here, here! Good post. I have to laugh when i hear maine fans complaining, including references of how they are treated at the whit. First, let's compare the amenities at the whittemore center vs. Those at alfond. How about sight lines, how about ability to hear the pa system. I have been to every maine game at the whit since the place opened in 1995. Up until this year i sold 50/50 tickets, so i got around the arena quite a bit. Although i don't doubt that maine fans are occasionally mistreated at the whit, there is no way that it reaches the level found at alfond.
A few years ago we witnessed a production at alfond that included an unfurled banner reading "university of no hardware" that was skated out onto the ice. Something like that, that is brought out onto the ice during a game has to be sanctioned by the university. A good friend of mine was so incensed, he wrote the ad (forget his name) demanding an apology and, you know what, he got it. But the fact that this happened at all speaks volumes about what maine is all about.
I can't tell you how many times i have been harassed up there and have observed maine fans verbally, and sometimes physically, assault unh fans. And i have heard the same thing from bu and bc fans as well. I won't paint all maine fans with this broad brush, because i have met plenty of nice people up there, but there is definitely an undercurrent
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.. Of hostility among a certain subset up in orono, a subset that i believe is tolerated by authorities.
