Adjective SURVIVOR! Season Two: Jim Burr Edition
It's been two days since Jim Nantz tommy-gunned us with fifteen dog references in the waning moments of UConn's triumph over the Butlers of Butler in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. We've had a little more than forty-eight hours to reflect on the season that was -- to cherish the good, to blot out the bad, to drink the last of our Blue Moons purchased in anticipation of Marquette's Tourney game vs. Syracuse. We've seen the final figures dismount the coaching carousel -- and let us be the first to start this rumor: Buzz to ESPN to replace Mark Gottfried -- and scoured the message boards for info on incoming recruits.
You don't have to say it: I'm bored as hell, too.
So, if it's Thursday, and it's the offseason, we've got one thing to do: ASSEMBLE THE TRIBES.
In case you weren't with us last year, your primer on how we roll with Adjective SURVIVOR! follows:
We start with a person, or team, or referee, or noun. We'll give you a list of ten adjectives that (arguably) describe that person, or team, or referee, or noun. Each Thursday, we'll vote one of those descriptors off the island, until we arrive at the preferred adjective for said person / team / ref / noun. Henceforth, any reference to person / team / ref / noun on Anonymous Eagle will be preceded by that adjective.
Confused? Here's what we did last year. Our target was former Marquette coach Tom Crean. We provided ten adjectives to describe The Tan One -- such as Napoleonic, Reptilian, and Over-Caffeinated -- and, each week, we voted for our least favorite until we arrived at the chosen adjective. In Crean's case, that ended up being "Smarmy." Thus, every time we've referred to His Pock-Markedness on the blog since then, it's been: "Smarmy Tom Crean."
Got it? Good.
Our first target for Season Two of Adjective SURVIVOR! is your favorite official and mine, Jim Burr. I've got plenty of adjectives in mind to describe Mr. Burr (and "Drunken Hobbit" is high atop that list, lemme tell ya), but in the interest of not stifling creative ideas right out of the chute, I open the floor to you, dear readers.
Your suggestions in the comments, please. We start the voting next week.
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I knew you'd come through.
I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.
Who let Florida borrow the thesaurus?
Restoring carousel. Come help.
by Brewtown Andy on Apr 7, 2011 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
I use shambolic in my daily vocabulary
USF basketball was shambolic this season. More people should use it.
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Speaking of a thesaurus
I ran “incompetent” through thesaurus.com to find a more interesting adjective to suggest. The entry for incompetent included this note:
incompetent means not qualified or showing lack of skill or aptitude; incontinent means lacking control over urination and defecation
So take that for what you will.
Restoring carousel. Come help.
This doesn't really fit here, but it made me laugh, anyway:
DJO, college basketball analyst, from his Twitter account:
I think Mark Gottfried is the best thing to happen to NC State since Sendek
I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.
Yep.
“the best thing to happen since the coach we ran out to get the coach we just fired.”
Restoring carousel. Come help.
by Brewtown Andy on Apr 7, 2011 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Bristol should be calling Darius soon.
I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.
Makes sense.
Top scorer on the preseason #12 team in the country.
Restoring carousel. Come help.
by Brewtown Andy on Apr 7, 2011 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
What about turgid?
Thoughts on turgid?
I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.
bacchanalian, bibulous?
though those might be better for Higgins.
by The Freshman Mistake on Apr 7, 2011 11:38 AM CDT reply actions
Decrepit
2. Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
We all have to chase one rabbit. If we try to chase two rabbits we won't catch either of 'em.
Callous
hardened; insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic; an ugly patch of skin.
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Smarmy
Hey, it worked for the last guy.
We all have to chase one rabbit. If we try to chase two rabbits we won't catch either of 'em.
Jet-lagged
"When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!"
- Al McGuire
www.anonymouseagle.com
Decrepit
"When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!"
- Al McGuire
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Impressively-gunted?
I use that one too often, I think.
I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.
Jabba the Burr
I hope Kotsay gets hit by a dump truck and slips into a coma where he is stuck forever in Baseball purgatory having to bat against a three-headed, six-armed Lefty Hydra consisting of Billy Wagner, Damaso Marte, and Randy Johnson. - Shoeless In SC
It's like trying to sneak the sun past the rooster. - Hawk Harrelson
Winded
We all have to chase one rabbit. If we try to chase two rabbits we won't catch either of 'em.
Senile
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
by Little Miss Trouble on Apr 8, 2011 7:45 PM CDT reply actions

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