WOW!!!!(team Statistics)

I'll give Schafer the benefit of the doubt that anything he's saying to the Urinal he's already said to his players.

McKee seeing the coach's words in print, helps underscore the point Schafer almost certainly made already. Somebody who punches out his own hand probably isn't going to let his thoughts remain internal and not shared them with the team.

You're right that a player would be unhappy - can't ask for a trade, but he could perform below his abilities, maybe think about a transfer - if the coach doesn't say it directly first. Actually, there are instances where the coach (another school, another sport) might use the media as his messenger, for instance, "It is understood that the Alabama offense coaches have been impressed with the play of backup quarterback Bobby Rae Jordan, so much so that if starter Billy Rae Jordan had off stretches like he did in the third quarter against Vanderbilt, there'd be a possibility Bobby Rae might spell Billy Rae for a couple series of downs." That's actually the head coach telling Billy Rae to light a fire under his non-competitive butt.

For that matter, Mike may not have been playing some double-bank-shot headgame... he may have just been answering an interviewer's question honestly.

(I know, November is not National Honesty Month.)

You're getting a little ahead of yourself there. They essentially played Hobart and Community College of the Finger Lakes last weekend. Lets see how they do against Harvard this weekend

It might not mean anything, but it really looks pretty.

And yep, this weekend should be a good test. Great weekend of hockey ahead of us.

Side note: my condolences to all the Navy midn who have to go to the birthday ball friday rather than the game.

Besides, it's not like Schafer's comment is some great revelation. McKee knows that the goal he let in was soft. Plus the comment sounded like constructive criticism to me.

[Q]puff Wrote:

Side note: my condolences to all the Navy midn who have to go to the birthday ball friday rather than the game.[/q]

Thanks, puff, for the sentiment. It sucks to not be able to go to my senior year Harvard (sucks) game. One question remains, though - how on earth did you get out of it? Did "Sir, I'm going to Dunbars for the cheap pitchers and then to the hockey game, so I won't make it to the ball" really work? I'm totally stealing that line for next year if it did.

Not only do i have friends in low places, i'm also special.

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
So the coach is speaking to David through the Journal and letting a couple thousand others listen in. [/q]

Schafer's done that a lot over the years, but the key thing is that it's always in a complimentary way, like, we were having a problem with that and now we've fixed it, or this improvement is needed to go from good to great, and that's what's next. He's put public pressure on his goalie to take it up a notch, but he's done it in a way that implies he believes that's exactly what McKee's capable of.

Contrast this to Mark Morris's regular habit when he was at Clarkson flat-out bad-mouthing his players to the press.

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:Contrast this to Mark Morris's regular habit when he was at Clarkson flat-out bad-mouthing his players to the press.[/q]And, you know, beating them.

Your coach beats you *clap* *clap* *clapclapclap*.

I think that belongs in the "Best Cheers" thread.

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

I think that belongs in the "Best Cheers" thread. [/q]

Unless there's a statistic on that...who knows? We could sing that to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb, "...your coach beat you....7 times!"

update: through 4 games: #1 offense, #1 defense, #1 power play, #1 penalty kill.

Next weekend is huge.

I think next weekend was going to be huge no matter what. Nevertheless...man, this is gonna be huge.

To quote the Fuccillo Auto Mall: "HUUUUUUUUUGE!"

Ugh. I'm from Watertown - please don't quote Billy Fucillo! I've gone all the way to Washington DC to escape him!

Most amazing stat: Every single Cornell skater that has played in all four games has at least TWO points.

Heh, who said our team can't generate offense? Now it appears that all of our skaters can generate offense, and then some.