Jarryd Cole is playing in Iceland, is way into it (with video)
by Horace E. Cow on Feb 21, 2012 11:02 AM CST
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This is mainly just to direct you to an interview Mike Hlas did with ex-Hawkeye basketballer Jarryd Cole, who is currently playing for Kevlavik in the Icelandic league. Cole seems to be adjusting well to playing in a new and very foreign environment, and has apparently displayed a remarkable openness to Icelandic culture:
One night we had a party to celebrate Icelandic culture and heritage and back in the day they used to eat rotten shark and sheep head and sheep testicles, so there was a buffet line of all that stuff there and it was horrible, but I tried it all. I think the natives took me in after they saw me try it all. They were impressed. They told me I could be a citizen now.
Really, go and read the whole interview. It's nice to know that Cole has landed on his feet and is playing basketball somewhere. You can check out the roster and some of his stats here or at the Kevlavik league page here. Apparently Jarryd leads the team with "9.9 fráköst í leik" and is second on the team at "19.3 stig í leik", which I'm assuming means he's doing something right (I'm pretty sure it's rebounds per game and points per game).
There's also a team page that is probably the Icelandic equivalent of BHGP but is unfortunately entirely in Icelandic. It does feature this awesome video, though (it's very recent -- February 18th -- so this apparently just happened). Look for:
- The team's fans meeting somewhere on the frozen tundra and their drunken bus trip to the game.
- Lots of Jarryd Cole action, before and during the game, including a nice block and a sweet dunk (the game action starts around the 2:40 mark if you're pressed for time).
- A great soundtrack featuring ABBA's "Tiger".
- The team winning some sort of championship and being crowned "Bikarmeistarar 2012".
There's a whole Youtube channel devoted to Kevlavik, too, if you're interested. Iceland was not, judging from the interview, Cole's first choice, but it looks like the fans are devoted and he is playing well. Plus, who knew a country of 300,000 people could support a 12-team basketball league? We hope the rest of the season goes well for him and want him to know that Iowa fans have learned, by his absence this year, just how much he did for the team while he was here.
Addendum:
For more Nordic-Iowa basketball action, AJ pointed me to this video of Doug Thomas dunking all over the Swedish league.
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Yes, it's worth of a rec solely for the pic, which is brilliant.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Only ~317K People in Iceland
The Icelanders must really love basketball to be able to support a pro league with a population about the size of metro Des Moines. I like the international-soccer-style intros where they have young kids escort the players onto the court. Nice opportunities for the ‘up and comers’ of the game.
Iceland is so far north its crazy
What do they pay you with in iceland?
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 21, 2012 2:05 PM CST up reply actions
Lutefisk?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Comon
We learned that in the Mighty Ducks, #3 maybe?
They say you're a pitcher, you're sure not much of a dresser. We wear caps and sleeves on this level, son.
Fucking dirty Icelanders.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 21, 2012 3:09 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
His roster
contains no less than 9 players with last names ending in “-sson”. Outstanding.
by Angle's Dangle on Feb 21, 2012 11:52 AM CST reply actions
I've heard it said
that Icelanders take their last name from father. So Bjork is Björk Guðmundsdóttir and her brother (if she has one) would be Malebjork Guðmundsson.
This was standard for most Scandanavian countries for a while
IIRC only Iceland still does it with any regularity. In my limited experience with Icelanders (not to be described in a family setting), they had some fascinating stuff going on. One of the most popular girls’ names literally means “every man’s whore” or something similar to that. Weird stuff.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 21, 2012 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
Åska Doug!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Pic from Cole's Twitter
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Is the ’54 hoosiers team hes playing against?
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 21, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
i like to say that they are so white, they are clear
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 21, 2012 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
BOOO
Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.
by Patrick Vint on Feb 22, 2012 12:09 PM CST up reply actions
More pics from Cole's Twitter. That arena looks pretty cool. Until HOCKEYBEAR demolishes it.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
They won the title this year, too.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Wow. Front row, third from viewer's left.
