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"The more his team acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play."

 

Lindy Ruff - wrt the Hitchcock led Flyers during 2006 SC playoffs

 

"Tell Lindy to f*** off."

 

Ken Hitchcock - to the press in response

I was actually about to menition that last one. I remember watching it live and thinking "Holy ****, did he just say that?"

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The great Bull-ugh! Didn't he also say, "they took the steam right out of our sails"?

 

I loved when they were talking about the upcoming draft and specifically running backs. Napoleon McCallum was one of the best ones coming out.

 

Hank said "That Bonaparte kid from Navy is really good."

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It was actually, "It took the sails right out of our wind." Here are some other great Hank Bullough malaprops:

 

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-12/sports/sp-28412_1_hank-bullough

 

To get my quote exact. I was really close:

 

Asked to rate the 1985 college running backs, he said: "Well, you've got that Jackson kid at Auburn and that Bonaparte kid at Navy."

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Not wanting to miss his opportunity to make this thread - last weekend Adam Jones in ESPN "Antonio Brown was not hurt. I know he was faking" article said,

 

"He deserved a Grammy Award for that," he said. "I know if you just got knocked out, you ain't going to be able to wink and tell me you're OK."

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