Cornell 4 Robert Morris 1

[nr53]

nobody has really mentioned this, but I thought our power play was particularly worthless tonight. I was excited watching the game last week in which lots of productive passing occurred in the offensive zone (and yes RMU is slightly better than York but I think the point still holds) but this weeks version was bland, even boring with the perimeter passes and the one timer from the blue line.

[RichH]

[quote BMac]I asked who it was who was mad, and she didn't say. Then I asked, "is it Nighman?" A nod, yes.

NIIIIIGHMAN. SUCKS! NIGGGHMAN! SUCKS! NIIIIIIGHMAN! SUCKS! LET'S GO RED!

We later garnered that "suck" was more of a problem than anything.[/quote]

Nighman may be on board, but from my knowledge, I know that our doofus of an Athletic Director hates the word "sucks" to his very dark core.  He's been known to mutter to himself after "*opponent* SUCKS!" cheers while sitting in the stands.

Hear ye, hear ye, all you people living with 1950s sensibilities:
"SUCKS" ISN'T A DIRTY WORD IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.  IT ISN'T OBSCENE.  IT MEANS THE SAME AS "STINKS" TODAY.  GET OVER IT.

If anyone wants to spend time developing "www.fireandynoel.com," I'll be the first to donate some cash.  Get this loser out.

[RazzBaronZ]

Hey BMac I think you sit right behind me in A...

I can understand profanity being a problem, but I should be able to tell a specific player how much I think he sucks in a dignified manner of my choosing.

They back off about ushering partway into every season from my experience, so don't expect this sort of craziness to continue.  Maybe they're just trying to get us all nice for the televised SUCKS game or something.

[Scersk '97]

That is the beauty of cheers in the form "something/SUCKS!"  (Which, it must be said, have few other beauties.)  What, are they going to throw you out for cheering for the other team?

"Come on!  I was only cheering for Harvard!"

If Andy Noel had only heard the crowds of the late 80s/early 90s his head would already have a-sploded, leaving us not-so-sadly without his mat-addled "leadership."

[calgARI '07]

[quote nr53]nobody has really mentioned this, but I thought our power play was particularly worthless tonight. [/quote]

Got a lot better the second the coaching staff took Carefoot off the point.

[ithacat]

[quote ebilmes]Which people in the box seats were complaining? The ones in the walkway or the ones behind the townies?[/quote]

Can't be the walkway...it's been nearly empty each game. Now that sucks.

[canuck89]

Yes.  Personally, I was in the Bailey Hall ceremony.  Others I know were busy with math prelims.

[oceanst41]

In my experience it is not the names but the sucks that draw the ire of the ushers. Occupying the first row of D and A twice I got to spend some "quality" time with ushers, like during the last five minutes of a game for saying something similar. At least they explained the infracion quickly enough to allow me to watch the last 30 seconds. ::rolleyes::

Onto the game...

After watching the video last night I have mixed feelings (how's that for hard hitting analysis). On the one hand a 2-1 result, for all intents and purposes, against RMU isn't great considering the competiton gets exponentially tougher the next two weekends. On the other hand though no one looked out of place at all or overwhelmed by the level of play. Seminoff comes to mind last year, he was clearly trying to do too much and was taking a lot of penalties early on as a result. Like Ari said, Romano may have had a few too many moves last night but it's better to be confident with the puck than timid (as long as we aren't in our defensive zone).

The freshmen forwards just show a lot of good instinct, they seemed to be in the right place at the right time. Not all of their great chances were finished but that will come eventually. Milo and Greening both had a number of great looks from the slot area, which is usually an area where Cornell has trouble gets looks from. Romano and Topher together on a line were showing great ability to control the puck, so Barlow better keep his head up when playing with them. Gallagher I thought showed a lot both ways, he was active on defense and offense and quick.

Davenport I thought made the big saves. Sure he might want that goal back, but with a 2-1 he made a couple point blank saves that easily could've tied it.

As far as the D is concerned, against a subpar RMU team they looked fine. I didn't see any glaring mistakes, and most of the turnovers resulted from forwards playing the point on the PP. A better, faster team still scares me, but I guess that's what these "cupcakes" are for.

I think for this team some subpar teams this weekend, followed by some lower tier ECAC teams next weekend, followed by some ligitimate firepower the following weekend will be a good introduction to college hokcey for these freshmen. A Michigan State or Harvard first weekend would probably just develop some bad habits rather than provide a learning curve.

