'Assholes' would be a fairly offensive nicknameCornhuskers has been there the whole time, assholes.
Not to me.'Assholes' would be a fairly offensive nickname
When I coached youth basketball for a couple years, most of the practice was scrimmage. 1-on-1, 3-on-3 or full. Parents complained that it wasn't structured enough and I wasn't teaching. I tried to explain that the kids don't have the background we did at their age because their generation doesn't ever just meet up with a ball at the gym or playground for fun. Also, they weren't parents who played so they were impressed by inbounds plays and free throw percentage. I got them winning through fitness, swarming defense, and being able to beat a guy to break down a defense for a good shot (ideally at the rim). Parents ended up thinking I wasn't teaching them anything beyond having fun and playing hard while assuming their kids were more talented than they were since we were winning despite them not really being "coached."
I think the trash panda might be doing something inappropriate to those kids.
I think the trash panda might be doing something inappropriate to those kids.
Wonder how much of that is real and how much of it is wishful thinking spiraled into a "social media fact" by a bunch of people who never agreed with the change in the first place. Sounds a lot like the "I'm 1/16th XXXX tribe and it doesn't bother me and shouldn't bother you." comments.Interesting conversation with a former North Dakota football player at the DU hockey game last night. He said the Sioux tribes are lobbying to get ND to change the nickname back to the Fighting Sioux.
He said that every Sioux tribe gave authorization except one, which did not object to the Fighting Sioux name, but simply refused to respond at all. That apparently foeced them to drop the nickname since they didn't have 100% of the tribes onboard.Wonder how much of that is real and how much of it is wishful thinking spiraled into a "social media fact" by a bunch of people who never agreed with the change in the first place. Sounds a lot like the "I'm 1/16th XXXX tribe and it doesn't bother me and shouldn't bother you." comments.
I'm don't doubt your conversation, I'm going to say that based on my reading and other things I've seen the guy is full of s***.He said that every Sioux tribe gave authorization except one, which did not object to the Fighting Sioux name, but simply refused to respond at all. That apparently foeced them to drop the nickname since they didn't have 100% of the tribes onboard.
i don't know how true it is, but found it interesting.
The fans have been strongly opposed, at their hockey games you still see large amounts of Fighting Sioux apparel.Opposition to the mascot continued to grow, and in 1999 seven tribes stated their request for the abolishment of the name: Spirit Lake Nation, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton/Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Yankton Sioux Tribe, and Oglala Sioux Tribe.