Two football questions

by jeager on Nov 9, 2007 7:42 AM PST

Unrelated, but I've been wondering about both:

Who is Mike Holmgren talking to, er, screaming at on his headset? It's my understanding that he sends the play in to Beck that way. One can see MH holding the play card to his face when he is apparently doing that. But then after a play screws up, see, e.g., all third-and-fourth-and-longs this season, he appears to continue to communicate with someone via the headset. Is that Beck, or someone upstairs? I understand this may not be knowable to mere citizens such as us.
What is the purpose of the little elbow bands that football players wear all the time these days? You know, the thin thingies that encircle the arm just above the elbow? Seems like they are not well-positioned or designed to protect the elbows from turf burn, etc. Yet many, many players wear them. What's the deal?

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OT: but something that always throws me

is when people put MH for Mike Holmgren. But also:

MH = Matt Hasselbeck

I always have to go back and re-read the sentence to see who is actually being talked about.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 9, 2007 8:13 AM PST reply actions

Good point

Especially confusing in a post that refers to both MHs. Thanks.

by jeager on Nov 9, 2007 8:33 AM PST up reply actions

The arm band is just a sweat band

that is a fashion statement

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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 9, 2007 8:52 AM PST reply actions

That's stupid.

I was fearing that would be the case. I prefer the old-fashioned fuzzy wrist sweat bands, personally.

by jeager on Nov 9, 2007 10:21 AM PST up reply actions

Its let guys like Peterson

show up there mammoth arms

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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 9, 2007 10:33 AM PST up reply actions

I agree.

I don't think they look stupid, necessarily. To me they just look uncomfortable...like they'd cut off the circulation to the lower arms.

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 9, 2007 10:36 AM PST up reply actions

I don't think they look stupid,

per se, I just think it's silly to expend effort on something serving aesthitic purposes only. Also, I had assumed that there was some non-aesthetic purpose because so many players are wearing them.

My girlfriend (who spends more time watching Ducks and Seahawks than she would like) postulated that the bands were for looks only. I told her I didn't think that was the case, for the aforementioned reasons.

I agree it looks like they would cut off circulation.

JP does need those arm band thingies to show off his muscly manliness.

by jeager on Nov 9, 2007 11:36 AM PST reply actions