Quinnipiac at Cornell 11/22

Let’s Go Red! I love my school and, in particular, its men’s hockey team.

Psenicka and fegaras back

chimpfood
Psenicka and fegaras back

HELL YEAH

chimpfood
Psenicka and fegaras back

Mack still out. Didn’t somebody here say they heard on the radio interview that he’d be back this week?

BearLover

chimpfood
Psenicka and fegaras back

Mack still out. Didn’t somebody here say they heard on the radio interview that he’d be back this week?

I think Mack is week to week.

Per Schafer Wolfenberg was hurt "pretty significantly" at Harvard.

Wallace and Devin not back until February. Mack back by MSG.

Players on the ice warming up to Pink Pony Club. That's what I'm talking about.

Let's Go RED!

Lynah literally half-empty at puck drop.

Retired and obviously too much time on my hands. Mike’s record at Cornell is currently 545-290-113; Pecknold’s at Quinnipiac 647-352-105. As in the bygone days, counting two points for a win and one point for a tie, Mike is at 63.436 percent and Pecknold at 63.361. That’s a percentage point difference of just 0.075! Now, if our Syerless power play clicks this weekend and our PK . . .

BearLover
Lynah literally half-empty at puck drop.

AS IT EVER WAS JESUS CHRIST MAN

Why is there no pep band at all?

And Castagna floating down the tunnel, fuck

"DOES MARCELLUS LOOK LIKE A BITCH?!"

stereax
And Castagna floating down the tunnel, fuck

Double fuck.

Stupid penalty

stereax
And Castagna floating down the tunnel, fuck

Looks like a repair near the collarbone with gauze. I think he's gonna come back.

Edit: right shoulder. Still floating.

Columbia football

stereax

stereax
And Castagna floating down the tunnel, fuck

Looks like a repair near the collarbone with gauze. I think he's gonna come back.

Edit: right shoulder. Still floating.

BACK ON THE BENCH WOOT

ER
Columbia football

Isn’t there usually a skeleton crew pep band even on football away weekends? I don’t remember attending any games with zero band at all.

BearLover
Why is there no pep band at all?

Sy Katz parade.

Castagna moving fine out there.

In general our passing is between skates and inaccurate, and we are tentative.

Thank you, Ian.

Great setup by Major line.

BearLover

ER
Columbia football

Isn’t there usually a skeleton crew pep band even on football away weekends? I don’t remember attending any games with zero band at all.

Columbia is a huge weekend for marching band and though there are some people only in pep band, probably not enough to field a band. It happened for a lot of fall hockey games when I was in school

Every year Rand Pecknold looks more like the villain from The Breakfast Club.

CASTYYYYYY

Quinnipiac look like bumbling oafs out there. Half can't skate and the other half can't complete a pass. And Yet we are tied. Well. Next period be better.

BearLover
Why is there no pep band at all?

I'm watching on TV and noticed there wasn't the normal band music. I'm almost glad I didn't come up this weekend- it would have been my partner's first live game, and it really is't the same without the band.
That said, it looks pretty full on TV and I'm happy to go into the 2nd tied after some bad turnovers. LGR!!!!

Cornell was so fortunate to salvage that excruciating period with a late goal. The really bad turnovers continue—the worst two were committed by Major—but also frustrating was that so many of their limited offensive possessions were wasted by floating a long range shot shot directly into the goalie’s glove with no traffic in front or chance for a rebound. Cornell looks bigger and at least as fast, but they beat themselves with stupid decisions. The line changes continue to be awkward too.

One player on Quinny returning from the National Championship team is a wild stat.

We look out of sync to me, or maybe it’s my imagination

fastforward
We look out of sync to me, or maybe it’s my imagination

It’s not your imagination

BearLover

fastforward
We look out of sync to me, or maybe it’s my imagination

It’s not your imagination

And to your point, line changes are definitely awkward

BearLover
Cornell was so fortunate to salvage that excruciating period with a late goal. The really bad turnovers continue—the worst two were committed by Major—but also frustrating was that so many of their limited offensive possessions were wasted by floating a long range shot shot directly into the goalie’s glove with no traffic in front or chance for a rebound. Cornell looks bigger and at least as fast, but they beat themselves with stupid decisions. The line changes continue to be awkward too.

"And have you seen her hair?"

Does anybody else think of Dave Chapelle's Charlie Murphy every time Grady says "Charlie Major"?

