Cornell vs. Clarkson 3-0 FINAL

[Ben Doyle 03]

RichS and BRA,

I'd like to clarify my vague and/or ambiguous statement. . ."We caught a break. . .probably a well deserved one at that. "

When you play long enough the breaks (bounces, calls, etc...) have to, at some point fall in your favor. To say we deserved the call was an overstatement on my part. To "think" we caught a break (bounce, call, etc...) that we had not been getting (in that game or any other) is my opinion and I believe I am still entitled to that right. . .even on this forum. Agree or disagree, maybe we could agree to disagree, or maybe we could agree to keep disagreeing.:-P I'll leave that up to you but I'm going to class.:-)

~Ben

[ugarte]

This is not really directed at Ben, but is more in the nature of screaming into the wind. (I don't know, and don't really care, if we are in the red or the black on "karma points" for the quality of reffing we have been getting.  Though, I will venture to say, RichS, that Al was (in jest) talking about karma points, not a make-up call by the zebras.)

Ben most recently, Cynthia McKinney less recently, and any celebrity currently shocked, shocked that the U.S. government is doing something that they disagree with often say:
[q] [insert any opinion here] is my opinion and I believe I am still entitled to that right[/q]
To that I say "So what?" Did I (or anyone) give you the sense that I was some sort of authority preventing you from saying something?  That any authority was preventing you from saying something? The right to express an opinion is just that - the right to express an opinion.  It in no way affects the rights of anyone else to disagree.  Take the disagreement and either justify yourself, shrug and explain I don't get it, tell me to f' off, anything.  Just don't act as though my disagreement is some sort of first amendment imposition on your right to speak your mind.

I'm going to get some decaf.

[Ben Doyle 03]

;-)

[Turkeybone]

Well, from my vantage point in the top of A, I thought that it didn't cross the line completely, and nothing was snatched from the lion's mouth, so to speak.

[Al DeFlorio]

I really don't think anybody intended literally to say Cornell "deserved" to get a bad call.  I think the intent was to say that it's part of any sport:  bad calls happen--some go your way, and others don't.  Given that, it makes no sense to flagellate yourself as unworthy in the former case or dwell on it obsessively in the latter.  Over time it evens out, and I think that was the point being made.

[nyc94]

From the man with the best view of it all, in today's Daily Sun, ;-)

"The guy shot it, I think it might have been tipped and it just hit the very corner of the crossbar where it meets the post, and it hit me on the side of my head on the way back, and it landed right on the line," LeNeveu explained. "I just put on glove on the puck right before it crossed the line. It was close but it was a good call by the ref."

[Al DeFlorio]

Bill R '94 wrote:

From the man with the best view of it all, in today's Daily Sun, ;-)

"The guy shot it, I think it might have been tipped and it just hit the very corner of the crossbar where it meets the post, and it hit me on the side of my head on the way back, and it landed right on the line," LeNeveu explained. "I just put on glove on the puck right before it crossed the line. It was close but it was a good call by the ref."

Thanks for the reminder.  I'd forgotten to read today's Sun and Journal.

[Ben Doyle 03]

. . .you hit the nail on the head, Thanks Al:-))

[Josh '99]

I don't think I'd say anyone ever really "deserves" a bad call.

In any case, Fulton and Teets were closer than any of us, and they both say it wasn't in.  That's good enough for me.

[RichS]

Well, having played the position, I can tell you that the goalie often does NOT have the best view...or even a good view! :-D

[Adam \'04]

That is true, unless you like to look at other guys' bums the whole game. Right Rich? ::rolleyes::

[schoaff]

>Author: RichS
>Date:   01-27-03 01:59

> If you were to say that the "no goal" call was deserved because your
> team had gotten shafted on a similar call in the SAME game, I might buy
> it...but to say it was deserved to offset such a call in a previous game
> hardly seems right. Different game, different ref....has nothing to do with
> that night's opponent.

I probably shouldn't mention then that my initial reaction was "Well, now were even for the 1990 game at Vermont." ;-)

[Ben Doyle 03]

"S". . .you've gotta have the damn "S"!!!:-P


C'mon Adam you know this . . .:-)

[RichS]

Speak for yourself guy... ::laugh::