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Quote from: YankeeLoboWow, blew another lead to Cuse late in the game?  What is it with these players?  Do they just choke when they realize they're beating a team that they shouldn't be?  The late game meltdowns are clearly psychological.  I mean, they couldn't even clear the ball late in the NC game last year, all they had to do was clear the freaking ball and the game was OVER.  I know the answer -- too many late party nights at ATO frat house makes the mind and body weak late in games.  Yes, the same ATO frat house where I witnessed George Boiardi piss on a wall in the basement, literally urinate in public on a wall.

Now you've gone from being a harmless pest to someone who is way past despicable.  You truly are a f'@ing jerk.    and/or you must be seriously deranged.  Why don't you get yourself some therapy and stay the f away from here.  You haven't added 1 worthwhile comment to the post since you've appeared here.

Hahaha...

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Quote from: semsoxWell that's pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen

Quote from: YankeeLoboWow, blew another lead to Cuse late in the game? What is it with these players? Do they just choke when they realize they're beating a team that they shouldn't be? The late game meltdowns are clearly psychological. I mean, they couldn't even clear the ball late in the NC game last year, all they had to do was clear the freaking ball and the game was OVER. I know the answer -- too many late party nights at ATO makes the mind and body weak late in games.

I stand corrected.

Tee hee!!

Wow, blew another lead to Cuse late in the game?  What is it with these players?  Do they just choke when they realize they're beating a team that they shouldn't be?  The late game meltdowns are clearly psychological.  I mean, they couldn't even clear the ball late in the NC game last year, all they had to do was clear the freaking ball and the game was OVER.  I know the answer -- too many late party nights at ATO frat house makes the mind and body weak late in games.  Yes, the same ATO frat house where I witnessed George Boiardi piss on a wall in the basement, literally urinate in public on a wall.

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Quote from: Al DeFlorioCornell #17: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

Goddamnit. One spot behind New Mexico.

Was thinking the same thing, I will take a Sweet 16 over a ranking spot a better regular season

As would I and most New Mexico fans.

Hopefully our new coach can run with that...

I was really just kidding when I made the comment about Donahue returning within 5 years.  That said, I don't see how this is a good situation for Steve in the long run.  BC will be a very difficult program to resurrect.  Their AD, from everything that I've read and heard from BC alums, is a very difficult person to work for.  Andy Noel stuck with Donahue through some pretty bad seasons early in his tenure at Cornell, I wouldn't expect the same mercy for Donahue if he has three subpar seasons in a row at BC, especially with all the coaching turnover.  There will surely be names floating out there in the next 2-3 years that BC will lust after if Donahue doesn't turn that ship around quickly.  The leash will be a LOT shorter than it was at Cornell.

There are myriad examples of coaches that left successful mid major programs for Big 6 jobs and failed (the guy at Alabama who left VCU comes to mind).  I'm going back on things I've said earlier about Donahue leaving for a big time job, but I just don't see how this particular situation sets him up for success.

Good luck Coach!

Any thoughts on who could be the next Cornell head coach?  Nobody comes to mind.

3 subpar years in Chestnut Hill and his head will be on the chopping block.  I don't expect Cornell to find a coach that is worth keeping in the interim.  Donahue will be back in less than 5 years.

Donahue should just wait it out at Cornell until Boeheim retires at Syracuse.

I hope he gets the BC job.  More than anything I want Coach to be successful on the big stage.  I've had conversations with the guy and he is one of the nicest people you will ever meet.  Maybe too down to earth for BC, but I think he deserves a shot for everything he accomplished at Cornell.  If he can make Cornell a power in the Ivy League, something that 5 years ago I would've scoffed at, he's got the stuff to make BC at least more competitive than they have been in the ACC the last few years under Skinner.

Does anyone think we don't teach Marx because the guy was an anti-Semite?  He was one of the first philosophers to talk about the 'Jewish problem.'  The guy was absolutely nuts.  The Communist professors at Cornell don't teach about Marx and the 'Jewish problem' though.  Interesting.

Not sure whether to trust anything the Post or News reports, but at least we now know that Donahue is serious about other jobs but no one is biting.  He seems like a helluva coach but maybe he's just a poor interviewer.  I don't know how the Iona coach got the job over Donahue.  Donahue would've gotten a 5x raise, the ex-Iona guy will be making $1 million per year.  Wow.

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Quote from: ScrewBUThe belief that you can have 5 shots on goal in a period, get up 1-0, and ride that 40 more minutes to a win is just not going to happen.

Were we watching the same game?  Cornell carried the play in the 2nd period on Friday, put a lot of pressure on in the offensive zone, and had 11 shots to show for it in the period. They were certainly not playing "ride it out" hockey in that period.

QuoteWhat happens when you fall behind a couple goals?  

