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I don’t know why you think the lack of activity is a GOOD thing. Could be good OR bad, but either way we won’t know until the dust settles and we find out who we’ve recruited.

Frank had several illuminating remarks at today’s luncheon. Regarding Matt, he’s graduating this spring and he needs to decide whether he wants to stay in school (here) another year. That’s what’s holding things up. Regarding the disappointing loss to VCU in the A10s, both point guards were extremel...

If Cohen decided to leave for basketball reasons, he wouldn’t have initially said that he didn’t imagine leaving 48 hours before announcing portal entry.

Look, Casula isn’t going to be fired before season end. So why doesn’t Brown call the offensive plays himself? If the play calling still stinks we know what the problem is.

Although Campiotti obviously has limitations, I don't think that the poor performance of the passing game should be laid entirely at his feet. Except for the trick play that went for big yards, I saw very few passing plays (of those thrown more than a few yards downfield) in which the receiver had m...

For any of you who, like Preecher Jenkins, foolishly think that the NCAA sanctions against the UMass Women's Tennis Team shouldn't matter to the players who were affected, I suggest that you read Tara Sullivan's excellent piece published in today's Boston Globe sports section. P.S. Yes, I know, this...

Sorry, but I beg to differ about this being a "big nothingburger", at least with respect to the impact on the women's tennis team that was stripped of its A10 championship over VCU. I was at that A10 tournament in Orlando, and I'm also a good friend of Judy Dixon, the former coach. I will ...

It's noticeable that after every game in which we are beaten by a team that presumably has less "talent", there are comments about how well coached the other team was. How many times under McCall have we done the reverse, namely beaten a team that is supposed to have MORE talent than us bu...

Time and score?

I don't object to the idea that the "culture" of the program needed change. BUT, one key aspect of team culture is having respect for and buying into the leadership of the coaching staff. This is one of the things that troubles me a lot going forward. Will the team buy into the program if ...

It's now halftime. Thus far I've seen THREE offside penalties by the defense, an early penalty by the offense called for too many men in the backfield (who the hell called that play???!!!), just about the worst defense all year, not to mention terrible offensive play calling, especially on 3rd and s...

Well, realistically he's not going to be fired this year and most probably not next year either. But watching this debacle at home (sick with a bad cold) and hearing the announcers repeatedly question why no one (how about a safety??) is playing the deep middle of the field, I challenge anyone to de...

Can we please get back to a discussion of football?? Is everyone now so despondent that there is no longer any discussion of the game performance and the state of the program? Yes, I'm just as despondent as everyone else, being a 40-year season ticket holder, but I feel the need to throw out my own ...

Yesterday, Joe Sullivan posted a column in the Boston Globe that covered a bunch of topics related to college hoops. One of the topics was the state of UMass men's basketball. Sullivan apparently interviewed Coach McCall shortly after the St. Joe's game ... he went pretty easy on McCall considering ...

According to assistant coach, Samba’s knee is bothering him. Could be a recurring problem.