Kind of wondering why you go out of your way to question whether I’ve watched a Sox broadcast or even played the game based on something you and I hear differently. You must be a pleasure to live with. But at least I now know who to turn to when I need Hawk expertise.I appreciate your congratulations. But it has no cash value. I don't care if I win or lose an argument. I doubt you do either. I mean, what do we win? Show me the money and then I'll really argue to win.
Seriously, I have to explain that to you? I'll take your second point first. Anyone who played the game at pretty much any level knows what the phrase "hang with em."
I can't say I disagree with most of what you say...especially the whining. I feel his crying and whining was at its worst during the Robin Ventura years as manager. It got to the point where I couldn't even watch a game. It was bad. But, I do think he did much less of it in the last two seasons he worked. Especially the last. I could listen to him then. I also couldn't figure out what he hoped to gain by saying he would never go to Wrigley Field again. All the broadcasters who work or worked there knew accommodations were tight. I don't recall any of them complaining as much as Hawk did. I think Hawk was jealous at the fact the Cubs were the number 1 baseball team in Chicago. Like them or not.
I was watching that game my freshman year in the dorms. he followed it up with 'Tom Collins, you know where my mind is'
Yes, it got real hard to watch Harry in the last couple seasons. I saw a game when he called Ryne Sandberg, Ryne Sanderson. Not good.
Truth. Just to use Ohio State as an example, Urban Meyer is one of the best football coaches ever. He has won everywhere he’s been. Yet his team and coaching staff are routinely filled with scumbags.
Culture as an allusion to a bunch of boy scouts is overused. But I think without a doubt consistent winning organizations create a culture. At the college level especially you can probably argue winning culture is bad in almost every instance, but there is a culture.
I don't know if anyone is calling Big Ben a legend. But I see the guy who posted it is still hiding.
I’m guessing that if you do enough digging, you’ll find some skeletons in Gonzaga’s closet.
It’s been 21 years and no one has really found much but that really isn’t the point. What I was wondering is what would you term the atmosphere around a consistently successful program (hs, NCAA, pros)? There is definitely a different feeling around successful programs and if it’s not the culture that’s instilled and developed there then what is a good term to use to describe the difference between a consistently good program and a consistently mediocre to bad program? I used Gonzaga because they weren’t really anything special before Mark Few got there, and now they are a consistently good program.
Then, why do these schools hire him if they "supposedly" want to keep an image of integrity? Seems to me they are the ones selling their integrity to field a winning team. But most importantly, to bring in millions of $$$.
Sure, I don't have a problem with calling them that.
