Cornell vs. Notre Dame

[scoop85]

Deserves its own thread.

IL scouting report is very positive about our Big Red.  The scout (I assume a coach of another team) says Pannell is the best player in the country.  Who am I to argue?

[scoop85]

A good sign:  the Swami picks Notre Dame

[Josh '99]

A good sign:  the Swami picks Notre Dame

Man, I forgot how annoying that website is.

[JasonN95]

So is anyone else having a hard time enjoying this upcoming game because they are petrified that UMd will hire away Coach T after the season concludes? Or is it just me?  I'd like to think that Cornell lax is a good enough gig and that he has an enjoyable enough situation that he wouldn't be lured away, even to an UMd type opportunity, but who knows...

[mnagowski]

I'm not losing any sleep over it. Jeff has deep Upstate NY roots -- he's a product of West Genesee and Hobart.

[RichH]

It is a different situation than the one that got Pietramala to leave, as he was a Hopkins alumnus and it was his dream job that opened up. I believe that was a "grand slam homerun" in Coach Donahue lingo.  Like mnagowski said, Tambroni has upstate NY roots, and has a strong national program here.  That said, I can't say it wasn't the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the Cottle news, as a school as big as MD can probably afford to back up the money truck more so than Cornell can if they really want him.

[ugarte]

So is anyone else having a hard time enjoying this upcoming game because they are petrified that UMd will hire away Coach T after the season concludes?

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me... no. I figured that the odds were better than 50-50 that Donahue was going to leave after the season but it didn't take away from the run. Worry about the coaching carnival after the season ends.

The move from Pietramila to Tambroni was pretty seamless and I expect Noel to hire a good replacement if Tambroni jumps to Maryland. The record of the football team notwithstanding, he has a good record of bringing in quality coaches.

[billhoward]

So is anyone else having a hard time enjoying this upcoming game because they are petrified that UMd will hire away Coach T after the season concludes?

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me... no. I figured that the odds were better than 50-50 that Donahue was going to leave after the season but it didn't take away from the run. Worry about the coaching carnival after the season ends.

The move from Pietramila to Tambroni was pretty seamless and I expect Noel to hire a good replacement if Tambroni jumps to Maryland. The record of the football team notwithstanding, he has a good record of bringing in quality coaches.

Hockey and lacrosse differ from basketball and football in that there are no coaches making $1 million in college lacrosse. What's the top amount you can make, $200K, $250K? So a top-notch Ivy coach who goes elsewhere would make a nice percentage increase on his salary but not a multiple.

[billhoward]

A good sign:  the Swami picks Notre Dame

Sometimes a public nuisance or flasher thrives on the attention, so is it worth going back a couple years and seeing which top team won most when picked by the Swami to lose? And is it Navy or pehaps Hopkins that has lost most often when picked to win?

[billhoward]

Deserves its own thread.

IL scouting report is very positive about our Big Red.  The scout (I assume a coach of another team) says Pannell is the best player in the country.  Who am I to argue?

Cornell is a team that is affective in all phases...

Perhaps voice or mannerisms off the field.

[TimV]

I think it's hugely unlikely Tambroni would go anyplace that isn't Syracuse.  Even Hobart.  He has truly built a great program that is all his own, his family is happy, and the nature of our athletics dept is 180 degrees from Maryland's "Make the playoffs 10 straight years but no championships so you're gone" attitude.  Tambroni could be here longer than Richie.  

That being said, if Tambroni left or got killed by a snowplow, we have a guy named Ben DeLuca.  You may remember him.  He was Princeton's first choice when Tierney left.  They then had to go to their safety coach from Drexel.

[Josh '99]

I think it's hugely unlikely Tambroni would go anyplace that isn't Syracuse.

Despite how well Tambroni has done at Cornell, I'm not sure that'd even be a realistic possibility.  Desko had been an assistant at SU for 19 years (!) before getting the job when Roy Simmons Jr. retired, and before that Simmons Jr. had been an assistant coach under his father, so I have to assume they're happy with the way hiring from within has worked out for them; if that's the way they want to go, they've got a couple of experienced options in-house including Simmons III.

[ben03]

First - There's no way Coach T is leaving for this job for all the reasons listed above.

Second - Dave Cottle ('02-10), Dick Edell ('84-'01) and Bud Beardmore ('70-'83) were all native Marylanders ... so i stopped there thinking 40-years was far enough ... they will most definitely hire another native son. hell would likely have to freeze over before they would look outside their own for the coach of the Terps.

[ben03]

I think it's hugely unlikely Tambroni would go anyplace that isn't Syracuse.

... they've got a couple of experienced options in-house including Simmons III.

RSiii is not even in the same league as Simmons i & ii or even Desko for that matter ... Kevin Donahue is a far superior in terms of technical knowledge and ability and has been there almost as long as JD.

[RichH]

they will most definitely hire another native son. hell would likely have to freeze over before they would look outside their own for the coach of the Terps.

Excellent point. The arrogant provincial claim to the sport in MD is sickeningly deep. Hiring someone from Upstate NY would be like a metaphor I can't think of right now.