OT: Worst catch phrases in sports.

[Drame]

I don't know why I get so annoyed at some of these manufactured expressions but I do. Some are cool and fun but a few that especially irk me.

"The iron is unkind" - Tim Brando - mainly the way he says it, employing a whiny voice just for a missed shot. Stupid

"Hand down, man down" - Mark Jackson - I think I just don't know what he's talking about. What is he describing?

"Mama, there goes that man" - Mark Jackson - Just dumb, doesnt capture my vibe when someone has a good play.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Rock fight

 

[storrsroars]

While watching a basketball game, anything that ends with, "the basketball", like "scoring the basketball."

 

[storrsroars]

Rock fight

Thing is, I know exactly what that game looks and feels like. I like the term.

 

[husky429]

I hate "get in the hole!" being yelled every time someone swings in golf.

 

[Waquoit]

Thing is, I know exactly what that game looks and feels like. I like the term.

I agree. I hate the game it describes but I know just what it means. OTOH, WTF does "score the basketball" mean? Luckily it appears to have faded.

 

[formerlurker]

I hate "get in the hole!" being yelled every time someone swings in golf.

 

[Devland]

Bill Raferty- team,X goes Man to man. Half the time it isn't. He is a drunk who has no idea

 

[storrsroars]

Bill Raferty- team,X goes Man to man. Half the time it isn't. He is a drunk who has no idea

Whatever comes out of Raf's mouth, just know he's having more fun watching that game than you are.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Bill Raferty- team,X goes Man to man. Half the time it isn't. He is a drunk who has no idea

His name is Raftery, and you've got 3 additional errors in that same sentence. Did you do all that without drinking?

 

[HooperScooper]

Thing is, I know exactly what that game looks and feels like. I like the term.

St. John's - Seton Hall game tonight

 

[Leebo]

Fanta's little nicknames and catchphrases usually fall flat for me.

 

[willie99]

The original three point play (which is finally diminishing in use)

He had the presence of mind

That was a good non-call (usually means a foul wasn't called, otherwise say that was not a foul)

The body of work (means they played overrated teams in an overrated conference)

 

[pepband99]

The word "defensed"

Don't even care if it's grammatically allowed. It's "defended"

 

[lonsharkin51]

The original three point play (which is finally diminishing in use)

He had the presence of mind

That was a good non-call (usually means a foul wasn't called, otherwise say that was not a foul)

The body of work (means they played overrated teams in an overrated conference)

It wouldn’t bother me if announcers said, “presence of mind,” when that’s what it is. So many of these idiots say, “wherewithal,” instead. No! Wrong word. Stop saying it

 

[Eleven]

The QB running for his life.
He’s actually running to avoid a loss of yardage in a football game.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I'll never ever like "Let's Gooooo!". It's yelled every time a person doesnt know what else to say.

Any camera pan to the crowd- every single face painted kid screaming the same phrase.
🤔

 

[WlfdHusky]

Cant get through any game this season without hearing "gets downhill" or some variation of downhill a dozen times. No announcer said this a couple of years ago.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Mashed potatoes!!!!

 

[Hankster]

I hate "get in the hole!" being yelled every time someone swings in golf.

I hear ya. Normally that's during a putt. Every golf tournament across the nation somebody yells that. I wonder if it's the same guy and is contracted by PGA.

 

[temery]

They wanted it more.

 

[BugsyCT]

I'll never ever like "Let's Gooooo!". It's yelled every time a person doesnt know what else to say.

Any camera pan to the crowd- every single face painted kid screaming the same phrase.
🤔

What irks me about it is when people yell it after the game is over and they've already won.

"L-F-G!!" Go where? You already won! Pipe down.

 

[Lefty2one]

Nothing gets me like Doris Burke's incessant "the dribble drive".

 

[Tenspro2002]

"Hand down, man down" - Mark Jackson - I think I just don't know what he's talking about. What is he describing?

Some guys I play with use this.

It's when their defender has their hand down (instead of up), and they pull up to shoot a 3. The "man down" is for when they make the shot, it's like the defender has been shot.

 

[Flipside]

"The keys to victory are to get easy baskets on the offensive end, and limit opportunities and second chance points on the defensive end" ... oh, really

"He can do that" after a player scores an unconventional basket ... yeah, we just saw that

 

[Tenspro2002]

Nothing gets me like Doris Burke's incessant "the dribble drive".

Or "comports" as in "she comports herself calmly against the full court press," which sounds kind of patronizing and understates their physical skill by reducing their performance to a mental accomplishment.

 

[uconngb]

Nothing gets me like Doris Burke's incessant "the dribble drive".

I HATE when anyone says dribble drive. You can't drive without dribbling.....if you don't have the ball and you "drive" it's called cutting. So why is it necessary to say "dribble drive"? Just say drive

 

[Dove]

"He took a base hit away from McMillan there!"

No, he made an out.

 

[temery]

"He took a base hit away from McMillan there!"

No, he made an out.

"This pitcher hasn't given up a home run to a left-handed batter in two years"

Crack! And it's out of here...

 

[Travelman6]

Wow, a lot of these phrases I'm reading here I used to hear on those late 90s PlayStation 1 college basketball games.

"Iron unkind" lol