NCAAs quarterfinal Cornell vs. BU

[underskill]

Welcome to Leafs fandom

[scoop85]

Schafer 1-10 in regional finals including 8 in a row
Almost all in OT/by one goal
3 of last 5 losses were to BU

So painful to watch the same script play out every fucking year

Yeah, of course it's painful. But you know what's more painful? Being a Brown or RPI fan who can only dream about being in our shoes. I don't hate on you like some others, but you need to get some perspective.

[BearLover]

Schafer 1-10 in regional finals including 8 in a row
Almost all in OT/by one goal
3 of last 5 losses were to BU

So painful to watch the same script play out every fucking year

Yeah, of course it's painful. But you know what's more painful? Being a Brown or RPI fan who can only dream about being in our shoes. I don't hate on you like some others, but you need to get some perspective.

Being a Brown or RPI fan would be way less painful lmao, I'd just stop watching and following a different sport. Not even in the same stratosphere of painful.

[stereax]

Schafer 1-10 in regional finals including 8 in a row
Almost all in OT/by one goal
3 of last 5 losses were to BU

So painful to watch the same script play out every fucking year

Team that is handicapped by Ivy league rules and unable to take advantage of transfers
Almost impossible to get real, high draft pick blue chip prospects as well
Still perennial ECAC contenders, usually top 20 pairwise, and often makes NCAA tournament, generally getting 100% effort from every player on the team

You're rooting for the underdog...

[ER]

Schafer 1-10 in regional finals including 8 in a row
Almost all in OT/by one goal
3 of last 5 losses were to BU

So painful to watch the same script play out every fucking year

Yeah, of course it's painful. But you know what's more painful? Being a Brown or RPI fan who can only dream about being in our shoes. I don't hate on you like some others, but you need to get some perspective.

I never understood the argument that you're not allowed to be upset because others have it so much worse. Would you say that to the team who only have about four years each?

[stereax]

Someone asked about number of posts in a game thread.  I scanned to the beginning of time and the previous record was 317 for a playoff game with Clarkson in March 11, 2006.  That one was followed by a separate post-game thread of 143 posts, for a total of 460.

We're past 500 tonight, aren't we?

Yes.  And the MSU game count is 475 at the moment.

Wow. Making records

[ugarte]

Schafer 1-10 in regional finals including 8 in a row
Almost all in OT/by one goal
3 of last 5 losses were to BU

So painful to watch the same script play out every fucking year

Yeah, of course it's painful. But you know what's more painful? Being a Brown or RPI fan who can only dream about being in our shoes. I don't hate on you like some others, but you need to get some perspective.

I never understood the argument that you're not allowed to be upset because others have it so much worse. Would you say that to the team who only have about four years each?

of course you can be upset but you don't have to be so dreary and fatalist! if you think the future of the team is inevitably hopeless get a different hobby because this will bring you nothing but misery!

[arugula]

For me, obviously it's better than being a Brown or Rpi fan. What's frustrating is that to be in the regional final 11 times and only when once is just not fair.  Dumb luck suggests more than that.

[scoop85]

Schafer 1-10 in regional finals including 8 in a row
Almost all in OT/by one goal
3 of last 5 losses were to BU

So painful to watch the same script play out every fucking year

Yeah, of course it's painful. But you know what's more painful? Being a Brown or RPI fan who can only dream about being in our shoes. I don't hate on you like some others, but you need to get some perspective.

I never understood the argument that you're not allowed to be upset because others have it so much worse. Would you say that to the team who only have about four years each?

I didn't say he's not allowed to be upset. Heck, the 2009 lax championship game continues to haunt me. I just thought it was worthwhile to point out how much joy we've gotten from this program and that these painful losses shouldn't obscure the overall success and emotional highs we've gotten from our team. But if he or anyone wants to wallow in their misery, have at it.

[ER]

No one is wallowing but that is a shitty record. BU wasn't that much better than us. We should have had this one and I'm certain the players agree.

[Tom Lento]

Makes you wonder if this was our last true shot at it given the changing recruiting environment with the CHL.

Probably not, but we've already had trouble trying to keep up with perennial powerhouses of college hockey.  It'll be more of the same as far as I'm concerned.  Schafer frequently found a way to put together the right team in spite of a general lack of superstars.  Hopefully Casey will be able to follow suit.

How about hopefully Casey will be able to attract some blue-chip recruits.

This. Gotta have faith, guys. We may never be a true "powerhouse" team, but years such as this one have proved that we can hang with them. Trust in the process and the recruitment. Things always work out.

I have to say, Cornell went toe to toe with that 13+ draft pick team from Boston today. BU definitely had one or two standout players that were clearly better than anybody in red today, but apart from their power play (which, to be clear, is a big deal) they didn't look to be that much more talented as a team.

At the end of the day this was the Cornell team we thought we'd get all year. I'm glad they got everybody healthy and figured it out in time for the playoffs, because they were a lot of fun to watch.

Looking forward, Jones has a reputation as an excellent recruiter - he certainly got a solid core of talent for both Clarkson and Cornell in his earlier positions (obviously we don't yet know what he'll bring to Cornell as a head coach). I'm not sure how many true blue-chip recruits he can pull in to an Ivy given the various restrictions, but if you think about it a solid all-around program like Cornell only really needs to find a couple to get over the hump.

[BearLover]

For me, obviously it's better than being a Brown or Rpi fan. What's frustrating is that to be in the regional final 11 times and only when once is just not fair.  Dumb luck suggests more than that.

There are almost no Brown or RPI fans because those teams suck every year, the only reason there are any RPI fans in the first place is because the program was good at one point. Nobody is going to root for a program that's uncompetitive every season. Cornell hockey has a ton of fans because we've had lots of success and are competitive every year, that's where the whole tradition comes from. So it makes no sense to compare us to a program almost nobody cares about, it's apples to oranges. A apt comparison would be to somebody else who is always good but suffers excruciating endings to every season, UNH or somebody but they aren't even good anymore. Cornell stands alone as consistently good but never happy in the end, that's the source of the pain and it will never go away until we make a frozen four.

[BearLover]

For me, obviously it's better than being a Brown or Rpi fan. What's frustrating is that to be in the regional final 11 times and only when once is just not fair.  Dumb luck suggests more than that.

There are almost no Brown or RPI fans because those teams suck every year, the only reason there are any RPI fans in the first place is because the program was good at one point. Nobody is going to root for a program that's uncompetitive every season. Cornell hockey has a ton of fans because we've had lots of success and are competitive every year, that's where the whole tradition comes from. So it makes no sense to compare us to a program almost nobody cares about, it's apples to oranges. A apt comparison would be to somebody else who is always good but suffers excruciating endings to every season, UNH or somebody but they aren't even good anymore. Cornell stands alone as consistently good but never happy in the end, that's the source of the pain and it will never go away until we make a frozen four.

Actually, I take that back. I realized there is another program with a history extremely similar to that of Cornell hockey.

It's Cornell lacrosse.

[scoop85]

No one is wallowing but that is a shitty record. BU wasn't that much better than us. We should have had this one and I'm certain the players agree.

I agree that today we were every bit as good as BU and there wasn't a moment watching the game that I didn't think we could win that game. Of course it's disappointing for all the players and the fans. I'm glad people care enough that it hurts.

[chimpfood]

All I want is one natty in my lifetime and I'll be happy. We've built a great foundation and it's truly remarkable how we make the quarterfinals every year but we need to get further at some point.