[Chris '03]

[quote billhoward][quote A-19]the rink looked kinda empty on the webcast. what did people at the game think?[/quote]

You must be mistaken, as was I watching on the Webcast. Attendance was a Cornell all-time record, 4004,according to Cornell's ministry of sports information. You can look it up in the official box score: http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/stats/2006-2007/cumih01.html[/quote]

Thursday night games against nobody opponents are dumb.

At any rate, 4226 > 4004:
http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mcoryrk1.o21

[Trotsky]

[quote RazzBaronZ]They back off about ushering partway into every season from my experience[/quote]

They do.  This really ought to go into the FAQ.  The issue isn't the ushers, many of whom have been with the program forever, all of whom are recompensed next to nothing for their time, and most of whom are very reasonable people.  The issue is that each year the AD needs to set a tone, and he bullies Gene into it.  This has been going on far longer than Noel, and it will go on long after he, and I, and even you all, are gone.

Now, in part, the AD is right -- Lynah is not just the students' inelaborately-furnished public toilet.  It's also a town/faculty family venue, and it is irritating to hear the same slow-witted obscenities year after year.  And, in part, there are students who are not the sharpest cutlery in the drawer who take longer than others to catch on to the fact that this is not an NHL game -- creativity gets extra points, and drunken idiocy will be punished -- and need a bit of an incentive.

But by January, we are all so involved with the action of the ice, and the newbie idiots have been sufficiently trained, that this is no longer an issue.  It happens every October.  Just ride it out and be good citizens.

[nyc94]

[quote Trotsky][quote RazzBaronZ]They back off about ushering partway into every season from my experience[/quote]

They do.  This really ought to go into the FAQ.  The issue isn't the ushers, many of whom have been with the program forever, all of whom are recompensed next to nothing for their time, and most of whom are very reasonable people.  The issue is that each year the AD needs to set a tone, and he bullies Gene into it.  This has been going on far longer than Noel, and it will go on long after he, and I, and even you all, are gone.

Now, in part, the AD is right -- Lynah is not just the students' inelaborately-furnished public toilet.  It's also a town/faculty family venue, and it is irritating to hear the same slow-witted obscenities year after year.  And, in part, there are students who are not the sharpest cutlery in the drawer who take longer than others to catch on to the fact that this is not an NHL game -- creativity gets extra points, and drunken idiocy will be punished -- and need a bit of an incentive.

But by January, we are all so involved with the action of the ice, and the newbie idiots have been sufficiently trained, that this is no longer an issue.  It happens every October.  Just ride it out and be good citizens.[/quote]

I prefer if the incentive to the fans comes from other fans - e.g. humiliation if you mess up a cheer - rather than having the ushers treat the students like three year olds.  Part of college is making mistakes and figuring things out on your own.

[Trotsky]

[quote nyc94]I prefer if the incentive to the fans comes from other fans - e.g. humiliation if you mess up a cheer - rather than having the ushers treat the students like three year olds.  Part of college is making mistakes and figuring things out on your own.[/quote]

I think we would all prefer that -- nobody moreso than the ushers.  The last thing in the world they want is to haul some tequila-sodden would-be Louis Brandeis out of B, spouting off about first amendment rights.  I've been given the high sign many times from ushers for educating the youngins into the Lynah chivalric code -- they do not want to go jackboot if they can avoid it.  I'm sure many other grads, and even upperclassmen, have done their own interventions as well.  There is nothing the ushers like more than a section to clean up its own garbage.

Some schools are bringing back freshman beanies.  Maybe overwrought reactionary public humiliation serves a useful purpose in the growth of individual character...

[French Rage]

[quote Trotsky]The issue isn't the ushers, many of whom have been with the program forever, all of whom are recompensed next to nothing for their time, and most of whom are very reasonable people.[/quote]

I agree.  No bad-mouthing Earl, he's the man.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote nyc94] Part of college is making mistakes and figuring things out on your own.[/quote]Actually, that's life in general. The sooner you come to grips with that, the sooner you come to inner peace.:-P

[KeithK]

[quote Jim Hyla][quote nyc94] Part of college is making mistakes and figuring things out on your own.[/quote]Actually, that's life in general. The sooner you come to grips with that, the sooner you come to inner peace.:-P[/quote]Nuh uh!!!  College students know everything they could possibly need to know, much more than those silly adults.  I've seen plenty of campus publications that prove this. :-D