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Re: Slope Day - tix for alumni - 19 years ago
This faq says that you should email the organizers:by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: 2005-06 Schedule - 19 years ago
ursaminor Wrote: NYU and Penn are the only ones I think. I always thought of NYU as a "city-state" school, i.e., that the NY refers to the New York City. While Columbia, as one of the "colonial colleges" , more closely mimics Penn's situation, NYU was originally the "University of the City of New York" .by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: 2005-06 Schedule - 19 years ago
Scersk '97 Wrote: Look at squeakball: other than Duke, a basketball program with striking similarities (except for those pesky scholarships) to what Schafer is trying to do at Cornell, you have to go back to Villanova in '85 to find a non-city/state school. To clear this up, I probably should have written "city-state" in the classic sense. So, DU and BC would be "city-state&quby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: 2005-06 Schedule - 19 years ago
In most cases, both University of X and X State will be public. Penn is very much the exception. Can anyone think of another?by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: 2005-06 Schedule - 19 years ago
Well, in order to clear things up, I'll just go through the last few champs and say who I think is a "good guy" and who I think is part of the problem: 2004 Denver Good 2003 Minnesota Bad 2002 Minnesota Bad 2001 Boston College Bad? 2000 North Dakota Bad 1999 Maine Bad 1998 Michigan Bad 1997 North Dakotaby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Nov 11, 2005 - 19 years ago
Ah! You see, I was confused because, unlike that one Springfest, I remember you being there. Since that was the year after you graduated, I had inserted the conno memory into the marching band roadtrip we made there in one of the previous years when it would've been more logical for you to be there. Where did we stay? Was that the cold frat house? Where did I go after conno? Wow, my brainby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: New Recruits - 19 years ago
Of course, the British probably didn't get a chance to tell the colonists that they were "whining" in their own broadsheets: ********************* Ye Olde Scandal Sheet --------------------- Colonies in Turmoil! Babies Eaten! King George has syphillis! Letters to the Editor: King George III, John Jay, Paul Revere Dear Editor, You and the colonists are stupidheads. Cby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: New Recruits - 19 years ago
There's quite a difference between "whining" and "analyzing a loss." Whining: Oh, geez. Why do we always get screwed? Why does this always happen to us? Why did we have to go to Minnesota? Why couldn't it have been somebody else? We deserved the #1 seed, not Minnesota. Oh, geez, being a Cornell hockey fan is so difficult! Analyzing: You know, I thought we had a cby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Whither Mike Schafer? - 19 years ago
Wow, makes me want to go see a game at UMD. Must be like ol' Walker.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: New Recruits - 19 years ago
And, if you do end up programming such a useful thing, could you add a way for the poster to see just how many people have "ignored" him? What better response to a troll?by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: New Recruits - 19 years ago
The signal-to-noise ratio on RichS is awful. Where's my "squelch?"by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Nov 11, 2005 - 19 years ago
Since Dartmouth Ben hasn't gotten on the stick: When we headed to Dartmouth and Vermont my senior year, I don't think it coincided with Winter Carnival. Yet there were still parties at Dartmouth, one of which resulted in one of my favorite quotes of my college days: D'mout Frat Boy: Yeah, it's this game called Conno. You have to drink a lot. Scersk: OK... Scersk looks suspiciousby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: When will Roll start winning - 19 years ago
Mike Nevin Wrote: It used to be that you could depend on Clarkson to be strong for the whole regular season, and fold in the playoffs. Now, they seem to lose for the first 3/4 of the regular season, and show up only for the post-season. It has got to be a lousy time to be a Clarkson fan -- last years playoff run not withstanding. I'd rather have a team that shows up in the playoffs than aby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Offense is Defense - 19 years ago
ugarte Wrote: I have to disagree. There really is no such thing as a "one-game strategy." You design a system to give you the best chance of winning games. The loss to Minnesota doesn't prove any more or less than the loss to BC or Harvard; the win over OSU doesn't prove any more or less than the wins over Maine or Harvard. There were 16 teams in the tournament; 15 of them are going hoby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Offense is Defense - 19 years ago
Jordan 04 Wrote: Are we? Losing Cook and Downs from that sustained momentum is nothing to sneeze at. There's been a continuing downward trend in our GAA since '96 with small upward blips in '98 and '04. Did anyone really think the defense could get better than in 2003? I guess I shouldn't have doubted. We have six defensemen returning that have logged a significant number of minutes. Weby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Offense is Defense - 19 years ago
