(above) Boone Baseball Jersey only $19.99. Order with "Expedited Shipping" to arrive before CC series. Lets "Bring Back Boone" on Halloween Night at Magness Arena
It must be terrible for people like Coombe to wake up one morning and realize that the vast majority of people you know don't like you and don't respect you.
Ironic as it is, my word verification for this post is "ingrates."
I'm sooo glad the store is back up! I was trying to order a hoodie and then it was taken down, and I was extremely upset. My hoodie has now finally been ordered.
beginsarcasm: WOW ... Boonetown homeboy really "sticks it to the man" with his "Fark Coombes" T-shirt? endsarcasm:
Seriously, if you have ANY balls at all then sell a FUCK COOMBES T-shirt.
DG: As I said before you are to be commended for your efforts on behalf of this issue. You've rallied the troops nicely. But allow me to express something that few people seem to see ... (and I've followed this issue closely).
The Boone mascot is HOKEY. It is CHEESY. It is just DORKY. Ok ok ... the jelly donut sucks too no doubt. But replacing that weird logo/mascot with some tired old half-assed Disney crap isn't a step forward.
I don't have a good solution to suggest. Maybe the school should allow the students to change the nickname of the school. I know everyone is wedded to Pioneers but just imagine ... maybe you guys could end up with something cool like ... um ... BananaSlugs! They have really large penises.
It seems that you are at a political dead end. Nothing anyone says here or within the community is likely to change the status quo. When groups find themselves at such a political dead end there are two additional steps on the spectrum available to them.
1. Boycotts I would think a boycott would get peoples attention. I know oftentimes Magness is half-empty so it shouldn't be too hard to convince the 3500 folks that actually show up to not show up. In one sense doing so could be considered cutting off one's nose to spite the face, and it necessarily wouldn't be a good thing for the team. But if you believe passionately that Boone should be the logo then DONT FUCKING GO TO THE GAMES.
2. Terrorism It is the last option for those who are completely shutoff (disenfranchised) from the political process.
I could be wrong about the ongoing efforts effectiveness but to me it really sounds like an effort to boycott all the sports events is the next step.
"Can't" -- um ... the fine folks at the website won't allow it?
With that being the case then it isn't a matter of "can't". It's a matter of "won't". You chose to market these items via that particular website. If you had any intent other than to try to cash in on this issue with the least possible risk to you then you'd find a local t-shirt company; buy the shirts and have them printed.
First of all, I am not cashing in on this - the DU Club Hockey team is. They only get $1 per item sold so they are really "cashing in" with the $25 they have coming their way. Secondly, I do not have the time or the capital to put up front to go print t-shirts and then stand around and sell them...I can barely make it to the games on time after work.
I don't see why you care so much, especially since you call this mascot hokey - which a majority of students and alumni disagree with.
We'll leave the boycotts and terrorism to the "other side." Everyone who supports Boone, loves DU and wants to see "school spirit" as a major component of the "DU Experience."
It may look from the outside that the "Bring Back Boone" Movement is not working, but I can assure you that is working beyond our wildest dreams. DU is a small private school and there has never been a reaction to a decision like this in the history of the school.
Boone may look "Hokey" to an outsider, but that little cartoon has galvanized the DU community. Maybe the cartoon needs updating, but it has tremendous potential.
It turns out that the "Boone Opposition" for a lack of a better term is just a paper tiger. Kind of like the CC hockey program.
We are winning this battle, we're going to win this fight and Boone in one form or another will be the official DU mascot once again. You can bet on it.
You'll know we've won when Boone is painted on the center ice face-off circle at Magness.
DG: While I certainly don't "get" the appeal, I'm hopeful you're successful because Boone is a much easier target for my derision and abuse.
matt: Good on ya for not being some greedy little bitch trying to cash in on an issue. As to not having the "capital" ... that's a funny one. With tuition at UofD running around 40K per year ... all that 95% of the students at that place have to do is call Mommy and Daddy for a little cash.
