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Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - CU recruits rank vs top schools - 4 weeks ago
Thanks for the trip down Recent-Memory Lane. Everything I know about Richie Moran and the Cornell ethic — Hard work! Ground balls! Ivy school, blue collar ethic! — rings true for not just the Moran/Harkness era but throughout Cornell's 55 or so years of lax dominance. Teamwork also pays off in all kinds of business life which is why being a jock helps you later (boosts the team manager, too). Aby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: 2022-23 Men's Schedule - 4 weeks ago
arugula Not suggesting UCONN is a no-name pushover or that scheduling is easy. Just seems that MSG would be some sort of enticement for a school to play us. Also, purely for my own selfishness, and I suspect that of other fans, one of those teams I listed would be more interesting than UCONN. Just not a sexy game. I was at the Penn State and UNH MSG games and while those are both medium succesby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - CU recruits rank vs top schools - 4 weeks ago
dag14 I don't believe Rob Pannell was even ranked by IL so I take all of the above with a grain of salt. And it is important to remember that lax is a team game. Ten people on the field who are willing and able to support each other is likely to guarantee success more often than having ten selfish AA's on the field. You're thinking thinking perhaps of Virginia's Bratton twins from Long Islandby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Ithaca Crime Rate - 4 weeks ago
toddlose Pretty bad when Ithaca comes in worse than New Haven (5% vs 6%). A 2% crime rate reported 3X more efficiently than New Haven's 5% gives Ithaca a higher rate. Could that be part of the answer? Ithaca is America's best-educated city based on PhDs percentage, so they should be richer and rich people don't commit much crime except in and around Wall Street. I skimmed for some income statby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: 2022-23 Men's Schedule - 4 weeks ago
Yes, "fill the arena " is the game plan. That means schools with a lot of alumni living in metro NYC along with students who by Saturday have had enough of being back at home and want to get out. So good schools to play Cornell at MSG would include Penn State, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, BU, BC, UMass. And UConn. Preferably not an ECAC school. UConn will get good quickly.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
George64I think being a university president may be one of the hardest jobs around. They have three major groups of constituents — students, faculty and alumni — groups with vastly different perspectives and needs. Clark Kerr, former University of California chancellor, agrees with you. He put it this way: Clark Kerr I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex fby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
wolcoma I have no problem with Cornell hiring a female AD as long as she is experienced and good at the job. Where the Board of Trustees screwed up is after Elizabeth Garrett passed away they were in too much of a hurry to hire another female president rather than the best person for the job. Again I think Martha Pollack is probably a brilliant academic, but does not have the personality or tby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Ithaca Crime Rate - 4 weeks ago
David Harding scoop85 Friends who live in Ithaca are reporting an increase in violent crime in the city. I wasn't sure if that was just hyperbole, but this data seems to bear that out, as Ithaca is deemed safer (by this criteria) than only 5% of U.S. cities. But as per an Ithaca Times story from last year, the statistics don't appear so dire. I'm curious what other folks in the area are seeingby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: 2022-23 Predictions - 4 weeks ago
This firing of an out of control Woody Hayes was the beginning of the end for the idea that nothing a great coach did could cost him his job. Except that ... two decades later Penn State's president wanted Joe Paterno to retire (early 2000s), Paterno rudely told president Graham Spanier no way, Paterno kept his job for nearly another decade, the sex abuse scandal built, and in 2011 both Spaniby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Ithaca Crime Rate - 4 weeks ago
Possibly Ithaca reports more crimes than the average city? If you get mugged and don't believe anyone will be punished, or it was a stash of fentanyl you lost, are you reporting it?by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - CU recruits rank vs top schools - 4 weeks ago
Al DeFlorio Hilarious that 1-4-1 Princeton is ranked higher than 1-7-2 Cornell because it has a higher star "average." Using that logic, 1-0-0 would be better still. Math and statistics look good when you're staring through a telescope at the cosmos. Imagine taking Carl Sagan's class while stoned.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
martySingles may be fine but roommates are both wonderful and entertaining. ) North Campus new dorms (Vietnam era new dorms) were typically (my recall) * 4 people in doubles, 2 in singles, 2:1 ratio * Not enough in-suite common space * too much common area space and what was there seemed cold, institutional Would have been nice to have a suite of 1 double, plus 3 singles or 4 singles, andby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
George64Moreover, it was home to AD White and other university presidents, and the last vestige of the faculty row. Before it housed the Society for the Humanities, it was the White Art Museum. Exactly. None of them move the needle when it comes to biotech, nano-fabrication, etcetera. Plus six, okay five, floors in place of AD White would guarantee 5 bars of cell service all the way out to theby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
George64 nshapiro billhoward The Schoellkopf Crescent has crumbled many times, been repaired, and has not yet fallen. The aging stadium has also benefited from Cornell's imposed weight limit of 3,500 fans at football games. Otherwise there'd probably be 10,000 at most games. Is this new? What do they do at graduation - in 2019 the crescent was packed for graduation. I think Bill’s being ironicby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
wolcoma That's my frustration with Martha Pollack is she is the most AWOL president Cornell has ever had. For example, she has been president for five years and has not once come out to meet alums at our Cornell Club event. Secondly ask many of the staff in the athletic department and they can't stand her. My daughter overlapped one year with Martha Pollack at Cornell and never saw or metby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - CU recruits rank vs top schools - 4 weeks ago
