Recruits beyond 2020

[Trotsky]

He's probably the first player named Remington we've had in the program.

He is.

[Trotsky]

He's probably the first player named Remington we've had in the program.

likely one of the first from Wisconsin as well.   https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/597411/remington-keopple has him as a 22-23 commit

2nd.

Evan Salmela '07 (Whitefish Bay)

[scoop85]

Unfortunately Ondrej Psenicka was one of the last 3 cuts from the Czech junior team so we won't get to see him in the World Junior tournament beginning today

[scoop85]

New recruit, Ben Robertson. A defenseman from Virginia, he plays for the powerhouse Mount Charles Academy program in Rhode Island. He's on their U16 team so it will be awhile before he makes it to Ithaca. His Twitter profile shows he's an Omaha Lancers prospect in the USHL.

https://twitter.com/benrobertson04/status/1346083538228154368

[blackwidow]

https://twitter.com/mthompsSC/status/1346197375396831238?s=19

[scoop85]

https://twitter.com/mthompsSC/status/1346197375396831238?s=19

A Brit! So would this be our first recruit from the UK (paging Trotsky)?

EDIT: I see the legendary Pete Wheelright who arrived in Ithaca in 1959 is listed on TBRW as being from the UK

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

6'4", 205# D-man.  Right up Schafer's alley.

He's from Cobham, which is just up the road from Guildford where there's a professional team in the EIHL.  Wonder if there's a connection?

[marty]

Dog gone going!

[dbilmes]

Schafer talks about the challenge of recruiting during a pandemic. It can't be easy.

[upprdeck]

he fact the ivies didnt offer sports can be seen as a lack of commitment or viewed as even more of a commitment to the kids.

[Cop at Lynah]

The IVY Presidents are so ideologically challenged they can't get their shit straight  Pathetic.  One minute it's follow the science and the next breath they shut everything down.  If they really cared about student health and well being they would be closed to in person instruction.  They know that there are large gatherings on/off campus but since they need the influx of revenue they are willing to take that risk.  But somehow athletic competition is different to them.

[Trotsky]

The IVY Presidents are so ideologically challenged they can't get their shit straight

It's not "ideology."  A slot machine does not have an ideology.  

Their only job, until such time as they are replaced by robots, is to make sure derpy parents and derpier donors keep pressing the PAY bar that dispenses the Ivy smugness pellets.  

Everything else is just a means to do that more effectively.

It's not politics.  It's just business Sonny.

[Roy 82]

The IVY Presidents are so ideologically challenged they can't get their shit straight

It's not "ideology."  A slot machine does not have an ideology.  

Their only job, until such time as they are replaced by robots, is to make sure derpy parents and derpier donors keep pressing the PAY bar that dispenses the Ivy smugness pellets.  

Everything else is just a means to do that more effectively.

It's not politics.  It's just business Sonny.

Why do you believe that their decisions on athletics are based on maximizing revenue?

[Trotsky]

The IVY Presidents are so ideologically challenged they can't get their shit straight

It's not "ideology."  A slot machine does not have an ideology.  

Their only job, until such time as they are replaced by robots, is to make sure derpy parents and derpier donors keep pressing the PAY bar that dispenses the Ivy smugness pellets.  

Everything else is just a means to do that more effectively.

It's not politics.  It's just business Sonny.

Why do you believe that their decisions on athletics are based on maximizing revenue?

It's not exactly revenue.  Money is only a crass and arbitrary scorekeeping device.  

It's brand.  The Ivies live or die by maintaining a magical moat between them and the others.  It's a guild system -- you pull up the draw bridge and create entry barriers.  You deny equal footing to others by fiat.  You protect your discriminator -- your label.

Ivies need to behave differently.  Banning "athletic scholarships" (while having operational equivalents in place) is one marketing tactic.  Not playing is (fortunately) another.

HYP can survive competing head-to-head with anybody else because of endowment and the momentum of a hundred years of class prestige and because, annoyingly, they still deliver the goods.  The other five have to maintain the gated community or be overwhelmed by dozens of competitors.

Why?  Christ, man, what do you want from me?

[Trotsky]

Power forward Tyler Catalano.  Looks like Elite Prospects finally went to a pay wall so I can't find much else.

https://twitter.com/AAABlues/status/1372204755079020549