hahvahd's asst. coach

[Erica]

Pardon me for being out of the loop, but I just read that one of Hahvahd's three asst. coaches was a 1985 graduate of Cornell, a goalie on the team. Grrrr... you'd think Schafer would have picked him up first.

[Adam \'04]

He played with Schafer if he graduated in 1985.

[ugarte]

Why, Erica?  Are you dissatisfied with the assistants we already have? Is the team an employment program for all hockey alums?  Should they have priority over other qualified coaches?  

I am glad that our current coach is a Cornellian, but only because it is sort of cool - I certainly don't think it should be considered a qualification for the job.

[Erica]

No No No, I don't care who our coaches are. However, I have no idea why a former Cornellian would want to coach such a subpar team as Harvard. Maybe he likes a challenge...

[Jordan 04]

[q]Maybe he likes a challenge...[/q]

Maybe he likes a salary....  

[RichS]

seems to have been a qualification...to some degree.

Bertrand, McCutcheon, Schafer.

[ugarte]

True, Rich - I can understand why it would be a preference to the department, and I am happy to have Cornellians who are qualified to coach a top-flight NCAA program. I just don't think that it should be a requirement.

Maybe Clarkson will soon be in the market for a Cornell alum . . . ;-)

[Ben Doyle 03]

Keep the gloves up. . .nothing has been decided. Although I know you're statement was made with a large amount of sarcasm, we shouldn't joke about Coach Morris and the situation he is currently in.

[atb9]

Look at our football coach...do you think he got hired because of his stellar coaching record at Hamilton??  Hell no...

[peterg]

According to the Harvard Hockey Website. volunteer assistant coach Bruce Irving was a graduate of Cornell in 1985.   That year the varsity goalies were Doug Dadswell and Jim Edmonds, so Coach Irving was likely a JV if he was in the program at all.  I sure don't remember him.  Does anyone?

[Lowell '99]

Pendergast is not an alum though.  He was familiar with the program because we was an assistant here in the 80's.

[Will]

Wait...if Irving is a volunteer, then he's probably not getting paid a salary, right? Man, he didn't even sell out, he's doing it for free!  ::nut::