Comments on: REC RULES (#1)

By: OrangeShorts

OrangeShorts — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:34:46 +0000

Ha! Thanks Sly. I know a guy who always responds to trash talkers by calling them “sweetheart”. Apparently it just makes them worse. Makes a good story though.

By: Sly

Sly — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:48:38 +0000

First off this blog was hillarious… Rule #1 should be posted at soccer first.
secondly, i think i know of the exact guy you are talking about.. Kinda chubby, on a horrible team and like you said was extremely unprovoked…

With trash talkers I rarely respond with words, but like Jimbo slice said, its hard to keep your cool in the game when the refs call nothing and just lean against the penalty box.

My responce to anyone who talks trash or overly aggressive is to give a slight smile and a cheaky wink… With the unprovoked trash talking guy, after i gave him the wink and the smiled he called me gay for the rest of the game, and i did everything in my power make him think i really wanted him.
Needless to say it was a win-win situation, we won, and i had a blast calling him cutie the whole game.

By: Jimbo Slice

Jimbo Slice — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:07:34 +0000

As a guy who just chest-butted an opponent to the ground this week, I don’t dig the smack-talk, and I’m not going to stand around while inept referees miss the multitude of hacking calls, my achilles didn’t like the last swipe. So, when in a game, it’s hard to remember, but I agree, I should relax & enjoy.

By: OrangeShorts

OrangeShorts — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:01:18 +0000

Ah cool. That is a really intensive blog for a rec team. I kind of feel like rule #1 might be oversimplified because I think there is a way to take rec soccer seriously while keeping it in perspective.

By: hardhead

hardhead — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:21:42 +0000

Funny you should post rec rules this week…an anonymous figure from my rec league (I suspect the same league, but we’re in the lowest division) has launched a team blog as well: http://juices.monu.net/ … Despite the “serious” tone of the page, I’m sure everyone on our team would agree with your first rule.