Cliché update

[Vigour]

Big Footy users and visitors will be well aware of the importance of cliché usage in sports writing, interviewing and commentating.

Of course, mere metaphor use (“he’s on fire”; “the ox is slow but the earth is patient”, etc.) is pretty much old school these days, though anyone needing a refresher could usefully consider this extract from the Colbert report:

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=85568

(runs 8 mins, so save it until later, well worth it)

But the use of applied clichés by coaches is an emerging art form, consider:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9

My current favourite is “… not far away”.

This is increasingly beloved of coaches as a generic answer, eg “X is not far away” when explaining X’s abysmal form/ career threatening injury/ unexplained absence from training.

And it has the advantage that it’s equally useful re the team, eg “we’re not far away” being a common answer when a journo has the temerity to query why the team lost by 10+ goals etc.

Even better, besides being inherently ambiguous and so plausibly deniable later, it can be used in combination with other clichés, eg “we’re not far away, we just need to get our A graders on the park and [stick to our game plan]/ [follow the process through]/ [anybody can beat anybody on a given day] " (insert your choice).

Please feel free to offer some more?

Personally, I think we should give an award for the coach or CEO who can give an entire press conference in cliché form!

 

[footycliche]

Mr John Casey takes the cake as far as commentating goes....
Watch out for the following every time someone kicks a goal:
"...gets the job done"
"...makes no mistake"

As far as coaches go, Dean Bailey has already begun in style with his massive overuse of the word "competitive". He used it 6 times in his first answer from last weekend's pressa v Geelong.

 

[Vigour]

Mr John Casey takes the cake as far as commentating goes....
Watch out for the following every time someone kicks a goal:
"...gets the job done"
"...makes no mistake"

As far as coaches go, Dean Bailey has already begun in style with his massive overuse of the word "competitive". He used it 6 times in his first answer from last weekend's pressa v Geelong.

hmmm..... I can see from your name that you're a student of the artform!

Dennis Cometti of course excells: "centimeter perfect" etc. but often he just does it ironically.

 

[Ricketts]

Is this the Nick Riewoldt thread?
It's fairly cringeworthy watching him do media, trying to cough and splutter his way through as many cliches as possible.

 

[Chase the Ace]

".............. in the end"

 

[Jabso]

Mr John Casey takes the cake as far as commentating goes....
Watch out for the following every time someone kicks a goal:
"...gets the job done"
"...makes no mistake"

Other Caseyisms:

"He's kicked X goals in his last X games"
"He's kicked at least X goals in his last X games"
He is obsessed with how many goals they've kicked even if it's someone like Ben Johnson kicking 2 goals in the last 3 games.
In his early footy calling career on Fox Sports he used to say the players full name all the time. In one game I think he went a whole quarter without failing to say the players whole name.

 

[ozasismick]

Other Caseyisms:

"He's kicked X goals in his last X games"
"He's kicked at least X goals in his last X games"
He is obsessed with how many goals they've kicked even if it's someone like Ben Johnson kicking 2 goals in the last 3 games.
In his early footy calling career on Fox Sports he used to say the players full name all the time. In one game I think he went a whole quarter without failing to say the players whole name.

Agree...

Further to that, I think I read (probably on here), there is a drinking game based on his common cliches when he commentates the basketball.

 

[fraser25]

"..... kicks it to the hotspot"

- Casey

 

[CaptainDavey]

"Look, at the end of the day..."

 

[Chase the Ace]

Fortuitous

- Tim Lane

 

[Jabso]

Tim Lane
"Wayne Harmes pocket"
"that was out of bounds just like that fatefull grand final" (always brings it up)

Kevin Bartlett
"Killer dealer"
"gee wizz"
"Dancing on a dollar"
"Pulls a rabbit out of the hat" when he gets very excited "Now you see it, now you don't"

 

[MF]

"Moving forward"

 

[wata]

"Fat Side" I hate it... I've haveto explain what it means to 5 year old and they never understand my defination.....because I still don't understand!

 

[Nezzar]

Obviously the correct answer to this thread is obvious...

 

[Hollow Knight]

A "telling" kick.

 

[Too_many_talls]

One Mr D. Frawley is particulary fond of:

"[Insert Player X] really needs to cool his jets at the moment"

I wish he'd cool his jets and just shup the hell up.

 

[Vigour]

Buckley tonight: "they've got a 'Plan B' " & "they try to tempo the ball".

right.

 

[the plan]

By far the most annoying for me is:

"Where we're at."

Other variations:

"They'll find out where they're at."
"Where are [insert club] at?"
"Now we know where we're at."

 

[Vegas.]

'Run and (____ING) carry.'

 

[Vigour]

Chip Le Grand article in today's Oz on this topic, see:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23525348-5013406,00.html

the hard copy is better, as it has a whole list of the various phrases as well as the article, quite entertaining reading!

 

[legitimatic]

North Freo are shite!!!

 

[Vigour]

North Freo are shite!!!

get over to bay 13 if that's the best you can do, drongo!