My reasons for caring are many and varied; best not to try to understand them.
tt: Ouch. I don't think I can ever comment anywhere on the hockey internet ever again! Why oh why did you have to expose the long history of Seawolf futility which is obviously directly connected to the worth of my opinions. Congrats on destroying me. Wow. I bet you go to some really expensive rich kid school huh?
It's the birthday of the frontiersman Daniel Boone, born on this day in 1734 near Reading, Pennsylvania. When he was young, his family moved to North Carolina, where Daniel loved to hunt in the forest. He educated himself by taking books with him on his hunting trips. He went on long hunting and exploring expeditions, and he crossed the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.
Even during his lifetime, Boone was a figure of legend. He was captured by Indians, and he lived with them as an adopted son before he escaped. That made a great story back East. Daniel Boone was a man of few words, so his biographers took free rein and invented long, eloquent speeches for him. They also embellished the facts — these biographies have Boone wrestling with bears or swinging away from Indians on vines. They made Boone the first American frontier hero.
In the epic poem Don Juan (1819–24), Lord Byron wrote about Daniel Boone:
Of the great names which in our faces stare, The General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where; For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoyed the lonely vigorous, harmless days Of his old age in wilds of deepest maze.
Around the same time, James Fenimore Cooper wrote his Leatherstocking Tales, including The Last of the Mohicans (1826), and Cooper used Daniel Boone as a model for his frontier hero, Natty Bumppo. Copied from the Writer's Almanac of November 2, 2008 Note the revisionist histroybeing taught at DU. Portraying Boone as a Indian killer, etc.
(above) Boone Baseball Jersey only $19.99. Order with "Expedited Shipping" to arrive before CC series. Lets "Bring Back Boone" on Halloween Night at Magness Arena
16 comments:
It must be terrible for people like Coombe to wake up one morning and realize that the vast majority of people you know don't like you and don't respect you.
Ironic as it is, my word verification for this post is "ingrates."
I'll like him just fine, IF he retracts his letter and listens to the masses.
For a ginger, you make a good point, orange hat!
pwned.
FUCC COOMBE
BRING BACK BOONE
I'm sooo glad the store is back up! I was trying to order a hoodie and then it was taken down, and I was extremely upset. My hoodie has now finally been ordered.
COOMBE SUCKS!
BRING BACK BOONE!!
DU Class of '09!!
I received my Boonetown baseball jersey yesterday. Looks good.
Thanks guys for setting up the site.
beginsarcasm:
WOW ... Boonetown homeboy really "sticks it to the man" with his "Fark Coombes" T-shirt?
endsarcasm:
Seriously, if you have ANY balls at all then sell a FUCK COOMBES T-shirt.
DG:
As I said before you are to be commended for your efforts on behalf of this issue. You've rallied the troops nicely. But allow me to express something that few people seem to see ... (and I've followed this issue closely).
The Boone mascot is HOKEY. It is CHEESY. It is just DORKY. Ok ok ... the jelly donut sucks too no doubt. But replacing that weird logo/mascot with some tired old half-assed Disney crap isn't a step forward.
I don't have a good solution to suggest. Maybe the school should allow the students to change the nickname of the school. I know everyone is wedded to Pioneers but just imagine ... maybe you guys could end up with something cool like ... um ... BananaSlugs! They have really large penises.
It seems that you are at a political dead end. Nothing anyone says here or within the community is likely to change the status quo. When groups find themselves at such a political dead end there are two additional steps on the spectrum available to them.
1. Boycotts
I would think a boycott would get peoples attention. I know oftentimes Magness is half-empty so it shouldn't be too hard to convince the 3500 folks that actually show up to not show up. In one sense doing so could be considered cutting off one's nose to spite the face, and it necessarily wouldn't be a good thing for the team. But if you believe passionately that Boone should be the logo then DONT FUCKING GO TO THE GAMES.
2. Terrorism
It is the last option for those who are completely shutoff (disenfranchised) from the political process.
