ELynah Forum

This is a necessary and positive development. Let's see where the Cornell hierarchy takes us. I believe AD Moore is up to the task.

Good question! You have to start with the coach, though. Time for the AD to act.

Okay, thankfully it is over.
Simply put, Archer should be gone tonight. Get serious about it - stop the charade...

I am hopeful that he resigns. I agree that he has to accept the fact that he is not the right guy.
That's what I was alluding to when I mentioned self awareness in a previous post. We'll see if he gets it...

Well - way past "enough", but he just should leave...

I can assure you that is was more complicated than that. In fact, I never heard about Blackman being available as a precipitating factor. Their were alumni from the early 50s that had issues with Seifert's personnel decisions. In other words, it reeked of politics. Whatever - we are now talking about a pressing issue 47 years later.

Simply put, it should be "bye, bye" Archer. Hopefully, he recognizes that and exits stage door left...

Archer has to go. Hopefully he has the self awareness to walk into the AD's office in November 20 and resign.

Well, simply put, you can't expect an AD to cure a problem in her department without the support of the Prez. That's a BOT issue. Will they engage? We'll see...

Perhaps, but there was a lot more going on and I never heard the Blackman angle at the time. Sadly, I think Noel kind of "mailed it in" for the last few years.  The point is that the powers that be seem to be content with a persistent ineptitude. Winning feeds on itself and, unfortunately, losing does too!

Hofher was a great coach and student of the game. I remember him as a young man, he's now 66!

I have said Archer should go for years. He is now in year 11 and we are guaranteed no better than .500 this year!  How does one remain a coach for 11 years with not one .500+ season?

I was recruited by Musick and had the ill-fated George Seifert as my coach the last two years. He was canned after just those two years (a lot of BS politics were involved) and went on to coach at Stanford and the 49ers.
(I think he still holds the record for fastest NFL coach to 100 wins.) So how does Archer remain Head Coach?  Somebody or some group just couldn't care less, I guess.  If that is the case, then why continue the charade?  JUst say we don't give a crap about football. Alumni are entitled to know the truth!

Clearly, Cornell is capable of having very competitive (even dominant) Ivy League teams. Do we have to go beyond Hockey or Lacrosse to prove this point? And good, competitive teams attract fans.  You want a crowd?  Just win baby!
Further, it's not like we don't have any talent.  The Ivy League wins this year vs. Yale and Brown were not flukes.  We have some talented players and they played well!

So it comes down to coaching, pure and simple.  Seifert got only two years which was too short.  Archer has had 11 with zero plus .500 seasons,  In a word, that is ridiculous!