I guess you come back.

And then you do it again.

And then just for shits and giggles, you keep doing it.

And then if at that point people still believe that your team/system is dead in the water after 2 goal deficits, then I guess you just give up trying to show otherwise.

What's the common thread in all those box scores you posted?  The opposing team only scored 2 goals each time.  2 goals isn't that much.  

Another common thread?  Cornell got knocked out the next round in all three cases.  They used up their offense coming from 2 goals behind and had nothing left for the next night.

The last noteworthy common thread?  In the three games following those you mentioned, Cornell scored a total of THREE GOALS, THREE GOALS IN THREE GAMES.  That ain't "gettin it done" in my opinion, and it speaks to Schafer's inability to recruit or coach a team that can consistently score even TWO GOALS (TWO F'ING GOALS!!!) in consecutive tournament games.  

It's a pattern and it's not changing anytime soon under this system.  If you consider a 7-8 record in the tournament a success, than yes, we've been tremendously successful coming out of a 4th rated conference.  But if you measure success by Frozen Four's and National Championships, like Schafer and his staff have promised time and time again, then it's ludicrous to accept these results.

You're not going to win NCAA Championships averaging 2 goals in the first 2 games of the regional.  Bottom line.  And, with the exception of 2003, that's all the Schafer system has been able to muster in 15 years.

Used up our offense?  I wasn't aware that you had a set amount of offense to spread over a weekend.

And as has been pointed out (in this thread or one of the other ones) Wisconsin won it all doing exactly what we do.

I didn't mean 'using up our offense' literally, but this team has lacked offensive energy the night after making those come from behind wins.

All I'm saying is look at the results.  I don't think any team's goal, especially teams in the 3 top conferences, is to win their conference title.  Maybe Alabama-Huntsville's goal is to win their conference and they'll be happy just being in the tournament, but Cornell should have far loftier goals than winning the ECAC championship every year.

If we're going to be happy just getting to the NCAA tournament, what's the point?  I've said before this isn't Cornell basketball.

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Quote from: ScrewBUThe belief that you can have 5 shots on goal in a period, get up 1-0, and ride that 40 more minutes to a win is just not going to happen.

Were we watching the same game?  Cornell carried the play in the 2nd period on Friday, put a lot of pressure on in the offensive zone, and had 11 shots to show for it in the period. They were certainly not playing "ride it out" hockey in that period.

QuoteWhat happens when you fall behind a couple goals?  

I guess you come back.

And then you do it again.

And then just for shits and giggles, you keep doing it.

And then if at that point people still believe that your team/system is dead in the water after 2 goal deficits, then I guess you just give up trying to show otherwise.

What's the common thread in all those box scores you posted?  The opposing team only scored 2 goals each time.  2 goals isn't that much.  

Another common thread?  Cornell got knocked out the next round in all three cases.  They used up their offense coming from 2 goals behind and had nothing left for the next night.

The last noteworthy common thread?  In the three games following those you mentioned, Cornell scored a total of THREE GOALS, THREE GOALS IN THREE GAMES.  That ain't "gettin it done" in my opinion, and it speaks to Schafer's inability to recruit or coach a team that can consistently score even TWO GOALS (TWO F'ING GOALS!!!) in consecutive tournament games.  

It's a pattern and it's not changing anytime soon under this system.  If you consider a 7-8 record in the tournament a success, than yes, we've been tremendously successful coming out of a 4th rated conference.  But if you measure success by Frozen Four's and National Championships, like Schafer and his staff have promised time and time again, then it's ludicrous to accept these results.

You're not going to win NCAA Championships averaging 2 goals in the first 2 games of the regional.  Bottom line.  And, with the exception of 2003, that's all the Schafer system has been able to muster in 15 years.

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Quote from: TowerroadI think this is a little classless. Kick a guy when he is down.

Let's not bash the players.  Bash the coach!  the system!  This is the 3rd time Cornell's been beat in the tournament by Umile, because Umile knows how to coach these guys up to break the gimmick Cornell defensive system.  He makes it look easy, and he makes Schafer look stupid.

If it's just a coaching thing, how'd we win 5-2 against them earlier in the year?

Probably cause we played a great game that night and UNH was off...might've had an excuse.  In the tournament there are no excuses.  that's the only game that mattered of the two.  Umile obviously made the adjustments, Schafer didn't.  I felt like the team panicked early in the third period and started taking chances they didn't have to, or were not equipped to take.  its pretty clear they panicked from an offensive standpoint, feeling like they needed to tie it up quickly.  that's the problem with schafer's system, all the players start thinking defensively.  when there comes a point in the game when they actually need a goal, and they shift their strategy, they're not good at it, hence why UNH dominated us in the 3rd period.  cornell can't play open hockey, period.