RR-Era Slogans/Signs

Submitted by Elise on

Just a point of discussion I was wondering about...

What does everybody think Hoke will/should do with the new slogans and signs that were put up during the Rich Rodriguez era?  Will "Hard Edge" stay?  What about "Hold the Rope?"  I think Barwis had another one put up, too, but I can't remember or find a reference to it.  Will Hoke keep them, or go his own way?

Thoughts?

Clarence Beeks

January 19th, 2011 at 1:01 PM ^

Does anyone remember the one that was put up at the beginning of the RR era that had the misspelling?  I remember it happening, but I can't remember what it was.

As for the actual question, I'd like to see them stay.  It's part of the history now, for better or wose.

Section 1

January 19th, 2011 at 1:31 PM ^

Was in the sign that supposedly read:

THROUGH THESE DOORS WALK THE BEST-CONDITIONED, MOST DISCIPLINED AND HARDEST WORKING FOOTBALL TEAM IN AMERICA.

That sign is supposedly captured photographically here:

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2011/01/friday-skull-session-0

And the grammatical error is that the verb and subject don't match.  A "team" "walks," and individual football players "walk."

But if somebody did in fact mess that up, it was corrected long ago.  And I don't think Rich Rodriguez was going to Kinko's to supervise sign production in any event, before or after this grammatically-correct sign was posted:

ijohnb

January 19th, 2011 at 1:28 PM ^

was is that it wasn't a way of life, it was just a sign that was completely incompatible with the team, the team did not have a hard edge, its consistency was more pudding like.  I am hoping for a hard edge at some point in the future, maybe they can leave it up as more like a mission statement.

Maize.Blue Wagner

January 19th, 2011 at 1:13 PM ^

I wouldn't mind seeing them stay, but it seems like the new staff would replace them with similarly motivating slogans (Harder Edge?).  Thankfully, just because something is fixed on a wall or stadium edge, doesn't mean it can't be removed (see: Stadium Halo).  

I imagine other phrases like "all in" will just die a quiet death.