Question about Chris Higgins

[ugarte]

I don't think that the posters here have generally taken anyone's "side", since the posters here criticize Al when we think he is out of line.  The sandbox is clearly labelled for the two of you.

:-(  The people here are not so thin-skinned that we are really bothered by what you said.  What bothers us is that your posts were so clearly designed and intended to provoke (at least) Al.  

Please don't tell me that you were joking.  It is more than clear that the two of you actually dislike each other, so it is safe to say that you don't joke around with each other.  I don't care what emoticon you use. And please don't pull that "you criticize Morris" crap.  It just isn't true.  We ignore Morris.  Over the years we have ripped Gilligan, Gaudet, Cleary and, most recently, Mazzoleni.  Morris has always gotten credit here for being a great recruiter and mocking because his teams always seem to blow it in the tournament.  We never actually criticize his tactics or character because nobody here cares.  The Clarkson Roundtable was constantly calling for Morris' head, not the CHDF.

I've had my disputes with Al, and I thought that his venom towards you was a bit overwrought, but I am coming around to his side.

[Ben Doyle 03]

In all seriousness. . .A simple adjustment in the tone of posts (myself included), would be best for all parties involved on this forum. God knows I'm not perfect. . .I've posted knee-jerk reactions before. The point I'm trying to make is. . .if we can at least respect others on the forum we'll all be better off. I intend to do a better job and not let it happen again, let's hope we all can.
:-) Thanks:-)

LGR!!!!!

[Robb]

Rich,

I really doubt that you can't see the difference in the way I phrased the statement and the way you did.   A good communicator considers his audience.  If you wanted to get across the message that Schafer overreacted, you should have said that he overreacted.  Instead, you said it precisely as you did for the sole purpose of pissing people off.  Your intent was not to communicate, but to inflame, and that is just not cool.  

This is definitely a two-way street - I never suggested otherwise.  However, even in hockey, there's an extra two for instigating.  I agree that you have taken at least as much as you have given, but I still feel that you instigated a lot of it (90% might be high, but not out of the ball park) and therefore have a hard time feeling sorry for you.  

There have been many insightful and meaningful discussions on this board that have been greatly enriched by other teams' fans.  You are definitely one of the most frequent posters from other schools, and I, for one, would like to be able to discuss ECAC hockey with you, as you are obviously very knowledgeable in many areas, and Clarkson hockey in particular.  I am not making this up - try me.

[AdamGanderson]

FWIW, some folks in B during Sat. nights game were talking about who would be the first to give Higgins a nice big "Howdy" hit (Baby and Hornby were popular choices).  

I didn't see anything that looked gratuitious, but when Higgins was in the penalty box, I derived a great deal of pleasure from yelling (ala "I.J. & the Last Crusade")  "You chose............... poorly!"

[melissa]

Yeah. I enjoyed screaming, "That's what you get for chosing Yale!" as pathetica as it was.....best part was that none of the facetimers around me had a clue what I was referring to yet they all kinda cheered.

[Josh '99]

Nice...  we even got people around us, who I don't think knew what the deal was, to join us in booing him when he touched the puck.

[CowbellGuy]

Well, I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but all the accounts of Higgins verbal commitment to Cornell have been fabricated. Really. Schafer even wanted Shiva to retract his statements from the Sun piece. Higgins is apparently even a really good kid. Everything you may have heard about LeFebvre, however, is probably true. But I don't hear anyone bellyaching about that much any more. hehe.

[Melissa \'01]

Really? ::twitch:: Hmmm....that is damn funny. ::laugh:: Had never heard it before this board but was certain that it was true because of the source ( Cornell hockey fans in general). Ooops. Our mistake. In that case, my apologies to Higgins. Hmmmm.... anyone else feel slightly like a do-do head?   ::nut::

[Josh '99]

Yeah, oops.  Sounds like maybe we were victimized by a real-life game of telephone.   ::worry::

[CowbellGuy]

Don't feel too bad. It got as far as the Sun. Oh well.

[CUlater \'89]

I would hope that Shiva relied on something other than this board before printing something like that.

[CowbellGuy]

I don't know where Shiva got his misinformation from, but rest assured that's what it was.

[rhovorka]

Yeah...I was skeptical, since this was the only place I had heard that rumor.  I wanted further confirmation, and when it was printed in the Sun, I assumed they had a more reliable source.

[Richard Stott]

On the Monday radio show back in November Schafer never claimed that Higgins had made a committment to Cornell, all he said was something like "we thought he was coming here."  

By the way, what would a "commtitment" by an athlete to an Ivy League school entail?  They don't sign letters of intent.  Is there anything beyond returning your acceptance form and sending in the deposit?

[CowbellGuy]

Yes, they thought (or at least hoped) he was coming here, but had never made any kind of verbal commitment (or otherwise). He just liked Yale better after he visited it.