...he just wont go away!

Rich S · August 17, 2005, 12:59:29 PM

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

[Q2]I think we need to get past the disdain for a guy at a lower level, e.g., college when he reaches the pros to play for "our" team.[/Q]
In principle I agree with you. I think a bunch of people around here do to, considering the general support I've seen for ECAC alums in the NHL ranks.

But remember, LaTulippe has just signed. He's not a Ranger yet. He's not a Wolf (Pack?) yet. He's not even a Checker (Charlotte, ECHL) yet, because he hasn't taken the ice. At this point he's just a Clarkson alum and therefore retains any disdain that he earned while wearing green and gold.

[Q2]...we Techers don't tend to have as many "targets of abuse as you cornellians". [/Q]
Well clearly that's because the guys wearing carnellian and white are absolute paragons of virtue on the ice and therefore never deserving of any abuse![/q]

Wow, you really do "hate" Jay! :-} My guess is he won't make it to the show. I guess he reminds me a bit of Bobby Clarke when he played with the Broad St Bullies. They loved him in Philly but he was almost universally despised everywhere else in the NHL. He was the prototypical yapper, whiner, diver, and cheap shot artist. Oh yeah, he had a lot of talent too.

As for the red guys not being worthy of any abuse, have you forgotten your own Hornby?

Going way back to my time, there was the unforgettable Kevin Pettit of the red who was likely the most "hated" player in the ECAC circa 1969-'71. Cheap, loud, and whiny and a super-pest. He had a lot of talent too. Also well-remembered for being excused from cornell immediately after the end of the hockey season in Spring '71. We were told that by cornell folks.

KeithK · August 17, 2005, 01:08:30 PM

Personally I don't care one way or another about Jay. I don't think I've ever had the privilege of seeing him play - five years stuck in California have limited my college hockey opportunities. I'm just discussing this in the abstract.

[q]As for the red guys not being worthy of any abuse, have you forgotten your own Hornby?[/q]I'll stick with my eternal defense of Cornellians (the humor behind which you seem to be missing since you insist on giving couter examples) and say that Greg Hornby was the noblest of souls, on and off the ice. He should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of college hockey and society!

Rich S · August 17, 2005, 01:25:06 PM

Keith,

Have no fear, I got your humor. Just figured I owed you the respect of a contrary response...all in the name of good-humored rivalry you know.

Certainly Jay has earned a lot of the abuse he received, as I said, I'd be annoyed by him too if I were on th eother side. In fact, some of his ill-advised penalties annoyed us as Tech fans.

Having one of your higher skilled players in the box that often is no way to go through life....err, a hockey game!

Trotsky · August 17, 2005, 02:17:24 PM

If he hated Hornby, God knows what he'll think of Topher... ;-)

French Rage · August 17, 2005, 04:43:16 PM

The thead title also applies to RichS! :-P

KeithK · August 17, 2005, 04:56:44 PM

[Q]The thead title also applies to RichS! [/q]No, stick around RichS. It's fun sparring with you.

Josh '99 · August 17, 2005, 05:52:42 PM

[Q]Rich S Wrote:
I think we need to get past the disdain for a guy at a lower level, e.g., college when he reaches the pros to play for "our" team. I've been able to do that while still fondly remembering my feelings for the guy when he played against Clarkson.[/q]If I respect a player, sure (see: Dominic Moore). But I think I'm well within my rights to criticize a Rangers prospect who I think sucks, whether he played for Clarkson or Harvard or some junior team I never heard of. So if I'm talking shit about Hugh Jessiman, it's not because he played for Dartmouth, it's because I think he's soft for a guy his size and takes bad penalties.

Rich S · August 17, 2005, 06:41:48 PM

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

The thead title also applies to RichS! [/q]

cute...keep dishing it out, I can take it.

:-D

Rich S · August 17, 2005, 06:46:36 PM

I share your opinion about Jessiman being soft but I can't say he sucks. The guy has talent although I don't think he gets the most out of it from what I've seen.

He'll have to do better IMHO in order to make it to the NHL.

It would be more convincing to hear you talk critically about someone who played for cornell and then went pro as I've just been about LaTulippe. For four years, although not always on this forum, I've been pretty direct about the weaknesses in his game, notably his lack of discipline.

Trotsky · August 17, 2005, 07:40:03 PM

[Q]Rich S Wrote:It would be more convincing to hear you talk critically about someone who played for cornell and then went pro[/q]

I hear Nieuwendyk is a lousy singer.

KeithK · August 17, 2005, 08:19:19 PM

Listen to Age talk about Doug Murray sometime :-D

Jeff Hopkins '82 · August 18, 2005, 08:11:41 AM

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

The thead title also applies to RichS! [/q]

I was waiting for someone to say it. A little too easy, maybe. :-P

Steve M · August 22, 2005, 03:28:38 PM

[Q]Rich S Wrote:

[Q2]Will Wrote:

At least it's a good day for us few Cornell/Devils fans.[/Q]
Oh my...that's a terrible combination if I ever saw one.

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Kind of like how I feel about the combination of a Clarkson/Yankee fan who loves to stir the pot on the Cornell board and Red Sox threads....

billhoward · August 22, 2005, 04:10:49 PM

Rich, where are you working this summer?

cornelldavy · August 23, 2005, 10:08:53 PM

This didn't deserve its own thread, but take a look at how the good people in the North Country pass the time between hockey games.

[Q]A 43-year-old North Country man has made the Guinness Book of World Records in a new entry for the longest eyebrow hair.[/Q]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050823/ap_on_fe_st/eyebrow_hair_4