Cornell vs. Minnesota post game thread

[atb9]

Tough loss.  Minnesota wins in OT on a defensive lapse for the second straight day.  Cornell showed great fight late in the game...tough loss, great season.  2006 is going to be awesome!

[Facetimer]

O'BYRNE SUCKS

Cost us both goals.

[anon]

Re-open the "Is O'Byrne a liability" poll

[atb9]

[Q]Facetimer Wrote:

 O'BYRNE SUCKS

Cost us both goals.[/q]

O'Byrne is a sophomore.  He's going to be a great player.

[scoop85]

I would say take it easy on O'Byrne.  He is (and will continue to be) an integral part of the team for the next 2 years.

[Oat]

if they didn't score there, you would never have said this about o'byrne...

[TCHL8842]

I think O'Byrne was more at fault for the first goal then the second.  Where was everyone in front on the last goal.  Knoefli turned the wrong way, both D were in the corner, and the other person out front just got plain beat by the pass in front.

[mjh89]

i was just gonna say, absolutely ridiculous. We could all sit here and bitch about Minnesota getting home ice and all that $hit, but the bottom line is you have to win the one-on-one battles and we didn't do that today. Those were two awful awful mistakes by O'Byrne and thats what lost us the game.

[Oat]

That was all they got on their home ice???  They really don't deserve to be in there.

[Big Red Colonel]

O'Byrne may have made a few bad plays, but we are simply not good enough.  He did not cost us the game.  I'm more disappointed with the reality that we don't belong with the big boys than I am with the loss.  The guys played hard and I thank them for a wonderful ride again.  Reality s*cks.

[Oat]

1st goal, I would say Mckee shouldn't have let the puck through his legs.

2nd goal, no one picked up Tallackson as he cut through the middle. Everyone stood and watched the passer.

[mjh89]

Disagree. Cornell can play with the Minnesotas and Denvers of the world. These teams have more talent than Cornell, but if Cornell plays hard and sticks within the system, they can do it. A lot of the players just didn't have good games today. Don't forget that we were in OT, one different bounce of the puck, and we'd all be booking flights to Columbus and talking about how great we played.

[mjh89]

True, McKee probably should have squeezed his legs a little tighter, but O'Byrne got beat off the boards and did not maintain defensive side positioning, which was the real cause of the goal.

[redice]

[Q]atb9 Wrote:

 [Q2]Facetimer Wrote:

 O'BYRNE SUCKS

Cost us both goals.[/Q]
O'Byrne is a sophomore.  He's going to be a great player.[/q]


His Cornell career is now half over....How long do we have to wait for him to get his head into the game?    These types of mistakes can be justified in the first half of his freshman year.   After that, it's time to get with the program....Schaefer's program!

[bs]

So depressed:`(