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Quote from: upperdeckthe bigger issue is that Cornell needs to care enough to make sure its done right. the athletic dept as a whole  does things over and over that really make you wonder if anyone up there gets it. it starts with scheduling games to start at the same time, running the golf course into the ground, marketing poorly, a lousy web site and then add to it not caring about making sure a product like this is up to snuff..

Abso-freaking-lutely.   One other thing to add to that list is ticket sales.  I've personally been told by the ticket office that there were tickets available for a game but that I couldn't purchase them ahead of time and the only way I could get them was to show up in person on the day of the game.  Not a big deal if you live in Ithaca I guess, but when you're travelling from NYC with a group of 4-5 people, that's not really an option.   Talk about not getting it---these people were NoDak fans that wanted to see Lynah because they had heard so much about it, and I can't help but think it took a little away from the experience that that was what they were told (as was I.)

As a member of the media, I agree with all of this.  I cover games in the ECAC for USCHO and after I had the gall to hold up the Cornell press conference after the Yale game because I wanted to speak to two Yale players before they got on the bus after their win, SID Kevin Zeise has denied further credential requests from me.  It's not like I write some blog that only a few people read.  They have decided to shut out coverage from college hockey's undisputed news leader.  It is pathetic.  Cornell is all about themselves.  They capitalize on the popularity of their hockey team by fleecing their fan base because they know they can.  No one is going anywhere else on Friday and Saturday nights.