New Cornell Recruits

[yougoon]

I deleted all the things I wrote in response to this thread regarding Reycroft since I guess it is not my place to tell the scoop, however, if you thought about things a little, you might notice that Reycroft recruited and coached Schafer. :-(

[CUlater \'89]

Reycroft has maintained close ties to the program since he left, even under McCutcheon.

[Lowell '99]

I believe that Schafer has gone out of his way to keep certain people in touch with the program.  Look no further than the inclusion of a McCutcheon in next year's class.

[Al DeFlorio]

Which goes to show Mike's a really savvy guy.  Burning bridges doesn't buy you much.  The efforts Mike, his coaches, and staff--particularly Sue Detzer--have made to keep alumni and other friends involved with and close to the program have paid and will continue to pay great dividends.

[Greg Berge]

And the inclusion of John Hughes' son on the team a few years ago.  Coach Schafer makes continual references to teams, achievements and players of the past.  That has to make those guys feel good, and it is appropriate to show gratitude to those who've come before.  I think we didn't see that for a while because it contrasted jarringly with the contemporary state of the program.  Now that this isn't a problem, the past becomes as asset again rather than a double-edged sword.

Reycroft is also a lifetime ECAC/Ivy guy.  A Brown goalie, IIRC.

[Greg Berge]

I wonder if any independent organization, magazine, website rates the recruiting classes the way they do (ad nauseum) in football and hoops.

[apple core]

Mike Stachurski grew up in Winnipeg, but has played the last two years in Finland.

[Roy Kornbluh]

Don't forget the two years he put in working for Monsters Inc.;-)

[CUlater \'89]

::rolleyes::

Give me a break.  Mark McCutcheon was one of the highest rated recruits in the country last year.  Schafer's desire to continue connections to the past had little to do with his efforts to recruit him.

In any event, at least since '86 (when I started following such things), the program has always stayed connected to the past.  It doesn't hurt when you have an ex-goalie as AD and later two ex-players ('71 and '86) as head coaches.

[ugarte]

I think you've got it backwards, CULater.  The point being made was that Schafer's connections with the past, Coach McCutcheon in particular, were strong enough that McCutcheon felt comfortable sending his son to play for the school that fired him.

[marty]

[Q] It doesn't hurt when you have an ex-goalie as AD and later two ex-players ('71 and '86) as head coaches.[/Q]

Wasn't it class of '70 for Dick Bertrand?

[Ken Deschere]

Dick Bertrand was '70.  Brian McCutcheon was '71.

Ken '71

[yougoon]

I guess I'm missing something - other than the fact that McCutcheon's son was recruited by Schaf, how has McCutcheon stayed connected to the program? ::shifty::

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]I think you've got it backwards, CULater. The point being made was that Schafer's connections with the past, Coach McCutcheon in particular, were strong enough that McCutcheon felt comfortable sending his son to play for the school that fired him.[/Q] Exactly![Q]I guess I'm missing something - other than the fact that McCutcheon's son was recruited by Schaf, how has McCutcheon stayed connected to the program? [/Q]The point is just that If you are fired you usually don't look fondly, and consider your son going there. That's especially true since it seems he could have gone elsewhere. So there must be some reason Reycroft, who didn't even go to CU, and McCutcheon still look well upon us.

I'll leave it to others to try and explain it.

[Adam 04]

I just found this.

Mike Stachurski-LD (3/26/03) Espoo Finland 6'2 215 -84

http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:XvQP6EyT7ToC:www.rds.ca/lhjmq/euro2002d.pdf+Mike+Stachurski&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

He is ranked 89th in the 2002/2003 Europe Mid-season rankings of forwards and defence.