Gag Me With A Spoon

[RockyMTblue2]

The pre-game locker room speeches. All of them. Yuck. Feels as genuine as Pro Wrestling.

 

[Kevin G]

The pre-game locker room speeches. All of them. Yuck. Feels as genuine as Pro Wrestling.

Hahahaha....agree. Pretty cheesy speeches

 

[HoopsFan21]

Geno says he doesn't believe in them. Glad he feels that way.

 

[Zorro]

Why do you hate Hulk Hogan?

 

[EricLA]

I've missed most of them. What is being said?

 

[Lambjr]

Reminded me of the Brenda Frese pregame speeches

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Why do you hate Hulk Hogan?

Picture Bruno SanMartino and Haystack Calhoun on a tiny, round TV screen in a little kid Rocky's room and me transfixed! Killer Kowalsky's "Claw"!! I love it all.

 

[Sonny44]

Mike & Doc Gallagher beat all those chumps!

 

[Bigboote]

Picture Bruno SanMartino and Haystack Calhoun on a tiny, round TV screen in a little kid Rocky's room and me transfixed! Killer Kowalsky's "Claw"!! I love it all.

Yep, nowhere near as compelling as Rowdy Roddy Piper.

Did the broadcasting of them start with Brenda Frese, or is that just when they started bugging me?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

No one tops Ricki Starr except this girl:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Ricki:

 

[JoePgh]

Geno says he doesn't believe in them. Glad he feels that way.

We've seen videos of Geno talking to his team before certain games. The little bit that I have seen suggests that it is a lot more real than what other coaches seem to do, and has to do with specific instructions for the game.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oregon has a loud mouthed assistant coach (Campbell) that loves the sound of his own voice. He's a real treat to hear in the locker room.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Brenda, where are you Brenda:

"When Connecticut won the title two seasons ago, the Terps played them twice. In an early-season Jimmy V Classic matchup in Hartford, Frese put a diaper on a whiteboard. It was a message that did not need much explanation.

"If anybody needs to put this on, if anybody's going to pee their pants," director of player development Katie Fowler recalled, "here's your chance."

But steeled nerves and cool heads can go only so far. Maryland lost that day, 63-48. Its season ended in the Sweet 16, the Huskies winning their second meeting by 26."

Maryland coach Brenda Frese gets creative when motivating her players

God, how I miss her ... not.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

The pre-game locker room speeches. All of them. Yuck. Feels as genuine as Pro Wrestling.

You know they have the public speech and then the private one, lol.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

You know they have the public speech and then the private one, lol.

Of course. Like "You foul her hard or I'm taking you out, Got it!"

 

[stwainfan]

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Every time I see one of these things and the "chalk board" is all scribbled up I'm reminded of this scene from Dr. Strangelove:

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Picture Bruno SanMartino and Haystack Calhoun on a tiny, round TV screen in a little kid Rocky's room and me transfixed! Killer Kowalsky's "Claw"!! I love it all.

Hey! Watch your mouth! Nobody calls a legend like Mr. Sammartino by the wrong name! Not if you plan on remaining upright anyway. Capisce?

 

[Plebe]

 

[DaddyChoc]

We've seen videos of Geno talking to his team before certain games. The little bit that I have seen suggests that it is a lot more real than what other coaches seem to do, and has to do with specific instructions for the game.

coaches gotta amp their players up... everyone isn't UConn. its that "confidence" thing.

I bet Geno did a locker room speech in 95'... atleast twice!

 

[mbr33ct]

Reminded me of the Brenda Frese pregame speeches

...what I always got out of her pregame speeches, "to go out there and play Maryland basketball!"

 

[the Q]

Why do you hate Hulk Hogan?

Because he leg dropped Randy savage at bash at the beach 97.

 

[the Q]

That song is better than 98% of the songs espn picks to promote WBb every year.

 

[Bama fan]

Hey! Watch your mouth! Nobody calls a legend like Mr. Sammartino by the wrong name! Not if you plan on remaining upright anyway. Capisce?

My brother in law was in the Guard with Bruno in the late fifties. There was a local Pittsburgh program called Studio Wrestling and Bruno was the local star. He came to a family party once and did pushups with a bunch of us kids on his back. There was an older woman, real grandma type, who was always on the wrestling broadcasts and she was called Ringside Rosie. She yelled and screamed and carried on like a banshee. Hilarious stuff, and people loved it! Bruno went to to considerable fame around the country, but remained a Pittsburgh hero.