Louis Chabot- Senior Weekend

[Trotsky]

[Q]min Wrote:for my part, this thread reminds me of the movie "rudy"... [/q]

As a big fan of Notre Dame, let me say that "Rudy" sucked worse than a Schenectady girl on a Saturday night.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:

Ignoring the after-school special lessons on the "real world," (sounds too much like "this is how you're supposed to cheer" comments), I think the point made by those who wouldn't mind seeing Chabot get into the game was that it should be done only if there is nothing being sacrificed by doing so.

Plus, what about all that Chabot "has worked for"?  Hasn't he worked for all the same things that every other guy wearing the uniform has every practice and every game?

[/q]

Sorry if I was a bit harsh.  Yesterday was a disaster of a day here.

But I stand by my sentiment.  Sometimes you sacrifice for the good of the team.  The idea of "everybody plays" is a baby-boomer feel-good thing that really doesn't (and shouldn't) apply to adults.  In my mind, it goes hand-in-hand with grade inflation.  It makes you happy inthe short term, but harms you in the long run.  It should stop somewhere in elementary school.  After that you grow up, and you have to earn your job based on merit.

I suspect Louis understands the rules and made his choice.  He's clearly a "stronger" man than I am, because I'd have quit a long while ago.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[Q]min Wrote:

 for my part, this thread reminds me of the movie "rudy"... [/q]

Louis...Louis...Louis...Louis!   ::rock::

Kinda works.   ::nut::

[billhoward]

Do the players read the eLynah forums? One wonders how it feels to have your life dissected by more or less strangers.

On the other hand, they do get to date a better looking class of women.

[Will]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 Do the players read the eLynah forums? One wonders how it feels to have your life dissected by more or less strangers. [/q]

I thought Schafer basically prohibited them from going to sites like ELF and USCHO.  Of course, he can't police them 24/7, so I suppose it's possible Louis or one of the others is reading this, but it's probably in their best interests not to do so, for the sake of the team.

[min]

it's going to be tough to beat usc, but the irish have all the luck (and charlie weiss!), right? :-)
go irish.

[French Rage]

If there's ever a year to win, this is it.

[Oat]

French Rage is right! This IS the year to win it.. although I still haven't recovered from the shock of losing Shane Hynes to the NHL.. Moulson is like Frodo without Sam now. He must carry the team on offense.

[French Rage]

[Q]Oat Wrote:

 French Rage is right! This IS the year to win it.. although I still haven't recovered from the shock of losing Shane Hynes to the NHL.. Moulson is like Frodo without Sam now. He must carry the team on offense.[/q]

I meant Notre Dame / USC.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Hobbit references?  I think they'd be more applicable to Topher, not Moulson  :-P

[Dave]

[quote fenwick]This thread reminds me of something I heard about Yale coach Tim Taylor back in the '90s.  It was apparently his policy to start whichever goalie had the most seniority when Yale hosted Harvard, regardless of their abilities.  This led to situations like the game in 1993, which saw senior John Hockin get the start over sophomore Todd Sullivan, who had been all but carrying the Elis that year.  Hockin was a somewhat decent goalie, but he had been on the shelf all year up to that point with an injury and had only practiced with the team for a few days before Harvard came to town.  The game ended in a 5-5 tie, and the Elis almost assuredly would have won with Sullivan in the net.  Of course, it's only one game, right?  Sure -- but Yale wound up missing out on fourth place (and the home ice that came with it) by one point that year, and lost a closely-contested quarterfinal series at Brown.

Well, surely Sullivan would get the start as a junior when Yale hosted Harvard the following year, right?  Except the Elis then had this other goalie -- Mike Kamatovic, a senior with something like three career starts.  One guess who was in the net.  Taylor was coaching the US Olympic team that year, but the interim guy Poliziani stuck with the policy and tapped Kamatovic for the start.  Yale got slaughtered, 12-1.  Not that Sullivan would have made that much difference, as Harvard was headed for the Frozen Four and Yale was headed for the cellar.

The policy seems to have changed in recent years, as little-used senior Peter Cohen did not get the Harvard start last year.[/quote]

[Dave]

For the record...I think Kamatovic was a much better goalie than Sullivan...so it wasn't a matter of playing a senior...........

[Bill]

If you can't play, you can't play, it doesn't matter what weekend it is or where you are playing.  The idea is to win them all, you have to go with yor best.