A great piece in the Seattle Times today covers a season's worth of Shaun Alexander's touchdown celebrations (all 28 of them), from "The Crane" (pictured) to "Rock the Baby." There's also "The Hockey Enforcer" and "The Fish." "I did the 'Big Woman Embrace' a long time ago, and all the guys on the team liked it so much," Alexander said. "If they wouldn't have kept coming up with ideas, I would have stopped a long time ago."
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Cedric Snellz said:
Ive never cared for people acting like roosters on acid after scoring a touchdown - i just like to see them hand the ball to the ref and go back to work - the "burping the baby " was the last straw for me ! like Largent said years ago " act as if you ve done it before " ! good teams dont need that high school stuff - act professional ! GO SEATTLE SEAHAWKS !
Dean from Seattle said:
I don't know if you idiots realize, but touchdown traditions are meant to liven the game and make the fans cheer more and also give the team more pep in their step so they can win. Wake up all you dorks.
Stephen said:
I tend to agree with Cedric. Though I can appreciate some endzone celebrations, most of the more contrived ones are a turn-off. I loved the casual manner of Largent (which I always thought implied a certain 'that's just one of many to come' manner).
I will admit, though, that I came to enjoy the Randy Moss faux-mooning of the Packers fans when I heard it was in response to the mooning of the Vikings bus BY Packer fans before the game. At least THAT display was (though a bit tasteless) relevant.
Most of these displays reveal the inflated egos of the player. Unfortunate. And it looks bad for the team, the city, and the fans whether the team wins or not. Celebrate spontaneously, spike the ball, or use a [very] minor, cocky dance move... not a pre-choreographed 1-act mime presentation.
Stephen said:
Though I DID like the Karate Kid move, somewhat.
Cedric Snellz said:
Hey dean .... that "burp the baby " routine must have got you really excited huh ? talk about dorky ! thank god we didnt have to watch that loud mouth Steve Smith slide down our goal post - When i watch football , i like to watch foorball . When i want to see clowns , i go to the circus - see how that works ? GO SEATTLE SEAHAWKS !
A great piece in the Seattle Times today covers a season's worth of Shaun Alexander's
Ive never cared for people acting like roosters on acid after scoring a touchdown - i just like to see them hand the ball to the ref and go back to work - the "burping the baby " was the last straw for me ! like Largent said years ago " act as if you ve done it before " ! good teams dont need that high school stuff - act professional ! GO SEATTLE SEAHAWKS !
I don't know if you idiots realize, but touchdown traditions are meant to liven the game and make the fans cheer more and also give the team more pep in their step so they can win. Wake up all you dorks.
I tend to agree with Cedric. Though I can appreciate some endzone celebrations, most of the more contrived ones are a turn-off. I loved the casual manner of Largent (which I always thought implied a certain 'that's just one of many to come' manner).
I will admit, though, that I came to enjoy the Randy Moss faux-mooning of the Packers fans when I heard it was in response to the mooning of the Vikings bus BY Packer fans before the game. At least THAT display was (though a bit tasteless) relevant.
Most of these displays reveal the inflated egos of the player. Unfortunate. And it looks bad for the team, the city, and the fans whether the team wins or not. Celebrate spontaneously, spike the ball, or use a [very] minor, cocky dance move... not a pre-choreographed 1-act mime presentation.
Though I DID like the Karate Kid move, somewhat.
Hey dean .... that "burp the baby " routine must have got you really excited huh ? talk about dorky ! thank god we didnt have to watch that loud mouth Steve Smith slide down our goal post - When i watch football , i like to watch foorball . When i want to see clowns , i go to the circus - see how that works ? GO SEATTLE SEAHAWKS !