Cornell 3 Maine 6 Post-Game Discussion Thread

jtwcornell91 · December 31, 2006, 07:35:12 AM

[quote imafrshmn]Krantz from Scott!!! .... good effort on "Davy" from what seems like the lone horn.[/quote]

Actually it was two trombones (RichH and Section A Banshee) but only Lauren's was miked. (The rink staff at Germain/TECO Arena continue to be really cool; they also played Cotton Eyed Joe at the request of the UHN fans, and put a spotlight on each group at various times over the weekend.)

jnachod · December 31, 2006, 08:56:04 AM

Cornell needs to use this loss to motivate themselves for their upcoming games in January, which are quite important for their ECAC standings. The longer a winning streak, the more interested opponents are in spoiling the streak and other psychological matters come into play. With this loss, the Cornell Big Red could think of January as a clean slate, and they can go out and skate well and pull that inner drive out they'll need to be victorious towards the end of the winter months.

plrd78 · December 31, 2006, 11:08:05 AM

Thank God, you seem to be the only one to see this,do you want to be an assistant?

Do we have 3 blind mice on the bench...? We have 1 PP unit...Gallagher, Greening , Romano...Why Milo is not on the point runnig the dam thing is a mystery. The kids play better, maybe add Romano to the 1st unit and put Milo on the 2nd. Or make the Gallaghers unit the FIRST PP and give Kennedy, Scali and MIlo a chance together...Bitz and Carefoot can't skate well enough and are not quick enough and do not see the ice as well as the creative Freshman...0/7 on the PP is sad..when will they change, maybe they should read this information to assist them...Goodbye FLORIdA TILL NETX YEAR...

DeltaOne81 · December 31, 2006, 11:41:04 AM

[quote jtwcornell91]
We did actually have a woman in a Blades jacket come up and praise us for being "real fans" even though she roots against us every year.[/quote]

Did she say why?

French Rage · December 31, 2006, 02:13:35 PM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote jtwcornell91]
We did actually have a woman in a Blades jacket come up and praise us for being "real fans" even though she roots against us every year.[/quote]

Did she say why?[/quote]

Ezra Cornell killed her great-grandfather for sport.

jtwcornell91 · December 31, 2006, 05:18:20 PM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote jtwcornell91]
We did actually have a woman in a Blades jacket come up and praise us for being "real fans" even though she roots against us every year.[/quote]

Did she say why?[/quote]

No, but I assume she supported Maine for whatever irrational reason it is all the locals use.

ebilmes · January 01, 2007, 10:38:12 AM

I'm sitting here at the Tampa airport near a couple members of one of the junior teams that were competing at the arena. They saw my Cornell shirt and asked if I had been at the games. They complimented me on the enthusiasm of the Cornell fans, but said they had been rooting for Maine in both games. Their team is based in the midwest, so I'm not sure why they would choose to root against Cornell, either.

Jim Hyla · January 01, 2007, 11:51:04 AM

[quote ebilmes]I'm sitting here at the Tampa airport near a couple members of one of the junior teams that were competing at the arena. Their team is based in the midwest, so I'm not sure why they would choose to root against Cornell, either.[/quote]

Quote from: JTW[Q]DeltaOne81[Q]
jtwcornell91
We did actually have a woman in a Blades jacket come up and praise us for being "real fans" even though she roots against us every year.[/Q]

Did she say why?[/Q]No, but I assume she supported Maine for whatever irrational reason it is all the locals use.

Why don't we just ask them?::doh::

billhoward · January 01, 2007, 12:51:54 PM

Cornell may be the most open, non-elitist, and broad-reaching of the Ivy League schools -- Harvard and Yale don't take in many sons and daughters of bookkeepers and farmers from Plattsburgh -- but if you were to do a word association of "Cornell,' "Maine," "UNH," "Western Michigan," and "preppie asshole," most respondents would pair the first and last. And if you asked the youth team players in the airport why they rooted for Maine, most of them aren't going to say, "Who's going to root for a bunch of rich kids from New York and Boston?" ... Unless it was the way cool Maine uniforms that swayed them?

marty · January 01, 2007, 02:21:12 PM

There could also be some idolatry involved. These kids want to play for Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, etc. Our program isn't there yet.

There is also the root for the team that is going to win mentality that is more prevalent in youth. As for the older crowd mentioned in the thread, I'd vote for the anti-elitist idea.

Tom Lento · January 01, 2007, 02:55:21 PM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote DeltaOne81][quote jtwcornell91]
We did actually have a woman in a Blades jacket come up and praise us for being "real fans" even though she roots against us every year.[/quote]

Did she say why?[/quote]

No, but I assume she supported Maine for whatever irrational reason it is all the locals use.[/quote]

On the Maine broadcast they interviewed a Maine alum who plays for the Everblades, so that may have something to do with it. I realize a Cornell alum is involved in running the team, but I think fans tend to develop more of an attachment to players than management/ownership.

Al DeFlorio · January 01, 2007, 03:35:14 PM

[quote Tom Lento]I realize a Cornell alum is involved in running the team, but I think fans tend to develop more of an attachment to players than management/ownership.[/quote]
Or Athletics departments.::woot::

billhoward · January 01, 2007, 03:44:48 PM

Two days after the tournament and not even 30 post-game thread posts. When Cornell gets beaten fair and square, we have less to say. It's not as if one goal going the other way would have made a difference in this game. And maybe we're still happy - I am - to have taken down the No. 2 team on opening night.

Al DeFlorio · January 01, 2007, 04:02:41 PM

[quote billhoward]And maybe we're still happy - I am - to have taken down the No. 2 team on opening night.[/quote]
I'm happy, too, about the weekend. But I'm not sure that means I can't be disappointed that we were not as competitive as I think we could have been in the Saturday game.

ebilmes · January 01, 2007, 04:17:25 PM

[quote billhoward]Two days after the tournament and not even 30 post-game thread posts. When Cornell gets beaten fair and square, we have less to say. It's not as if one goal going the other way would have made a difference in this game. And maybe we're still happy - I am - to have taken down the No. 2 team on opening night.[/quote]

Seems to me that there's not a lot of new stuff to talk about. Davenport was off and had to be pulled--again. Special teams stunk--again. Maine was a better team than us.