Do we need a housecleaning in the athletics dept?

[billhoward]

My understanding is they will be working on a long-range plan for the west stands site with the expectation that there will be stands constructed over a mixed-used athletic space housing a weight-room, locker room and athletic offices.

If so that sounds like a better long term use for the space than just making the existing stands usable.  But it also sounds like something that will take time to plan and fund. So no wonder they simply demolished what was there.

The stands may have deteriorated so much that they're dangerous. Also, seeing them down may spur the effort to put something up sooner, not later.

[CAS]

Men's lax finished 1-5 in Ivies, first losing season in 18 years.  Along with football going 1-9 again,  and basketball's 3-11 Ivy record, 2015-6 was abysmal for Cornell athletics.

[Ken711]

FWIW:

According to Princetons's Twitter feed, their year-end total is 14 league championships:

"That's 14 @Ivy_Athletics titles and 7 more 2nd-places in 15-16. And 19 of 33 Ivy sports have won at least 1 title in the last 2 years."

[Chris '03]

FWIW:

According to Princetons's Twitter feed, their year-end total is 14 league championships:

"That's 14 @Ivy_Athletics titles and 7 more 2nd-places in 15-16. And 19 of 33 Ivy sports have won at least 1 title in the last 2 years."

For perspective, for the period Fall '10 - Spring '15, Cornell's 26 titles placed it third behind Princeton (historical king of olympic sports)(55) and Harvard (47). Brown had 4.

http://ivyleaguesports.com/history/championships/IvyLeague/BySchool

[CAS]

In each of 2014-5 and 2015-6, Cornell won only 3 Ivy titles.   This year our football, basketball, & lax teams went a combined 5-22 in the Ivies.

[George64]

In each of 2014-5 and 2015-6, Cornell won only 3 Ivy titles.   This year our football, basketball, & lax teams went a combined 5-22 in the Ivies.

Certainly, the last two years have been disappointing, but since Noel was appointed athletic director in August 1999, Cornell has won 14.6 percent of Ivy titles, topped only by Harvard (19.8 percent) and the jocks at Princeton (29.7 percent) over the same period.  Penn is next best at 9.3 percent.  For the years before Noel became AD, Cornell won 10.8 percent of Ivy titles.  Cornell's title percentage is undoubtedly biased upward as we field more teams than any other Ivy, or at least, we did.

On the positive side we have a new hoops coach, and a stud lacrosse attackman and a highly-rated QB matriculating next year.  Let's see what happens.

[KeithK]

The point being that a couple of down years aren't necessarily sufficient justification for canning the AD. Particularly in college athletics. Oh, I know many of us have beefs with him that run back far more than two years. But that's seperate from the "what have you done for me lately" argument.

[nyc94]

In each of 2014-5 and 2015-6, Cornell won only 3 Ivy titles.   This year our football, basketball, & lax teams went a combined 5-22 in the Ivies.

What are the three this year? I know men's outdoor Heps and I assume wrestling. Does women's lacrosse tournament count as an "Ivy title"?

[CAS]

You are right NYC - looks like only 2 Ivy titles for Cornell this year.

[CAS]

Sporting News has come out with their 2016 Ivy League football predictions.  They predict Cornell to finish eighth in the Ancient Eight.

[Swampy]

Sporting News has come out with their 2016 Ivy League football predictions.  They predict Cornell to finish eighth in the Ancient Eight.

And that's only because there are only eight teams!

[Ken711]

Sporting News has come out with their 2016 Ivy League football predictions.  They predict Cornell to finish eighth in the Ancient Eight.

And that's only because there are only eight teams!

Someone has to be the new Columbia of Ivy League football.  :-)

[Tcl123]

Sporting News has come out with their 2016 Ivy League football predictions.  They predict Cornell to finish eighth in the Ancient Eight.

And that's only because there are only eight teams!

Someone has to be the new Columbia of Ivy League football.  :-)

Unfortunately it's just not with football anymore.