Bye bye Bliss

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Defenseman Ryan Bliss, who's been out the past two season with an injury, is transferring from Cornell, head coach Mike Schafer said today.

— Zachary Silver (@zachsilver) October 23, 2018

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Huh. Not how I expected this to end. I assumed we would get one David Wright shift and a retirement.

Solid player. Tough injury.

Seems a shame, but I suppose the team had moved on.

Good luck to him, wherever he ends up.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Seems a shame, but I suppose the team had moved on.

Good luck to him, wherever he ends up.

This is a weird and disturbing twist to what seems like a saga:

UMass is adding Ryan Bliss to the roster. Former NTDP defenseman who left Cornell in 2016. Played on Team USA's Youth Olympic team with Eichel, Ryan MacInnis, Nick Schmaltz, Shane Gersich & others in 2012. [t.co]

— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) January 2, 2019

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Jeff Hopkins '82
Seems a shame, but I suppose the team had moved on.

Good luck to him, wherever he ends up.

This is a weird and disturbing twist to what seems like a saga:

UMass is adding Ryan Bliss to the roster. Former NTDP defenseman who left Cornell in 2016. Played on Team USA's Youth Olympic team with Eichel, Ryan MacInnis, Nick Schmaltz, Shane Gersich & others in 2012. [t.co]

— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) January 2, 2019

...not least given that his Twitter account - which UMass references directly in their tweet - is still quite obviously a paean to Cornell.

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...not least given that his Twitter account - which UMass references directly in their tweet - is still quite obviously a paean to Cornell.

i don't know it seems like he may be happy to be heading home... this is his last RT

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Good luck to Ryan.

Fuck Boston with a rusty saw for all eternity.

But this part of the post makes it sound like he was planning on transferring some time ago.

Bliss has 1-1/2 seasons of eligibility remaining, so he'll be able to play for UMass next season as well. He was out with an injury after leaving Cornell, which delayed his transfer.

CHN's brief article.

Not that it sheds any new light.

wonder why he didnt finish the year here and then grad transfer for next yr?

upprdeck
wonder why he didnt finish the year here and then grad transfer for next yr?

Just win and make him regret his decision.

upprdeck
wonder why he didnt finish the year here and then grad transfer for next yr?

the article says he's a grad transfer so maybe he was using his injury time to take more credits here in order to finish up his undergrad degree then starting his academic program a semester early at UMass.

upprdeck
wonder why he didnt finish the year here and then grad transfer for next yr?

Did he earn his bachelor's degree in December?

so did he play in Mass getting upset last night?

upprdeck
so did he play in Mass getting upset last night?

Not according to the box score. I doubt he'll see any ice time this season. It sounds like he's pretty far from returning to the ice, at least at the level necessary to be a productive D-I player. See the UMass coach's comments here:

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If you're 60+, you see the "Bye bye Bliss" subject line and think this is about something else happening to Cornell basketball player Dave Bliss '65 MBA '68, who's coached at a half-dozen colleges (including assistant at Cornell), amasssed 500+ D1 wins, had some close calls with the NCAA rulebook (putting it nicely), was coach at Baylor in the early 2000s when a player shot and killed another player. In the last 5 years, Bliss was coaching high school, charter school and bible college teams. Bob Knight said Bliss had one of the best minds in basketball, pretty good considering Bliss and Mike Krzyzewski both were assistants to Knight at Army.

billhoward
If you're 60+, you see the "Bye bye Bliss" subject line and think this is about something else happening to Cornell basketball player Dave Bliss '65 MBA '68, who's coached at a half-dozen colleges (including assistant at Cornell), amasssed 500+ D1 wins, had some close calls with the NCAA rulebook (putting it nicely), was coach at Baylor in the early 2000s when a player shot and killed another player. In the last 5 years, Bliss was coaching high school, charter school and bible college teams. Bob Knight said Bliss had one of the best minds in basketball, pretty good considering Bliss and Mike Krzyzewski both were assistants to Knight at Army.

Dave Bliss is a monstrous piece of shit.

billhoward
If you're 60+, you see the "Bye bye Bliss" subject line and think this is about something else happening to Cornell basketball player Dave Bliss '65 MBA '68, who's coached at a half-dozen colleges (including assistant at Cornell), amasssed 500+ D1 wins, had some close calls with the NCAA rulebook (putting it nicely), was coach at Baylor in the early 2000s when a player shot and killed another player. In the last 5 years, Bliss was coaching high school, charter school and bible college teams. Bob Knight said Bliss had one of the best minds in basketball, pretty good considering Bliss and Mike Krzyzewski both were assistants to Knight at Army.

And if you're in your 30s, you think of the prequel to Saved By The Bell that was set in Indiana.

billhoward
If you're 60+, you see the "Bye bye Bliss" subject line and think this is about something else happening to Cornell basketball player Dave Bliss '65 MBA '68, who's coached at a half-dozen colleges (including assistant at Cornell), amasssed 500+ D1 wins, had some close calls with the NCAA rulebook (putting it nicely), was coach at Baylor in the early 2000s when a player shot and killed another player. In the last 5 years, Bliss was coaching high school, charter school and bible college teams. Bob Knight said Bliss had one of the best minds in basketball, pretty good considering Bliss and Mike Krzyzewski both were assistants to Knight at Army.

Wasn't he the one who put the dagger in the heart of the Bill-Bradley-led Princeton Tigers in Barton Hall?

Swampy


Wasn't he the one who put the dagger in the heart of the Bill-Bradley-led Princeton Tigers in Barton Hall?

No, that was Blaine Aston '67. Great game - a Barton Hall sellout.

George64

Swampy


Wasn't he the one who put the dagger in the heart of the Bill-Bradley-led Princeton Tigers in Barton Hall?

No, that was Blaine Aston '67. Great game - a Barton Hall sellout.

Oh, OK. Well then ugarte must be right.

Swampy

George64

Swampy


Wasn't he the one who put the dagger in the heart of the Bill-Bradley-led Princeton Tigers in Barton Hall?

No, that was Blaine Aston '67. Great game - a Barton Hall sellout.

Oh, OK. Well then ugarte must be right.

I am!