Annoying Sports Cliches

[thatsmell]

"On to the next game"

[Farfromgeneva]

Gambling on sports related but “bad beat”. It’s called statistics.

[wlaxnut]

“Game changer”

[Cletus]

“Crushing it”

[Oldbarndog]

"That's why they call it execution".
(close second), "Liquid smoke".

[youthathletics]

"...the ball is in the back of the net"

Wouldn't it be the back of the cage and the front of the net?

[DMac]

"His lacrosse IQ is off the charts." Everything these days is lacrosse IQ when it's really just a matter of plays any decent athlete with any kind of field awareness would make. Fundamental plays have become off the charts IQs. That one makes me a little nuts.

[Cletus]

"His lacrosse IQ is off the charts." Everything these days is lacrosse IQ when it's really just a matter of plays any decent athlete with any kind of field awareness would make. Fundamental plays have become off the charts IQs. That one makes me a little nuts.

Brought to you by the industrial hype complex. Everything has to be spectacular and unprecedented and an instant classic.

You might like this, DMac:

https://youtu.be/nminudN0S-M

[Cletus]

"Grow the game"

That one drives me crazy too.

[Cletus]

Shoutout

[Farfromgeneva]

"...the ball is in the back of the net"

Wouldn't it be the back of the cage and the front of the net?

Apparently you didn’t watch many Hobart games this spring...

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Here's a new one I'm starting to see around: "peep that celly" which being interpreted is "Look at and admire the celebration" of the person who just scored a goal. If I might personify this "peep that celly" saying for demonstrational purposes--I would put it in a cage and attach a cable to each limb secured to the end of the bumpers of four trucks and pull it limb from limb* --then I'd put what was left over against a wall and blow it up with a bazooka.

* Inspired by Stephen King's The Stand

[Farfromgeneva]

Who started this dehumanizing trend of referring to human beings who play sports as "piece" or "pieces"?

ex. They lost a few key pieces on defense. The acquisition of Harry Harold adds a key piece to the offense.

Is it really so frickin difficult to say "player" or "players"??

Well the players have been insisting it’s a business for two decades while wanting fan adulation and to get the marginal last dollar paid which rarely goes hand in hand. Mgt has turned sports into weak form data analytics (it’s flawed in a lot of ways but it’s filled the vacuum some
In sports believed existed I didn’t). Go read ESPn, the ringer or yahoo sports and there’s more conversation about salary caps and contracts then achievements on the field.

They did it to themselves.

[Farfromgeneva]

Here's a new one I'm starting to see around: "peep that celly" which being interpreted is "Look at and admire the celebration" of the person who just scored a goal. If I might personify this "peep that celly" saying for demonstrational purposes--I would put it in a cage and attach a cable to each limb secured to the end of the bumpers of four trucks and pull it limb from limb* --then I'd put what was left over against a wall and blow it up with a bazooka.

* Inspired by Stephen King's The Stand

What about peep that celly who just threw a sheet up over his door window. You know that boy in there is going to get well done once his celly flips the pancake over!

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Who started this dehumanizing trend of referring to human beings who play sports as "piece" or "pieces"?

ex. They lost a few key pieces on defense. The acquisition of Harry Harold adds a key piece to the offense.

Is it really so frickin difficult to say "player" or "players"??

Well the players have been insisting it’s a business for two decades while wanting fan adulation and to get the marginal last dollar paid which rarely goes hand in hand. Mgt has turned sports into weak form data analytics (it’s flawed in a lot of ways but it’s filled the vacuum some
In sports believed existed I didn’t). Go read ESPn, the ringer or yahoo sports and there’s more conversation about salary caps and contracts then achievements on the field.

They did it to themselves.

I don't doubt anything you've said here. However, it doesn't make me hate the use of the word any less.

[Farfromgeneva]

Who started this dehumanizing trend of referring to human beings who play sports as "piece" or "pieces"?

ex. They lost a few key pieces on defense. The acquisition of Harry Harold adds a key piece to the offense.

Is it really so frickin difficult to say "player" or "players"??

Well the players have been insisting it’s a business for two decades while wanting fan adulation and to get the marginal last dollar paid which rarely goes hand in hand. Mgt has turned sports into weak form data analytics (it’s flawed in a lot of ways but it’s filled the vacuum some
In sports believed existed I didn’t). Go read ESPn, the ringer or yahoo sports and there’s more conversation about salary caps and contracts then achievements on the field.

They did it to themselves.

I don't doubt anything you've said here. However, it doesn't make me hate the use of the word any less.

I say players or participants personally. Just suggesting that it’s not like us citizens have dehumanized these poor players absent anything they did on their own.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

I say players or participants personally. Just suggesting that it’s not like us citizens have dehumanized these poor players absent anything they did on their own.

I agree. Most of the folks I hear using that term are media members on sports talk shows.

[fordmaddoxford]

“Everyone doubted me (us) so I’m playing with a chip on my shoulder”.

Who are these “doubters”? Most people do nothing but kiss up to these guys. I doubt there are doubters.

“He’s a great player but a better person”.

OK, then why don’t you rate him on each scale for us.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

“He’s a great player but a better person”.

OK, then why don’t you rate him on each scale for us.

Clever. Love it.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Outlier is becoming a tedious and repetitive word in the world of sports.