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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Re: New athletic director Nicki Moore - 8 weeks ago
Trotsky Huggy bear was garbage. It's not our bear; it's an inconsequential marketing gimmick from a period that was singularly soulless. This is our bear: When I started Cornell in 1964, I brought a bear sweatshirt home for my younger brother, who was nine. He really liked the bear, as I think most kids would. So, there's lots to be said for animalistic insignia. OTOH, my brother woby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
George64 osorojo I was hoping for a cogent explanation (or excuse) for current Cornell Men's hockey pitiful record against opponents ranked 20th best - or worse! I only mentioned past Cornell Ice Hockey glory because I still cherish memories of the Lou Mobbs and Paul Patton and Ned Harkness days. Of course, I remember Paul Patton and Ned Harkness, but Lou Mobbs was only a vague memory, so I seaby Swampy - Hockey
Re: ECAC 2024 Discussion Thread - 2 months ago
BearLover chimpfood Nothing against sever or student athletes in general, I know how hard it is to balance sports and school, but it’s kinda funny that a 3.5 gpa wins scholar athlete of the year for the whole league. 3.5 in Engineering is like a 3.8 in another school though I think. IIRC, the GPA of my graduating class in Engineering in the late 1960s was 2.7.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: MLAX: @Denver 2/24 - 2 months ago
upprdeck it would be nice if Athletics actually said thats its a pay link on the schedule page. if you just take a quick look you woudnt know and some may jump in sat expecting to watch and not pay the $9. So, we have different ethoses at work: Andrew Dickson White: "Truth for truth's sake." Lazy, Underpaid Intern: "The minimum effort needed." Aspiring Corporate Magnateby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Alumni in the pros 23-24 - 2 months ago
sah67 Jacob MacDonald was profiled by a San Jose fan site as a model for the future of "position-less hockey" due to his versatility in shifting back and forth between forward and defenseman, even during a single game. Lots of good quotes from his coach (David Quinn) on that role as well: The subsequent waiving of JMD aside, it seems to me that, against Yale and Brown, Robinson wasby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 2 months ago
mike1960 upprdeck mike1960 Mr. Niss seems nuts to me that on Friday at 7 the U will have Toledo vs Bowling Green and not Cornell-Yale, but who am I other than a Big Red homer (but not from Homer). Looks like it's free on the regular ESPN feed. I see the normal espn+. I just checked: It's on ESPN and ESPN+ The lacrosse game, on the other hand. . . Not sure about lacrosse game, but Iby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Trotsky I'm glad he extricated himself. That was and maybe still is a toxic program. Does Director of Hockey Operations indicate he has decided to move from behind the bench to go in the Athletic Director direction? Reading his goodbye message, he's silent about anything pushing him away from Michigan and identifies the attraction of family ties in Chicago as the cause of his leaving. Heby Swampy - Hockey
Re: ESPN+ price increase - 2 months ago
CU2007 Wonder how this will impact Cornell on ESPN+ This seems like an overt, collusive oligopoly to me. It shouldn't be legal. Is it?by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
adamw The Rancor Trotsky Kariya would have just played somewhere else. I always wondered who else recruited him. He did come out of BC when the McCutcheon pipeline was at its peak. What is the back story here? I remember Walsh getting popped for taking money from boosters. Was Kariya also? I don't recall anything about Walsh taking money from boosters. And even if he did, I don't think thby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell at Dartmouth, 1/27 - 3 months ago
nshapiro Iceberg Dafatone I'm kinda stuck here, because on one hand I tend to be relatively optimistic, but on the other hand I somehow hate Dartmouth more than Harvard. I always found the games against Dartmouth to be contentious affairs and often more exciting that the games against Harvard the night before or after. With Gaudet behind the bench, you would figure some kind of shenanigans woulby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Home Ice - 3 months ago
George64 David Harding The NCAA rule book does not have any objective criteria. The cynic that I am, leads me to believe that rink operators may adjust the ice quality to offset the skating characteristics of the visiting team. In baseball, the infield grass is cut to favor the home team, if you bunt a lot, keep it long. From "The Poison Ivy in the Ivy League," Sports Illustrateby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 3 months ago
Williams Nails a 3-pointer Blaine Aston once nailed a similar shot against Princeton from the other side of the key, IIRC.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell at Harvard, 1/26 - 3 months ago
marty BearLover chimpfood The announcers have been repeating the same exact thing for about 5 minutes now. They spent way too much time talking about the PWR. Though, it was refreshing to hear a focus on the PWR rather than the conference standings. The Cornell announcers spend way too much time on the ECAC standings when it’s the PWR ranking that really matters. The Harvard announcers were alsoby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - 3 months ago
billhoward David Harding One step at a time. Ithaca Planning Board has some suggestions. Ithaca Voice The board had some suggestions. Daniel Correa lauded the use of Sasaki Associates as landscape architect, but felt the landscaping was lacking in interest, and suggested decorative boulders or a small-quad like layout, and Chair Mitch Glass added that “it needs a lot more attention.” Emily Pby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - 3 months ago
Ken711 David Harding One step at a time. Ithaca Planning Board has some suggestions. I watched the session. They didn't read the submitted site review documentation very well. Some of their questions/concerns were explained there. Anyway, I'm expecting it should move through the review process fairly smoothly, and construction to start in the Fall. Well, comparing the architect's renditby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell 3 Quinnipiac 2 (ot) - 3 months ago