I could be wrong about the ongoing efforts effectiveness but to me it really sounds like an effort to boycott all the sports events is the next step.
Umm, if you actually knew what you were talking about you would know why I can't use the word Fuck.
"Can't" -- um ... the fine folks at the website won't allow it?
With that being the case then it isn't a matter of "can't". It's a matter of "won't". You chose to market these items via that particular website. If you had any intent other than to try to cash in on this issue with the least possible risk to you then you'd find a local t-shirt company; buy the shirts and have them printed.
It's all about WON'T ... not can't.
First of all, I am not cashing in on this - the DU Club Hockey team is. They only get $1 per item sold so they are really "cashing in" with the $25 they have coming their way. Secondly, I do not have the time or the capital to put up front to go print t-shirts and then stand around and sell them...I can barely make it to the games on time after work.
I don't see why you care so much, especially since you call this mascot hokey - which a majority of students and alumni disagree with.
Donald,
We'll leave the boycotts and terrorism to the "other side." Everyone who supports Boone, loves DU and wants to see "school spirit" as a major component of the "DU Experience."
It may look from the outside that the "Bring Back Boone" Movement is not working, but I can assure you that is working beyond our wildest dreams. DU is a small private school and there has never been a reaction to a decision like this in the history of the school.
Boone may look "Hokey" to an outsider, but that little cartoon has galvanized the DU community. Maybe the cartoon needs updating, but it has tremendous potential.
It turns out that the "Boone Opposition" for a lack of a better term is just a paper tiger. Kind of like the CC hockey program.
We are winning this battle, we're going to win this fight and Boone in one form or another will be the official DU mascot once again. You can bet on it.
You'll know we've won when Boone is painted on the center ice face-off circle at Magness.
Your comments are as good as the Ocean Puppies, Donald.
::yawn::
DG:
While I certainly don't "get" the appeal, I'm hopeful you're successful because Boone is a much easier target for my derision and abuse.
matt:
Good on ya for not being some greedy little bitch trying to cash in on an issue. As to not having the "capital" ... that's a funny one. With tuition at UofD running around 40K per year ... all that 95% of the students at that place have to do is call Mommy and Daddy for a little cash.
My reasons for caring are many and varied; best not to try to understand them.
tt:
Ouch. I don't think I can ever comment anywhere on the hockey internet ever again! Why oh why did you have to expose the long history of Seawolf futility which is obviously directly connected to the worth of my opinions. Congrats on destroying me. Wow. I bet you go to some really expensive rich kid school huh?
I love reading your ignorance, Donald. Keep it coming. The world needs a clown.
I hope all your furious typing is keeping you warm.
It's the birthday of the frontiersman Daniel Boone, born on this day in 1734 near Reading, Pennsylvania. When he was young, his family moved to North Carolina, where Daniel loved to hunt in the forest. He educated himself by taking books with him on his hunting trips. He went on long hunting and exploring expeditions, and he crossed the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.
Even during his lifetime, Boone was a figure of legend. He was captured by Indians, and he lived with them as an adopted son before he escaped. That made a great story back East. Daniel Boone was a man of few words, so his biographers took free rein and invented long, eloquent speeches for him. They also embellished the facts — these biographies have Boone wrestling with bears or swinging away from Indians on vines. They made Boone the first American frontier hero.
In the epic poem Don Juan (1819–24), Lord Byron wrote about Daniel Boone:
Of the great names which in our faces stare,
The General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky,
Was happiest amongst mortals any where;
For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he
Enjoyed the lonely vigorous, harmless days
Of his old age in wilds of deepest maze.
Around the same time, James Fenimore Cooper wrote his Leatherstocking Tales, including The Last of the Mohicans (1826), and Cooper used Daniel Boone as a model for his frontier hero, Natty Bumppo.
Copied from the Writer's Almanac of November 2, 2008
Note the revisionist histroybeing taught at DU. Portraying Boone as a Indian killer, etc.
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