SHU 1/10-11

[Dafatone]

The good news is this had almost no impact on our RPI.

The bad news is that our record is meh enough for a road tie against Sacred Heart to have almost no impact on our RPI.

[ugarte]

Can we please try Keoppel or Katz tomorrow? The game is meaningless, it makes absolutely no sense to keep running Shane out

We have no idea what is going on in practice.

Believe it or not the staff is trying to do what is best for the team.

goddamn dude nobody doubts this and tbh after a 1-1 tie i don't know that the goalie is who you hang the blame on but if you want to run PR for the coaching staff at least get paid.

[Trotsky]

PWR and RPI aren't really in play any more.  It's all about Lake Placid.  Work hard, get the guys back, build confidence, then take our chance in March.

[BearLover]

Can we please try Keoppel or Katz tomorrow? The game is meaningless, it makes absolutely no sense to keep running Shane out

We have no idea what is going on in practice.

Believe it or not the staff is trying to do what is best for the team.

It made sense to keep playing Shane so long as the PWR was relevant. It's no longer relevant. Tomorrow is the least important game Cornell will play until 2025-26. Not playing a backup tomorrow would really just make no sense.

[Trotsky]

Can we please try Keoppel or Katz tomorrow? The game is meaningless, it makes absolutely no sense to keep running Shane out

We have no idea what is going on in practice.

Believe it or not the staff is trying to do what is best for the team.

goddamn dude nobody doubts this and tbh after a 1-1 tie i don't know that the goalie is who you hang the blame on but if you want to run PR for the coaching staff at least get paid.

I am not being an apologist.  I am arguing that watching the games just to tally wins is a shitty way to spend your time.  If you're not enjoying the game for the game's sake, find some other dick measuring stick.

There's a reason I left.  That demo is just so fucking weak.

[Dafatone]

We have 15 games left. I bet if we go, like, 12-3, we'll be in the running on the pairwise. Since we're close to .500, there's a lot of room for our win% to go up if we win a bunch.

But we have to win a bunch.

[Trotsky]

Can we please try Keoppel or Katz tomorrow? The game is meaningless, it makes absolutely no sense to keep running Shane out

We have no idea what is going on in practice.

Believe it or not the staff is trying to do what is best for the team.

It made sense to keep playing Shane so long as the PWR was relevant. It's no longer relevant. Tomorrow is the least important game Cornell will play until 2025-26. Not playing a backup tomorrow would really just make no sense.

I think there's probably a reason we aren't.  Jones understands we have to get to know what we have in net for next year, and for that matter log minutes in case something happens to Shane.  It is blindingly obvious, so unless you believe they're stupid, there is a reason.

[Trotsky]

We have 15 games left. I bet if we go, like, 12-3, we'll be in the running on the pairwise. Since we're close to .500, there's a lot of room for our win% to go up if we win a bunch.

But we have to win a bunch.

Mmmmmaybe?  I know there's a giant blob of meh from 15-25, but (1) there is no reason to think we are going 12-3 down the stretch, and (2) we're actually outside the blob now.

BearLover is correct saying tomorrow night's game means as little as any non-Exhibition ever could.  If we were ever going to suit up Rayhill and put O'Leary in net, it's tomorrow.

[Dafatone]

We have 15 games left. I bet if we go, like, 12-3, we'll be in the running on the pairwise. Since we're close to .500, there's a lot of room for our win% to go up if we win a bunch.

But we have to win a bunch.

Mmmmmaybe?  I know there's a giant blob of meh from 15-25, but (1) there is no reason to think we are going 12-3 down the stretch, and (2) we're actually outside the blob now.

Sure. I'm not gonna disagree with anyone who thinks we're not making that run. I just think the math is still there for us to be in it.

[Trotsky]

We have 15 games left. I bet if we go, like, 12-3, we'll be in the running on the pairwise. Since we're close to .500, there's a lot of room for our win% to go up if we win a bunch.

But we have to win a bunch.

Mmmmmaybe?  I know there's a giant blob of meh from 15-25, but (1) there is no reason to think we are going 12-3 down the stretch, and (2) we're actually outside the blob now.

Sure. I'm not gonna disagree with anyone who thinks we're not making that run. I just think the math is still there for us to be in it.

It may be.  Those cusp teams are tighter than I've learned not to say.

[ugarte]

Can we please try Keoppel or Katz tomorrow? The game is meaningless, it makes absolutely no sense to keep running Shane out

We have no idea what is going on in practice.

Believe it or not the staff is trying to do what is best for the team.

goddamn dude nobody doubts this and tbh after a 1-1 tie i don't know that the goalie is who you hang the blame on but if you want to run PR for the coaching staff at least get paid.

I am not being an apologist.  I am arguing that watching the games just to tally wins is a shitty way to spend your time.  If you're not enjoying the game for the game's sake, find some other dick measuring stick.

There's a reason I left.  That demo is just so fucking weak.

You are not! You are specifically arguing that the coaching decisions are sacrosanct since we only get to see the games. That might be true - for all I know Keopple and Katz look awful and we're lucky that we never see it when it counts -  but it's hardly worth stating but for the fact that you're knee-jerk reacting to someone upset about a really bad result. You see it as a dick measuring stick because *you* can't help but respond to every complaint without running interference, kumbaya shit or a complaint about Kids Today.

You *also* want to win the games; you aren't marking time until you die by watching hockey. BearLover's cope is "change something, anything for the sake of change." Your cope is deciding that's beyond the pale. My cope is whatever this is.

[chimpfood]

If we win the next three we're in the running for an at large by the Harvard/dartmouth series which is what I was hoping for going into break. If we drop even one game we probably just gotta put our heads down, rack up ECAC points for a bye (which we're not even in position to get at this point), and grind our way to lake placid. The next three being road games gives us a ton of room to move up if we get a streak going.

[Dafatone]

If we win the next three we're in the running for an at large by the Harvard/dartmouth series which is what I was hoping for going into break. If we drop even one game we probably just gotta put our heads down, rack up ECAC points for a bye (which we're not even in position to get at this point), and grind our way to lake placid. The next three being road games gives us a ton of room to move up if we get a streak going.

Take it one game at a time and win the next one.

Because we apparently haven't won a road game yet, so we gotta start somewhere.

[Trotsky]

Take it one game at a time

And, the good Lord willing,...

[BearLover]

Can we please try Keoppel or Katz tomorrow? The game is meaningless, it makes absolutely no sense to keep running Shane out

We have no idea what is going on in practice.

Believe it or not the staff is trying to do what is best for the team.

goddamn dude nobody doubts this and tbh after a 1-1 tie i don't know that the goalie is who you hang the blame on but if you want to run PR for the coaching staff at least get paid.

I am not being an apologist.  I am arguing that watching the games just to tally wins is a shitty way to spend your time.  If you're not enjoying the game for the game's sake, find some other dick measuring stick.

There's a reason I left.  That demo is just so fucking weak.

For what it's worth, I didn't watch the game, specifically because of what you said (it's a shitty way to spend my time).