nyiballs Wrote: In terms of Schafer's system, I have this to say. It is GREAT!!... for long term success. However... it's suspect at best when it comes to the one and done tournament system. Here I think you're onto something. The typically small margin for error called for in Schafer's "Our Defense is Awesome" System (SODAS) can backfire. The team has a bad game, lets in threby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: road trip of a lifetime - 19 years ago
Speaking of neutral ice: Those schedules used to say "Maine vs. Minnesota" and "Cornell vs. Minnesota." Good to see the staff at USCHO is detail oriented.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dustin Traylen Out at Clarkson - 19 years ago
KeithK Wrote: However, I think it's much more likely that Clarkson can maintain a strong program over a long period of time because they have a history of strong programs and dedication on campus to the program. Not to mention scholarships. Exactly. jmh30 Wrote: Taking longer? Yeesh, they won a playoff series at Lynah and had a pretty good chance to beat Harvard in the championship game lasby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: New Recruits - 19 years ago
Another thing that occurs to me re: McCutcheon: We, rather famously, play a "left wing lock." McCutcheon seems to have spent most of his time on the right side, where our big power forwards rack up assists but not goals by aggressively forchecking and then hitting the cutting left wing. (Bâby (or Paolini?)/Bitz/Hynes to Moulson/Paolini (or Bâby?)) With all these experiby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dustin Traylen Out at Clarkson - 19 years ago
Oh, I wasn't expecting Roll to win championships, but I expected Clarkson to be a contender immediately. Roll has a reputation as a good bench coach and he seemed to have a reasonable nucleus of players. After the disorganization of the last Morris year and the interim coach situation, I thought he would just come in and say, "All right boys, let's go to Albany this year." To my admiby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Which loss was more painful? - 19 years ago
'96 was more painful than both, but that's because I was in school and I irrationally believed that team was magical. In the long view, I'm glad our painful losses are now coming in the quarter- or semifinals rather than in the first round.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dustin Traylen Out at Clarkson - 19 years ago
It's taking Roll longer than I thought it would, but I have every confidence that he's the right guy for Clarkson.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Way to go, ECACHL - 19 years ago
That's why I said tha Harvard and Colgate will only have one down year. If they can get their goaltending situations straightened out during the next year, they won't really miss a beat. Oh... and add Clarkson to the list of teams with goaltending "situations."by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Don't overrate Mike Schafer - 19 years ago
nyiballs Wrote: I'm sorry, but I'm not as much on the Schafer bandwagon as everyone else. He reminds me of Tony Dungy in football. Great knowledge, great preparation, can take a team one step from the top, but is just unable to get them over the hump. Ummm... do you even remember '96 and '97? Those were not national championship quality teams. In '94 and '95 we looked disorganized andby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dustin Traylen Out at Clarkson - 19 years ago
Wow. It's Roll's way or the highway! I think Morris really left him a bunch of malcontents.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Way to go, ECACHL - 19 years ago
Mike Nevin Wrote: Maybe Clarkson, SLU, and RPI will show up in the fall. Otherwise it looks like Cornell and Dartmouth are the returning strong teams. I think that, overall, the league will be getting stronger in the next few years, but you're probably right that we and Dartmouth will be the only "strong" teams. (A lot depends on Dartmouth's goaltending next year.) Next year, Iby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Whither Mike Schafer? - 19 years ago
Trotsky Wrote: Whether he exercises them depends in large part on how comfortable the Athletic Department and administration make him feel. And *that* makes me a little nervous, because the Athletic Department... is mired in second rate politics and envy... My simple equation: Andy Noel =by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: New Recruits - 19 years ago
Trotsky Wrote: No idea whether DiLeo will compete for time or whether he's Pizza Hut insurance. I really think that Chabot is "Pizza Hut insurance," i.e., good enough for one game but not for a significant injury (god help us) fill-in. DiLeo is probably a pretty good prospect--someone who might be a top goaltender in the CHA or AHA (or CCHA--hah!). My hypothesis is that he is aby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Whither Mike Schafer? - 19 years ago
I don't think Nieuwendyk is that far-fetched. I would'nt be surprised to see Casey Jones, though.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs. Minnesota post game thread - 19 years ago
billhoward Wrote: Is anyone else thinking: We saw O'Byrne make some mistakes this year that led to some goals ... ... we saw him in the corner from where the puck popped out in the final five seconds of Cornell's season ... ... but maybe Mike Schafer is a better judge of hockey talent than we are and Schafer sees something in O'Byrne that makes O'Byrne a starter? Cf. Cornell vs.by Scersk '97 - Hockey