As I recounted some of Weis' moments from my manager days in the Brandon Newman piece, I mentioned one of my personal favorite speeches/ass-chewings that he would give out. Weis, in what he would call his "eloquent New Jersey vernacular", had two particular weapons of choice, dubbed by the managers as (now is a good time to warn everyone this post is going to have some salty language...) "getting motherfucked" or giving the "you have one fucking job to do" speech. "Getting motherfucked" ...
Penn State Scandal
Friday Roundup: The “Can’t Unsee” Edition
For today's Roundup, it's time to dig back into my manager days for another story. This one happened while I was on a locker room shift. Usually, I'd abide by the "what happens in here stays here" rule, but it's far too funny not to. If there was one thing I loved about Weis, it was that he demanded that his players respected everyone, managers included. The day prior, the locker room was apparently quite a mess. Now, we usually have to clean up a few towels on the floor and some tape in the ...
Friday Roundup: The “Please Excuse the Rant” Edition
Fair warning: the Roundup is leading with Penn State. If you are rather sick of reading about it, and I don't blame you, feel free to skip over to the Roundup links for your regular Friday programming. I've tried to keep most of the Jerry Sandusky news out of previous Roundups, save for major developments. Not because I wish to avoid the situation, but because it has just dominated the offseason news cycle and there wasn't much for me to add besides additional disgust. But then the Freeh ...