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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 19, 2004 21:05:12 GMT -5
*Inspired by Barcelona Bob Boy, some of you people need to get outa the house more and watch more men's volleyball.
Trash-talking and whining have been around for decades. Some of the greatest men's college players have also been some of the biggest whiners.
Who can forget some of the memorable encounters during the old days of UCLA vs. USC when UCLA had Charles Kiraly, Christopher St. John Smith, and others and USC had Dusty Dvorak, Obradovich, Hov, Peepers, and everyone else? Now that was some SERIOUS trash-talking that didn't just end after the final whistle like these wusses who play today and spend an entire match talking crap through the net, only to smile and shake each others' hands at the end of the match. Back then, those guys legitimately hated each other.
Historically over the last 10 years, I'd have to say LBSU, UCLA, BYU, and even Hawaii have had the worst trash-talkers in the league. UCSB used to have good trash-talkers, but since they've sucked so bad the past couple years, haven't heard much outa them in awhile.
On the other end of the scale, the Pepp and Stanford guys - usually can't get any reaction out of them.
Matter of fact, before Wilton took over at UH (back in the Rosehill days), UH used to be one of the top trash-talking teams in the league. Ah memories. --BarcelonaBob
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Post by VBJunkie on Mar 19, 2004 22:31:53 GMT -5
that is such a relief... I love to talk s*#% i think it is part of the game. Brazilians and Cubans (girls) almost hit (if not actually hit) each other after a match.
Talking and backing it up is a great part of the game.. I loved doing it and will do it as much as I can whenever I play again...!
Talk more trash people!
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Post by Bookumdanoaloha on Mar 19, 2004 23:16:29 GMT -5
I've got no problem with trash talking across the net. It adds to the excitment of the game. Whining about calls all game is another thing. If you saw the Hawaii/BYU game Tuyay was talking trash all night, and after the game you didn't see Kimo hugging Moreno either.
You gotta love heated rivalries. It just adds to the Game. Bookumdanoaloha
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Post by BarcelonaBob on Mar 19, 2004 23:34:16 GMT -5
A stiff Hawaiian tradewind would knock Tuyay over, he shouldn't be talking trash. Even if he does, who would take him seriously? Sheesh.
Miladinovich looked like a psycho, so his trash-talking could intimidate. But Tuyay's trash-talking is about as intimidating as a tellytubbie.
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Post by Bookumdanoaloha on Mar 19, 2004 23:38:59 GMT -5
I've got to admit I was talking trash at the Penn State players during the Outrigger Tournament. Especially that one heavy set Middle Blocker - whom we called "Donut Man". But then again I was sitting with SoCalFan and he was brutal. Tanking 32 oz Heinekens at the game didn't help, but we had a good time.
I think SoCalFan will be flying in for Senior Night. Bookum
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Post by Bookumdanoaloha on Mar 19, 2004 23:43:44 GMT -5
The trouble with Dejan, he talked with marbles in his mouth. I could never understand what that Crazy Serb was talking about. Now there was a whiner. Bookum
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Post by Gorf on Mar 20, 2004 0:56:31 GMT -5
*Inspired by Barcelona Bob Boy, some of you people need to get outa the house more and watch more men's volleyball. Trash-talking and whining have been around for decades. Some of the greatest men's college players have also been some of the biggest whiners. Who can forget some of the memorable encounters during the old days of UCLA vs. USC when UCLA had Charles Kiraly, Christopher St. John Smith, and others and USC had Dusty Dvorak, Obradovich, Hov, Peepers, and everyone else? Now that was some SERIOUS trash-talking that didn't just end after the final whistle like these wusses who play today and spend an entire match talking crap through the net, only to smile and shake each others' hands at the end of the atch. Back then, those guys legitimately hated each other. Historically over the last 10 years, I'd have to say LBSU, UCLA, BYU, and even Hawaii have had the worst trash-talkers in the league. UCSB used to have good trash-talkers, but since they've sucked so bad the past couple years, haven't heard much outa them in awhile. On the other end of the scale, the Pepp and Stanford guys - usually can't get any reaction out of them. Matter of fact, before Wilton took over at UH (back in the Rosehill days), UH used to be one of the top trash-talking teams in the league. Ah memories. --BarcelonaBob Of those folks only Dusty Dvorak could appear as himself as a fictional character in one of the worst volleyball movies ever made. One of the worst movies every made actually. The ending credits roll by.. 'Dusty Dvorak played by Dusty Dvorak' later in credit.. the standard caveat line.. 'All characters in this film are ficticious..' Cracked me up..
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Post by BarcelonaBob on Mar 20, 2004 1:02:36 GMT -5
>-(Gorf)-<[} link=board=menvb&thread=1079748312&start=6#0 date=1079762191] Of those folks only Dusty Dvorak could appear as himself as a fictional character in one of the worst volleyball movies ever made. One of the worst movies every made actually. The ending credits roll by.. 'Dusty Dvorak played by Dusty Dvorak' later in credit.. the standard caveat line.. 'All characters in this film are ficticious..' Cracked me up.. I thought the ending of the movie where Salmons and Dvorak and some other guys on the squad are backlighted in gold while they jump-block, etc. was the highlight of the movie. I could never understand what the deal was with "Catch" Vicelli eating ice cream all the time through the whole movie, until he helps the Russian girl defect out of the Soviet Union by smuggling out her paperwork in the ice cream cone. Funny stuff. The actors they hired to play the lead roles in that movie were total spazzes, except for the guy with the curly hair whose wife leaves him because he won't quit the team. That guy was somewhat athletic.
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Post by Rocky on Mar 20, 2004 1:44:48 GMT -5
I have to agree with Bookum. Trash talking is different than whining. Trash talking on the court and from the stands is a great part of the game. It is part of the enthusiasm and emotion. Whining is just whining.
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Post by socalfan on Mar 20, 2004 12:53:31 GMT -5
Barcelona Bob,
Tuyay can talk trash all night long. Other teams do take him seriously and at the end of the match he always wins the trashtalking contest.
Do you know why?
He has a "RING".
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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 20, 2004 13:42:18 GMT -5
But do they see it as legit? The NCAA doesn't, why should they?
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Post by socalfan on Mar 20, 2004 15:47:54 GMT -5
If that was the case, we haven't had champion in two years. If BYU wins this year it will be three years in a row.
Lets face it when you're dealing with foreign players. the chances are, they are some what illegal.
Last time I checked, the Fab Four from Michigan are still champions and Tuyay still has a ring.
It's not his fault, Wilton has no clue.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 20, 2004 16:12:18 GMT -5
If BYU wins this year it will be three years in a row. Lol! . Investigate um. The Warrior National Championship banner is still hanging in the SSC, right where it should be.
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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 20, 2004 17:39:16 GMT -5
So who is illegal on BYU's team babybo...I mean socal? You talk fast. This post is about trashtalking, not foreign players.
Tuyay does talk a lot. He hasn't done much in the last 2 years to back it up though. Ring or no ring, what have you done for me lately?
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Post by Eater on Mar 20, 2004 21:11:16 GMT -5
Does Tuyay still have that awful mullet? If he does, there's no possible way he can talk trash.
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