ER

BearLover

ER
Columbia football

Isn’t there usually a skeleton crew pep band even on football away weekends? I don’t remember attending any games with zero band at all.

Columbia is a huge weekend for marching band and though there are some people only in pep band, probably not enough to field a band. It happened for a lot of fall hockey games when I was in school

The band usually makes it happen. We would get a few hours sleep, go straight to the morning rehearsal, cheer Cornell on to the inevitable win, and catch a Broadway show before heading back to Ithaca. Even with the 9:00 am game time tomorrow, the bus could certainly get there in time. And the Sy Katz parade is 3-6:30. Plenty of time left to catch a show.

Kids today are soft.

Keep that pressure up.

"Treehorn"?

Have to repeat myself every game, no one watches anymore lol.

And no one watches Cornell hockey anymore

Cornell looks like a top 40 team at best this year.

Great job Ian.

Please no even up.

Lucky. We should have been penalized.

Trotsky
Lucky. We should have been penalized.

Every team reacts exactly that way when someone takes a shot on their goalie after the whistle and refs almost never call anything. Easy no-call IMO

It feels like Quinnipiac is beating itself but nobody can shoot at the net. God this game is frustrating. Fuck these Bobcats. Shoot the puck. And stop coughing it up, Rego, Kempf.

BearLover

Trotsky
Lucky. We should have been penalized.

Every team reacts exactly that way when someone takes a shot on their goalie after the whistle and refs almost never call anything. Easy no-call IMO

And gloats about it. Fuck thattt.

My feed crashed for the 2nd period part of the man advantage, I take it we didn't get a good look?

PP continues to be maximally embarrassing. Can we change the make-up of our PP for the first time the entire season? It’s been the same first unit the whole year and it’s a disaster. Every PP we’ve seen this year, even Brown and Yale’s, has generated way more chances than ours has.

Trotsky
My feed crashed for the 2nd period part of the man advantage, I take it we didn't get a good look?

No, but Quinnipiac got some great looks shorthanded.

I’m wrong actually. I think at some point they put a second D on the PP. At one point it was Robertson-Major-Bancroft-Castagna-Walsh. I guess they took Major out for Rego.

Out-of-sync doesn't begin to describe Cornell's offense right now. They aren't moving the puck well at all in the offensive zone to generate any good scoring opportunities.

And they returned 26 of 28 from last year's ECAC champs. They do have some injuries, but there's enough quality left there to not be this bad. Energy just seems lacking, especially at home. A pep band shouldn't be needed when you have Yale, Brown & Quinnipiac stifling your offense on home ice. Hit somebody!

Also, watch how many shots-on-goal end up in the goalie's stomach as he drops to his knees. Similarly, watch how many shots end up sailing over the crossbar because the shooter was targeting the area over the goalie's shoulder.

Very frustrating start to the season for Cornell. Let's hope a spark comes in this third period. From the leaders on this team. Let's Go Red!!

Total control for that 2 minutes. Just keep that up; we will win this.

Give him 2 for diving.

Just get it back.

there is no penalty for the opposition for crowding the puckhandler near the blue line on our power play

Trotsky
Just get it back.

Please just play hockey...

Y'all just lose ESPN audio?

Trotsky
Y'all just lose ESPN audio?

yep. it's dead.

Like their offense.

Easy to sync Jason.

Damn this is very odd to see. The entire team back and we can’t score / get beat up on by even low tier ECAC teams? Wild

That child with the iPacifier is annoying.

Utter lack of urgency

Jack got to it but put it in the goalie's pads. Lots of chances.

Rego post!

This game is giving me a conniption. Thank god it's over. Fuckin hell.

Big Dingus
Damn this is very odd to see. The entire team back and we can’t score / get beat up on by even low tier ECAC teams? Wild

That was the least impressive Q team I've seen in years but they got a solid goaltending performance and Cornell did not look great throughout the game. End of story

Iceberg

Big Dingus
Damn this is very odd to see. The entire team back and we can’t score / get beat up on by even low tier ECAC teams? Wild

That was the least impressive Q team I've seen in years but they got a solid goaltending performance and Cornell did not look great throughout the game. End of story

Q was beating itself at times. Couldn't capitalize.

Aint no party like November 2024 cuz November 2024 don't stop.

