hoyaalf
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Post by hoyaalf on Apr 24, 2010 10:42:02 GMT -5
I'm trying to console some friends from Cornall on their new coach rom Virginia Tech. Can anyone give me info? Thanks.
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Apr 24, 2010 10:53:16 GMT -5
I'm trying to console some friends from Cornall on their new coach rom Virginia Tech. Can anyone give me info? Thanks. Well, let's see. I guess the first thing ... you could remind them how unfortunate they were to have missed out by not attending GU. Secondly, ask them what they saw that attracted them to Ithaca in the first place? I mean, is there a less desirable Ivy? Finally, you could send them to: www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/sports/basketball/24sportsbriefs-cornell.htmlExcerpt Bill Courtney, 39, a Virginia Tech assistant, was hired to replace Steve Donahue as Cornell’s basketball coach, the university announced Friday. Courtney was with the Hokies for one season and spent eight years as an assistant at George Mason under Jim Larranaga.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 25, 2010 9:14:13 GMT -5
Courtney knows the DC area extremely well and is very well liked. He was bandied about for an assistant job at GU and some other head jobs.
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hoyaalf
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Post by hoyaalf on Apr 25, 2010 10:10:37 GMT -5
Thank you, gentlemen.
I was looking for some inside info, i guess..
Thanks anyway, Sirsaxa. Hell of a way to celebrate 5,000 posts.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 26, 2010 19:07:01 GMT -5
I'm trying to console some friends from Cornall on their new coach rom Virginia Tech. Can anyone give me info? Thanks. Well, let's see. I guess the first thing ... you could remind them how unfortunate they were to have missed out by not attending GU. Secondly, ask them what they saw that attracted them to Ithaca in the first place? I mean, is there a less desirable Ivy? Okay, SirSaxa, I guess I have to defend my grad school. Definitely, Georgetown >>> Cornell. But Ithaca is a very pretty place, beautiful campus... when the sun does shine, which is next to zero in the winter. Cornell is very good in science; four present or future Nobel prize winners in physics and chemistry were there, when I was there. And the clincher, I met my wife there (although that had a Georgetown connection ).
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Post by SirSaxa on Apr 26, 2010 22:22:56 GMT -5
Well, let's see. I guess the first thing ... you could remind them how unfortunate they were to have missed out by not attending GU. Secondly, ask them what they saw that attracted them to Ithaca in the first place? I mean, is there a less desirable Ivy? Okay, SirSaxa, I guess I have to defend my grad school. Definitely, Georgetown >>> Cornell. But Ithaca is a very pretty place, beautiful campus... when the sun does shine, which is next to zero in the winter. Cornell is very good in science; four present or future Nobel prize winners in physics and chemistry were there, when I was there. And the clincher, I met my wife there (although that had a Georgetown connection ). Hey Nevada. So let me ask you. If you liked Ithaca that much, how come you live in Vegas? ;D As you said, Ithaca is nice... during the summer. But the winter lasts about 9 months! And, I didn't see anything in your post to indicate that some other Ivy is less desirable? OK, sorry I picked on poor old Cornell. They had a good team and will miss Coach Donahue. But as the Ivy's go, I'm still pulling for JT3's Alma Mater -- coached by former GU Asst. Sydney Johnson! Go Tigers!
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 27, 2010 14:48:03 GMT -5
Penn, Brown, and Yale, if you are considering location. In science Cornell > Darthmouth, Brown, Penn. Weatherwise In Las Vegas because of the job (EPA), but saying that, if I want to retire in, say, Eugene, it would have been better going from Ithaca to Eugene, rather than LV to Eugene.
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hoyaalf
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Post by hoyaalf on Apr 27, 2010 17:23:45 GMT -5
Yes.
Well, thank you for that.
Does this mean that if I had wanted to retire to Cleveland, I would have been better off going there from Detroit than Milwaukee?
I'm sure they'll feel better as soon as I tell them ... or not.
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