Bootsie, Anyone?

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | December 5th, 2002 | By Dan Daly

[DCPatriot]

Ah, for the simplicity of less civil times. Ah, for the Bootsie play.

Actually, the Bootsie was only one name for it. It was also known, depending on the team you were playing for, as the Dead Dog, 99-Suicide, Socko, Snakebite, The Law, 48-Undertaker and Say Goodbye to the Wife and Kids, according to one of its practitioners. What it amounted to was this: The offense snapped the ball

[DCPatriot]

One reason for the lack of instant retaliation is that players don't want to have their high-dollar contracts confiscated by the court system. As Shakespeare suggested, "First....kill all the lawyers".

And IMO, this is shrapnel from the Liberal attacks on the military and Boy Scouts....and playing little league soccer matches while not keeping score.

For their self-esteem, of course.

[rockfish59]

Hell, they let baseball players throw bean balls and fight, don't they?

[martin_fierro]

I didn't see the hit in question, but IMO Sapp's statements to the press have been really distasteful.

[jz638]

I didn't think Sapp's hit was dirty, he was doing what he was paid for. That's just about the only nice thing I'll say about him though.

Sapp celebrating the play was unnecessary. Sapp threatening to fight an opposing coach half his size and twice his age is shameful. Sapp refusing to apologize or temper his remarks is unsportsmanlike... and Sapp admitting on national TV that he hasn't called, sent flowers, or visited the man he put into the hospital, because he "didn't do anything wrong" is a disgrace to football.

[GoreIsLove]

mean machine. mean machine.

[NOJO Rugger]

Football is not what is used to be, and is one of the reasons I play Rugby, a hooligans game payed by gentleman. One thing for sure, an incident such as Sappp executed may not have been immediatley retaliated in a Rugby match, but, boy would he ever be sorry he did that. Sapp would get what is called "the boots". This is when you take your 5/8ths alluminum studed boot and drag it across his shoulder to his waist, very humbling. Football is crap; I whish they would show more of the "elegant violence" on tv.

[bigfootbob]

This is football folks, not ballet. Coach Sherman PURPOSELY went to the the Tampa side of the field and searched out Warren Sapp. Coach Sherman was the antagonist. It was a motivational ploy. Like a basketball coach getting himself ejected over a bad call by the ref. It worked, stock in both teams are on the rise. The more drivel these silly girly boy sports writers produce the more interest is generated.

[Revolting cat!]

Here I are!

[rockfish59]

Hooligans?

[rockfish59]

It should be, 'Here I is!'

(But he was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the article!) =0)

[bootless]

Hey, I thought someone was trying to pull me out of the woodwork!

-- bootless

[jz638]

I think Coach Sherman was thinking more of Warren Sapp on the jumboTron celebrating and Chad Clifton lying motionless on the turf than motivating the team. Every time I see Warren Sapp dance after a meaningless two yard loss or any other player spike the ball and strut after a first down I miss players like Barry Sanders (who never celebrated a touchdown) a little more.

[CheezyD]

Sapp is an over-rated, gutless blowhard. The hit on Chad Clifton was technically within the rules but was a cowardly and senseless act. And the celebration afterwards has no place in football. Sherman was right to tell Sapp the play was chicken****. It's unfortunate the Packer players didn't do something about it at the time. But, what is done is done. Sapp better get rubber injections in his knees before these teams meet again.

[bigfootbob]

I'll agree this point, there are to many celebrations. It's silly when a team is down by several scores and a good play or hit is made and they act like some conquering hero. However, when a coach trotts his a$$ across the field at the end of the game to excoriate a player instead of shaking the oppositions coach's hand, it's a character flaw and shows poor leadership.

[B-Chan]

Heh! Bootsy Collins. That's what I thought this thread was about, too...

[DCPatriot]

The point is that NFL history, as in ML Baseball today, when one of yours is the victim of a deliblerate act of violence, then you immediately retaliate.

IMO, the players today aren't very intelligent about their sport in a broad sense.

I can still see the moronic Redskin quarterback, calling his 2nd timeout early in the 2nd half, while on their own 2 yard line...because the 30 second clock was ready to expire.

The penalty would have been half the distance to the goal line....or about 1 yard.

He immediately proceeded to throw an interception inside the 5 yard line. Game lost.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

You SO beat me to it. : )

[Revolting cat!]

Shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake,
Shake your Bootsie!
Shake your Bootsie!

[eddie willers]

They had waited almost two years for the play, and then whack! whack! whack!

LOL!
"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

[Unknown Freeper]

I just knew this was going to be a Bootsy Collins going into the wayback machine thread. Oh, well. Blue light bump.