dawgman42 said:
. . . I don't remember this level of dugout gayness back during some of our late 80's through the late 90's teams.
Winning will boost the morale. Acting out Richard Simmons-esque bowhunter at a baseball game? . . . not so much.
"dugout gayness"- LOL.
I agree with you that winning boosts morale much more than any chanting or dancing, and etc., and I'm not necessarily advocating that our players do dances and whatever else. But I do want them to show a little more emotion- a good fist pump every now and then or for them to at least look like they are having fun winning or when something good happens. I was just saying that if they did a dance or something, I would be happy to a degree because that would show me that they are at least trying to get into the game. By no means do I think that we should copy Ole Miss's dugout, but if I had choose a team to copy, it would be LSU. They really get into it emotion wise.
I think in the past we were more worried about looking "classy" that it took away from some of the joys of the game. It is possible to celebrate and not show anyone up. And if the other team thinks that we're classless, well so what?
I also agree with you about the dugout gayness being worse. It seems like every week two teams are having a dance off during a rain delay. It's not even "hey look at this!" worthy anymore.