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Title: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: evilnaturedrobot on October 31, 2005, 06:08:26 PM
http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/donato_ted00.html

bald! :-)
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Pace on October 31, 2005, 06:51:35 PM
Haha! Hey Will, you coming to Lynah East? Bring the sign =)
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: A-19 on October 31, 2005, 06:59:45 PM
brown's coach is balding...
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Will on October 31, 2005, 07:00:32 PM
[Q]Pace Wrote:

 Haha! Hey Will, you coming to Lynah East? Bring the sign =)[/q]

I'm definitely going to the game.  I'm not sure of the wisdom of bringing the sign if I'm not even going to be close to Donato at any point--I'm in section 13, pretty far away from the Sucks bench.

Seating chart: http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/ot/tixmhock.html
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: evilnaturedrobot on October 31, 2005, 07:03:10 PM
[Q]A-19 Wrote:

 brown's coach is balding...[/q]

hmm, maybe this picture is old.

http://brownbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/grillo_roger00.html

he looks like he's starting to get alittle thin, but it's a very early stage.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Pace on October 31, 2005, 07:04:41 PM
Ah, that's too bad that you're not behind their bench. It'd be hilarious.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Will on October 31, 2005, 07:05:38 PM
Of course, if somebody wants to trade my section 13 tickets for front of section 5 tickets, I'd take 'em in a heartbeat, and I'd totally bring the sign. :-D
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Pace on October 31, 2005, 07:07:00 PM
Haha. That'd be totally worth it. I have an ex at Harvard, let me see if she can still get tix in section 5.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: marty on October 31, 2005, 07:24:00 PM
Don't forget Danny boy - this picture was taken back in the days when I had hair, too:

(http://www.rpiathletics.com//images/hockey/2005/10/3/DanFridgenHS.jpg)

Nice red eye and to be fair, he's balding but not quite bald.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: KeithK on October 31, 2005, 07:50:09 PM
What's wrong with being bald?  *sulk*
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: ugarte on October 31, 2005, 08:32:37 PM
[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 What's wrong with being bald?  *sulk*[/q]
BALD!!!
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: French Rage on October 31, 2005, 08:57:01 PM
Will, cant you just sneak over at some point?  Or are the Harvard ushers strict?
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: evilnaturedrobot on October 31, 2005, 09:53:03 PM
Even if the ushers arn't overly strict the harvard fans in the vicinity would porbably point him out to them.  Holding up a sign rediculing the home team's coach tends to draw attention to one's self.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Josh '99 on November 01, 2005, 03:04:54 AM
[Q]evilnaturedrobot Wrote:
Even if the ushers arn't overly strict the harvard fans in the vicinity would porbably point him out to them.  Holding up a sign rediculing the home team's coach tends to draw attention to one's self.[/q]Since when have most of us been particulary averse to drawing attention to ourselves?
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Hillel Hoffmann on November 01, 2005, 10:21:51 AM
[Q]bald![/q]
One of my favorite Lynah Faithful memories (in the Futile-But-Lovably-Spunky category) comes from the 1985 ECAC championship at the Boston Garden. That year, to no one's surprise, Cornell was eliminated in the semis by eventual national champions RPI. During the game, the Faithful serenaded Engineers' coach Mike Adessa by pointing at him and chanting "Coach is fat! Coach is fat! Coach is fat!" -- a riff modeled on the one that had been used for Harvard coach Bill Cleary in the 1970s-80s ("Coach is bald! Coach is bald! Coach is bald!).

After beating Clarkson in the 1985 consolation game, most of us stuck around to watch RPI play Harvard in the championship. As you might expect, the "Coach is fat! Coach is fat! Coach is fat!" chant started up when Adessa began ranting to the refs. After a pause, someone started pointing at the Harvard bench and chanting "Coach is bald! Coach is bald! Coach is bald!" Then, starting quietly but slowly gaining momentum, the Faithful pointed a sea of fingers at Adessa and shouted "FAT!", then pointed a sea of fingers across the rink at Cleary and shouted "BALD!" And so it went: "BALD! ... FAT! ... BALD! ... FAT! ... BALD! ... FAT!" It echoed around the Garden -- no surprise given the somnabulence of the RPI and Harvard fans. The arena had been hijacked. Even Cleary smiled.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Beeeej on November 01, 2005, 10:29:12 AM
Must've been before his smile muscles atrophied.

