Opponent and other news and results 2025-2026

[Iceberg]

Brown has very quickly hired a new head coach.

[pjd8]

Brown has very quickly hired a new head coach.

I hope he can elevate the program like Cashman and Syer have done with their programs. It would be great to see more Ivies have success, and it would be great for helping Cornell stay competitive on the national stage.

[ugarte]

Brown has very quickly hired a new head coach.

I hope he can elevate the program like Cashman and Syer have done with their programs. It would be great to see more Ivies have success, and it would be great for helping Cornell stay competitive on the national stage.

BEARLOVER! STAND DOWN. I REPEAT, STAND DOWN.

[Trotsky]

Brown has very quickly hired a new head coach.

That photo belongs on a personal injury billboard.

[BearLover]

Because Maine and UNH are cash-strapped state schools whose budgets have been decimated over the years. Maine has done better recently in trying to re-generate cash, and UNH is trying as well, with building renovations on the way and so on. This is much different than Denver or BU, because those schools are private and have more money, and have had bigger donors, and their teams have been more successful lately, so they've been able to keep up. I can't explain every little detail -- I don't have access to their budgets -- but it's clear from the way they each operate, and from what they've all told me, that the ability for UNH/Maine to keep up is harder compared to BU/Denver. This was already happening for years to UNH/Maine, with their facilities falling behind, and athletic dept. budgets taking a hit. So this stuff has only exacerbated it, making it harder to dig out. UNH and Vermont are currently the only schools in Hockey East without 3 assistant coaches. For whatever reason, schools like DU and BU have Rev Share budgets and UNH/Vermont do not. Throw a bunch of other schools like that into the mix, and now you're dwindling little by little the amount of programs that can keep up. Clarkson/St. Lawrence, pfft - forget it. I'm holding out hope for Colgate/RPI/Union, but I doubt it. The influx of major junior talent will help, but I suspect that it will help the big boys just as much and be a wash.

FWIW, I believe BU did not opt into the House settlement, meaning no rev share for them. But yeah, I should have used different examples rather than two state schools vs two private schools. My general point is that I'm not sure why Maine is that different from UMass, or why Denver is that different from CC. At the end of the day, it's going to come down to a few big donors. Maybe UMass has them and Maine doesn't, but that can change, and nobody really knows.

Well, some people do know. Just not necessarily everything. Just yesterday, UMass received a $1,000,000 endowment for the hockey program from a donor. That's good for about 1 player a year. Maine has had improvements in recent years, and may not be much different at the moment. It was well behind for a number of years.

Denver vs. CC ... CC is a D-III school, and about 1/4th the size, among other things. But CC will also get its share of donors.

Those comparisons were meant as hypotheticals. The point being that if School X is going to pay players, it will need donor support to do so (or otherwise would be forced to divert funding from another cash-strapped program/project), and there may be many schools in the same position as School X who could just as easily get that support. In college football and basketball we've seen different teams winning than in the past. Not because NIL has increased parity, but rather because certain schools may have greater donor support even if they are not traditional powers (eg. Indiana in football or Florida in basketball).

When I said "nobody really knows," I meant it's too early to know. Any advantage UMass has over Maine in paying players is contingent on an advantage in donor support that could change in the future.

Unless someone walks into your house and hands you a stack of canceled checks, you won't believe anything anyone tells you. But I'll keep pushing back nevertheless, not because I expect to ever convince you of anything, but just to help others.

I've already explained why I don't find convincing these generic broad-strokes commentaries on NIL/revenue sharing, so I'm not sure what you're hoping for by making this quip. Honestly, the $50K data point about Ryan Conmy (presumably it's him) is a lot more helpful than the usual discourse on this topic. Even assuming it's true and wasn't just sour grapes from someone connected to UNH, $50K from one of the very top programs to the ~best player in the portal doesn't strike me as indicative of widespread effects of NIL.

[Beeeej]

SORRY - I meant to say best player on his team. Typing too fast. Where's my editor BeeeEj?

FYP. You're welcome.

[stereax]

In "other news", NHL hockey is back.

The New Jersey Devils (unlike Caton Ryan) are decidedly not good at hockey.

And we have a game tomorrow too...

Yeah, all my eggs are in the Cornell baskets (men's and women's, I'm not Donald Trump) to win anything important.

[adamw]

I've already explained why I don't find convincing these generic broad-strokes commentaries on NIL/revenue sharing, so I'm not sure what you're hoping for by making this quip. Honestly, the $50K data point about Ryan Conmy (presumably it's him) is a lot more helpful than the usual discourse on this topic. Even assuming it's true and wasn't just sour grapes from someone connected to UNH, $50K from one of the very top programs to the ~best player in the portal doesn't strike me as indicative of widespread effects of NIL.

The problem, perhaps, is what you define as "widespread effects." ... Obviously things can fluctuate based on donors. That's a given.  My definition of widespread effects is - mid-to-bottom tier school will no longer be able to outdo their smallness based on quality of coaching staff, and its ability to recruit and develop diamonds in the rough. They will lose (and already are) any player that becomes good. Therefore widening the gap.

Direct quote just today from another mid-tier school (one that has made the NCAAs in the past)...talking about his goalie:

"he's going to get offered more than $50k by a couple of Big Ten schools, but he likes it here, and he's comfortable here, and I think if we can get him $50k we can keep him" ...

"IF"!!  So the coaches ID and develop a new stud, he actually likes the team and coaches - but they need to come up with $50k to keep him.

If you don't see the issue there - well, I dunno. Time to move on.

[adamw]

SORRY - I meant to say best player on his team. Typing too fast. Where's my editor BeeeEj?

FYP. You're welcome.