Archive for April, 2010

20
Apr
10

Hibernation

Oh spring at UMass, so beautiful, yet not the most exciting on the sports front. Yes, baseball, softball and lacrosse are in full effect, but we at fight mass merely enjoy these fine sports instead of  obsessing over them as die hards.

We are all waiting for october to come, and when it does be will pull our jerseys out of the closet and sink once again into the life or death atmosphere of college hockey. But until then consider this blog in hibernation, enjoying the beauty of New England summers and Red Sox baseball, anxiously waiting for yet another season of hockey and basketball. If we do, for one reason or another do decide to post something, we will post it on our twitter page.

The blog is still very much alive, just sleeping. We recommend you sleep too. Play some pickup basketball, drink outside, wear minimal clothing (I’m looking at you ladies) and we will see you all in October.

-Matt

(PS, if you want constant off season updates on UMass hockey, we highly recommend following our friend’s at Fear The Triangle, they are all over the occasionally mundane aspects of recruiting and other off season activities.)

02
Apr
10

Yup, April Fools.

Obviously. Hope at least some of you got a laugh out of it. If I got anyone to believe it for even a few seconds, mission accomplished.

It’s been a busy time for the Fight Mass writers, and coupled with the, err, complete lack of hockey, we obviously haven’t provided much material of late. Hopefully we’ll get around to some housekeeping, like some more pseudo-optimistic talk about what is shaping up to be a promising recruiting class, as well as get Encyclopedia UMass-ica done to a satisfactory extent.

In the meantime, we can’t really do much better than to defer you to the breaking recruiting news at Fear the Triangle.

Is it October yet?

-Max

01
Apr
10

oh. well that’s just great.

So, uhh, yeah.  Wow. Just, wow. Let’s see if I can get through this without strangling myself.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette today is reporting that, because of sagging economic conditions and budget shortfalls, our state schools, the UMass system is cutting its inferior program. Sounds great, right? We’re the flagship, we should have one team to represent the system, and it makes no sense for Lowell to be sapping the talent pool. They survived this song-and-dance a few years ago, but after perhaps their most hyped season in history ended without a tournament appearance, and with the future looking grim with everyone leaving, it only makes sense that…

…wait. What’s that you say?

They’re dropping us and keeping Lowell?!!!!!!!

It’s true, kids. The administration has decided that the program in Amherst is not profitable enough, that interest waned at the end of the season, and Lowell’s facilities are superior and more deserving of keeping in this budget crunch. All of this coming after so much excitement over Cahoon’s continued success in recruiting, after the pride of seeing Jimmy and Casey on their way to the NHL.

I’m obviously at a loss for words right now. I’ll have more thoughts later on this week. In the meantime, here’s the article on the Gazette so you can read all the gruesome details.

Sigh.

-Max




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Max Bitter (Communication/Journalism '10) created Fight Mass during his junior year. Born in Concord and raised in Leominster, he currently works and resides in Merrimack, NH. He is an avid Boston sports fan, plays guitar in his spare time, and is a fitness and nutrition enthusiast. Never try to tell him Shipyard Pumpkinhead is quality beer.

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