Beeeej
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Ack on November 01, 2005, 12:44:47 PM
Our team's sleeping
Title: Isn't that Fridgen of RPI??
Post by: TimV on November 01, 2005, 01:31:48 PM
RPI has started strong so far, strong in goal.  Could be trouble next week
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Josh '99 on November 01, 2005, 11:54:36 PM
[Q]Hillel Hoffmann Wrote:
After beating Clarkson in the 1985 consolation game, most of us stuck around to watch RPI play Harvard in the championship. As you might expect, the "Coach is fat! Coach is fat! Coach is fat!" chant started up when Adessa began ranting to the refs. After a pause, someone started pointing at the Harvard bench and chanting "Coach is bald! Coach is bald! Coach is bald!" Then, starting quietly but slowly gaining momentum, the Faithful pointed a sea of fingers at Adessa and shouted "FAT!", then pointed a sea of fingers across the rink at Cleary and shouted "BALD!" And so it went: "BALD! ... FAT! ... BALD! ... FAT! ... BALD! ... FAT!" It echoed around the Garden -- no surprise given the somnabulence of the RPI and Harvard fans. The arena had been hijacked. Even Cleary smiled.[/q]Inspired by this story, we actually adapted that cheer this past weekend.  "BALD!  SHORT!  BALD!  SHORT!  BALD!  SHORT!"
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Pace on November 02, 2005, 02:09:47 PM
I didn't hear the cheer but I'm assuming the "Short" was in reference to the safety sieve?
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Will on November 02, 2005, 05:05:04 PM
[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

 [Q2]Hillel Hoffmann Wrote:
After beating Clarkson in the 1985 consolation game, most of us stuck around to watch RPI play Harvard in the championship. As you might expect, the "Coach is fat! Coach is fat! Coach is fat!" chant started up when Adessa began ranting to the refs. After a pause, someone started pointing at the Harvard bench and chanting "Coach is bald! Coach is bald! Coach is bald!" Then, starting quietly but slowly gaining momentum, the Faithful pointed a sea of fingers at Adessa and shouted "FAT!", then pointed a sea of fingers across the rink at Cleary and shouted "BALD!" And so it went: "BALD! ... FAT! ... BALD! ... FAT! ... BALD! ... FAT!" It echoed around the Garden -- no surprise given the somnabulence of the RPI and Harvard fans. The arena had been hijacked. Even Cleary smiled.[/Q]
Inspired by this story, we actually adapted that cheer this past weekend.  "BALD!  SHORT!  BALD!  SHORT!  BALD!  SHORT!"
[/q]

It wasn't Bald/Fat?
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Josh '99 on November 02, 2005, 05:14:22 PM
[Q]Will Wrote:
It wasn't Bald/Fat?[/q]That's not what I was cheering, anyway.  (Yes, in reference to the midget goalie.)
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Will on November 02, 2005, 05:54:20 PM
[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

 [Q2]Will Wrote:
It wasn't Bald/Fat?[/Q]
That's not what I was cheering, anyway.  (Yes, in reference to the midget goalie.)[/q]

Bald/Short works great too.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: cth95 on November 03, 2005, 04:43:44 PM
Just thinking the same thing ::laugh::
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 04, 2005, 01:29:01 AM
That was a great moment.  Just re-reading that post brightened up my day.
Title: The problem is, we now have the fat one...
Post by: johnnieAg\'99 on November 04, 2005, 11:34:23 AM
I think we're just aksing to get a 'your coach is fat' chant in return...
Title: Re: The problem is, we now have the fat one...
Post by: Josh '99 on November 04, 2005, 12:01:36 PM
[Q]johnnieAg'99 Wrote:
I think we're just aksing to get a 'your coach is fat' chant in return... [/q]From who?  The huge numbers of wonderfully loud and creative travelling fans Harvard has?  B-]
Title: Re: The problem is, we now have the fat one...
Post by: jtwcornell91 on November 05, 2005, 09:51:40 AM
[Q]johnnieAg'99 Wrote:

 I think we're just aksing to get a 'your coach is fat' chant in return... [/q]

He's not fat, he's festively plump! :-P
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Trotsky on November 05, 2005, 10:00:07 AM
[Q]Ack Wrote:

Our team's sleeping[/q]

That and "Bald!  Fat!" are the greatest "Even though we're not playing, it's still all about us" Faithful Moments.

And we wonder why everybody hates us. :-D
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: jtwcornell91 on November 05, 2005, 11:12:47 AM
[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 [Q2]Ack Wrote:

Our team's sleeping[/Q]
That and "Bald!  Fat!" are the greatest "Even though we're not playing, it's still all about us" Faithful Moments.

And we wonder why everybody hates us. [/q]

"WHICH TEAM IS THE THIRD PLACE TEAM?"
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: JordanCS on November 05, 2005, 02:53:55 PM
As a proud baldie....   WE ROCK!  (truth is, I'm just glad I have a round head, and not some odd bumpy vein covered monstrosity).
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: KeithK on November 05, 2005, 03:23:58 PM
I enjoyed doing Lets Go Red type stuff at the final in Buffalo...
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 05, 2005, 05:50:00 PM
At the '81 ECAC tournament the Faithful got the "It just doesn't matter" cheer from Meatballs going during the consolation.  It was the first time I'd heard it done and got a lot of laughs.
Title: Re: Only 1 other visiting coach on the schedule is bald, wanna guess which one?
Post by: DeltaOne81 on November 05, 2005, 11:12:45 PM
[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 I enjoyed doing Lets Go Red type stuff at the final in Buffalo...[/q]

And the obligatory "Let's Go Drink!"