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Subject: OT: Dickie V to brighten the day!
Posted by: smallwhirled
- Donor [119491116] Mon, Feb 04, 2002, 22:17
The action has picked up in the last few moments, but has been quiet before the KG and TD incidents.
Let's liven it up around here, and discuss some Dickie V(EEE)isms.
We've got our nicknames and our gurupie terms, but these may spur on some new ideas.
Comment on the V(EEE)isms or make some new ones....I think it'd be pretty fun to come up with new ones, and use those to update the action threads.
VITALE'S TERMS
All-mystique: inconsistent
Blender: an unselfish player
Bringing a W: getting a win
Cream Puff Delight: coach who plays an easy schedule
December: ZZZZ time because teams have been loading up on patsies
Dipsy-doo Dunk-a-roo: flashy slam dunk
Dishes the rock: passes the ball
Doughnut offense: team without a center
Dow Joneser: up-and-down, inconsistent player
Drillin' Reggies when they need Pete Roses: taking long shots when they need short shots
High Riser: good leaper (see Skywalker)
Human Space Ship: big player
Isolation Man: great one-on-one player
Key or Engine: the player who leads the team
Knee-knocker: close game
M&Mer: a mismatch
MIAer: player who disappears
Mr. Pac Man: eats you alive on defense
N.C.: no contest
Perimeter J: a jump shot
P.T.: playing time
P.T.P.: a prime-time player
Prime Time: good basketball, what people pay to see
Q.T.: quality time
Shoots the area-code J: shoots from long distance
Skywalker: good leaper (see High Riser)
Slam, Bam, Jam: an impressive slam dunk
Space Eater: big guy
Strawberry Shortcake: NCAA tournament time, when the underachievers get their just desserts
Surf and Turfer: superstar
3-D Man: he drives, he draws, he dishes
Times Square: playing slow-tempo
Trifecta: three-point basket
Indianapolis Raceway: up-tempo
Wilson Sandwich: what you get when your shot is rejected in your face
Xs and Os: used to explain strategy
VITALE'S TEAMS
All-Alcatraz Team: players expected to have breakout seasons
All-Airport Team: players who look good in airports but get no playing time
All-AT&T Team: long-distance bombers
All-Avis Team: players who try harder
All-Diaper Dandies Team: top freshman players
All-Frank Lloyd Wright Team: coaches who are master architects building a program
All-Innovative Team: great point guards
All-Marco Polo Team: best transfer players
All-Michelangelo Team: coaches who are brilliant artists at work
All-Overrated Team: players who have been built up as stars but don't deliver
All-Potential Team: players who need to start living up to the billing they received in high school
All-Rip Van Winkle Team: players who are sleepers
All-Rolls Royce Team: superstars at their positions
All-Solid Gold Preseason Team: the five best players by position
All-SportsCenter Team: coaches who need PR
All-Used Car Salesman Team: coaches who are good salesman
All-Volkswagen Team: players who aren't superstars but are dependable
All-Wacko Team: coaches who display unorthodox methods and styles
All-Windex Team: players who clean the glass (i.e., great rebounders)
All-World B. Free Team: players with the best names
....Now ya'll have heard of almost all of these, or you're not a fan of basketball.
A few that I like:
Mr. Pac Man
Drillin' Reggies when they need Pete Roses
Indianapolis Raceway
Give me some time to think of some new ones.
smallwhirled
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| 1 | Y2JS
ID: 48312723
Mon, Feb 04, 2002, 22:23
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Haha smallwhirled, very good stuff
My personal favorites include:
1) All-Windex Team
2) All-Airport Team
3) Doughnut offense
LOL, never heard the Airport one, that is classic. But could Dicky V get any more proDuke? It's getting really bad these days
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| 2 | smallwhirled
Donor
ID: 119491116
Mon, Feb 04, 2002, 22:25
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"Jason Williams is the best point guard in America!"
He's good, but It comes out of Dickie V's mouth every 5 minutes.
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| 3 | Farn
ID: 171128623
Mon, Feb 04, 2002, 22:32
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"pro duke"?
should he be anti-duke? they are the best team in the country. when someone proves otherwise then that tag is removed.
yes, they cover a lot of duke games. reason: they draw huge ratings, and duke very rarely plays patsy. ACC games are always very good. They could show more MAC or SWAC games, but why? ACC hoops is the best in the land. Big Ten, SEC, etc all very good. So show the better teams.
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| 4 | Y2JS
ID: 48312723
Mon, Feb 04, 2002, 22:37
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Hey Farn, calm down. I'm a lifelong Duke fan and i'd be the last to criticize them (THK can attest to that). All im saying is even a non-hoops fan watching a Duke game would agree with me about Vitale. The guy probably sleeps out on Tobacco Road with the Cameron Crazies hitting the peace pipe every year. His blind allegiance to their program is getting annoying IMO
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| 5 | TaRhEElKiD
ID: 42109719
Mon, Feb 04, 2002, 22:46
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AMEN! Dick Vitale is the most annoying commentator in the entire world, although you have to kinda have a spot of laughter for him because of everything he is and does. Personally, I can't stand the guy, but I still kinda like when he does the games. I agree with Y2JS thought...his biased commentating is VERY old...he is even starting it with Kansas! He is like a bandwagon Rock Chalk (closet) and Puke fan. I can stress it enough that he is soooooo annoying but for some reason you have to watch his gms.
THK
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