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Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
CAS The 7 other Ivy football coaches applaud Andy’s decision. You are what your record is. 6 years & 60 games is more than an adequate sample size. David Archer is 15-45, with zero improvement in record from year 1 to year 6. We are tanking for the No. 1 draft pick, oh wait....by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Head coach David Archer has earned my full support and will continue to lead Big Red Football. Some question has arisen so I write to clarify. I do not have the luxury of retaining members of our coaching staff, both head coach and assistants, based on my personal affection for them or their effort. Massive effort is a baseline expectation. And, I do not make personnel decisions based on theby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
CAS No news re football. Guess those overseeing the program are satisfied with losing 75% of games, with no improvement over the 6 years. Hopefully it's just because of the Thanksgiving holiday break. I sent my email expressing the same concerns you have to Ryan Lombardi, Cornell VP for Student Affairs and the AD's boss, and received this email back: Thanks very much for your note and yourby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
CAS Would love to see Estes in Ithaca (like bringing Bagnoli to Columbia). He would be a huge upgrade over Archer. Brown will probably hire James Perry the head coach at Bryant U. Perry is the former standout QB at Brown, and a former OC coach at Princeton. It's the perfect fit there, although Perry is also the kind of experienced coach I wouldn't mind seeing at Cornell.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Brown U. is firing their HC Phil Estes, their winningest coach in history after only 2 losing seasons. And we are stuck with Archer for 6 losing seasons, amazing.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
ugarte I have no idea why you'd squib it when you are kicking with the wind and can put it through the end zone. The only way is squib is better than a touchback is if they fumble it. Just an insanely stupid decision after a great drive. That they weren't even set up to make a tackle on a run straight up the gut is embarrassing. The punt return was a fluke - I have no idea how the team missedby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
rss77 Not in favor of changing coaches-The team lost their running quarterback, Catanese, 4 games in. Chris Walker their best running back was our early on. Cornell has been a constant churn of coaches over the years. Six years with one coach is more than long enough to see any any sign of progress. We have the same Ivy record in year six as in year one! Look at this season as an example foby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
CAS I can’t believe what I just saw. Cornell is now 15-45 (25%) in the Archer era. In Archer’s 6 years as head coach, Cornell’s top Ivy finish is a tie for 5th. He has to go, it's just not working out here.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Al DeFlorio Ken711 jeff '84 Ken711 Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17. Holy cow, I can't believe they give up a TD on a kick-off. And an earlier one on a punt. Appropriate finish for the season, sorry to say. Hopefully Dave Archers last season.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
jeff '84 Ken711 Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17. Holy cow, I can't believe they give up a TD on a kick-off.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
So we end up 3-4 in the Ivy League, same record as last year.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Scersk '97 Indeed, Archer's never seemed to be able to get the team to come together. And after this many years at it, I'm just exhausted. Exactly, he's got a team with a lot of seniors playing which should have developed and produced by now, It's time to move on for sure. How can you recruit for players by them selling a head coach with a .254 winning percentage after 6 years. Andy needs toby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Swampy Ken711 scoop85 Cop at Lynah From the Cornell Sun article: As the interview drew to a close, The Sun brought up how the Ivy League is the only Football Championship Subdivision Division I conference in which there is no postseason play and whose champion must decline its automatic bid into the NCAA playoffs. The feeling among Ivy league head coaches like Cornell’s David Archer ’05 is thaby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
scoop85 Cop at Lynah From the Cornell Sun article: As the interview drew to a close, The Sun brought up how the Ivy League is the only Football Championship Subdivision Division I conference in which there is no postseason play and whose champion must decline its automatic bid into the NCAA playoffs. The feeling among Ivy league head coaches like Cornell’s David Archer ’05 is that the annual pby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Men's basketball 2018-19 - 86 SUNY Canton 44 - 5 years ago
