Striker ?! Please Stop

[BBallF]

That's Kristy Winters-Scott who says that. She is also a DC area broadcaster who does Georgetown games. The interesting thing her daughter plays for Georgetown. It has to be hard to keep her tone in check and not route for her daughter during these games.
There is a slight Georgetown bias , but not totally off putting.

She does not stop talking. Give us analysis about the game, not have a general conversation about womens basketball. I assure you, the people tuning in last night don't need a tutorial.

 

[Blond D.]

What the heck does “the hoop and the harm” even mean?

It means a basket with a foul. I'm not too crazy about that term either.
Its like when they call an interception and then the player going down and making a basket a "pick 6". Thats a football term.

 

[fomalhaut]

Its like when they call an interception and then the player going down and making a basket a "pick 6". Thats a football term.

If Connecticut got six points for that, they would be outscoring LSU.

 

[tomcat]

I'm with BigBoote on "downhill." Everyone has been saying it, and it has absolutely no meaning at all. At first, I thought it meant a play where the player with the ball makes it look so easy it appears she's got gravity on her side. That at least makes some sense. But then I've seen it used when the player goes through traffic and, after encountering some difficulty, makes the shot. So, depending on who is saying it, the word apparently can refer to almost any kind of play, as long as it is successful. Which renders it without meaning, IMHO. It's one phrase of which I am not a fan.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm with BigBoote on "downhill." Everyone has been saying it, and it has absolutely no meaning at all. At first, I thought it meant a play where the player with the ball makes it look so easy it appears she's got gravity on her side. That at least makes some sense. But then I've seen it used when the player goes through traffic and, after encountering some difficulty, makes the shot. So, depending on who is saying it, the word apparently can refer to almost any kind of play, as long as it is successful. Which renders it without meaning, IMHO. It's one phrase of which I am not a fan.

I think that's another term borrowed or stolen from football. Ball carriers are referred to as running downhill when they have a lot of momentum and power on their side. It is often thru congested areas.

Striker is a soccer term isn't it?

While we're harrumphing about this kind of stuff, the thing that drives me crazy is when Ryan Ruocco is too lazy to say lay up, so he says X player "with the lay." It just does not sound right. And he says it about 42 times per game.

Hoop and the harm from a commentator doesn't bother me nearly as much as a player screaming "And 1," often before they even make the shot. This also occurs about 42 times per game.

 

[hussybulldog]

I would say it’s quite a bit different. The examples you cite were all created by basketball players and coaches, and gradually became commonly accepted basketball terms.The ridiculous use of the term striker is one that is being created by an announcer who thinks it will get her some publicity.

Much ado about nothing! There is no law says coaches and players have monopoly hold on the game terminology . If people likes the term and it will be trending and more widely accepted. If not , it will die off naturally. As someone already said earlier , nobody actually paid attention to it till you mentioned it. If it becomes accepted , it will be all your fault!

 

[Boreifs]

I kinda love Kristy, and Monica McNutt too. They’re both very enthusiastic in their work and clearly love the game. And they were also early fans of Paige and Azzi. And they’re also both a bit ‘creative’ in their use of language. They rub up against the limits of linguistic usage to express what they see from great players, awkward phrases like “she’s built different” or “picturesque form.” When I initially hear some of these, they strike my ears like squeaky chalk on a blackboard. ‘Strikers’ is just the latest innovation. Watch Monica’s call of Paige’s freshman game against SC for a few wonderful examples. Or Kristy’s call of freshman Azzi’s away game against Marquette.

Kristy Winters-Scott is a close friend of the Fudd family.

 

[visitingcock]

“Generational” irks me. Not the word but its overuse.

I mean, who is the generational player of the year this year

 

[Sifaka]

“Generational” irks me. Not the word but its overused.

I mean, who is the generational player of the year this year

I'm with you. Each time I hear it I ask myself, “Kohler or Generac?”

 

[cwh20]

If Al Mcguire was calling women's basketball these days,would the big girls that Texas,little Carolina and Oklahoma have be called aircraft carriers? 😋

I haven’t heard a women’s game announcer use Raftery’s, “and left some lingerie on the deck” phrase. Haha. That’s when a player with the ball outmaneuvers the defensive player (with a crossover dribble mostly) and leaves them in the dust.

 

[Forego]

If everyone would ignore these buzzwords they would die a natural death. When’s the last time you remember Dick Vitale referring to a freshman as a “diaper dandy”? Or Bill Raftery referring to a shot off the backboard as “with a kiss”? Raftery was always the best at creating these phrases. Double onions for Bill!

 

[Skeets]

Striker? Is that someone who commits a flagrant verbal foul, like calling a basketball “the rock”?

LOL, the rock? I shot the brick. 😊

Not all terms go away. "From the elbow" has been around since the game was invented.

 

[CL82]

Sounds like you have to much time on your hands if your big complaint of the day is about an announcer’s terminology. If you didn’t bring it up I would not have given it a single second of thought.

Meh, I find it grating as well. I probably wouldn't have started a thread over it though.

Christy Winters Scott uses it pretty hard as if she wants to drive it into common usage. Someone needs to tell her..

 

[Wilderness]

When we know for certain that our is a forum of old folks.

 

[Blond D.]

I get tired of "hoop and harm" too but I just heard a new one from our area broadcasters when some one makes a basket and gets fouled in the process ...."Bucket and band-aid". I'm not sure which one is worse.

 

[packwrap]

I've heard the term used in an SEC game:

"Was that just a hard foul, or did she actually striker?"

"Don't know, they are going to the tape."

"While they review, we'll go to a quick word from our insurance sponsor...you too can protect your family."

 

[Bald Husky]

ca MenuttI kinda love Kristy, and Monica McNutt too. They’re both very enthusiastic in their work and clearly love the game. And they were also early fans of Paige and Azzi. And they’re also both a bit ‘creative’ in their use of language. They rub up against the limits of linguistic usage to express what they see from great players, awkward phrases like “she’s built different” or “picturesque form.” When I initially hear some of these, they strike my ears like squeaky chalk on a blackboard. ‘Strikers’ is just the latest innovation. Watch Monica’s call of Paige’s freshman game against SC for a few wonderful examples. Or Kristy’s call of freshman Azzi’s away game against Marquette.

I think you are the only person who has said that they love, even like, Monica McNutt, the latest McDonalds figure. I know she has toned down some of her antics but never will be a fan of her.