Recruits 2014

[Trotsky]

Boo.

We really shouldn't let great prospects who are legacies get way.  :-(

[billhoward]

Pete Shier is a loyal Cornell alum. It may be there's something special about Union ... or for his son. It may be the parents' money, but it's the student's life.

[Chris '03]

Boo.

We really shouldn't let great prospects who are legacies get way.  :-(

I think you're already on record re: this commitment: http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,190403,190662#msg-190662
:-)

[Trotsky]

Boo.

We really shouldn't let great prospects who are legacies get way.  :-(

I think you're already on record re: this commitment: http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,190403,190662#msg-190662
:-)

Neither of those were top prospects.

When a legacy goes somewhere else because we didn't offer, that's fine.  When we offer but he still goes somewhere else, that means we lost the competition for a player who started out with every reason to come to Cornell.  That's bad.

Obviously there could be a million reasons to not choose your star father's school -- establish your own identity, etc.  But OTOH, have we ever had a guy whose father was a star on another team?

Harvard has had, what, 3 generations of Cavanaughs?  4?  That is a good story, aesthetically pleasing, and it would be great if we would have the same.  

I'm just jealous.

[Dafatone]

Boo.

We really shouldn't let great prospects who are legacies get way.  :-(

I think you're already on record re: this commitment: http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,190403,190662#msg-190662
:-)

Neither of those were top prospects.

When a legacy goes somewhere else because we didn't offer, that's fine.  When we offer but he still goes somewhere else, that means we lost the competition for a player who started out with every reason to come to Cornell.  That's bad.

Obviously there could be a million reasons to not choose your star father's school -- establish your own identity, etc.  But OTOH, have we ever had a guy whose father was a star on another team?

Harvard has had, what, 3 generations of Cavanaughs?  4?  That is a good story, aesthetically pleasing, and it would be great if we would have the same.  

I'm just jealous.

For what it's worth, I'd have hated to go to my dad's school when I was 18.  Call it rebellion, branching out, establishing my own identity, or whatever.  I'd have been annoyed.

Similarly, I'm shocked when a player (or anyone, really) from Ithaca goes to Cornell.

[KeithK]

Boo.

We really shouldn't let great prospects who are legacies get way.  :-(

I think you're already on record re: this commitment: http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,190403,190662#msg-190662
:-)

Neither of those were top prospects.

When a legacy goes somewhere else because we didn't offer, that's fine.  When we offer but he still goes somewhere else, that means we lost the competition for a player who started out with every reason to come to Cornell.  That's bad.

Obviously there could be a million reasons to not choose your star father's school -- establish your own identity, etc.  But OTOH, have we ever had a guy whose father was a star on another team?

Harvard has had, what, 3 generations of Cavanaughs?  4?  That is a good story, aesthetically pleasing, and it would be great if we would have the same.  

I'm just jealous.

For what it's worth, I'd have hated to go to my dad's school when I was 18.  Call it rebellion, branching out, establishing my own identity, or whatever.  I'd have been annoyed.

Similarly, I'm shocked when a player (or anyone, really) from Ithaca goes to Cornell.

Everyone's different I guess.  As much as I love NYC I didn't want to go to school there (especially after my dad suggested going to Columbia and living at home).  But then I have two cousins who went to schools about an hour from home and are seemingly home every weekend.

[Trotsky]

For what it's worth, I'd have hated to go to my dad's school when I was 18.

Me too, but I also wasn't looking to build an NHL career.  And I may be wrong, but my impression is kids who are reflexively rebellious in that way (like us) tend not to follow their parent's sport.  They get degrees in playwriting or some such...  

[pfibiger]

Neither of those were top prospects.

When a legacy goes somewhere else because we didn't offer, that's fine.  When we offer but he still goes somewhere else, that means we lost the competition for a player who started out with every reason to come to Cornell.  That's bad.

Obviously there could be a million reasons to not choose your star father's school -- establish your own identity, etc.  But OTOH, have we ever had a guy whose father was a star on another team?

Harvard has had, what, 3 generations of Cavanaughs?  4?  That is a good story, aesthetically pleasing, and it would be great if we would have the same.  

I'm just jealous.

Different permutations of Father/Son recruiting and misses. This list is by no means exhaustive, it was just off the top of my head plus some cursory looking:

CU hockey players whose fathers played elsewhere:
Mitch Carefoot (Denver)
Blake Gallagher (SLU)

College hockey players whose fathers played at Cornell:
Mark Jankowski (Providence)
Will Weber (Miami)
Paul Geiger (Clarkson)
Mike Ambrosia (Princeton)
Mark Mitera (Michigan)
Dan Peace (RPI)
Matt Brush (Princeton)

Older brother played at CU, player went elsewhere:
Nik Pokulok (Clarkson)

Older brother played elsewhere, player went to CU:
Evan Barlow (Harvard)
Mitch Gillam (Dartmouth)
Sean Whitney (BU)
Bob Kinasewich (Harvard)
Jeff Kubiak (Bentley)

[jkahn]

Older brother played elsewhere, player went to CU:
Evan Barlow (Harvard)
Mitch Gillam (Dartmouth)
Sean Whitney (BU)

a couple of others I can quickly think of:
Bob Kinasewich '67 (Harvard)
Jeff Kubiak '17 (Bentley)

hard to believe they're a half century apart.

[dag14]

I believe that Craig Brush '72 son played elsewhere -- maybe Princeton?  And Jim Gibson's son was a star lax player at Yale.

[ursusminor]

Dave Peace's son Dan played at RPI. I doubt that Cornell was interested.

[marty]

Dave Peace's son Dan played at RPI. I doubt that Cornell was interested.

That's what Dave told me. On the other hand his daughter did her undergrad work at Cornell and was headed to the University of Michigan for her law degree. As little as I became acquainted with the Peace children, I felt fortunate to make their acquaintance.

[Josh '99]

I believe that Craig Brush '72 son played elsewhere -- maybe Princeton?  And Jim Gibson's son was a star lax player at Yale.

There's a Matt Brush who played for Princeton and subsequently for the Florida Everblades.

[gomestar]

Older brother played at CU, player went elsewhere:
Nik Pokulok (Clarkson)

Tom Hilbrich @ Quinnipiac



also prob. not in the same breath, but the young McCarron who bolted D1 all together

[ithacat]

You could add Kevin Shier to the list.

Ryan Johnston (Colgate), Jacob/Rebecca/Sarah played at Cornell.
Jeff Skinner (OHL), sister Andrea played at Cornell.