How Does Yale Spell "Relief"?

[billhoward]

[quote Trotsky][quote RatushnyFan]I second the Casey Jones suggestion, although I wonder if OSU's disappointing season will impact his chances.  We'll see Casey in Ithaca if he sticks with it and waits another 10+ years for Schafer to win a couple of national championships.[/quote]

Casey can hone his coaching skills at Yale while Mike wins the titles for Cornell.  Best of both worlds. :-)[/quote]

Agreed. Yale-to-Cornell for a Cornellian is still a step up. Although in ten years, he'd be pushing fifty. A lot of people want the marquee job in their lives when they hit early forties.

And isn't Stephen Baby also considered to be a leader type who might have the makings of a coach? And if Joe Niewendyk returns to Ithaca, there'll be speculation about how he'd fare as a coach.

[RatushnyFan]

Joe doesn't have it in him to yell at the refs.  He likes Ithaca but does that mean he wants to be Cornell's coach?

Did I mention that Casey Jones coached my PE hockey team at Cornell in '92?  Most enjoyable class I took.  I got skillz.:-D

[ursusminor]

[quote ithacat]I'd love to see Casey Jones get a shot. I don't know whether there's any interest, but I'd like to see what he could do with his own program.[/quote] Don't you think that Casey Jones would rather be an Engineer. :-P

[ugarte]

[quote ursaminor][quote ithacat]I'd love to see Casey Jones get a shot. I don't know whether there's any interest, but I'd like to see what he could do with his own program.[/quote] Don't you think that Casey Jones would rather be an Engineer. :-P[/quote]This is why we need fans from other schools hanging around.

[Rich S]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote KeithK][quote Trotsky][quote RichH]Taylor was the ECAC's less successful version of Jack Parker.[/quote]

That's putting it mildly.  He coached 18 losing teams.  That's Connie Mack territory.[/quote]Except that Connie Mack intentionally tore apart his winning teams.  There was a great quote attributed to him to the effect that he wanted a team that was good enough to stay in the pennant race for most of the year but would fade at the end.  That way the fans stay interested, but you never have to pay your players for their success.[/quote]

Seems nothing has changed in Philly, as far as baseball is concerned.  ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Thats the philosoph that prevailed at Shea for many years.

[Rich S]

Interesting article but note the lack of a mention of Richter.  Has anyone ever heard him mention a desire to coach?

When he was interviewed two years ago on a Rangers' broadcast he replied laughingly with a "no".  Of course, his experience at Yale may have changed that feeling.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Rich S][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote KeithK][quote Trotsky][quote RichH]Taylor was the ECAC's less successful version of Jack Parker.[/quote]

That's putting it mildly.  He coached 18 losing teams.  That's Connie Mack territory.[/quote]Except that Connie Mack intentionally tore apart his winning teams.  There was a great quote attributed to him to the effect that he wanted a team that was good enough to stay in the pennant race for most of the year but would fade at the end.  That way the fans stay interested, but you never have to pay your players for their success.[/quote]

Seems nothing has changed in Philly, as far as baseball is concerned.  ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Thats the philosoph that prevailed at Shea for many years.[/quote]

One of my most persistent early baseball memories was my dad lamenting the Rusty Staub-Mickey Lolich trade.

[schoaff]

[quote billhoward][quote Trotsky][quote RatushnyFan]I second the Casey Jones suggestion, although I wonder if OSU's disappointing season will impact his chances.  We'll see Casey in Ithaca if he sticks with it and waits another 10+ years for Schafer to win a couple of national championships.[/quote]

Casey can hone his coaching skills at Yale while Mike wins the titles for Cornell.  Best of both worlds. :-)[/quote]

Agreed. Yale-to-Cornell for a Cornellian is still a step up. Although in ten years, he'd be pushing fifty. A lot of people want the marquee job in their lives when they hit early forties.
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Thanks Bill. My initial reaction to reading your message was, "That can't be true, he graduated the same year I did." Then I realized it was true. I think I feel my bursitis acting up.

[Trotsky]

[quote jtwcornell91]One of my most persistent early baseball memories was my dad lamenting the Rusty Staub-Mickey Lolich trade.[/quote]

Bad, but probably not even in the top 10 worst Met trades of all time.  (Samuel, Fregosi, Baerga, Foy, Midnight Massacre, etc...)

Required thread-relevant content: Ron Darling went to Yale.

[billhoward]

[quote schoaff][quote billhoward][quote Trotsky][quote RatushnyFan]I second the Casey Jones suggestion, although I wonder if OSU's disappointing season will impact his chances.  We'll see Casey in Ithaca if he sticks with it and waits another 10+ years for Schafer to win a couple of national championships.[/quote]

Casey can hone his coaching skills at Yale while Mike wins the titles for Cornell.  Best of both worlds. :-)[/quote]

Agreed. Yale-to-Cornell for a Cornellian is still a step up. Although in ten years, he'd be pushing fifty. A lot of people want the marquee job in their lives when they hit early forties.
[/quote]

Thanks Bill. My initial reaction to reading your message was, "That can't be true, he graduated the same year I did." Then I realized it was true. I think I feel my bursitis acting up.[/quote]

It gets worse. The moment you turn 50, you're in your sixth decade. When Cornell's president shows up for *your* reunion dinner, not just for cocktails, it's because he thinks y'all are good prospects ... and your best years are behind you.

[Rich S]

[quote Trotsky][quote jtwcornell91]One of my most persistent early baseball memories was my dad lamenting the Rusty Staub-Mickey Lolich trade.[/quote]

Bad, but probably not even in the top 10 worst Met trades of all time.  (Samuel, Fregosi, Baerga, Foy, Midnight Massacre, etc...)

Required thread-relevant content: Ron Darling went to Yale.[/quote]

I think Fregosi for Ryan tops the list.  I recall being at Shea in '73 and saw Fregosi hit a 3 run dinger to beat the Pirates.

Fans reaction ??  They lustily BOOED Fregosi.  Philadelphia fans had nothing on the Mets fans on that day.  :-D

Not required content but I'll ask...who did Darling duel in one of the top College World Series games ever?

A hint that shouldn't be needed...he later pitched for the Mets.

[dford\'94]

Does anyone think that Shaun Hannah would have a chance for the Yale job?  Coming off the best season in Sacred Heart history he has now been there 10 years and has taken a team with little or no tradition and made them competitive.  Beat RPI and Brown this year and played Dartmouth down to the wire losing 4-2.  I have always liked Shaun and maybe that is because he always played so hard on some really bad Cornell teams while I was in school.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Rich S]Not required content but I'll ask...who did Darling duel in one of the top College World Series games ever?
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Frank Viola

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Seems nothing has changed in Philly, as far as baseball is concerned.  ::rolleyes::[/quote]
I'm guessing you're too young to remember giving Jack Sanford to the Giants for Ruben Gomez and Valmy Thomas. ::screwy::

[Rich S]

Yep...or as he was known in Queens..."Frankie V".  No ide if he had that name at St. Johns.