New Recruit for '09 - Greg Miller

[French Rage]

[quote Josh '99][quote Beeeej][quote Trotsky]Berk. :-([/quote]

Typnicholls.  ::rolleyes::[/quote]Oh god, make it stop.  ::bang::[/quote]

You need to sit back and jill, son.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Trotsky]Berk. :-([/quote]

Again with the Cockney rhyming slang! :-O

[ugarte]

[quote Trotsky]Berk. :-([/quote]
Typicollins. ::rolleyes::

[marty]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote nr53][quote French Rage][quote Rita][quote Roy 82][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote KeithK][quote lynah80]That puts 27 guys on the roster.  I wonder if Mike will carry all of them.[/quote]
Hopefully it doesn't mean Coach knows something about certain players that we don't. *fingers crossed*[/quote]

Given recent trends, I think you have to at least plan for it.[/quote]

Yes, you can't just sit around nashing your teeth.::panic::[/quote]

Some people think that the grass is greener on the other side. ::worry::[/quote]

Perhaps they're worried that Freddy Krueger will kill them.  (Aww I'm not very good at this.)[/quote]

They're just looking for someone to Kary the team[/quote]

Well, I think we've set the Bar low for humor on this thread.[/quote]

I'm now in need of these:



Superfluous e notwithstanding.

But then again it's:



time.

[imafrshmn]

It's great to see beer names back in the Cornell lineup.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

So does this make us the Big Red Beers?

[Robb]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]So does this make us the Big Red Beers?[/quote]
Daaaa...Beers.

It's a real gem of a program.

[andyw2100]

Nope, no one could guess it's May based on this thread.

[WillCMJr]

[quote pfibiger]Cornell just picked up a 2009 commitment from Greg Miller, Erik  
Axell's linemate on the St. Michael's Buzzers and the #4 scorer in the entire OJHL. He's a little older ('89), but this is a great pickup. He scored 91 points in 49 games. He's around 6'0", 200lbs.

http://buzzers.centraldivisionhockey.com/buzzers_new/news.aspx

So that's three Buzzers in one year, and 5 players in this class coming from the OJHL. A big swing from when 2/3 of our recruiting classes came from the BCHL a few years ago.[/quote]

Not sure it's a good swing.  Most of the players that have been drafted in the first round directly from the CJHL were in the BCHL, so far never one from the OJHL.

[WillCMJr]

My understanding is no, BCHL is considered higher competition.  Someone feel free to correct me!

[pfibiger]

[quote WillCMJr]
Not sure it's a good swing.  Most of the players that have been drafted in the first round directly from the CJHL were in the BCHL, so far never one from the OJHL.[/quote]

Brendan Smith (Wisconsin) and Andrew Cogliano (Michigan) were both drafted in the first round from the St. Mikes Buzzers, the same team Smith, Axell, and D'Agostino play for. Bunch of second rounders in the past few years, too. Brandon Burlon (Michigan) and Corey Trivino (was headed to BU, now in the OHL) to name a couple.

Over the past few years the BCHL has been considered a stronger league. I don't know if that's still the case, it may be. We're not the only school that was recently BC heavy and has moved on. North Dakota used to be competing with us for a lot of the same kids in BC. They seem to have swung heavily to Alberta. Denver, another BC stalwart, has no kids in the last class or coming next year from BC. Like UND (and to a lesser extent, Cornell) they seem to have focused more on Alberta.

I wonder if any of it is a cost cutting measure? It's certainly a lot easier and cheaper for our coaches to see a kid play multiple times in Hamilton or Oakville than it is in Salmon Arm or Vernon.

[cbuckser]

League quality is no doubt dynamic.

Whether the BCHL or the OJHL is the superior league at this time, I think it's fair to say that the difference in league quality is fairly insubstantial.  Players from both leagues are similarly ready to play Division I hockey.

[Josh '99]

[quote pfibiger][quote WillCMJr]
Not sure it's a good swing.  Most of the players that have been drafted in the first round directly from the CJHL were in the BCHL, so far never one from the OJHL.[/quote]

Brendan Smith (Wisconsin) and Andrew Cogliano (Michigan) were both drafted in the first round from the St. Mikes Buzzers, the same team Smith, Axell, and D'Agostino play for. Bunch of second rounders in the past few years, too. Brandon Burlon (Michigan) and Corey Trivino (was headed to BU, now in the OHL) to name a couple.

Over the past few years the BCHL has been considered a stronger league. I don't know if that's still the case, it may be. We're not the only school that was recently BC heavy and has moved on. North Dakota used to be competing with us for a lot of the same kids in BC. They seem to have swung heavily to Alberta. Denver, another BC stalwart, has no kids in the last class or coming next year from BC. Like UND (and to a lesser extent, Cornell) they seem to have focused more on Alberta.

I wonder if any of it is a cost cutting measure? It's certainly a lot easier and cheaper for our coaches to see a kid play multiple times in Hamilton or Oakville than it is in Salmon Arm or Vernon.[/quote]Hmm.  My impression was that Schafer had been a bit ahead of the curve on recruiting from the BCHL (plus has the great connection at Nanaimo) and that when other schools got clued in to the depth of talent that there is out there, resources were shifted elsewhere.  (In other words, returns were diminishing because of added competition, rather than because the talent pool isn't as good in BC as it was a few years ago.)

[KeithK]

[quote Josh '99]Hmm.  My impression was that Schafer had been a bit ahead of the curve on recruiting from the BCHL (plus has the great connection at Nanaimo) and that when other schools got clued in to the depth of talent that there is out there, resources were shifted elsewhere.  (In other words, returns were diminishing because of added competition, rather than because the talent pool isn't as good in BC as it was a few years ago.)[/quote]
That's exactly what I was thinking.

The change in assistant coaches may be a part of the shift too.

[Trotsky]

[quote Robb]Daaaa...Beers.

It's a real gem of a program.[/quote]

This might start a tiff.  Any takers?