Just wondering, have any of you ever bought (or received from a loved one) a gift from the school that you coach at? Sweatshirt, coaching polo, pen, lanyard, underwear, etc.?

I saw a Suffolk Rams hoodie in Giant Tiger up here in Canada. I coached Suffolk for 20 seasons in HD and just had to buy the hoodie (also on sale for 10 bucks Canadian, which is about 2.50 American). It's going to my Mom who always asks me how my HD team is doing lol.

Anyway, any of you have "fans" like your Mom or wife (or husband or children) that love following your HD team and ever buy them faux-gear from your "school"? Or have any of them ever bought you apparel from the school you coach? 

There are stories from years ago of people who play HD - not me - wearing a sweatshirt from the school and having someone ask - did you go there?  No, I coach the basketball team.  really, cool!  Well actually its the imaginary basketball team.....err.....

Posted by salag on 12/15/2013 2:53:00 PM (view original):
Just wondering, have any of you ever bought (or received from a loved one) a gift from the school that you coach at? Sweatshirt, coaching polo, pen, lanyard, underwear, etc.?

I saw a Suffolk Rams hoodie in Giant Tiger up here in Canada. I coached Suffolk for 20 seasons in HD and just had to buy the hoodie (also on sale for 10 bucks Canadian, which is about 2.50 American). It's going to my Mom who always asks me how my HD team is doing lol.

Anyway, any of you have "fans" like your Mom or wife (or husband or children) that love following your HD team and ever buy them faux-gear from your "school"? Or have any of them ever bought you apparel from the school you coach? 

Whenever I try to explain HD to anyone, they look at me like I'm crazy - including at least 95% of the guys I know that are into sports. Getting them apparel would just verify their claims.

Also, 10 bucks Canadian is a little less than 10 American ($9.44), not even close to 2.50...

I told a friend of mine about WIS and he seemed mildly interested in joining me in playing HD. However, next time I brought it up, I offered to buy him a gift certificates to play for free on my dime and he turned me down. Then he made me laugh when he said I have somehow transformed myself from "hardcore workout and sports guy" to "weird mix of hardcore workout and sports nerd"  in his mind by telling him I play games on WIS.

Posted by backboy13 on 12/15/2013 4:32:00 PM (view original):

Posted by salag on 12/15/2013 2:53:00 PM (view original):
Just wondering, have any of you ever bought (or received from a loved one) a gift from the school that you coach at? Sweatshirt, coaching polo, pen, lanyard, underwear, etc.?

I saw a Suffolk Rams hoodie in Giant Tiger up here in Canada. I coached Suffolk for 20 seasons in HD and just had to buy the hoodie (also on sale for 10 bucks Canadian, which is about 2.50 American). It's going to my Mom who always asks me how my HD team is doing lol.

Anyway, any of you have "fans" like your Mom or wife (or husband or children) that love following your HD team and ever buy them faux-gear from your "school"? Or have any of them ever bought you apparel from the school you coach? 

Whenever I try to explain HD to anyone, they look at me like I'm crazy - including at least 95% of the guys I know that are into sports. Getting them apparel would just verify their claims.

Also, 10 bucks Canadian is a little less than 10 American ($9.44), not even close to 2.50...

you just have to pull the old switcho-chango on em... "its like fantasy sports.. except you recruit fake players and then set the game plans". which, of course, means it is nothing like fantasy spots, except i guess both are online sports games, but somehow, that seems to help. or, its just like simming games in madden, except against real people, that seems to work, too. ive gotten the same blank stares as you when i try to explain it in its own context, or go, well, its a type of simulation sports game where you ...., or anything like that. i tend to leave out the part about waking up in the middle of the night to check on fake recruits :)

The all-time leading assists leader for Mary Washington College in Naismith, Lawrence Strayhorn, has made the Tron-like leap onto a real-life jersey owned by rusticity.

I own a Johnson & Wales t-shirt with the last name of the school's all-time leading scorer (mine obviously, not the real life one) on the back.  He was one of my first recruits at the school and a really unique player..D3 center with about 85 each in Ath/Spd/Reb.

I was too cheap to buy an actual shirt from Transylvania so I added 'iron-on' letters to a red T-shirt that I already owned. 
On the back, I listed our national championship and Final Four appearances. 

Posted by theeyetest on 12/16/2013 10:30:00 AM (view original):
The all-time leading assists leader for Mary Washington College in Naismith, Lawrence Strayhorn, has made the Tron-like leap onto a real-life jersey owned by rusticity.

That is awesome!

Posted by alblack56 on 12/16/2013 12:37:00 PM (view original):
I was too cheap to buy an actual shirt from Transylvania so I added 'iron-on' letters to a red T-shirt that I already owned. 
On the back, I listed our national championship and Final Four appearances. 

This is awesome.

Posted by gillispie1 on 12/16/2013 10:20:00 AM (view original):

Posted by backboy13 on 12/15/2013 4:32:00 PM (view original):

Posted by salag on 12/15/2013 2:53:00 PM (view original):
Just wondering, have any of you ever bought (or received from a loved one) a gift from the school that you coach at? Sweatshirt, coaching polo, pen, lanyard, underwear, etc.?

I saw a Suffolk Rams hoodie in Giant Tiger up here in Canada. I coached Suffolk for 20 seasons in HD and just had to buy the hoodie (also on sale for 10 bucks Canadian, which is about 2.50 American). It's going to my Mom who always asks me how my HD team is doing lol.

Anyway, any of you have "fans" like your Mom or wife (or husband or children) that love following your HD team and ever buy them faux-gear from your "school"? Or have any of them ever bought you apparel from the school you coach? 

Whenever I try to explain HD to anyone, they look at me like I'm crazy - including at least 95% of the guys I know that are into sports. Getting them apparel would just verify their claims.

Also, 10 bucks Canadian is a little less than 10 American ($9.44), not even close to 2.50...

you just have to pull the old switcho-chango on em... "its like fantasy sports.. except you recruit fake players and then set the game plans". which, of course, means it is nothing like fantasy spots, except i guess both are online sports games, but somehow, that seems to help. or, its just like simming games in madden, except against real people, that seems to work, too. ive gotten the same blank stares as you when i try to explain it in its own context, or go, well, its a type of simulation sports game where you ...., or anything like that. i tend to leave out the part about waking up in the middle of the night to check on fake recruits :)

I explain it by comparing it to a dynasty mode in Madden/FIFA/2K/any sports video game... When you get 15 years or so into the dynasty and the only players left are computer generated but the teams are still real. Still doesn't help much. I guess you can't really understand until you start and become hooked.