That guy just has SCANNER written all over him. Lycurgus runs in fear of the elven features, sunken eyes, and that Scandinavian haircut (OY! That haircut.).
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 21, 2012 9:52 PM CST up reply actions
And got a sweet trophy.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Interview made it seem like that trophy is from an in-season tournament.
Sounded like something similar to the FA Cup.
by The Mexican't on Feb 21, 2012 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
i want to drink beer from that
Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.
by Patrick Vint on Feb 22, 2012 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
J.R. Angle is still waiting for his breakthrough.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He was so sure that Iceland would have Smirnoff ICE.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
Wayjj tjo gjo Jjarryd and Djoug.
It’s alwajjs gjood to sii fjormer Hawks djoing well fjor themselvskis oversiis. I could go for some aquavit now.
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 21, 2012 1:26 PM CST reply actions
Don't turn around, uh-oh...
Der Bikarmeistarar’s in town, uh-oh!
/Falco’d
Congrats to Jarryd, another Hawkeye like Gatens who deserved more success than he got, sticking it out through 3 different coaches and bum knees and all.
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Feb 21, 2012 1:35 PM CST reply actions
I have a new favorite athlete
That out-of-shape looking point guard with the headband on Cole’s team is fantastic. You think that guy doesn’t party???
I hope he doesn't have to play for Wolf Stansson, the dude is an asshole
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 21, 2012 2:15 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Yes!
You beat me to it. Excellent Mighty Ducks 2 reference. What a prick.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
De-flating the beach ball was a buzz kill and such a dick move
What a bunch of pricks. To recap:
- The slash to Bombay’s bad knee.
- The elbow on the boards, freeing the Dentist to hammer the post.
- The late slash on Adam Banks that knocks him out for most of the tournament.
- Late, high checks all over the ice.
- A Boston Bruins-esque line of enforcers. Seriously, it’s a team full of Terry O’Reilly’s.
God I hated Team Iceland.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
You forgot the most important thing: THEY HATED AMERICA
/love it or leave it
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Good call
They didn’t like America. So they can go right ahead and fuck off.
The laugh from Gunner Stahl as he taunts someone from a cheap shot pretty much sums them up: Evil. Cheap shot artists. Anti-American.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
At least Gunner learned to have respect for his American Junior Goodwill Games superiors
“Les go shake der hahnds!”
by Touchdown Iowa! on Feb 21, 2012 5:42 PM CST up reply actions
That video screams awesome
Good soundtrack, really ups the intensity/drama of the game.
I love #10 – walks out to center court, doesn’t jog like the rest of his teammates. A little overweight, purely an irrational confidence guy. He looks like any random guy you’d find at the Field House.
Basketball would be fun there – it looked like a small travelling party, maybe 50-100 people. Probably similar to the BHGP Purdue rager, no?
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
It's amazing how much of your comment contains the things I wanted to write.
Yes, awesome video; any use of Justice is a-OK by me. The fans look like they know how to have a good time and, if you put a beard on the dude at the slots and replace the beer with a Kraken and Coke, you essentially have Ross (oh, but instead of a slot machine it’s an X-Box with FIFA 2012). Also, that guy would really have to hate Evanston.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 21, 2012 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
That sounds about right.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Justice, ABBA, and Queen -- that's a party.
Plus something I didn’t recognize at the start.
And, yeah, that crowd going to the game looked awfully similar to the BHGP crew that went to West Lafayette. Good times.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Ratatat.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 21, 2012 5:20 PM CST up reply actions
Now that you say that,
I will assume that they are all yelling the home team’s chears in a mocking, Icelandic fashion. Ah, good times.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 21, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
Trivia bit
A belief in sprites and fairies is still pretty common in Iceland. So, when Icelanders are clearing ground for new construction they must first get the permission of the wee folk who live there. No permission? Build elsewhere, Bjorn Thorisson.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 1:33 PM CST via Android app reply actions
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