Iceberg

Big Dingus
Damn this is very odd to see. The entire team back and we can’t score / get beat up on by even low tier ECAC teams? Wild

That was the least impressive Q team I've seen in years but they got a solid goaltending performance and Cornell did not look great throughout the game. End of story

We are digging ourselves a big hole. Too much fancy pants nonsense and not enough pucks on net.

It’s not a beauty contest.

Dare I say it. We dropped 8 spots in pairwise to 16. This one really took something out of me. I had very high hopes for this year but sentiment won’t get you far. Schaf has had some mediocre seasons and maybe this it’s what’s going to happen this year.

Otoh how often have we gotten off to great starts in the fall only to fade down the stretch.

The Cornell offense is trash in general, but this game was once again lost on special teams. Give up a goal on the PK, get outchanced by shorthanded Quinnipiac on your own PP. They suck in all facets, but the biggest disaster, by far, continues to be special teams.

adamw incoming to tell us none of this falls on the coaches. When the PP is consistently a disaster across large sample sizes (I don’t just mean results-wise, I mean the fact they don’t create chances except for the other team) and nobody on the roster has taken a step forward this year, whose fault is that? Do the players just suck? Embarrassing job by the staff.

arugula
Dare I say it. We dropped 8 spots in pairwise to 16. This one really took something out of me. I had very high hopes for this year but sentiment won’t get you far. Schaf has had some mediocre seasons and maybe this it’s what’s going to happen this year.

Otoh how often have we gotten off to great starts in the fall only to fade down the stretch.

It's November. Take a breath. Have some faith. Princeton tomorrow. Shouldn't be tough, right? And then we spank Q on the national stage. Faith.

Cornell was outshot 23-16 at home by what appears to be a modestly above-average team.

The expectation this year was the we could compete for a national championship.

This would be a bad start to the season under normal standards. But factoring in expectations, this is one of the worst starts in Schafer’s 30 seasons as head coach.

arugula
Dare I say it. We dropped 8 spots in pairwise to 16. This one really took something out of me. I had very high hopes for this year but sentiment won’t get you far. Schaf has had some mediocre seasons and maybe this it’s what’s going to happen this year.

Otoh how often have we gotten off to great starts in the fall only to fade down the stretch.

The PWR situation will get much worse when Dartmouth and other Ivies start playing teams out of conference.

stereax

arugula
Dare I say it. We dropped 8 spots in pairwise to 16. This one really took something out of me. I had very high hopes for this year but sentiment won’t get you far. Schaf has had some mediocre seasons and maybe this it’s what’s going to happen this year.

Otoh how often have we gotten off to great starts in the fall only to fade down the stretch.

It's November. Take a breath. Have some faith. Princeton tomorrow. Shouldn't be tough, right? And then we spank Q on the national stage. Faith.

I have to remind myself what faith is.

Everything about that game was embarrassing, the band and the play. All of our issues are the same things and nothing is getting fixed. The powerplay was absolutely dreadful, the PK let up on the final seconds again, and we gave up so many pucks in our own end which led to their GWG. Not to mention we got stifled by their defense. I believe in this team but Jesus Christ, if we keep this up we’re going to be worrying about even having a bye in the ECACA tournament soon.

chimpfood
Everything about that game was embarrassing, the band and the play. All of our issues are the same things and nothing is getting fixed. The powerplay was absolutely dreadful, the PK let up on the final seconds again, and we gave up so many pucks in our own end which led to their GWG. Not to mention we got stifled by their defense. I believe in this team but Jesus Christ, if we keep this up we’re going to be worrying about even having a bye in the ECACA tournament soon.

At some point it’s less about belief that the team can ultimately be good and more about the fact we’ve dug ourselves too big a hole. 3-2-2 against average opposition is a terrible start; even if we start playing better, this team is likely going to need to go on a crazy winning streak to accomplish anything this season.

It's much too early to know much of anything about most teams, including us.

Edit: CHN has us as having the 7th toughest schedule so far. Make of that what you will.

I just caught the game on demand and to say we were underwhelming hardly does that term justice. QU played a structured, disciplined game, but we just seem to be missing the spark that we’ve typically had over the last many years. Still plenty of time to turn things around, but the last few weeks have been concerning.

arugula

stereax

arugula
Dare I say it. We dropped 8 spots in pairwise to 16. This one really took something out of me. I had very high hopes for this year but sentiment won’t get you far. Schaf has had some mediocre seasons and maybe this it’s what’s going to happen this year.

Otoh how often have we gotten off to great starts in the fall only to fade down the stretch.

