Messwood Draws Whitefish Bay in WIAA Playoffs

Nuitari October 13, 2012 at 11:30 pm

I hope WFB wins. God likes winners.

Debra Schwinn October 14, 2012 at 11:13 am

Good luck to the Messwood team in the play offs. You boys have worked so hard and had an amazing season, We are so proud of all you and your coaches have accomplished these past two years. Don't listen to the haters, you all rock.

Bob McBride October 14, 2012 at 12:14 pm

Agreed. And remember, it's not whether you win or lose, it's the degree to which your helmet insignia is unoffensive to those watching you win or lose - which, again, really doesn't matter. Just have fun, don't get hurt, don't hurt anyone (physically or emotionally), play fair, play courteous, give the lesser players a break once in awhile, not too much aggression...well...you get the picture. We'd really rather you were in debate club or on the chess team or participating in a non-competitive affirmative reinforcement circle - but those really aren't great revenue generators.
Oh, and you kids from Messmer - keep the Catholic crap to yourselves, please. That is all.

Debra Schwinn October 14, 2012 at 12:41 pm

Bob, your dislike of the adults in this community does not justify being rude to any of the players on this team, no matter what school they are from.

Bob McBride October 14, 2012 at 01:29 pm

Debra, I'm fairly confident the players have the ability to read what I posted above and take it in the spirit it was intended (assuming anyone that age even bothers with Patch). Certainly it's no more harmful to them than the idiotic controversy over the helmet insignia.

Mike October 14, 2012 at 05:00 pm

Bob, it is really interesting what you project on to the populace of Shorewood: your own bigoted hypocrisy. Good luck with that.

Bob McBride October 14, 2012 at 05:29 pm

How do I do that, Mike? Care to be specific? Or did that just sound good to you?

Mike October 14, 2012 at 05:41 pm

Bigoted: you strove to characterize a population this way:"Just have fun, don't get hurt, don't hurt anyone (physically or emotionally), play fair, play courteous, give the lesser players a break once in awhile, not too much aggression...well...you get the picture. We'd really rather you were in debate club or on the chess team or participating in a non-competitive affirmative reinforcement circle - but those really aren't great revenue generators.
Oh, and you kids from Messmer - keep the Catholic crap to yourselves, please." Hypocritical: You did so in the passive aggressive, indirect, non-confrontational way that you did.

Bob McBride October 14, 2012 at 05:58 pm

And how is that hypocritical, Mike?
Hypocritical is people from Shorewood constantly referring to the community as "diverse", having no problem with taking money from a Catholic organization in order to help support the team, but refusing to let them use their school insignia in conjunction with the Shorewood emblem on a helmet because it includes a cross. Now if you'd like me to expand further on that and you don't mind a little topic drift, we can explore the recent 10th District election and yet another example of the hypocritical nature of Shorewoodians referring to their community as "diverse" and what they do when given a chance to prove just how "diverse" they truly are. Your "bigoted" remark is just nonsense, Mike. Do I think everyone in the village thinks like that? Certainly not. Do a significant number? If I'm to go by some of the comments I see here from time to time from residents regarding expenditures for sports activities and their preferred focus for those funds, it's quite possible.

Mike October 14, 2012 at 06:10 pm

Your words stand, Bob. Don't bother trying to walk them back.

Bob McBride October 14, 2012 at 06:14 pm

I'm not in the least, Mike. I stand by all of them. Including the ones you're apparently unwilling to respond to.

Bay Bill October 14, 2012 at 06:40 pm

I'll admit I'm biased and have a kid in a school that Messwood beat up on - and my beef is with the coaches, not the kids. However, Messwood's playoff fever (stickers included) ends at WFB. Messwood has 1300+ students to field a team. The student population of the entire rest of their conference schools, combined, has 1800+ students. Woo-hoo they're 6-1. Maybe the wildly successful Messwood team should step back into a D1 or D2 conference where they belong and see whether they need playoff stickers? See ya in the Bay on Friday.

Lyle Ruble October 14, 2012 at 07:53 pm

@Bay Bill...There's no bias between the kids and most of the parents between Shorewood and WFB. Unless its changed since my kids went to SHS, half their friends lived in the Bay. They also had friends at Nicolet and Homestead. You're making something out of nothing. Let the kids have fun. Both teams have won their places. The coop team between Messmer and Shorewood had a lot of years of being at the bottom and now their at the top you want to spoil it.

The Donny Show October 15, 2012 at 01:12 pm

The Donny Show Early Lines:
Whitefish Bay -27.5 -110 Over/Under: 44.5 -110 First Half: Whitefish Bay -15.5 -110 Props: Team to Score First: Whitefish Bay -275 Taylor Dennis TD Passes: 2 -115 Jonathan Carson catches: 5 -125 Coexist Stickers Seen: 28 -110 Anti-Catholic Comments: 213 -115 Shorewood Fans who think they are above the Messmer Fans: 84 -110 Lines will be updated as action occurs.

Honey Badger October 15, 2012 at 01:20 pm

It's a football game. Let the kids enjoy the win and stop using this as a forum to spew your political views.

Bob McBride October 15, 2012 at 01:45 pm

Too bad someone didn't suggest the same at the School Board meeting where they used a helmet insignia for the same purposes.

The Donny Show October 15, 2012 at 02:55 pm

Why cant we all just get along?

Chadwick October 19, 2012 at 06:37 pm

The first comment, god likes winners? Please tell me that's just weak humor and not an actual, genuine thought.