Andy Noel's contract extended 6 six years

[Ken711]

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2016/11/30/general-andy-noel-to-lead-the-big-red-for-six-more-years.aspx
That should be enough time to build the indoor practice facility and West Stands at Schoellkopf I hope. ::whistle::

I'm holding out for a 5,000-seat domed stadium. Leapfrog Harvard, Penn, Princeton with their seasonal bubbles covering the turf part of their stadiums. Five thousand would be enough for every soccer, sprint football or lacrosse match that isn't an NCAA regional.

Think they are focused on an indoor practice facility without seating.

[ugarte]

I'm telling you, the key to getting an upgrade for your sport is having an athlete-alum strike it rich.

I dunno.  If you go out for crew...

My impression of crew from friends on the team is that a lot of college rowers are athletes who topped out in high school in their primary sport looking for something new to compete in. Seems right for polo and fencing though.

[RichH]

I'm telling you, the key to getting an upgrade for your sport is having an athlete-alum strike it rich.

I'll start small: how about using some of the extra money from the Lynah ticket price hikes to restoring the hockey team's admin assistant position?

[George64]

My impression of crew from friends on the team is that a lot of college rowers are athletes who topped out in high school in their primary sport looking for something new to compete in. Seems right for polo and fencing though.

Back in the day, legend has it that 6'6" coach Stork Sanford would roam Barton Hall during registration to find athletic men he could look in the eye.  He never recruited off campus and few of his rowers had prior experience.  Things have changed - now most rowers are recruited and have either prep or high school experience.  For example, in addition to the two parochial high school crews here in Rochester, three school districts have crew programs nominally affiliated with them.  I think that more durable and cheaper carbon fiber shells make this possible.  Olympians Meghan Musnicki (IC) and Henrik Rummel (sucks) got their starts here

[cu155]

I dunno.  If you go out for crew, or polo, or alpine skiing, or fencing (sorry, Robb), you more than likely spent your formative years at Philips, Choate or Deerfield and you don't exactly have to strike it rich -- more likely just fall into a combination of inheritance and/or NY Times Nuptials (a.k.a., "Mergers & Acquisitions" ) . ::bolt::

Ahem, that would be Phillips with a double l my good man

There are two of them (Andover and the other one, Exeter maybe?). Are they both "double l"?  Do they both trace back to the same esteemed founder?

At the risk of getting strung up by the ^ proletariat, yes both Phillips Exeter and Phillips Andover are double ll. There is a family connection as both were founded in the late 1700s by a newphew (Andover) and uncle (Exeter).  

Boarding schools get a bad rap, but I have to say my experience at Exeter was overwhelmingly positive.  The school has a massive endowment that it uses to help fund plenty of smart students who aren't flying to soccer games in a private helicopter.  That said I'd never send one of my future children unless they wanted to go and were mature enough to handle it as the work load was far beyond anything I ever had to deal with at Cornell or in grad school.

Besides how else would I have learned to only wear seersucker between memorial day and labor day? ::rolleyes::

[Jim Hyla]

My impression of crew from friends on the team is that a lot of college rowers are athletes who topped out in high school in their primary sport looking for something new to compete in. Seems right for polo and fencing though.

Back in the day, legend has it that 6'6" coach Stork Sanford would roam Barton Hall during registration to find athletic men he could look in the eye.  He never recruited off campus and few of his rowers had prior experience.  Things have changed - now most rowers are recruited and have either prep or high school experience.  For example, in addition to the two parochial high school crews here in Rochester, three school districts have crew programs nominally affiliated with them.  I think that more durable and cheaper carbon fiber shells make this possible.  Olympians Meghan Musnicki (IC) and Henrik Rummel (sucks) got their starts here

It wasn't legend, but fact that they roamed Barton. When I was a freshman the lightweight crew members tried to get me to go out for their team. I didn't highlight athletic men, as no one would consider me as athletic. The most I've ever done was long distance running for pleasure. However they certainly worked the registration lines.

[TimV]

...no one would consider me as athletic. The most I've ever done was long distance running for pleasure.

What is this "long distance running for pleasure" you speak of?

Those of us from Ned's lacrosse teams never thought of it in those terms.::screwy::

[TimV]

I'm telling you, the key to getting an upgrade for your sport is having an athlete-alum strike it rich.

I'll start small: how about using some of the extra money from the Lynah ticket price hikes to restoring the hockey team's admin assistant position?

Hey Rich!  Sue Detzer called....and she said..."THANKS!"

[Scersk '97]

It wasn't legend, but fact that they roamed Barton. When I was a freshman the lightweight crew members tried to get me to go out for their team. I didn't highlight athletic men, as no one would consider me as athletic. The most I've ever done was long distance running for pleasure. However they certainly worked the registration lines.

Still went on in my day.

I'm 6'3". Standing in a line at some point during orientation, a crew member sidled up to me and said, "Have you thought about joining crew?"

I said, "I'm going to be in the marching band."

"Yeah, you don't have time," said he.

[Robb]

No worries - coming out of a public high school in East Tennessee, I don't think there's much risk of being lumped in with that lot!

[imafrshmn]

It wasn't legend, but fact that they roamed Barton. When I was a freshman the lightweight crew members tried to get me to go out for their team. I didn't highlight athletic men, as no one would consider me as athletic. The most I've ever done was long distance running for pleasure. However they certainly worked the registration lines.

Still went on in my day.

I'm 6'3". Standing in a line at some point during orientation, a crew member sidled up to me and said, "Have you thought about joining crew?"

I said, "I'm going to be in the marching band."

"Yeah, you don't have time," said he.

I can attest that in the mid-2000s, Women's Rowing coaches were using the Swim Test to scout athletic bodies to recruit.

[Ken711]

Add Columbia to the list of Ivy schools that will have an indoor practice facility.  Cornell has to get going on this to compete in recruiting.

http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=211079492