Did Trace McSorley do the homerun-swing dance after any TDs the other day?
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And it makes a difference. So does the brand the school wears.
You are out of touch with reality if you don't understand this.
As KD said "Nobody wants to play in Under Armours"
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"“For me, I didn’t want to go to Maryland. I didn’t want to stay home. I wanted to see what was outside that area. I don’t think a lot of kids, to be honest, they don’t choose Maryland unless they play in an Under Armour system coming up. Shoe companies have a real, real big influence on where these kids go. So, nobody wants to play in Under Armours, I’m sorry. Like, the top kids because they all play Nike.”"
I don't know...in our day teams were into breaking noses, giving concussions, doling out max damage with our helmets, abusing the cheerleaders and harassing the feminine dudes...is a sideline dance all that worse?
Coming from a guy that did a gorgeous rendition of a Gastineau Sack-dance (1982 HS game vs. Corning East, mop-up duty in a blowout... still can hear the beratement of my cigar-chomping HC in film session the following Monday) ... I'm all for the Home-run swing™ and the Fish-hook™...
hope I get to see a ton if them over the next few months!
hope I get to see a ton if them over the next few months!
I said it makes a difference. That difference can be .01% or 100%, depending on the individual recruit.
I bet a lot more recruits are enjoying watching our players have fun versus the strict rules of no fun Paterno. Maybe that is why our recruiting has been so much better.
Again, you are 100% out of touch with reality if you don't understand uniforms, brands, players allowed to dance/have fun, etc. make a difference. Many articles on this if you want to get out from your rock.
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I'm not sure what's worse. The young people that excessively celebrate, or the older folks who believe that they should be able to dictate to the younger people how they should conduct themselves. Oh wait, I am sure which one is worse.
When I coached I wanted my players to show excitement and some attitude. It kept them in the game. My son's college baseball team all did their own thing when they hit a double so everyone was focused when up to bat because they wanted to hit a double. It's fun and if it gets in the other team's heads, even better.
I'll take you up on that 70s bit, '73 specifically. On the other hand, I enjoy Marcus Allen. He makes me smile. I also like the home run swing as long as there's lots of them.
Good for Trace and Allen. How could anyone be against their having fun? Keep scoring...keep winning...keep having fun.
True story: At the 86 National championship win over Miami, in Tempe, me and my buddies sat next to some guys from Penn(Ivy Penn, you know, the quakers), and everyone of course was going nuts and a bit of the bottle of course, and the Penn guys were chanting a mock-Ivy chant that went "Suppress them! Suppress them! Make them relinquish the ball!". It was hilarious.
Moral: Everyone has their way, let them have it. We are all Penn State, and I love Marcus, Trace, their celebrations, and everyone in this program.
Moral: Everyone has their way, let them have it. We are all Penn State, and I love Marcus, Trace, their celebrations, and everyone in this program.
Never said anything about fans, or what you do in the locker room after games, or banning fun. You can do all that stuff, and still act when you score as if you've been there before.
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He does the "swing and salute" quite frequently. Even after 1 yard TD passes to wide open players. Respect the enthusiasm but it's getting a wee bit lame.
I dont have a problem with that, either. Thats not putting it in the other guy's face. Completely different.
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Trace doesn't do the swing/salute in anyone's face and Allen - well, he's guilty here. But I think he got caught up in the moment of a big play and pulled back.
I'll bet that keeps them focussed since the next pitch should be going at the batter's head if you show up the pitcher like that.
No one ever threw at anyone's head and all the teams did stuff like that. They weren't showing anyone up, they were just having fun.
Most youngsters don't understand us gray hairs can bust a move, too. Put me in that locker room after a win. It will help tremendously with recruiting. Now when you see coach axe him.
Maybe dem should become a Harbaugh fan ....
Against Florida, Perry got 15 yards for doing the ball spin. Could have got another one.
Crawford flipped the ball on another play.
So Harbaugh told his players last week to hand the ball to the ref (very Paterno-esque) after a big play or TD
Crawford catches a long TD, gets up, starts to think about celebrating, then remembers, but the ref is like 10 yards away, so he is trying to get the ball to the ref while being mobbed by his teammates. Was sorta funny
One might be surprised the good will a player can generate for his team by doing little things like handing the ball to the ref.
As you say it was a half-hearted one. Indicative of his feelings the whole game. Personified in his erratic pass attempts. The million dollar question is why? Not to start a QB controversy but it's time to shake things up a bit. Give Tommy Stephens the rock to throw. Nothing like competition to shake out the cob webs. Do you feel? I feel you.
Panache, eh?
"flamboyant confidence of style or manner."
Football players' manner or style is best observed while the clock is running and the play is live, and McSorley and Gesicki and Barkley have plenty of style and confidence and flamboyance to show.
When the clock is NOT running? That's cheerleader time.
I don't doubt that one team is having great fun. I'll defer to Dickie Noles as far as how he felt about Hal McRae's "fun" when he hit a double in the 1980 Series.
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