scoop85 mountainred Ugly loss to Colgate 73-57. Basically, the Big Red looked awful. They couldn't shoot (4 of 28 from behind the arc) and the Raiders got to the basket with ease (they had 54 points in the paint). Nobody is as bad as their worst loss, but the team I watched today finishes last in the Ivy. Interior defense is nonexistent Cornell needs to bring in size at center, whether iby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Why does Cornell football have such little success? - 5 years ago
George64 Swampy But in part my point is that Cornell has had outstanding coaches and still lost (cf. e.g., Seifert's record). I don't know what resources they were given, but presumably someone like Blackman would bargain for the resources he needed before he would agree to come to Ithaca. So I think there must be more to explain our woeful record. Is there? This discussion prompted me to reby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Why does Cornell football have such little success? - 5 years ago
Beeeej Al DeFlorio Swampy CAS Columbia went 8-2 last year. They turned it around by devoting greater resources to the program & hiring an outstanding coach. But in part my point is that Cornell has had outstanding coaches and still lost (cf. e.g., Seifert's record). I don't know what resources they were given, but presumably someone like Blackman would bargain for the resources he needed bby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Why does Cornell football have such little success? - 5 years ago
CAS Columbia went 8-2 last year. They turned it around by devoting greater resources to the program & hiring an outstanding coach. That's all it takes! David Archer's win/loss record which currently stands at: (15-43 overall, .259; 11-29, Ivy, .275). If Cornell doesn't make a change at the end of this season, you'll know how little they care about the sport,by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
rss77 Look-The team is giving their best effort out there but if you look at the history of Cornell football since the formalization of the Ivy League the program has been at best mediocre with the exception of the Marinaro and Maxie Baughan years. Was kind of sad being at the game yesterday and watching the 1988 team being honored for their Ivy co-championship. 1990 was the last co-championship-by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
billhoward Al DeFlorio Didn't Archer get another contract extension after last season? David Archer '05 has been Cornell coach since fall 2013. So this is his sixth year. According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Archer has signed two contract extensions. If I read the Sun story right, it reported in February 2018 that the second extension was signed "some time ago" as in after the 2017 seasoby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
David Harding Ken711 Al DeFlorio Didn't Archer get another contract extension after last season? If he did, it could and should be bought out. It makes no sense to keep a coach who can't win just to fulfill a contract. Six years is more than enough time for his own recruits to establish a winning program, if Archer and his staff recruited, developed and coached those players properly. Neitherby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
billhoward I feel bad for the players. They're not working any less than the other Ivy teams, they're just winning less. Maybe a coaching change is in order. You can't say "fire the coach" in his second or third year if you're committed to rebuilding. If this is the year for change, then let's hope the new coach and much of the staff is in place in December. That's on AN, he should haby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Al DeFlorio Didn't Archer get another contract extension after last season? If he did, it could and should be bought out. It makes no sense to keep a coach who can't win just to fulfill a contract. Six years is more than enough time for his own recruits to establish a winning program, if Archer and his staff recruited, developed and coached those players properly.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
People forget how bad Brown and Penn were before hiring the right football coaches, and committing the appropriate resources to the sport.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
CAS Let’s fix football, not abandon it. We need to invest in it (coaches, facilities, etc.). Playing Ivy football helps the Cornell brand. If Columbia can turn around their football program, we can too. Couldn't agree more.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
dbilmes The official attendance for Friday night's game was 1,066. It's hard to make an argument for continuing to fund the football program with such dismal fan support. Yes, there was a hockey game going on at the same time, but that's unlikely to have made a huge dent into the attendance at the football game. Why show up when the you know there will be questionable play calling and another lby Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Cornell with yet another loss under David Archer in a mistake filled game, The Cornell scoring machine offense scored 7 points in its last two games! Andy has to fire Archer at the end of this season.by Ken711 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2018 - 5 years ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 Now 17-7. Ugh. Now 20-7. Double ugh.by Ken711 - Other Sports