Most annoying HC in B1G Twitter Poll; Mocking opponent

[Husker Country Doc]

Saw this on Twitter, and PJ Fleck was running away with it.

Which then got me to thinking about what our players were doing late in the game vs. Minny: mocking them from the sideline: The video should start at 2:26:30



Win or lose, NU has always done it with dignity. Not a fan of mocking the opponent, no matter how well deserved. This seems to even be coach-approved, as it done openly in front of them.

Nitpicking, here, I realize, and maybe it was a motivational tool for HCSF, but I hope it doesn't become a pattern.

Your thoughts?

 

[Deleted member 3889]

Saw this on Twitter, and PJ Fleck was running away with it.

Which then got me to thinking about what our players were doing late in the game vs. Minny: mocking them from the sideline: The video should start at 2:26:30



Win or lose, NU has always done it with dignity. Not a fan of mocking the opponent, no matter how well deserved. This seems to even be coach-approved, as it done openly in front of them.

Nitpicking, here, I realize, and maybe it was a motivational tool for HCSF, but I hope it doesn't become a pattern.

Your thoughts?

I think this was a response to some Gopher shenanigans from last year. If I recall correctly, there was a lot of chatter and mocking coming from their sideline during that game.

 

[Husker Country Doc]

I think this was a response to some Gopher shenanigans from last year. If I recall correctly, there was a lot of chatter and mocking coming from their sideline during that game.

That makes some sense. But knocking of Minny should not be celebrated going forward. Our goals are bigger.

 

[Deleted member 3889]

That makes some sense. But knocking of Minny should not be celebrated going forward. Our goals are bigger.

Going forward yes.

 

[Huskerthom]

Saw this on Twitter, and PJ Fleck was running away with it.

Which then got me to thinking about what our players were doing late in the game vs. Minny: mocking them from the sideline: The video should start at 2:26:30



Win or lose, NU has always done it with dignity. Not a fan of mocking the opponent, no matter how well deserved. This seems to even be coach-approved, as it done openly in front of them.

Nitpicking, here, I realize, and maybe it was a motivational tool for HCSF, but I hope it doesn't become a pattern.

Your thoughts?

Umm have you seen the end of the 95 Bowl against FL. Where our players are standing on the sideline mocking the pulling of the train whistle cord that the FL players did early in the game. It is part of the Joy of Sports. Let the kids have a little fun. They were not doing it on the field or in their faces. It was on the sidelines.

 

[Husker Country Doc]

Umm have you seen the end of the 95 Bowl against FL. Where our players are standing on the sideline mocking the pulling of the train whistle cord that the FL players did early in the game. It is part of the Joy of Sports. Let the kids have a little fun. They were not doing it on the field or in their faces. It was on the sidelines.

They should have been doing the gator chomp.

 

[Husker Country Doc]

They should have been doing the gator chomp.

Good rule of thumb: When you have won the NC, you can celebrate about any way you want.

 

[Californication]

Good rule of thumb: When you have won the NC, you can celebrate about any way you want.

so, its not really the behavior you object to, but the timing?

 

[707194959725]

I look forward to the day that we are so routinely thumping Minn no one will feel a need to mock them or celebrate.
Oh, BTW PJ is WAY more annoying then Fitz.

 

[Husker Country Doc]

so, its not really the behavior you object to, but the timing?

Not really happy with it in any context, but if you are having the final say, then maybe a little. Even better, act like you've been there before.

 

[DuckTownHusker]

I'm good with it.

PJ Fleck's "row the boat" thing is about 5 years overdue for a painful death. He takes that mantra with him from school to school, and has even emblazoned it on each team's uniforms.

Yes, there's a slight risk of being the pot calling the kettle black as Frost did the area code helmet thing at UCF and now Nebraska. But Fleck is way more egregious with it. He tried to trademark the phrase, if I recall, and license it back to Nike or something like that.

Basically, just imagine that Bob Ross became your head coach and suddenly your football uniform had happy little trees all over it. Only Bob Ross is cool and PJ Fleck seems like a massive douche.

 

[NUinID]

Why would anyone find Pat Fitzgerald annoying?

I will occasionally watch some big 10 Monday pc and he can be very humerus in some of the things he says.

PJ is just a little too rah rah for me.

I actually think josh Peterson is the most annoying of the three

 

[The Nth Degree]

That makes some sense. But knocking of Minny should not be celebrated going forward. Our goals are bigger.

Agree. I look forward to days when a victory like this is more “business as usual” and we demonstrate more sportsmanship to/for our opponent.

It’s a journey.

 

[bucktril]

I am indifferent to PJ and what he brings to the table; but I do agree, Bob Ross is frickin cool.

 

[huskernut]

I'm actually a fan of Pat Fitzgerald. Not over the guy we got by a million miles, but over lots of others. Fleck is kind of annoying but not really that bad.