Now that was funny stuff! Well done.
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#2
Hockey / Re: Nash could return as early as November
November 06, 2007, 08:03:09 PM
neither, but very closely aquainted with my knee doc as I have btdt with 3 knee ops. My advice is to avoid them at all costs, but if you cannot, don't rush them back. It only leads to trouble.
#3
Hockey / Re: Nash could return as early as November
November 02, 2007, 01:22:01 PM
Well done.....
Seriously though, don't rush a bad knee injury. It never has a positive outcome.
Seriously though, don't rush a bad knee injury. It never has a positive outcome.
#4
Hockey / Re: Nash could return as early as November
November 01, 2007, 05:28:46 PM
I totally agree. There is no reason to rush him back. Even take a medical redshirt if you have to and come back next season fully rehabbed.
#5
Hockey / Re: Romano update
October 12, 2007, 10:15:10 PM
That is what I was longwindedly getting at. He is a great skater, has hands that you can never teach, but he refuses to play without the puck, which any player is overwhelmingly without the puck for most of the game, he refuses to play a team game and utilize his teammates to his benefit. He is ultimately a very selfish player. His coach Nikoforov and every one before and after (even Mike and we all know I am not a Mike fan) has done him a grave diservice by not making him play the team game. Ultimately though, it does fall on Tony and he is his own worst enemy in that regard.
#6
Hockey / Re: Romano update
October 12, 2007, 10:10:34 PM
[quote Jim Hyla
Actually there is a new IHL, nothing related to the one that dissolved in early 2000's. It's a reincarnation of old UHL, I believe. If that's his end point, I feel sorry for him. Seeing what's happened to McKee and others, only reinforces my view that unless you're a near sure thing, staying in school is usually the correct option.[/quote]
You are correct. It is the old Uhaul league.
Actually there is a new IHL, nothing related to the one that dissolved in early 2000's. It's a reincarnation of old UHL, I believe. If that's his end point, I feel sorry for him. Seeing what's happened to McKee and others, only reinforces my view that unless you're a near sure thing, staying in school is usually the correct option.[/quote]
You are correct. It is the old Uhaul league.
#7
Hockey / Re: Romano update
October 12, 2007, 02:25:39 PM
You are correct in that he has but one year to "make it". He has nothing left to fall back on. Without a great season in the OHL, he will have a tough time coming back as an overager. The next stop will be the ihl league
Right now in 6 games he has only one point - an assist. He clearly was brought in to put up points and right now he isn't. They won't wait long for him in London. They have already made some trades to improve the team. I think it is safe to say he is struggling with the transition. Is it the shoulder? Is it his inability to play without the puck and his inability to involve his linemates to his benefit. I.E., you give up the puck to a teammate to get it back in a better position. I vote for at least b and maybe c, all of the above.
Tony will likely never be a defensive forward. He will have to become less of a liability in the defensive zone to move up but his biggest problem is his inability to make the right play at the right time and not just try to beat somebody to beat them. Beat them to make a play, not just to make the crowd go ooo!
Right now in 6 games he has only one point - an assist. He clearly was brought in to put up points and right now he isn't. They won't wait long for him in London. They have already made some trades to improve the team. I think it is safe to say he is struggling with the transition. Is it the shoulder? Is it his inability to play without the puck and his inability to involve his linemates to his benefit. I.E., you give up the puck to a teammate to get it back in a better position. I vote for at least b and maybe c, all of the above.
Tony will likely never be a defensive forward. He will have to become less of a liability in the defensive zone to move up but his biggest problem is his inability to make the right play at the right time and not just try to beat somebody to beat them. Beat them to make a play, not just to make the crowd go ooo!
#8
Hockey / Re: Romano update
October 03, 2007, 10:24:44 PM
Rich:
I was always thought of Tony as a very skilled player with the puck on his stick. His problem, and the team suffered greatly for it, was that he wouldn't use his linemates to open up the ice for him. You have to be willing and able to play away from the puck. The majority of the game for any player is spent without the puck. You only saw Tony play when he had the puck. He would ignore the obvious pass to an open team-mate to try to stickhandle around or through the opposition. Had he had the selflessness to give up the puck to take pressure away and create openings for him, he would have been hugely successful. No coach in Tony's career has required him to play on the defensive side of the blue line or to properly utilize his linemates. Cornell should have been the place for that. Last year's team was characterized by selfish play. Tony fed right into that and by not correcting it and demanding that it stop, it was pervasive throughout the team, throughout the season. That is the coaches fault. Tony was but one glaring example of that.
We have a right to expect better from Cornell hockey that we saw last year. I am objective enought to say it was not great hockey. At times it was bad hockey. The coaches and the captains bear the responsibility for that. We as fans have a right to expect better effort, better execution and therefore, better coaching.
