Mike Schafer retiring 2025

[Trotsky]

[BearLover]

Maybe adamw can tell us, since he kept posting cryptically that Syer would never be the next HC.

[Trotsky]

On a completely unrelated subject, https://new.reddit.com/r/LynahFaithful/ is a moderated forum with Block User.

[BearLover]

On a completely unrelated subject, https://new.reddit.com/r/LynahFaithful/ is a moderated forum with Block User.

Maybe you should stay over there, then? It's a highly relevant question to ask, why Cornell passed on Syer, who is an early frontrunner for coach of the year.

[Redpucks1!]

Bearlover - the absolute king of hindsight!!!
Adam W. knows a little something about college hockey - you, not so much!

[Trotsky]

On a completely unrelated subject, https://new.reddit.com/r/LynahFaithful/ is a moderated forum with Block User.

Maybe you should stay over there, then? It's a highly relevant question to ask, why Cornell passed on Syer, who is an early frontrunner for coach of the year.

You're "only asking questions," right?

No. You're a snail dragging its sludge across this forum.  That's been your MO for your whole tenure as many here have hinted, directly stated, or pointed at you and laughed.  I have no idea what motivates the perma-children who react to their disappointment by public flagellation, but it's as boring as it is pedestrian.  Maybe if you STFU and watched the way other folks here discuss the same issues you might learn a thing about interacting with people you missed out in IRL.

I know it's already losing to interact with trolls like you but, meh, the game sucked enough that your presence in the thread didn't actually significantly make it worse.  For once.  Grow up or go away.

[Dafatone]

Maybe adamw can tell us, since he kept posting cryptically that Syer would never be the next HC.

I mean he probably knew that Casey was the pick but couldn't say it.

[BearLover]

Maybe adamw can tell us, since he kept posting cryptically that Syer would never be the next HC.

I mean he probably knew that Casey was the pick but couldn't say it.

In the same post where he said it wouldn't be Syer, he also specifically said it wouldn't be Casey either.

Anyway, I remain extremely curious about my question, even though it seems to have taken Trotsky to a bad place. It was a relevant question at the time Schafer retired, and it's even more relevant given what has transpired since. I'll disconnect from this forum for a few days and let all the other wonderful posters discuss.

[Al DeFlorio]

Didn't the team welcome the proposed coach of the year back with a 5-0 pasting?

[stereax]

Didn't the team welcome the proposed coach of the year back with a 5-0 pasting?

Shhh, that doesn't fit the agenda...

[VIEWfromK]

Maybe the numbers don't show it and maybe it's not fair under the circumstances, but I never thought they played very well when Syer had to take over during some of Schafer's medical absences.  Off of that sample size I didn't think he should have been the successor.

[sah67]

Maybe the numbers don't show it and maybe it's not fair under the circumstances, but I never thought they played very well when Syer had to take over during some of Schafer's medical absences.  Off of that sample size I didn't think he should have been the successor.

On the contrary, I seem to recall some extended winning streaks under Syer in recent seasons when Schafer was out. This pregame write-up from January 2019 cites Syer having (at the time) a 7-0-4 all-time record when filling in as head coach: https://cornellbigred.com/news/2019/1/18/mens-ice-hockey-14-15-mens-hockey-clashes-with-rival-harvard-tonight.aspx

[Dafatone]

Maybe the numbers don't show it and maybe it's not fair under the circumstances, but I never thought they played very well when Syer had to take over during some of Schafer's medical absences.  Off of that sample size I didn't think he should have been the successor.

On the contrary, I seem to recall some extended winning streaks under Syer in recent seasons when Schafer was out. This pregame write-up from January 2019 cites Syer having (at the time) a 7-0-4 all-time record when filling in as head coach: https://cornellbigred.com/news/2019/1/18/mens-ice-hockey-14-15-mens-hockey-clashes-with-rival-harvard-tonight.aspx

Syer was undefeated as a substitute coach for a long while, but that didn't last through his more extended terms (terms? Term?) when Schafer was out with health issues.

[sah67]

Maybe the numbers don't show it and maybe it's not fair under the circumstances, but I never thought they played very well when Syer had to take over during some of Schafer's medical absences.  Off of that sample size I didn't think he should have been the successor.

On the contrary, I seem to recall some extended winning streaks under Syer in recent seasons when Schafer was out. This pregame write-up from January 2019 cites Syer having (at the time) a 7-0-4 all-time record when filling in as head coach: https://cornellbigred.com/news/2019/1/18/mens-ice-hockey-14-15-mens-hockey-clashes-with-rival-harvard-tonight.aspx

Syer was undefeated as a substitute coach for a long while, but that didn't last through his more extended terms (terms? Term?) when Schafer was out with health issues.

I thought so but I couldn't find any stats from the more recent seasons.

[Trotsky]

I thought he finally lost after 12 or 13 games.  IIRC he finished with an extremely good winning percentage, though officially all those decisions are credited to Mike.

During every short sample of not great play in the last 30 years casual fans have beaten their chests and bemoaned the drop from the level of play they think we simply are entitled to, ignoring the fact that the only reason the standard is that high is Schafer.  If you remember McCutcheon and Reycroft and TBH even Bertrand, you aren't fantasizing about getting rid of Schafer as an impediment to what Cornell hockey "ought" to be.  There is no ought.  There is only is, and the is of the last 30 years has been a fucking miracle.