing? I don't think it's a bad idea (the kids aren't even matriculated yet) but just curious.

[Q]Coach Schafer said:
It's important to the NCAA because they take money from institutions like Minnesota in order to have a strong regional, but then it's not important to them when they place a team like Cornell out West when we have a large fan base and the stands were relatively empty in the East. [/q]


I never can understand why our fans don't get a little re$pect from the powers that be. It seems we would have brought some money to the turnstyles with attendance in Amherst or Worcester. I don't see why that doesn't cut it.

Reading this interview makes me look forward to next year but brings back the Minny Blues!

Gotta love the double standard.
They want to assure a competitive bracket (by putting us #5 and #4 together), and wanting to attract fans. They scheduled a regional in Minny to attract fans, but threw us there to take em away
Im just scared now that there's gonna be regionals in albany and rochester in the next two years, they're gonna ship us away again. Since Rochester's team is gonna be RIT and Albany's team is Union, there's no home rule for us
well - here's to hoping
dave '02

The Rochester regional is being hosted by the ECAC, not RIT. Still means no home regional for us. But I think the committee might work hard to get Cornell into the Rochester regional. There aren't a lot of schools that are going to bring a lot of fans to Rochester, I think.

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

The Rochester regional is being hosted by the ECAC, not RIT. Still means no home regional for us. But I think the committee might work hard to get Cornell into the Rochester regional. There aren't a lot of schools that are going to bring a lot of fans to Rochester, I think. [/q]

I agree. I imagine one of the benefits for the NCAA of not putting Cornell in Amherst or Worcester, aside from that whole competitive bracket thing, is that they supposedly could depend on UNH, BC, and BU to support those two regionals (though from what I hear, it was a resounding failure), while Minnesota and Michigan would take care of Minneapolis and Grand Rapids. Cornell fans were the sacrificial lambs of the shuffle. But with a regional in Rochester, Cornell is the only school in a reasonable range that will line the NCAA's pockets (i.e., bring an army of fans with disposable cash).

whoops

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

Dave Bush gets leveled and Cornell will get their first man-up of the game[/q]
Wrong thread! I'm roaming, too.

whoops

from what I gather over at uscho.com the rest of the WCHA thinks Minny does a pretty good job of flopping too

Similar comments from some of the CCHA crowd about at least one of the OSU players (little guy, IIRC).

[Q]dadeo Wrote:

Since Rochester's team is gonna be RIT and Albany's team is Union, there's no home rule for us
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We are allowed to host a regional in a city that is not out "home" city. BU was the East Regional host in Worcester, even though they play in Boston and Holy Cross is Worcester's "home team". It's all a matter of who decides to set it up.

Very nicely done, Age, from the editing to the layout.

The original content you've started to offer lately is The Great Leap Forward for eLynah.

You and Greg (with his TBRW site) are providing services that have become essential for a generation of Cornell alumni, fans, and even players and their families.

Thanks.

"the stands were relatively empty in the East."

Just a minor quibble with the Coach on this. Amherst attendance was definitely low, with 3,600 the first day and 3,400 the second day, but Worcester had 8,300 the first day and 8,600 the second day. Either would've certainly benefitted having Cornell in the field, but I wouldn't say that Worcester was "relatively empty." JMHO.

I agree wholeheartedly. Thanks for working so hard on this site and keeping us so well informed about our beloved Big Red! Hearing directly from Coach Schafer instead of from people speculating about what he thinks was great.

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

I can discuss how next year's team is shaping up, but I can't discuss each individual in the Class of 2009 until we send out a press release. [/Q]
Is this an NC$$ regulation, league policy or just a Cornell thing? I don't think it's a bad idea (the kids aren't even matriculated yet) but just curious.[/q]


NCAA Regulation.