Big_H

October 6th, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^

Just a few Greenisms from over the years:

  • "I'm a perfectionist. I expect Jennifer Lopez to know how to cook."
  • "I told [my defensive players] they've got to stick like a Toyota gas pedal."
  • "It was an outstanding scrimmage. There were plays on offense, there were plays on defense. It's kind of like going to the Golden Corral buffet. It's all good and there's a lot of it."
  • "We had an interception chance, and we caught the ball. An interception chance is like a date with the homecoming queen -- close the deal. Don't waste an opportunity."
  • After a big win: "I feel like I just had a Viagra cocktail with a Cialis chaser."
  • "They're gonna be very good. They're rougher than a pine cone toilet seat."
  • "The younger guys are a little bit lost. Kinda like chinese arithmetic."
  • "I really feel like our team is ready to go hit individuals from another institution of higher learning."
  • "It's like you're trying to sell bubble gum in a lockjaw ward. You just can't get much done."
  • "We gotta be like a homely girl on her honeymoon. Busy, busy, busy."
  • "I hate to sound like an old coach but I am an old coach. I was coaching when the Dead Sea was only sick."
  • "When I first started coaching, Christ was a kid."
  • "I'm not a big Yankee fan. It's kinda like living in ancient Rome and rootin' for the lions."
  • "We're like the kid that plays second french horn in the school band. We gotta play better."
  • After a close loss: "It's kinda like watching your mother-in-law go off a cliff in your brand new Cadillac. You got mixed feelings.”
  • "We're kinda like a woodpecker in a petrified forest. We just keep busy."
  • "I got a short memory, just like when I was in the third grade. Two of the best years of my life."
  • "I don't like bottled water. I like that Butte water. You can eat and drink at the same time."
  • "The game is going to come down to playing football. We've got to play football. We're not trying to split the atom."
  • "We want to play a full 60 minutes. One thing is for sure, the game will last at least 60 minutes."
  • "There were some long faces and there were some lower lips sticking out. But we did not call the undertaker and tell him to order a 50-gallon drum of embalming fluid."
  • "We played two games that were very winnable. Unfortunately, they were very losable."
  • After a tough loss: "I told them the sun was going to come up. My wife didn't file divorce papers. I didn't have a heart attack. My dog knew me when I came home."
  • "It's not being disappointed that counts, it's whether you stay disappointed."
  • "We were lower than a snake's vest button."
  • "The way I describe him is he looks like Jane but plays like Tarzan."
  • "The last two weeks we really dug ourselves a hole. That's not the ideal road map."
  • "It's been very tough on them. But the road to success passes through the town of Adversity. I hope we've got Adversity in the rearview mirror. I hope we're at the city limits."
  • After Alex Grevas caught a game-winning TD pass: "I'd like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Grevas for conceiving Alex."
  • "It was a team effort. Everybody contributed with poor play."
  • “What a difference a week makes. This week I feel like a football coach. Last week I felt like Britney Spears’ choreographer.”
  • “We’ve got to play like we’re on a hot stove. Your feet aren’t going to stay in one place very long.”
  • “If you ain’t burning up for this one, your wood’s wet."
  • "The season's a lot like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes."
  • On retiring: "You can be the guy who stayed at the party too long. I don't want to be that guy."

Darker Blue

October 6th, 2014 at 2:54 PM ^

How about Jim "James" "Jeffery" Jonathan Muscleberger from HolyChristWe'reFucked Prep. He has a 1 game winning streak, which is better than the current staff.........by a lot. 

chatster

October 6th, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^

Maybe this betrays a fading interest in the Michigan brand of football that causes me to be reading "Bob Green" and thinking of "Robert Green," the keeper for Queens Park Rangers, the team currently at the bottom of England's Premier League Table with a win, a draw, five defeats and a -11 goal differential -- and the man who's more famous for this "stellar" bit of goalkeeping in the 2010 World Cup.  (Talk about failure.)