OT: Our bench has got to step it up.

[meyers7]

We are definitely being out done here. By Monmouth no less.

 

[Biff]

I thought a few years ago they instituted some new guidelines on bench decorum that would put those "reactions" as unacceptable? Am I remembering things incorrectly?

 

[Scud49]

Ah, way over the top for my tastes, just give me some normal enthusiasm, just like the UCONN ladies have done ever so nicely all season long.

 

[EricLA]

I thought it was great. Reminds me of the ASU "Curtain of Distraction". Some very clever stuff by those kids. Enjoyed the "Katniss Everdeen" and the "Resuscitation" ones! LOL

 

[Sonny44]

Ah, way over the top for my tastes, just give me some normal enthusiasm, just like the UCONN ladies have done ever so nicely all season long.

Agree, a bunch of fools trying to get attention.

 

[rugbymate]

How big would the doghouse be if someone from UCONN ever tried anything like that?

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Agree, a bunch of fools trying to get attention.

Teammates are a "bunch of fools"? You need to develop some respect for college athletes.

 

[EricLA]

Teammates are a "bunch of fools"? You need to develop some respect for college athletes.

I tend to agree. Why are some so judgmental of some bench players having fun? If the coaches have no issue with it, why should we? If it makes for better team chemistry and camaraderie, what's the harm?

 

[Dillon77]

I tend to agree. Why are some so judgmental of some bench players having fun? If the coaches have no issue with it, why should we? If it makes for better team chemistry and camaraderie, what's the harm?

I saw a piece on CBS Evening News just last night on Monmouth's bench and the producers interviewed the two main "inventors" of the Monmouth routines and the guys said the routines were all intended as fun, but it was also in support of their teammates. And Coach King Rice was entirely supportive of it, saying he wants all his kids to have "fun."

As a former player who spent stretches of time both on the field and on the bench, I can appreciate it from both sides of the white lines. And, as a longtime coach, these guys put the effort in practice, and during games they're being supportive, engaged and having fun. Just as long as it does not distract from the playing of the game, why not?

 

[HuskyBandDad]

They should have made the tourney and this would have been fun to watch.

 

[CocoHusky]

I think this would be a great idea.
We should also recruit family members to start elaborate celebrations like Kansas.


Of course the Flava Flav clock will be mandatory!

 

[Waquoit]

I think the Monmouth bench baloney kept them out of the Big Dance.

 

[Bigpetunia]

The world we inhabit is, in a multitude of ways., indescribably ugly. Why, when it comes to sports and entertainment, must we take ourselves so damned seriously? I think these bench shenanigans are great fun and great for much-needed laughs. No complaints about lack of propriety from me!

 

[bags27]

The UConn bench already has its own form of antics. Just about every year in early April, they mess up Geno's hair, carry him to mid-court, and then begin some very odd thing of cutting down the nets.