Get rid of the Gatorade bath?

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Coaches used to be honored by being carried on the shoulders of their players across the field to the losing coach. It was a big deal for this to happen. Then, at some point, they began the Gatorade thing - a real shock in cold weather - plus it's got to be sticky. One older coach died after the chill of a Gatorade bath (the legendary Washington Redskins coach, George Allen, then 72 and at Long Beach State). I'd rather see Coach Kill carried in triumph than drenched with Gatorade. I don't think Joe Pa allows it - and he was carried on the shoulders of his players after his 400th win.
 



I agree, lets go Vitamin Water. It's less sticky.
 



It was great the first 43,000 times. Sometime after that it got a little old, like the wave.
 



tato2001 said:
It was great the first 43,000 times. Sometime after that it got a little old, like the wave.
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Blasphemy!!! The wave (at Twins games) will never get old. The fact that we do it 20 years after anyone else gave up on it is awesome.
 




Who cares? People who are concerned about Gatorade baths and jerseys aren't as concerned with making stops on third down or bringing along a young quarterback in the zone read system.

If the Gophers win every single game next year, would you care if they did a Gatorade bath every single game?

Let's win some games first before we start planning Gatorade baths and parade routes.
 


emann said:
Who cares? People who are concerned about Gatorade baths and jerseys aren't as concerned with making stops on third down or bringing along a young quarterback in the zone read system.

If the Gophers win every single game next year, would you care if they did a Gatorade bath every single game?

Let's win some games first before we start planning Gatorade baths and parade routes.
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Then we'd only have two threads.

1. Third down thread
2. Bash Maturi thread;)
 




Could you imagine if Joe Pa did allow gatorade baths?

He'd be disintegrated. The tsunami of gatorade would leave nothing but glasses and a tie.
 




tato2001 said:
It was great the first 43,000 times. Sometime after that it got a little old, like the wave.
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Even worse is standing up and cheering loudly. That's been done millions of times over the years. C'mon guys, can't we come up with something more original?
 

What's Worse?

The Gatorade dump or the "4 finger salute" as start of 4th quarter. Both insanely lame.
 

In the cold weather games they should use type I airline deicing fluid.
 

GophersInIowa said:
Even worse is standing up and cheering loudly. That's been done millions of times over the years. C'mon guys, can't we come up with something more original?
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Way ahead of you. Instead of cheering, everytime the Gophers do something great I drop my pants and urinate on the nearest fan of the opposing team. Admittedly it's only caught on with about a dozen people that sit near me thus far, but I'm used to setting the trend. You should see the look on their faces. They're mighty surprised at first, but after getting over the initial shock we all have a good laugh. By the second or third time they're practically waiting for it (some of the Iowans actually seem to enjoy it). The Gopher Golden Shower: watch for it in your section next year.
 

tato2001 said:
Way ahead of you. Instead of cheering, everytime the Gophers do something great I drop my pants and urinate on the nearest fan of the opposing team. Admittedly it's only caught on with about a dozen people that sit near me thus far, but I'm used to setting the trend. You should see the look on their faces. They're mighty surprised at first, but after getting over the initial shock we all have a good laugh. By the second or third time they're practically waiting for it (some of the Iowans actually seem to enjoy it). The Gopher Golden Shower: watch for it in your section next year.
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:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

Not many times can I report having actually LOL'd at a post. This was one of them.
 

For now, I just completely support whatever post-game celebration ritual accompanies winning a big game. It sure beats driving home clicking past a half dozen anti-Weber threads on gopherhole just to cyber argue with someone with someone over the playcalling. If our team had a choreographed rendition of 76 Trombones, I'd be cool with it, as long as it followed a W.
 

I had a conversation with Maturi about this.

He said he felt really strongly that it was important to do what's in the best interest of player and coach safety so he's against it, but that it's kind of a tradition. So he's okay with it either way.
 

Ski U Master said:
In the cold weather games they should use type I airline deicing fluid.
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Actually Michigan St. had a Gatorade bucket filled with green and white confetti to dump onto Dantonio after the Penn St game this year.
 

I can honestly say that if Coach Kill does well enough to get lots of Gatorade showers...I really won't care because I will be so ecstatic that I won't care...as long as they don't drop him on his head. I do think it pretty cool when they carry a player or coach off on the shoulders. However, this should be reserved for very, very special occasions...like Rose Bowl Victories, or when a walk-on finally gets into the game and does something cool.
 

I don't care what the players do to celebrate wins, but the Gatorade Bath has really gotten lame.
 

LesBolstad said:
The Gatorade dump or the "4 finger salute" as start of 4th quarter. Both insanely lame.
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The Four Finger Salute is so contrived. If you're a player, you know what you need to do. You know what's going on. It's like the whole "game face" thing. Either you're competitive and ready to play or you're not.

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I think we should do away with all celebrating. In fact, I think we should make like the NBA and disallow facial expressions and eye contact with referees.
 

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