CU2007 Chris '03 Big Dingus lol at the haters on the student section. Feels like at this point you guys enjoy when it’s empty Mainly BearLover of course It is what it is. I think the point is that people are going to push back when you come on here and declare how full it is but the broadcast shows huge empty sections. We'd all love to see a full student section night in and night out. Bby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2024 and Beyond - 3 months ago
scoop85 In my listing I forgot to include our new recruit, forward Parker Murray. In 17 games with Penticton and Chilliwack of the BCHL he has 4 G, 6 A. And today we got a commitment from Michael Dec, a forward from St. Andrews College who turns 17 in a couple of weeks. In 28 games Dec has 11 G, 12 A. Hopefully he goes on a growth spurt, as Elite Prospects lists him as 5’7” and only 134 lbs.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: HARVARD SUCKS - 3 months ago
Do we really need to read "Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard"? Isn't it obvious? HARVARD SUCKS!by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2024 and Beyond - 3 months ago
Trotsky Nice article despite the mention of Boston. Parker Murray “I want a school that will give me an opportunity to be able to be me and not transform me into someone else.” I dunno. When he comes to Cornell, Mike is likely to want him to improve his defensive game.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs UMass at Lake Placid -- 12/29 4 pm - 4 months ago
Trotsky I'm not actually sure when Cornell becomes "Ivy" in spirit. By the letter, it's not until 1954 that anyone is officially Ivy. But in spirit, we were the poor bastard public stepchild compared to the other snoots. Well, to be fair Yale was the Connecticut state "land-grant" college until 1893, Brown was Rhode Island's state "land-grant" until 1894. Dartmoutby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Dan Swanstrom new Cornell head football coach - 4 months ago
Local Motion I think Dan Swanstrom is an awesome hire and this guy has won everywhere he has coached. Like I have said many times, he may be a great hire and we are lucky to have Swanstrom on the East Hill, but the Cornell admin has to be willing to support the football program or he will be another 3 and out. One of the highlights of this hire is Dan Swanstrom was the head coach at Divisionby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Hockey Coverage - 5 months ago
I would add one thing to what others have said. I streamed last weekend's BU game and found the announcers to be strong BU homers, which I would normally expect. Nonetheless, they provided insights into each team's strategy like I have never heard before. For example, they said Cornell defense appeared to be using man-to-man coverage. I've never heard such analysis before in any broadcast hocby Swampy - Hockey
Re: CU-BU 2023 - 5 months ago
Dafatone ugarte Trotsky ugarteI am still annoyed at their terror at any forecheck and we have ONE player on the team who likes - actually likes - to shoot the puck (Bancroft) and every time he's on the wing with space, whoever is passing it to him handcuffs him so he can't one-time it. Morgan Barron would have killed someone by now. I agree with this generally, but Penny and Walsh also like toby Swampy - Hockey
Re: ECAC 2024 Discussion Thread - 5 months ago
upprdeck A good thing we beat Minn Dul/BC and have Ariz St and UMass on the schedule so we a chance out of OC wins. Super big weekend to get things back turned around. Imagine! Beating BU and BC in a single weekend. FYP!by Swampy - Hockey
Re: CU-BU 2023 - 5 months ago
billhoward JohnF81 It was a great crowd and atmosphere at MSG. 15,289 was an excellent turnout. St. John's basketball drew 14,188 when they played Michigan at MSG two weeks ago. Great comments by Mike in the postgame on alumni support. 15,289/18,006 MSG hockey seating = 85% full Saturday night. I thought it felt much fuller than that, but I cannot fathom an arena ever undercounting. Might be itby Swampy - Hockey
Re: CU-BU 2023 - 5 months ago
BearLover Trotsky BearLover I’m very happy Cornell won last night and I had a great time at the game. But the performance did not inspire confidence for the rest of the year. Looking at the chances Cornell gave up, BU easily could have had four or five goals. Even though Cornell did finally score on the PP, it came when a puck popped out to Walsh from the half-wall, rather than set up by a passinby Swampy - Hockey
Re: CU-BU 2023 - 5 months ago
BearLover marty So does Hockey East have additional time outs during the regular season broadcasts or were these effing Fan Cam Can Cans designed to encourage folks to buy $15 beers? I wasn't listening to WHCU. Did they run commercials during the extra down time? I was wondering why there were so many timeouts. It didn’t make sense given the game wasn’t televised. It allowed BU to double sby Swampy - Hockey
Re: New Cornell football coach search - 5 months ago
Chris H82 Swampy Ken711 CAS How bout George Santos to the Lions? . Nice one. He actually was the Offensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots from 2015 - 2017. And he won't be interested in the opening at Columbia, as he's already coached them to an Ivy League title. While he was on the faculty of Columbia's physics department.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: New Cornell football coach search - 5 months ago
Ken711 CAS How bout George Santos to the Lions? . Nice one. He actually was the Offensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots from 2015 - 2017.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: New Cornell football coach search - 5 months ago
scoop85 tycho Here is the link to the official position listing on the website of Parker Executive Search, for those interested (or those interested in applying or nominating, I suppose). Note that the position will entail "outdoor activites in variable and/or inclement weather conditions" and will require a "clean and valid driver's license" at the time of employment. “Typiby Swampy - Other Sports