Ottawa Postgame

[ebilmes]

Slope Radio is hands down the worst student-run organization at Cornell. I wouldn't count on them for much of anything. It's a complete train wreck. I can't see the Weekly Cowbell happening this year, unfortunately.

[amerks127]

Karl said he would at least advise me in getting the show up and running again this year, but he wouldn't be able to continue with the show every week.  Elie, I know you had all your troubles, but I think we should at least try to get the show back on track.

[imafrshmn]

Could the show just be recorded as a podcast and hosted by elynah if the sloperadio thing falls through?  (Actually, with all the podcast trouble last year, this would probably be a good idea in any case)

[ebilmes]

[quote imafrshmn]Could the show just be recorded as a podcast and hosted by elynah if the sloperadio thing falls through?  (Actually, with all the podcast trouble last year, this would probably be a good idea in any case)[/quote]

Yeah, that's easy enough to do. It might be tricky, though, if you want multiple hosts or guests. And podcast would mean no live call-ins/IMs/etc. That would be the one benefit of working through Slope.

[Cactus12]

I haven't seen any games this season, but it seems from hearing Ari's analysis, that the team's success will depend significantly on Sawada. Sawada is a big, powerful guy. In my opinion, he should be (and should've been for the last two years) in front of the net literally every time the puck is in the offensive zone (a la Ryan Smyth). It would really open up tremendous space, and Greening/Nash should be guys who could use that to convert.

Also, along those lines, college goalies just don't have the vision to work through the screen, and the defensemen don't have the size to clear someone like Sawada out (without one of Hansen's obstruction interference calls). You get someone in front and you're gonna score, esp. on the powerplay.

I may be stating the obvious here, but after watching the dreadful powerplay cycling endlessly the past couple of years, and the even strength lines racing up the boards to no ends, it would seem time to buckle down and play old-time hockey. No one's ever in front!

[Townie]

[quote Doug '08]First off, while this is certainly a feel good win for our team, it's tough to critically evaluate play when the opposition is that bad.  Not only were they slow and unskilled, but as a whole they had terrible hockey sense and didn't have the faintest clue how to play defense.[/quote]

Right on...clearly a warm-up contest, an entertaining sparring session.  I'm trying my best to avoid any expectations out of fear of greater disappointment when the real competition begins!

[Josh '99]

[quote Chris '03][quote LaJollaRed]
I'll say this much about the Ushers: They've been fair so far. I was given a polite warning not to focus on individual players ("For lack of better information I shall call you John") and a guy near me was ejected 10 seconds into the Referee's warmup skate for an uncalled for POS scream. So the lesson is this: If you're going to say mean things, say them broadly, and do your best to keep colorful language in the classroom.[/quote]

So, "You're a sieve, J.R." is off limits now too because it focuses on one player?[/quote]Well shit, I guess I'm going to get ejected if I ever make it up to Lynah this year.

[CowbellGuy]

[quote ebilmes][quote imafrshmn]Could the show just be recorded as a podcast and hosted by elynah if the sloperadio thing falls through?  (Actually, with all the podcast trouble last year, this would probably be a good idea in any case)[/quote]

Yeah, that's easy enough to do. It might be tricky, though, if you want multiple hosts or guests. And podcast would mean no live call-ins/IMs/etc. That would be the one benefit of working through Slope.[/quote]

I'd certainly be happy to host it. I've been pretty inundated with stuff lately so I haven't had much time to think about it, but ELynah is definitely in need of content for the upcoming year. If anyone would like to contribute or has any ideas, let me know.

[sah67]

I wasn't at the game, but noticed in today's IJ with photos from yesterday that we were wearing our visiting reds.  Any explanation for this?  Are the home uniforms not ready yet?
EDIT: Nevermind...perhaps I should read all the way down to the bottom of the IJ article where it mentions that Ottawa forgot to bring their home jerseys.

P.S. The "Gee Gees" must have been pretty tiny...Greening looks like freakin' Godzilla here

[sah67]

Ignore erroneous reply.

[Cactus12]

wow... that picture is absolutely absurd

[mtmack25]

From the shadows, Greening appears to be nearly a foot in the air.

[evilnaturedrobot]

since when does greening wear an A?

[amerks127]

Since he was named assistant captain in May.

[Luke 05]

*Alternate Captain