Recruits 2025 and Beyond

[ugarte]

are we assuming Casey stays around all that long? He isnt really that much different in age

but less time at the helm of a program, so less potential burnout and more realms to conquer. does he have grandkids? is his health better than mike's? age is just a number.

[chimpfood]

Health is definitely the factor there. Schaf isn't THAT old but he is a bigger guy and has has health issues in the past. Casey looks a bit healthier on the surface and hasn't been a head coach as long so I'd say he's more likely to keep coaching past where Schaf retired.

[Trotsky]

are we assuming Casey stays around all that long? He isn't really that much different in age

Casey is 56. He won't be here for 20, but he could easily make 10 if he is successful and wishes to.  Mike is going because of health.

I suspect his over/under is 5 and will be driven by (1) record and (2) whether the game continues to change so severely it needs new eyes to see it.

Ned was born in 1919.  Schafer was born in 1962.  If patterns hold, our next program-defining coach is 20.

[BearLover]

Unless people have inside information, they're just speculating why Schafer chose to retire. In reality, it's probably several things. If it were mostly health-related, it would make little sense why Nikki Moore convinced him to stay another season.

[adamw]

What are the indicators that Casey is recruiting well? I'm not denying it, I'm just wondering where that notion is coming from. Since Casey was announced as Schafer's successor, twelve players have committed (which is a lot). They're mostly quite young and none of them are really putting up eye-popping numbers. The big get was poaching Veilleux from Harvard, but the other recruits seem kind of up in the air to me.

I believe he was credited with some very good gets his first tour with us.

Although TBH I am always skeptical about assigning provenance for a commitment to a coach.  Not that it's impossible or even improbable -- just that it's the kind of inside baseball (?) that only the specific people involved will ever really know.

Go look at the track record as far back as Ohio State. Track that program's turnaround at the time, and the players that came in. It wasn't because of the head coach.

[billhoward]

Casey is attracting some impressive talent to Cornell.  He appears to be an excellent recruiter.

Christ on a stick! A post like that is a lightning rod. You're just asking for ELF conspiracy-theory posters to come out from under their rocks (albeit mined from the Ivy-draped shores of Beebe Lake) and indulge conspiracy theories that put Elon Musk to shame. You know, stuff like, "I knew Casey was no good back when he got swept back to back years by Brown and Princeton because he wore green and yellow not red game-day boxers blah blah blah so prove to me I'm wrong." I love the "prove to me I'm wrong" argument as if the burden of proof automatically shifts by voicing those syllables. Give the guy a chance. Like, don't toilet paper his yard until Cornell loses two games in a row this fall and one is a shootout. Please.

[CAS]

Recruit Aiden Long has been on a scoring tear in the USHL recently - 12 points in the last 5 games.  Currently 11th in the league.  Many of our commits are putting up big numbers.

[chimpfood]

Recruit Aiden Long has been on a scoring tear in the USHL recently - 12 points in the last 5 games.  Currently 11th in the league.  Many of our commits are putting up big numbers.

him, Diguilian and veilleux look like really exciting players. I hope roest can produce through the rest of the year because the way they've treated keopple this year point to roest being in contention to start.

[CAS]

In the BCHL, Chase Pirtle is 8th in points & Reegan Hiscock is 12th in goals scored

[chimpfood]

Is Pirtle still coming? Don't see him listed anywhere.

[BearLover]

Is Pirtle still coming? Don't see him listed anywhere.

He is listed as committed to Cornell on his team's website and also in Heisenberg's list.

[scoop85]

Is Pirtle still coming? Don't see him listed anywhere.

His team profile shows him as a Cornell commit: https://www.victoriagrizzlies.com/stats/player/8370

[chimpfood]

Thanks, glad to hear it, eliteprospects and CHN didn't list him so I figured he decomitted but glad to hear he hasn't.

[Trotsky]

Thanks, glad to hear it, eliteprospects and CHN didn't list him so I figured he decomitted but glad to hear he hasn't.

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[upprdeck]

with the number of seniors this year we must be planning on a big fr class, or some transfers