It's November. Take a breath. Have some faith. Princeton tomorrow. Shouldn't be tough, right? And then we spank Q on the national stage. Faith.

I have to remind myself what faith is.

Sending a hug your way. <3

I know I must sound like a relentless optimist, and I admit I don't know that much about NCAA puck, but. It's fine. Things work out, you know?

And I'm just sitting here like - I had to roll off my couch, where I passed out the night before at midnight, at 4 in the morning because I needed to be on a video call with an NGO in Europe and then I was pounding out most of a memo for lawyering before 9:00. Made myself a microwave spaghetti from Wegmans for breakfast, stained my white sleeve a little bit, and then had to haul ass uphill in the rain to the annoying bus stop because I was a smidge too late to go to the nice one. Rolled up to conlaw and started feeling incredibly sick like 10 minutes in, fucking spaghetti, so the minute I got out of class I booked it to the bathroom. Finally got home at like, 1:30, back to the bathroom, got out and immediately got dragged onto more phone calls because people think I know things. Get off call around 5:30 and book it to get out of the apartment on time. Forget my bus pass, so I pay with change to get up to Lynah. Watch my team play and freeze my ass off doing it because apparently three layers isn't enough. Watch my team lose and yell at them enough to shoot the fucking puck my voice goes a little shot. Get out around 9:30 after the salute and because I forgot my fucking bus pass like an idiot I gotta haul ass all the way down the hill while thinking of this post in my head and praying I don't lose my teeth tripping over the sidewalk. Treat myself to a cookie on the way cause the only thing I had to eat all day was that fucking microwave spaghetti and a few sips of Arizona iced tea. Get home around 10:10 and back to the bathroom to write to people on E-Lynah because I don't have friends who I can talk about Cornell hockey with.

All this to say, I could be fucking MISERABLE. On some level, I am. But it's just - it's just not worth it, for me at least, to spend my days complaining about how terrible this hockey team is and how we need to fire the coaches and the staff and the players and whatever else. I yell at them enough during games. They don't listen anyway. I'd like to feel I'm helping though. I'm probably not.

But on the other hand - I sit just behind the tunnel. I come to watch warmups. I get to see all the silly things these guys do, like Walsh and Keopple stretching together, or Shane bending so far back that I'm worried for his knees, or Walsh spraying the ground by the bench with water, or Fegaras and Kempf (I think) doing their buddy-buddy close passes, or Walsh's fight strap hanging out over his tailbone protecter and it looks like a puppy tail, or Castagna always waiting for Penney before leaving the ice, or Walsh bringing a fucking banana onto the bench before the game and eating it at the beginning of the first period while getting re-hoofed by the equipment manager. Um. I watch Walsh a lot. He's always doing something ridiculous so it's highly entertaining.

It's just - finding the joy in what happens, finding the joy that's there. You know? We might win the national championship. Far more likely we don't, just statistically. It's Schafer's last year, but just because it's his last year doesn't mean God is going to give us a championship for it. Ask the Bruins about how that went for them and Bergeron. But if we don't win, it doesn't mean it was all for nothing, though. The world keeps spinning. There's always next year. The sun also rises.

And like - I hope Psenicka gets to sign with the Devils after the season's over; they seemed to like him in dev camp last year and I will cry tears of joy. I hope someone picks up O'Leary. I hope Shane has a kickass year but also gets some fucking rest (Katz is gonna have to be our future in net) and an NHL/AHL contract. I hope we win the national championship too, but what can I do to make that happen?

And again, the sun also rises. Tomorrow is a new day and a new game. Forget tonight, focus on the next thing. Things have a funny way of working out, I think. We can't change the powerplay. We can't recruit Gavin McKenna for next year's team. There's no point in getting too upset over the attendance at Lynah unless you're willing to buy tickets and bus people in. Just. All we can do is support the team, yell red during the anthem, and keep on top of all our hockey rituals. And it might not be enough. Probably not, statistically. And that's okay.

Have faith. And another hug.

(Also, hi, if you're on the team or related and reading this, I'm sorry I must be a pain in the ass to have to listen to yapping just above the tunnel. I mean no harm! ...But shoot the puck.)

scoop85
Still plenty of time to turn things around.

If we want an at-large bid, we do not have time.

Postgame comments from Schafer in the Sun recap: [cornellsun.com]

BearLover

scoop85
Still plenty of time to turn things around.

If we want an at-large bid, we do not have time.

