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Originally Posted by packersowner
I am not frowning on anyone who wants to say any of the classic lines. In my experience, if a kid is a captain and has been for 2 - 3 years through the different levels, they've probably heard the same thing 60 plus times.
I'm more likely to say, "play hard and make momma proud" 
I just think we have to realize that kids and coaches look at that meeting as a check mark. Anything we can do to not be robotic is probably worth it. |
The only line I "frown upon" per se is the speaking captain nonsense. Because 95% of us forget who s/he is (along with all the other captains) five seconds after the meeting ends. And I only know of a couple officials whose personal philosophy is to only speak with the speaking captain (not surprisingly, those officials aren't very well-liked and coincidentally aren't very good).
I don't "frown upon" the other lines, but I think they're stupid.
I've actually been complimented before by coaches on how short and to-the-point my pregame is.