Wallowing

[Swampy]

Schafer seemed to be concerned about players attempting to *over*-perform: straying outside their roles, taking the law into their own hands, trying to do too much.  That's what he meant by "selfishness" -- putting faith in oneself and one's judgment before the team.  This was particularly galling (and damaging) when the main offenders were upperclassmen, and the bad example could infect the younger players and start a multi-year chain reaction.

And I think he took care of that concern. People will undoubtably argue, but this may have been one of his better coaching years.

Let the posting begin.:-P

That's hard for an outsider to judge.  Was the long losing streak Schafer's fault because he didn't control or properly coach the guys?  Or did he manage to take a group that doesn't have great makeup and convince them to play up to their talent level by the end of the season?  Or something completely in between?  I don't know.

I do know that he's not likely to get any acknowledgement for this being a good coaching year.

If the team wins its next eight games, he might. ::innocent::

[Trotsky]

Does anyone else hate that the innocent emoticon looks like its rolling its eyes?

[KeithK]

Schafer seemed to be concerned about players attempting to *over*-perform: straying outside their roles, taking the law into their own hands, trying to do too much.  That's what he meant by "selfishness" -- putting faith in oneself and one's judgment before the team.  This was particularly galling (and damaging) when the main offenders were upperclassmen, and the bad example could infect the younger players and start a multi-year chain reaction.

And I think he took care of that concern. People will undoubtably argue, but this may have been one of his better coaching years.

Let the posting begin.:-P

That's hard for an outsider to judge.  Was the long losing streak Schafer's fault because he didn't control or properly coach the guys?  Or did he manage to take a group that doesn't have great makeup and convince them to play up to their talent level by the end of the season?  Or something completely in between?  I don't know.

I do know that he's not likely to get any acknowledgement for this being a good coaching year.

If the team wins its next eight games, he might. ::innocent::

If we win the next eight games I will praise the man as a coaching genius.

[Chris '03]

Schafer seemed to be concerned about players attempting to *over*-perform: straying outside their roles, taking the law into their own hands, trying to do too much.  That's what he meant by "selfishness" -- putting faith in oneself and one's judgment before the team.  This was particularly galling (and damaging) when the main offenders were upperclassmen, and the bad example could infect the younger players and start a multi-year chain reaction.

And I think he took care of that concern. People will undoubtably argue, but this may have been one of his better coaching years.

Let the posting begin.:-P

That's hard for an outsider to judge.  Was the long losing streak Schafer's fault because he didn't control or properly coach the guys?  Or did he manage to take a group that doesn't have great makeup and convince them to play up to their talent level by the end of the season?  Or something completely in between?  I don't know.

I do know that he's not likely to get any acknowledgement for this being a good coaching year.

If the team wins its next eight games, he might. ::innocent::

If we win the next eight games I will praise the man as a coaching genius.

And wish him well in his new job at BU :-D

[nyc94]

Schafer seemed to be concerned about players attempting to *over*-perform: straying outside their roles, taking the law into their own hands, trying to do too much.  That's what he meant by "selfishness" -- putting faith in oneself and one's judgment before the team.  This was particularly galling (and damaging) when the main offenders were upperclassmen, and the bad example could infect the younger players and start a multi-year chain reaction.

And I think he took care of that concern. People will undoubtably argue, but this may have been one of his better coaching years.

Let the posting begin.:-P

That's hard for an outsider to judge.  Was the long losing streak Schafer's fault because he didn't control or properly coach the guys?  Or did he manage to take a group that doesn't have great makeup and convince them to play up to their talent level by the end of the season?  Or something completely in between?  I don't know.

I do know that he's not likely to get any acknowledgement for this being a good coaching year.

If the team wins its next eight games, he might. ::innocent::

If we win the next eight games I will praise the man as a coaching genius.

And wish him well in his new job at BU :-D

I don't know if it came up here but the Nov./Dec. 2012 issue of Cornell Magazine had a short article about Schafer.  It said his contract "expires in four  years" and that his youngest kid would be finishing high school in 2016.

http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1502&Itemid=56&ed=32

[andyw2100]

I don't know if it came up here but the Nov./Dec. 2012 issue of Cornell Magazine had a short article about Schafer.  It said his contract "expires in four  years" and that his youngest kid would be finishing high school in 2016.

http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1502&Itemid=56&ed=32

And interestingly there's a link on the page with the article to "The Lynah Faithful" which directs here to eLynah.