These are the IL Cornell-recruit rankings HS Class of '22 combined with Cornell's notes on its 14 incoming players. Five stars is the highest. Cornell's lone five-star is a FOGO. If you only have one, best when it's a faceoff guy or goalkeeper. Unless your name is Teat or Pannell. FIVE STARS Jack Cascadden – FO/Midfield – 6-3 – 220 Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City School) Prior to Corneby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2022 - 4 weeks ago
Scersk '97As long as they don't close Lynah or let the Crescent crumble for real, I'm fine. Campus has got to densify. And I prefer new buildings to poor renovations of or ugly carbuncles added to older ones. The Schoellkopf Crescent has crumbled many times, been repaired, and has not yet fallen. The aging stadium has also benefited from Cornell's imposed weight limit of 3,500 fans at football gaby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: 2022 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament Thread of DESTINY - 4 weeks ago
nshapiro Of course, the ACC mob counts all those Syracuse wins as wins vacated titles now. Fixed, sorry, clarified your post. I not sure if Swezey mentioned it but one of the most amazing strings in sports was Syracuse's 22 straight national semifinals appearances from 1983 to 2004. Since then, three more 2006-2009, since then only one more in 2013. Syracuse does have the top recruit enteringby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: 2022 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament Thread of DESTINY - 5 weeks ago
We Showed Baltimore by Christian Swezey is a pretty good book, decently written, and as David Bilmes says, those of us who saw Moran's first three titles - um, the only three Cornell won -- and thought we had some insights into Cornell lacrosse still learned a lot about the players and Moran. Such as that Eamon McEneaney '77 was not the classic affluent Long Islander and in fact had to work as maby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - 5 weeks ago
Ken711 Buczek Names 14 to 2023 Recruiting Class. Cornell Recruiting Class Incoming Cornell players all sound fantastic. But: None are in the Inside Lacrosse top 10 (Harvard is the only Ivy, with Adam Blind, #6, goalie.)by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Men's Basketball 22-23 - 5 weeks ago
mountainred First recruit for 2023-24 has committed: Jake Fiegen, a 6-3 guard from Illinois. The report is that he's a sharpshooter and had offers from Navy and Cal-Poly. My fears, recalling 45 off years, about 5 good years, the sweet sixteen year, is that a 6-foot-3 recruit is coming in as a forward. Fortunately not in this case. Be nice to have an extra stat (alongside favororite color orby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Topher Scott - 5 weeks ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 I'd rather see him behind the bench when Schafer retires. Michigan may give Scott the seasoning to make him successful as a head coach. Better if as assistant coach but director of hockey operations is okay, too. Dick Bertrand '70 (albeit class of 1970 at age 29) jumped from team captain to being Harkness' successor, without being in assistant position. That was too much to aby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell's QB Jameson Wang's NIL deal on adversity - 7 weeks ago
NIL. That's name, image, likeness. Good for him.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: New baseball field site approval received - 2 months ago
RichH billhoward Ken711 Cop at Lynah It appears construction has started on the new baseball facility. A bunch of heavy equipment has been busy at the new site Amy more progress on the baseball site? The odds baseball-field construction is faster-paced than the game itself? If there's a need for speed, might it be to get sports away from academic buildings so as to avoid pollution? Avoid pollutiby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: New baseball field site approval received - 2 months ago
Ken711 Cop at Lynah It appears construction has started on the new baseball facility. A bunch of heavy equipment has been busy at the new site Amy more progress on the baseball site? The odds baseball-field construction is faster-paced than the game itself? If there's a need for speed, might it be to get sports away from academic buildings so as to avoid pollution?by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Binghamton perhaps adding D1 hockey? - 2 months ago
One would think Binghamton could fare better than -- have you seen the campus in a blighted section of Springfield, Mass? -- American International, which has made the NCAAs in 2019. One wonders if AIC gets a couple students if not athletes from people thinking they're going to American University in DC. But fast forward 10 years and Binghamton could be an ECAC team if you consider decent acaby billhoward - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros 2021-2022 - 2 months ago
jeff '84 Denis Ladouceur, a Canadian and former COO at a Wall Street firm and transplanted New Yorker, felt as if the city was missing one main meeting place: a sports bar devoted to hockey fans. In December 2021, he opened The Canuck on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea to appeal to the legion of hockey fans in the New York area that follows the New York Rangers, New York Islanders and New Jersey Devilsby billhoward - Hockey
Re: 2022-23 Men's Schedule - 2 months ago
Al DeFlorio billhoward a federal correctional facility, if memory serves. Actually, in St. Charles, Misssouri. The ultimate penalty box. Nicely played.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: 2022-23 Men's Schedule - 2 months ago
jkahn French Rage But are the NoDak fans concerned? Probably, they wound up picking up two games vs. Lindenwood to fill the gap. On the other hand, after losing two to Cornell last year, they may feel good about the change. That's a federal correctional facility, if memory serves. Actually, in St. Charles, Misssouri.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - 3 months ago
Bryant, ex-Duke, lacrosse coach Mike Pressler retired this spring. Pressler was at Bryant 16 years (time flies), in 2014 got Bryant to the NCAA quarterfinals. Note from Bryan PR: Bryant named "associate head coach Casey Brodersen the interim head coach and a national search for the next head coach who will build on Coach Pressler's success and take Bulldog Lacrosse to the next level willby billhoward - Other Sports