ELynah Forum

Love all of the heartfelt chatter in these game logs, but let's face facts: Cornell is just not that good. The scores don't lie. Wins and losses are how teams are judged. Winning teams make good breaks and good luck fall their way; losing teams the opposite, No very good team loses and ties a slew of bottom-dwelling teams for weeks on end. A few years ago, Princeton had one of their usual poor regular seasons, then turned on the jets in the playoffs and won the ECACs. That will be Cornell's only chance this year.

Seems quite possible that the team's recent swoon is directly related to Coach Schaefer's health issues and long absence. The players are young adults, teens and young 20-somethings, and they are a super tight-knit crew, as Cornell hockey teams always are. So it would be no surprise if they have been shaken deeply by Coach's health issues. No way is that an excuse for their very sub-par play against some of college hockey's lowest-ranked teams, but it is quite possibly the cause and something everybody should consider when analyzing the team and it's performance.