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re: Idiots at ESPN don't know the difference between "gorilla" & "guerrilla"
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:33 am to jbgleason
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:33 am to jbgleason
At what point can we stop catering to the uneducated people that call everything racist because they're either too stupid or too uninterested in learning the meaning of words?
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Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:34 am to lsupride87
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Im done. Dont believe me, dont believe Navrotilova, etc etc.
Sorry for people posting instances of the word being used in tennis. Damn shame.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:34 am to i am dan
quote:It is even worse. The media guy that first complained, Ben Rothberg, once tweeted "Andy Murray gives a gorilla fist pump"
If you have a problem with what I just typed, then call for the firing of Peter Bodo as well, the writer of the article linked in the post. Only problem is he was referring to Agnieszka Radwanska, a white player. So we can use the term "Guerilla" to describe a white player's game but not a black person's when the mean the same thing exactly?
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:34 am to i am dan
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I think this should settle the argument. He wins. The guy is broadcasting days upon days of tennis matches. Give him a break for using a term he's apparently heard from other tennis outlets.
If you have a problem with what I just typed, then call for the firing of Peter Bodo as well, the writer of the article linked in the post. Only problem is he was referring to Agnieszka Radwanska, a white player. So we can use the term "Guerilla" to describe a white player's game but not a black person's when the mean the same thing exactly?
Game. Set. Match.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:34 am to i am dan
quote:Cool. Not a tennis term. Nor common
Sorry for people posting instances of the word being used in tennis. Damn shame.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:35 am to lsupride87
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She isnt saying anything. I wouldnt get involved in this stupid bull shite.
You piss off 50% of people by saying something one way or the other.
Yeah, I don't have any problem at all with her staying out of it.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:37 am to BBONDS25
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The term has been used before and was not uncommon in the tennis circles I was in. It described a style of play. I bet you have not heard of the cobra style forehand either. But it was all the rage on the west coast in the late 90s.
I played a lot of tennis in HS and tried out in college. I played guerrilla tennis because I wasn't all that great at it.
I always thought it to be a very common term in tennis as that is what my coaches since grade school called it when you changed a style of play in the middle of a point or match due to being outmatched by your opponent.
For example, in the middle of a point trying to sneak in a drop shot after hammering away forehands and backhands for a bit. But more importantly, sneaking in a shot that would allow you to approach the net for a slam that your opponent is not expecting.
Anyway, just my $.02. I've been hearing this term since the mid-80s.
I hope this guy takes ESPN to the cleaners.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:38 am to lsupride87
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It is even worse. The media guy that first complained, Ben Rothberg, once tweeted "Andy Murray gives a gorilla fist pump"
We are definitely living through a circus of social bullshite..
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:41 am to lsupride87
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Cool. Not a tennis term. Nor common
You are really stuck on the "common" argument, dude.
Let's move away from that. A few instances have been posted of it being used in a large national ad and tennis articles.
I'm sure there are many other instances of broadcasters using uncommon metaphors in all sports.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:41 am to Huey Lewis
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How ****rdly.
****rdly. I just wanted to see if spelling this word right still got it censored.
eta...thats pathetic. we now censor words that sound like other words.
This post was edited on 2/15/17 at 10:42 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:42 am to EZE Tiger Fan
quote:Sounds like we were around the same level.
I played a lot of tennis in HS and tried out in college. I played guerrilla tennis because I wasn't all that great at it.
Hit it deep to their backhand and go to the net. Easy, winning formula in high school. I won most of my matches in high school that way against dudes who were probably all better than me.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:42 am to lsupride87
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Awesome. It still isnt common at all.
I think you're harping on the word common. It's clearly been used before in tennis and the word guerrilla is used to describe an aggressive, charging maneuver.
Hell, no one else on TV says "string music" but Joe Dean says it incessantly.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:44 am to MontyFranklyn
quote:My 44 make sure all your kids don't grow.
Same. That being said: frick Venus, frick Serena, frick the Williams sisters as a staff and a record label and a motherfrickin' crew, and if you're down with them frick you too. Chino XL frick you too. (get money)
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:45 am to shel311
quote:Being able to walk and chew gum is a winning formula in 50% of high school tennis matches
Easy, winning formula in high school
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:47 am to shel311
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Hit it deep to their backhand and go to the net. Easy, winning formula in high school. I won most of my matches in high school that way against dudes who were probably all better than me.
Bingo. Or slice the crap out of it to make them come up and volley over on a full speed run, that way they would have a hard time coming back to their original spot once you returned their inevitable lob over the net, or you approach at the same time and slam said lob.
I'm not saying the term was "common", I'm just saying I've heard it since the 80's. LOL. And one of the best players on my team was black, and I know for a fact my coach wasn't a racist...
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:48 am to Darth_Vader
He a racist and a homophone!!!!
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:48 am to EZE Tiger Fan
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I hope this guy takes ESPN to the cleaners.
They fired him once the public trashed/crucified him, not right after the broadcast. It doesn't matter to ESPN what he meant, just that this ridiculous public outcry could impact their business.
I feel terrible for the guy, but I don't blame ESPN for their actions.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:50 am to papasmurf1269
Better quit fricking around before have a heartattack, a seizure or something.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:53 am to EZE Tiger Fan
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Hit it deep to their backhand and go to the net. Easy, winning formula in high school. I won most of my matches in high school that way against dudes who were probably all better than me.
Bingo. Or slice the crap out of it to make them come up and volley over on a full speed run, that way they would have a hard time coming back to their original spot once you returned their inevitable lob over the net, or you approach at the same time and slam said lob.
God yall sound like high school tennis.
I'm with lsupride on this. I've played tennis as much as anyone on here, minus him, and I've never heard this term in my life. It may have been used a few times by random people but it is in no way a common tennis term. Not even in the tennis dictionary, if there was one
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:55 am to GenesChin
quote:It's fair to blame them for not standing up for what they believe or for what is right due to public pressure.
I feel terrible for the guy, but I don't blame ESPN for their actions.
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