Comments on: In the End Coaching Mistakes Kill Cornell

By: Bob Jones

Bob Jones — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:45:49 +0000

During play, official team timeouts may be called by a field player of the team in possession of the ball or by that team’s head coach only when the player in possession of the ball has contact with the ground with at least one foot in contact with the ground on or across the restraining line in his offensive end of the field.

On point 4, cornell could not take a time out in the last 25 seconds because they did not have the ball in their offensive half of the field. They should have used a gilman clear to get the ball down to the opposite corner of the field. Syracuse would not have had enough time to get the ball near the goal.

By: Stegs

Stegs — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:13:54 +0000

I agree with #4. And both were questions raised THAT day…as fans were walking out of the stadium, many were questioning it.
Cornell should have known Syracuse goals come in rapid fire. They should have known Syracuse has this uncanny ability to dig deep and get the win. HHH
Why didn’t they cheap (Gilman) the clear with 25 seconds left? Why didn’t they call a TO in OT after they won the FO? Kill the SU momentum, set up an offensive play, etc…instead they press, and Sid Smith takes the ball away with a nice check…
Cornell should know, you can’t let a team like SU hang in there. SU is that damn good they can come back…and they did.

By: Umm

Umm — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:51:34 +0000

This is what they call “Monday morning quarterbacking”. How about the fact Syracuse played out of their heads catch-up ball and their second to last goal was an act of divine interventio?.

By: Big Bill

Big Bill — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:57:17 +0000

I agree. Teams and coaches always waist opportunities on Man-up. The other think I hate to see is when there is 60 seconds left in the quarter teams are holding the ball til the last 10 seconds to get a shot off. That’s ridiculous. This isn’t basketball. With that much time they should be getting 3 or four good shots off.

By: Laxinainteasy

Laxinainteasy — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:03:44 +0000

On point #4 - 25 seconds left, you need to call the time out and get your clear setup. With 20 seconds to get it across midfield you can take your time and play catch behind the cage with your goalie and 2 defenseman when the clock hits 6 seconds left have your attack go to the far corners of the field and the d-pole “Gilman” it down to them worst case scenario the ball in the air takes 2-3 seconds off the clock and if it hits in bounds another few seconds to scrap for it and kills the clock - BAM Cornell is Champions. Poor play calling on the Cornell Coaching staff.

By: MAHARD JOHNSON

MAHARD JOHNSON — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:57:12 +0000

It doesnt matter when your are playing syracuse in the finals….WE R THE BEST…You can dream up any out come imaginable…..

By: MR

MR — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:05:52 +0000

Disgaree with 1 and 2, slowing things down was the right call in those situations. With the delayed flag they could have taken huge amounts of time off the clock, with the man up still to come. The could have easily iso’ed the shorties behind, forced Galloway to come out, and possibly drawn another penalty. You can still get a good shot off, but why rush it? And with the explosiveness of SU offense, the more time off the better.

ABSOLUTLEY agree with 3 and 4. Got to get that timeout. Holy heck. Can’t comment about the clear, sometimes they just break down. When he got in trouble, should have cheaped it, but hey, these things happen.
Also - not mentioned, but in the OT, I think Cornell should have called a TO right away. I know you trust Hurley, but he isn’t exactly the best ball carrier, and you knew Smith was going to hunt the takeaway.
I don’t think either team deserved to lose, was a great game. Can’t knock Cornell, they were sooo close, tremendous season and playoff run. They’ll be back.

By: Angry C-Man

Angry C-Man — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:16:27 +0000

Fully agree. Point #4 is right on. A coach at any level in any sport MUST take a time-out when in the lead with 24 seconds. This is what the coach is being paid for, to overlay his clear thinking on a chaotic situation. Siebald (arguably the best player in the country) or Glynn must be given the ball to kill the clock at that point. To be fair, I would like to hear Coach Tambroni respond to these points.