CU vs Yale

[Trotsky]

I'd much rather be worrying about playing critical games in March than worrying about being able to get into March.

No shit, Jim.  Has the Bostonification of the fanbase really proceeded to where I have to explain the point?

[BearLover]

The second line can't get back on defense.  The 3rd and 4th lines can't do anything.  Iles has been getting beaten way too often.  I have never seen so many stupid penalties in my life.  And the freshman class has really not contributed.  These are classic problems that have not been in any way corrected as the season has progressed.  The players are trying; at this point it has to be bad coaching.  This is a hugely disappointing year.  Sports is a zero-sum game, and everything is relative.  If the other teams have gotten better, we have gotten worse.

[Towerroad]

The consensus among my friends is in line with what BearLover said: this season has sucked.

This is why "suck" should be retired.

It has been a .500 season where the team has been in almost every game.  It's disappointing compared to pre-season NCAA ambitions.  Every game is a nail-biter.  It's far more exciting to root for the team this year than during the Silver Age in the '00's.

This team can be appreciated for other things than dominance.  They are playing critical games every night now, rather than March.  Enjoy it.

I was not aware that Harvard was going to retire.

[jtn27]

The consensus among my friends is in line with what BearLover said: this season has sucked.

This is why "suck" should be retired.

It has been a .500 season where the team has been in almost every game.  It's disappointing compared to pre-season NCAA ambitions.  Every game is a nail-biter.  It's far more exciting to root for the team this year than during the Silver Age in the '00's.

This team can be appreciated for other things than dominance.  They are playing critical games every night now, rather than March.  Enjoy it.

I agree with Ben. Perhaps "suck" is too strong a word and I know Cornell has had worse seasons, but as BearLover pointed out, "everything is relative." 8-8-2 is a good season when you finished the previous season with just 6 wins. However, when you're coming off an NCAA regional final appearance, only graduated 4 seniors, and were a national preseason poll top 5, but now you're in danger of finishing outside the top 4 in the conference for the first time in 5 years and just the 2nd time in 14 years because you're making the same mistakes over and over again, can't string together 2 good games, and have not beaten a team with a pairwise ranking better than 18, 8-8-2 sucks.

[TheMatrix]

Bummer of a result last night. Agreed with the really dumb penalties from Lowry and Mowrey. From my angle, it looked like Lowry straight up whacked the Yale guy in the groin--should've learned from Gostisbehere in the World Juniors. You probably shouldn't do that right in front of the refs after your opponents just scored.

Nevertheless, here's Ferlin converting early:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosRDmn2M9o

[Jim Hyla]

I'd much rather be worrying about playing critical games in March than worrying about being able to get into March.

No shit, Jim.  Has the Bostonification of the fanbase really proceeded to where I have to explain the point?

I guess so. Maybe I'm just too old to understand.

[Rosey]

Speaking for myself, I found rooting for the '00's a lot more fun than this year. I'd much rather be worrying about playing critical games in March than worrying about being able to get into March.

Agreed. It feels like Greg's seeing a 90% empty glass as 10% full. There is no way to polish this turd: Cornell's performance has been terribly disappointing in all but one game I've personally witnessed this season.

[Jim Hyla]

If anyone wants to see "highlights", the ECAC site has it up on their Hockey Playback video. Their first goal was a defensive breakdown, the second was somewhat lucky in that the Yale shooter got nothing but air on the first attempt and a screened goal on the second. The game winner was our typical scramble around, with Yale passing and shooting till it's in. Yale has been our Achilles for years. We still cannot solve their deep two man forecheck. After all these years, you would hope we could breakout through it.

[css228]

If anyone wants to see "highlights", the ECAC site has it up on their Hockey Playback video. Their first goal was a defensive breakdown, the second was somewhat lucky in that the Yale shooter got nothing but air on the first attempt and a screened goal on the second. The game winner was our typical scramble around, with Yale passing and shooting till it's in. Yale has been our Achilles for years. We still cannot solve their deep two man forecheck. After all these years, you would hope we could breakout through it.

I have a burning question. How does a team this big lose net front battles with such amazing consistency?

[ugarte]

Speaking for myself, I found rooting for the '00's a lot more fun than this year. I'd much rather be worrying about playing critical games in March than worrying about being able to get into March.

Agreed. It feels like Greg's seeing a 90% empty glass as 10% full. There is no way to polish this turd: Cornell's performance has been terribly disappointing in all but one game I've personally witnessed this season.

Greg is doing nothing of the sort. He is distinguishing "fun" from "excitement" and suggesting that we've become so spoiled by finishing at the top of the conference, we rend our garments and whine like babies when we have a middling season. Of course this season has been a disappointment but that isn't the end of the discussion.

Greg's spin - and even though it is a coping mechanism it is useful spin - is that when your team is dominant the games are fun but it isn't really tense when winning is a foregone conclusion. A team like this gives you agita but that agita makes the games themselves more exciting (as opposed to the relaxed revelry of the final four squad).

Iles has been getting beaten way too often.

He's stopping 91% of the shots and giving up under 2.5 a game. I don't know how you pin any of this on Iles.

[Trotsky]

He is distinguishing "fun" from "excitement" and suggesting that we've become so spoiled by finishing at the top of the conference, we rend our garments and whine like babies when we have a middling season. Of course this season has been a disappointment but that isn't the end of the discussion.

That is what I was saying.

Of course, they didn't do that premise any favors with tonight's performance, which was neither fun nor exciting.  

[ugarte]

Speaking for myself, I found rooting for the '00's a lot more fun than this year. I'd much rather be worrying about playing critical games in March than worrying about being able to get into March.

Agreed. It feels like Greg's seeing a 90% empty glass as 10% full. There is no way to polish this turd: Cornell's performance has been terribly disappointing in all but one game I've personally witnessed this season.

Greg is doing nothing of the sort. He is distinguishing "fun" from "excitement" and suggesting that we've become so spoiled by finishing at the top of the conference, we rend our garments and whine like babies when we have a middling season. Of course this season has been a disappointment but that isn't the end of the discussion.

Greg's spin - and even though it is a coping mechanism it is useful spin - is that when your team is dominant the games are fun but it isn't really tense when winning is a foregone conclusion. A team like this gives you agita but that agita makes the games themselves more exciting (as opposed to the relaxed revelry of the final four squad).

Iles has been getting beaten way too often.

He's stopping 91% of the shots and giving up under 2.5 a game. I don't know how you pin any of this on Iles.

NEVERMIND

[Josh '99]

Bummer of a result last night. Agreed with the really dumb penalties from Lowry and Mowrey. From my angle, it looked like Lowry straight up whacked the Yale guy in the groin--should've learned from Gostisbehere in the World Juniors. You probably shouldn't do that right in front of the refs after your opponents just scored.

That's exactly what he did.  I was pretty surprised he didn't get tossed for that.