They’ve got four games left before the holiday break, which I suspect is what the team will need to get it together. It’s tough to practice effectively between games when the lines are getting disrupted due to injuries every week, there just isn’t enough ice time.

2-2 in those 4 games leaves an at large as a reasonable possibility with a strong post-holiday run. 0-4 leaves them almost no margin for error.

Try to enjoy the ride. Remember, this team is no longer a squad that returned its whole roster save one player. It’s a team that returned a lot of young talent but lost its top center and at least 4 impact players, which is tough enough in rebuilding but even worse when a lot of those guys were in preseason practices and suddenly aren’t there anymore. Adjust expectations accordingly and hope they get healthy while a solid run is all it takes to remain in contention.

Self-care for us all.

It helped. We'll get Princeton tonight. Let's Go Red.

stereax

arugula

stereax

arugula
Dare I say it. We dropped 8 spots in pairwise to 16. This one really took something out of me. I had very high hopes for this year but sentiment won’t get you far. Schaf has had some mediocre seasons and maybe this it’s what’s going to happen this year.

Otoh how often have we gotten off to great starts in the fall only to fade down the stretch.

It's November. Take a breath. Have some faith. Princeton tomorrow. Shouldn't be tough, right? And then we spank Q on the national stage. Faith.

I have to remind myself what faith is.

Sending a hug your way. <3

I know I must sound like a relentless optimist, and I admit I don't know that much about NCAA puck, but. It's fine. Things work out, you know?

And I'm just sitting here like - I had to roll off my couch, where I passed out the night before at midnight, at 4 in the morning because I needed to be on a video call with an NGO in Europe and then I was pounding out most of a memo for lawyering before 9:00. Made myself a microwave spaghetti from Wegmans for breakfast, stained my white sleeve a little bit, and then had to haul ass uphill in the rain to the annoying bus stop because I was a smidge too late to go to the nice one. Rolled up to conlaw and started feeling incredibly sick like 10 minutes in, fucking spaghetti, so the minute I got out of class I booked it to the bathroom. Finally got home at like, 1:30, back to the bathroom, got out and immediately got dragged onto more phone calls because people think I know things. Get off call around 5:30 and book it to get out of the apartment on time. Forget my bus pass, so I pay with change to get up to Lynah. Watch my team play and freeze my ass off doing it because apparently three layers isn't enough. Watch my team lose and yell at them enough to shoot the fucking puck my voice goes a little shot. Get out around 9:30 after the salute and because I forgot my fucking bus pass like an idiot I gotta haul ass all the way down the hill while thinking of this post in my head and praying I don't lose my teeth tripping over the sidewalk. Treat myself to a cookie on the way cause the only thing I had to eat all day was that fucking microwave spaghetti and a few sips of Arizona iced tea. Get home around 10:10 and back to the bathroom to write to people on E-Lynah because I don't have friends who I can talk about Cornell hockey with.

All this to say, I could be fucking MISERABLE. On some level, I am. But it's just - it's just not worth it, for me at least, to spend my days complaining about how terrible this hockey team is and how we need to fire the coaches and the staff and the players and whatever else. I yell at them enough during games. They don't listen anyway. I'd like to feel I'm helping though. I'm probably not.

But on the other hand - I sit just behind the tunnel. I come to watch warmups. I get to see all the silly things these guys do, like Walsh and Keopple stretching together, or Shane bending so far back that I'm worried for his knees, or Walsh spraying the ground by the bench with water, or Fegaras and Kempf (I think) doing their buddy-buddy close passes, or Walsh's fight strap hanging out over his tailbone protecter and it looks like a puppy tail, or Castagna always waiting for Penney before leaving the ice, or Walsh bringing a fucking banana onto the bench before the game and eating it at the beginning of the first period while getting re-hoofed by the equipment manager. Um. I watch Walsh a lot. He's always doing something ridiculous so it's highly entertaining.

It's just - finding the joy in what happens, finding the joy that's there. You know? We might win the national championship. Far more likely we don't, just statistically. It's Schafer's last year, but just because it's his last year doesn't mean God is going to give us a championship for it. Ask the Bruins about how that went for them and Bergeron. But if we don't win, it doesn't mean it was all for nothing, though. The world keeps spinning. There's always next year. The sun also rises.

