Getting Heckled

Part of wearing Connecticut Gear on the road means that you will get heckled, even when you are a staff member as unimportant as me.

I never dreamt I would ever be heckled but luckily I was. I really enjoyed every moment of being heckled.

The first time it happened was at St. John's this season. I walked by their student section at half-time and they were yelling at me.

Some kid went "Hey it's a guy in UConn gear, let's boo him!!" I was booed. Thought it was cool. I didn't look at them, I just moved forward. I listened, but didn't want to provoke anyone or get myself in trouble. I put my head down and pretended to ignore them. They also called me a coward. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe they wanted me to stare them down.

The second time it happened was at Marquette. There students saw me and asked "hey are you a coach or a manager?" I totally ignored them. "Hey we know you can hear us!" I continued walking and I think they asked if I was a manager or coach again. Then they said "Either way you suck at what you do!" I thought it was awesome.

The comments were so paper thin that they neither bothered me nor motivated me.

I don't think the Notre Dame students really heckled me. They were too busy heckling our goalie. I listened to what they said and left it there. My observation of those kids, were that unlike the Marquette and St. John's students I got the feeling that the Notre Dame kids were really some of the biggest losers on campus. I don't know why I thought that. I just did. I felt as if I had turned around and told them to go "bleep.... themselves" that they would have shut up and listened. I thought if I told that to the Marquette or St. John's fans that they would have really gotten after me.