Goodbye to warm welcomes
I was talking to a friend the other day (yes, I do too have one) and mentioned how nice it would be if West Virginia University fans welcomed all teams as they did Connecticut.
The visitors could at least be greeted with polite applause. Mountaineer fans, I proposed, could take the lead nationwide in the lost art of sportsmanship.
To which he laughed. Loudly. And then replied thusly: riiiiight.
Hey, I muttered, it could happen. If millions bought into the idea that Jennifer Aniston would date David Schwimmer, they could buy into this.
And then, Monday, Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe held his Monday press conference. And smashed my dream like Shaquille O’Neal would a grape.
When asked what makes Mountaineer Field such a terrific venue, Kragthorpe said the following:
“It is loud; it is a stadium [in which the fans] are right on top of you. They’ve got a rabid fan base. They all have good arms. Whether they are right-handed or left-handed, they throw those batteries extremely well. They are extremely accurate with those, too. I’m going to have to have a hard hat when I come out of the locker room.
“They love football. They love football in Morgantown. It’s a 12-o’clock nooner, so they won’t be quite as tanked as they were when we were there two years ago. But, they get after it, man.”
He was just trying to have fun, of course. I have an inkling, though, the streak of warm welcomes ends at one in Morgantown.
Complete Story at- The Charleston Gazette