I was always thought of Tony as a very skilled player with the puck on his stick. His problem, and the team suffered greatly for it, was that he wouldn't use his linemates to open up the ice for him. You have to be willing and able to play away from the puck. The majority of the game for any player is spent without the puck. You only saw Tony play when he had the puck. He would ignore the obvious pass to an open team-mate to try to stickhandle around or through the opposition. Had he had the selflessness to give up the puck to take pressure away and create openings for him, he would have been hugely successful. No coach in Tony's career has required him to play on the defensive side of the blue line or to properly utilize his linemates. Cornell should have been the place for that. Last year's team was characterized by selfish play. Tony fed right into that and by not correcting it and demanding that it stop, it was pervasive throughout the team, throughout the season. That is the coaches fault. Tony was but one glaring example of that.
We have a right to expect better from Cornell hockey that we saw last year. I am objective enought to say it was not great hockey. At times it was bad hockey. The coaches and the captains bear the responsibility for that. We as fans have a right to expect better effort, better execution and therefore, better coaching.
#9
Hockey / Re: Romano update
October 03, 2007, 10:11:15 PM
I didn't say he was ever going to be "Defensive Player of the Year", but he is a far cry better defensively than he was early in his career.
#10
Hockey / Re: Nash injury confirmation
October 03, 2007, 10:09:53 PM
Evil:
You raise an interesting point and one that drives me crazy. The new trend with colleges is to hide behind the banner of "medical privacy" in order to not discuss / fully disclose an injury to an athlete. That is fine for you or me, but for a varsity athlete it is not, especially for those schools that are scholarship schools.
NCAA football is a little better, injury reports are given on a weekly basis and if a player is questionable or out for the next game it and the injury is disclosed. Hockey should be the same.
Not to take anything away from Nash, but had his status been known prior, would he have been given the preseason nod? Likely not.
This isn't just a Cornell or Mike problem. It is a NCAA hockey problem. There should be a NCAA wide policy on the reporting and disclosure of injury and status due to injury.
You raise an interesting point and one that drives me crazy. The new trend with colleges is to hide behind the banner of "medical privacy" in order to not discuss / fully disclose an injury to an athlete. That is fine for you or me, but for a varsity athlete it is not, especially for those schools that are scholarship schools.
NCAA football is a little better, injury reports are given on a weekly basis and if a player is questionable or out for the next game it and the injury is disclosed. Hockey should be the same.
Not to take anything away from Nash, but had his status been known prior, would he have been given the preseason nod? Likely not.
This isn't just a Cornell or Mike problem. It is a NCAA hockey problem. There should be a NCAA wide policy on the reporting and disclosure of injury and status due to injury.
#11
Hockey / Re: Romano update
October 03, 2007, 06:28:18 PM
[quote Josh '99]You mean like what Schafer wanted him to do?[/quote]
Want??? He is the head coach. He could have actually influenced him with benching him until he played the game he as the head coach "wanted." By not doing so he gave his blessing to Tony's selfish, no defense style of play.
As for not taking him and the others on the road trip, it had nothing to do with on ice play.
Want??? He is the head coach. He could have actually influenced him with benching him until he played the game he as the head coach "wanted." By not doing so he gave his blessing to Tony's selfish, no defense style of play.
As for not taking him and the others on the road trip, it had nothing to do with on ice play.
#12
Hockey / Re: Nash injury confirmation
October 03, 2007, 06:23:39 PM
I can't speak for ugarte, but my response was a bit factitious. I think his might have been as well.
#14
Hockey / Romano update
October 03, 2007, 03:34:05 PM
While it is very early, it appears that Romano is struggling to fit in to the OHL.
http://lfpress.ca/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=198688&x=articles&s=knights
At least Hunter has the cajones to sit him unlike Mike. He was able to break Schremp and turn him into a real hockey player. It appears he isn't going to be afraid to try it with Tony either. That my be the best thing for him in the long run...that is, a coach that will make him play unselfishly and on both sides of the redline, with and without the puck.
http://lfpress.ca/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=198688&x=articles&s=knights
At least Hunter has the cajones to sit him unlike Mike. He was able to break Schremp and turn him into a real hockey player. It appears he isn't going to be afraid to try it with Tony either. That my be the best thing for him in the long run...that is, a coach that will make him play unselfishly and on both sides of the redline, with and without the puck.
#15
Hockey / Re: Nash injury confirmation
October 03, 2007, 03:23:48 PM
That is an awfully big jump.
This isn't the first time Mike has not been truthful about a serious injury that affects significant playing time.
Will Nash be missed? Absolutely. This is no simple miniscus tear.
That is 7-8 months for recovery. That is not a good sign. I first compared this to Duante Cullpepper's injury. It worked out for him or at least it seems like it has, but it took 2 years for him to be fully ready to play. Hopefully Nash doesn't nearly the same type of timeline.
This isn't the first time Mike has not been truthful about a serious injury that affects significant playing time.
Will Nash be missed? Absolutely. This is no simple miniscus tear.
That is 7-8 months for recovery. That is not a good sign. I first compared this to Duante Cullpepper's injury. It worked out for him or at least it seems like it has, but it took 2 years for him to be fully ready to play. Hopefully Nash doesn't nearly the same type of timeline.