And like - I hope Psenicka gets to sign with the Devils after the season's over; they seemed to like him in dev camp last year and I will cry tears of joy. I hope someone picks up O'Leary. I hope Shane has a kickass year but also gets some fucking rest (Katz is gonna have to be our future in net) and an NHL/AHL contract. I hope we win the national championship too, but what can I do to make that happen?

And again, the sun also rises. Tomorrow is a new day and a new game. Forget tonight, focus on the next thing. Things have a funny way of working out, I think. We can't change the powerplay. We can't recruit Gavin McKenna for next year's team. There's no point in getting too upset over the attendance at Lynah unless you're willing to buy tickets and bus people in. Just. All we can do is support the team, yell red during the anthem, and keep on top of all our hockey rituals. And it might not be enough. Probably not, statistically. And that's okay.

Have faith. And another hug.

(Also, hi, if you're on the team or related and reading this, I'm sorry I must be a pain in the ass to have to listen to yapping just above the tunnel. I mean no harm! ...But shoot the puck.)

Seek help

I thought Cornell started to find their game the last five minutes of the first and at least the first five minutes of the second. They just couldn’t sustain it. Sure would like to have the Rego open net chance back from the second period. The past couple of weeks he sure has picked his spots to activate. It was nice that they controlled a few of those offensive zone face offs after they had pulled Shane. It gave them a chance to get some good looks. Quinnipiac blocked a ton of shots, especially late when trying to protect the lead. The puck sure had a lot of english by the time it got to Castagna with the chance to tie it up. This felt like their best game taking the body. Bancroft had a handful of hard hits. Walsh chipped in with a couple of his own. It’s hard to get used to a Cornell team that shies away from playing below the goal line. There were a few times where from the half wall the puck carrier had a choice to put the puck into the open corner but instead chose to try and get it to the point where it seemed that Quinnipiac outnumbered Cornell all night. These guys most often choose to try and carry the puck into the zone over dumping it in and going to get it. So many of their possessions ended at the blue line.

16 shots against a team that won’t come close to the tourney this year.. team just isn’t that good

Tom Lento

BearLover

scoop85
Still plenty of time to turn things around.

If we want an at-large bid, we do not have time.

They’ve got four games left before the holiday break, which I suspect is what the team will need to get it together. It’s tough to practice effectively between games when the lines are getting disrupted due to injuries every week, there just isn’t enough ice time.

2-2 in those 4 games leaves an at large as a reasonable possibility with a strong post-holiday run. 0-4 leaves them almost no margin for error.

Try to enjoy the ride. Remember, this team is no longer a squad that returned its whole roster save one player. It’s a team that returned a lot of young talent but lost its top center and at least 4 impact players, which is tough enough in rebuilding but even worse when a lot of those guys were in preseason practices and suddenly aren’t there anymore. Adjust expectations accordingly and hope they get healthy while a solid run is all it takes to remain in contention.

Did everyone already forget last year? Started out slow and then went on a 9 game or so unbeaten streak to get to the NCAAs?

Did everyone forget last year already? Started out slow and then went on a 9 game or so unbeaten streak to make it to the NCAAs?

ER
Did everyone forget last year already? Started out slow and then went on a 9 game or so unbeaten streak to make it to the NCAAs?

Cornell has dug themselves such a big hole that it’s going to take a similar unbeaten streak to have a chance at an at-large bid. They’re in terrible shape. And that’s assuming the coaches can figure out what’s led them to be this awful, and fix it. Step one is fixing the problem, step two is getting lucky and winning like nine games in a row.

sah67
Postgame comments from Schafer in the Sun recap: [cornellsun.com]

Jane mentions something I was thinking. Very difficult when you are behind all the time. We have not led for one second of any of the last three.

16 shots at home against an average team. That is incredibly bad. This team was supposed to complete for a national championship.

This quote from Schafer sums it up:
“It’s hard to explain,” Schafer said. “We just have no connection with each other on the forecheck, we have no connection coming out on breakouts, we have no connection on the power play, and that’s my job. My job as a coach is to get them connected.”

dbilmes
This quote from Schafer sums it up:
“It’s hard to explain,” Schafer said. “We just have no connection with each other on the forecheck, we have no connection coming out on breakouts, we have no connection on the power play, and that’s my job. My job as a coach is to get them connected.”

Only a fool, or perhaps a clown, would blame coaching.

No one hates this team as much as Bearlover. Please stop whining. It's still November.

The Rancor
No one hates this team as much as Bearlover. Please stop whining. It's still November.

I think it's bewilderment and not hate.