Further evidence to determine the caliber of person who slaps the floor

Submitted by gpsimms not to… on

Right after the dunk around 1.29.30 (slap's at 1.29.43 to be exact), if I played for State and a Dwight Schrute look a like came that far on my court to slap the floor, I'd sprint over there and run him over.  Of course that is probably because I have difficulty thinking rationally about Tom Crean.

Seriously though, what an idiot.  It's one thing when 18-22 year old kids do stuff to get pumped up, but that guy is a joke out there. 

 

 

This post was totally not worth the effort, sorry.

gpsimms not to…

January 28th, 2014 at 12:42 AM ^

I agree, and to be honest I only tried to find this clip because everyone here is all excited about it.

That being said, I think it's absolutely ridiculous to see a 50 year old man doing that crap.  I've always hated the Crean/Matta (as much as Izzo gets animated, I don't think he does this type of thing) type coaches that wave their arms around to incite the crowd to cheer, and this is the most ridiculous example I have ever seen of that type of behavior.

Spunky

January 28th, 2014 at 9:39 AM ^

For months, MSU fans have been calling Nik little nicknames like "Stoukiss," "Nik kiss-ass," etc., so it was fitting of him to blow that kiss. I don't mind the players doing this kind of stuff, but coaches shouldn't. Crean is just a strange character. Now that I think about it, him slapping the floor in business attire sounds about right to me. 

Bodogblog

January 28th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^

Neither of those nicknames make sense, and I refuse to believe even Sparty fans are that lame.  Also, when did those do this for months?  Were they following him around AA?  I'm a little dubious...

And it's not Nik's kiss, its the StausKiss

ijohnb

January 28th, 2014 at 11:15 AM ^

fans give Nik shit quite often.  A quick stroll through RCMB before reveals such gems as "Stau-tistic" and other garbage.  I can imagine he was taking some pretty serious shit from the Izzone all game.

Spunky

January 28th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^

Here's a UM-Iowa game thread (link) from RCMB with the nicknames being used, but I noticed a while ago lots of "McOld," "scUM," "Stouskiss," etc., on that site.

Edit: Your comment reads like you were implying that I'm lame and made those names up, which is funny.

My name ... is Tim

January 28th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^

To be fair to MSU Students- I can't believe I just said that - searching RCMB to determine what MSU kids call Stauskas is like searching MLive to see what Michigan students called Jeff Smoker.

 

Though thank you for linking to that thread - it is VERY unintentionally funny in retrospect.

turd ferguson

January 28th, 2014 at 2:38 AM ^

That's funny... I had this exact thought when people were talking about how the college basketball rankings are pointless. I get that argument (and agree, even), but there's something absurd/hilarious about people singling out some aspect of sports as meaningless when if we're honest with ourselves we know the whole damn thing is meaningless.

gpsimms not to…

January 28th, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^

that by purposely butchering your/you're three times in a row it would be clear that I was making fun of Mr. Internet-Cool-Police-Man-Cop who called me an idiot and misused your/you're at the same time.

Ugh, mods get in here and just delete this thread already.  I completely regret it.

LordGrantham

January 28th, 2014 at 12:54 AM ^

Yeah I just don't get what the floor slapping in general is supposed to represent.  Why are you hitting the floor?  What's the origin of this practice? What does a horseshoe do?

LSAClassOf2000

January 28th, 2014 at 6:11 AM ^

As I recall, Duke and perhaps a couple other schools slap the floor at the start of many of their defensive possessions. Actually, I think there was an article perhaps last year in which someone traced it back to Steve Wojciechowski specifically as he was particularly obsessive in his floor slapping. Of course, the genealogy of the floor slap is not exact science and if this accurate, where Wojo got it is anyone's guess. 

ClearEyesFullHart

January 28th, 2014 at 2:43 AM ^

How did the convention of shouting "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" On a defensive possession start? Had a study been conducted about the vocalization most damaging to the psyche of the offense? Should one be undertaken? Would the rage consider changing it up to a good nasally "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" With maybe some exaggerated eye rubbing next time we play State? Would that work, or is "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Just an easier louder note to hold?

Rochester Blue

January 28th, 2014 at 9:56 AM ^

They're sending their positive energy to the shooter and using their mystical abilities to help guide the basketball from his hands toward the rim in the proper trajectory.  The "woosh" and arm sweep downward is done to finalize the process as they guide the ball down through the hoop. 

It's not wierd.  It helps.  I can only imagine how many fewer FTs we'd make if our fans didn't help out!  ;-)

Tater

January 28th, 2014 at 2:42 AM ^

Slapping the floor is like any other demonstrative motivational tactic.,  If it works, it looks great.  If it doesn't, it looks stupid.  I am glad it looked stupid on Saturday.