Play Angry

[Guest]

Our marketing guys need to seize the moment and run with this. Make it more well-known than HAVOC. Buy a full page ad in the LA Times this week. Flood Twitter. Tee shirts, hats, bumper stickers. All of it...this is a GREAT mantra.


#PlayAngry

[ShockerKhan]

Dickie V mentioned it tonight...and credited AC and Good News as the authors.

[GoShockers89]

I am so serious about this. This phrase is catchy as hell and its COMPLETELY OURS. Originated by Shocker LEGENDS.

Marketing people please run with it...we are building a national brand and #PlayAngry is a great publicity vehicle.

[ShockerFan87]

Just posted a tweet with #PlayAngry. I love the idea of turning #PlayAngry into our own version of #Havoc. Let's make this happen folks!

[Dave Stalwart]

#WatchUs #PlayAngry!!!!!!

[The Mad Hatter]

ESPN getting on board the #PlayAngry mantra.

Turning point(s): Wichita State, known for its hard-nosed “Play Angry” defense, showed it off in the first half, holding the Zags below 33 percent shooting while building as much as a 10-point lead on a Jake White 3-pointer with 5:01 before the break. Gonzaga inched back to within five points by halftime thanks to Elias Harris and Kelly Olynyk. Then, with 13:38 left, Zags guards Kevin Pangos and Mike Hart buried back-to-back 3s to give their team back the lead, 43-41 -- and also jump-started a 12-0 run that gave the Zags as much as an eight-point advantage.

It didn't last.

The Shockers kept battling and regained the lead with 3:29 left when Carl Hall followed teammate Ron Baker’s triple with a bucket to make it 62-61. The teams traded free throws, then Baker hit another 3 with 3:09 left to give his team a 67-63 cushion. Olynyk scored, but WSU’s Fred Van Vleet hit an improbable-looking, high-arcing trey to extend the lead to five. And on a night when it seemed like the Shockers couldn't miss, it was enough.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/81481/rapid-reaction-wichita-state-76-gonzaga-70

[1972Shocker]

What exactly is play angry? Isn't it really = MTXE?

Whatever it is let's keep doing it, but I would also like the guys to consider Playing Smart as well.

[The Mad Hatter]

What exactly is play angry? Isn't it really = MTXE?

Whatever it is let's keep doing it, but I would also like the guys to consider Playing Smart as well.

Play Angry is the phrase that Antoine Carr used when visit the team earlier this year and repeated in a text to Marshall before the tournament.

[bunck]

I am so serious about this. This phrase is catchy as hell and its COMPLETELY OURS. Originated by Shocker LEGENDS.

Marketing people please run with it...we are building a national brand and #PlayAngry is a great publicity vehicle.

I 100% agree with you, it completely fits our style of play and the meaning is obvious and is very trafficable in today's media environment.

[wu_shizzle]

Play Angry is MTXE for the "low information voter".

[Dave Stalwart]

Play Angry is the phrase that Antoine Carr used when visit the team earlier this year and repeated in a text to Marshall before the tournament.

Restoring the linkage to guys like Carr and McDaniel while garnering national attention with it feels pretty good. Feels like re-emerging :)

[forevershockerfan]

Are our beloved Shockers yet satisfied? Obviously not, which makes us play angry. Sleep well tonight Shocker fans. We are Dancing forward like MTXE angry road warriors that are supposed to keep losing, but instead we keep bustin brackets. We have indeed won our fair share of road games for the past 3 Seasons which helps when we are asked to play in Salt Lake City rather than Kansas City which is much closer to home. It does not matter when we have even Freshmen and Sophs that have ice-water in their veins. We respect all teams Dancing but we fear None!!!!!!!

[1972Shocker]

Play Angry is the phrase that Antoine Carr used when visit the team earlier this year and repeated in a text to Marshall before the tournament.

I know that. But everytime a coach or player is asked what does play angry mean the stumble around and then say, well it's not really angry so much as it is play hard and tough. In other words MTXE. It always seems awkward. I think MTXE2 would be what I would have like to see it morph into. Just sayin'. But in this day and age of sound bites anyhting that gives you positive pub and recognition is a good thing.

[GoShockers89]

I know that. But everytime a coach or player is asked what does play angry mean the stumble around and then say, well it's not really angry so much as it is play hard and tough. In other words MTXE. It always seems awkward. I think MTXE2 would be what I would have like to see it morph into. Just sayin'. But in this day and age of sound bites anyhting that gives you positive pub and recognition is a good thing.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, outside Kansas has a clue what MTXE means. A catchphrase is like a joke- it kills it if you have to explain it.

I think #PlayAngry is pretty self-explanatory. Also, MTXE2 was already used during Randy's regime.

[1979Shocker]

What exactly is play angry? Isn't it really = MTXE?

Whatever it is let's keep doing it, but I would also like the guys to consider Playing Smart as well.

Marshall said, 'We hit them before they hit us."