Meaning of 'WE ON'

Submitted by Wettin 3's on

I just found out the meaning of 'WE ON' and wanted to share it with the rest of the Michigan family, that didn't know where it came from.

"WE ON" is the team slogan created by the staff and players. It stands for "When Everyone Operates In-Sync'...

Apparently the staff created a U-M fuse box in the locker room in which each player has a key word they focus on during the season. Each player flips their switch "on" before every practice and every game. 

 

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LSAClassOf2000

January 28th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^

I was actually curious about this, so thanks for sharing the discovery. I think the shirts started appearing sometime around Thanksgiving but I was always curious as to where this came from. Both the slogan and the fusebox idea combine for a pretty cool way to instill team focus and get everyone working towards a common goal both in practice  and in games. As we saw today in  the polls and indeed throughout the season, the focus is obviously reaping rewards. 

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JV 97

January 28th, 2013 at 7:34 PM ^

I was watching the game last night while listening to the audio on Mgoblue and Matt Shepard claimed that the WE stood for Wolverine Excellence (Integrity, Unity, Passion, Diligence, and Appreciation, which you can see on the poster at the 2:19 mark of the Bacari Alexander BTN The Journey video) and the On just meant On. So basically meaning if the team follows those five things they will be ON...

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All Day

January 28th, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^

I really hope the people who are hating on this are not in any sort of leadership position of any kind. Most organizations, including sports teams, have sayings or acronyms they hold own to as a rallying point. This wasn't forced on them by Adidas, this was teamwork at its finest.

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maquih

January 28th, 2013 at 7:59 PM ^

We On and When Everyone Operates 'Nsync.

If We On wasn't part of the meaning, why wouldn't it just be WEOIS (when everybody operates in sync?)

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kehnonymous

January 28th, 2013 at 8:04 PM ^

This kinda reminds me of when my friend's son was a Cub Scouts - the group was called 'Webelos' which (to my slight amusement)  is supposed to mean 'We'll Be Loyal Scouts'

At any rate, I'm cool with our WE ON motto.  Why tinker with what works, right?  Even if it wasn't my cup of tea, there are *far* greater crimes we could hang Adidas for before this.

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HarBooYa

January 28th, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^

About this team is coach "cheese". His tweets and metaphors are like weak s---talk and painfully cheesy. I am hopeful its tongue jn cheek. As long as players like him I don't really care but recent exposure is kind of putting coach Bacari out front on btn etc. Rest is all good.

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MetricSU

January 28th, 2013 at 11:05 PM ^

Sorry, it just looks like an ungrammatical way of saying "We are on." That's what it looks like to people around the nation tuning in. I love it. An embarrassment for U-M.

Harvard of the West? Ha!

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Der Alte

January 29th, 2013 at 9:42 AM ^

"Apparently the staff created a U-M fuse box in the locker room in which each player has a key word they focus on during the season."

I hope someone educated these kids on what a fuse box is. Fuse boxes were long gone long before all of them were born.

Maybe the staff created a U-M breaker panel instead.

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aratman

January 29th, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^

I thought ebonics, atleast at first, was a way to define African American Vernacular English without the negitive conentation of  Nonstandard Negro English.  To get recognized exceptence for the language that a great deal of people speak on a daily basis.  But  Hey, you know what they say: see a broad to get dat booty yak 'em...leg 'er down a smack 'em yak 'em

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