Whipple is BACK

Get ready for some MACtion
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Post by 69MG » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:14 pm

If I can describe Mark Whipple in one word after hearing the press conference, it is "genuine". Not a knock on the previous coach, but what a difference in demeanor.

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Post by njumass08 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:54 pm

From Matty V.
"Whipple, 56 signed a five-year contract with a base salary of $250,000. Further contract details including incentives will be released at a later date"

Wow. I thought it was going to be more. Probably end up being around they same as Charley after incentives, somewhere near $500,000.

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Post by njumass08 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:48 pm

OK, Whip (or the intern running his twitter) is awesome. He just replied to Refuse2Lose saying "#PantsTent" (aka boner) on twitter with, "Get the muskets loaded!".

HAHAHAHAHA. Genius.
R2L ‏@refuse2lose2010 11 Jan
#Whipple #pantstent. @MCFADDEN08


Adam McFadden ‏@MCFADDEN08 4h
@refuse2lose2010 #jewelry


Mark Whipple ‏@CoachWhipUMass 7m
@MCFADDEN08 @CoachWhipUMass get the muskets loaded!

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Post by njumass08 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:31 pm

Did anyone else just get a phone call from coach Whipple?

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Post by cox'n » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:44 pm

Yes.

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Post by BUMPA » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:49 pm

I got the call at my office ..weird, but good..

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Post by Old Cage » Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:07 pm

"Jack didn’t have any envy in him," Calipari said. "He was the greatest coach to ever coach here."

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Post by Mark W » Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:25 pm

njumass08 wrote:Did anyone else just get a phone call from coach Whipple?
I got the call.....I was so psyched I was on the turnpike headed for Gillette before I realized I had to wait for Aug. 30th :)
UMass...the best is yet to come

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Post by DeefNasty » Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:19 pm

I got the robocall and loved it. I think I followed coach Whip around 820 which has grown quickly since then!!

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Post by Chizzle » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:10 am

I didn't get the robocall..... :( and I am season ticket holder.
#LovesIt

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Post by DKera » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:15 am

I have been obsessed with UMass basketball since I went to UMass but never really got into the football program (only two times I've been in McGuirk were for a UMass-Syracuse lax game and for my graduation), but I can already feel that changing after the hiring of Whipple.

Watching that press conference yesterday, the guy just has an unbelievable personality and I couldn't be happier with the hire. I'm pretty confident that bringing Whipple back into the fold will have a similar effect on many other UMass alums that might not have been too into the football program.

I already know for a fact I will attending my first UMass football game next year.

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Post by tdmass » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:17 am

^ Welcome aboard!

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Post by njumass08 » Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:16 am

KTabz, You do know the Revs don't have a game at Gillette on August 30th, right?

:wink:

I an all seriousness, I'll have a beer with your name on it at my tailgate. Stop on by. The parking lot gets rowdy. The Doyle clan takes up about 20 spaces, you don't want to mess with them. They know how to roll.

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Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:18 pm

You're better off making it two UMASS Football games.
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