"We'll break it all down from here."

Is it possible we could stop using this trite expression?
I wonder how many readers stub their mind on that usage every time. "Joe breaks down the defense."
Whatever happened to analyzing, explaining, discussing, etc.?
I guess as soon as we stop saying some players are more "physical" than others.
Or "resiliency."
It's sort of like being a police reporter, right? Cop reporters end up talking like cops. ("The suspect fled on foot...") And sports reporters end up talking like coaches.

 

All of sports radio is trite.

 

Join the conversation.

 

They all can score the basketball.

 

Dribble drive.

 

It's brutal.

But it's the thing now, too. If I read another Smart Football post "breaking down" Chip Kelly's inside zone play, I may die.

 

And defend the rim. Or dominate in the paint (always amuses me when that one is used in an arena with unpainted free-throw lanes).

 

"He's tall. He's got great length."

 

I always bristled when Burnt Hamburger would talk about someone "exploding" through the hole. Or "he EXPLODES for the touchdown!"

There better be body parts all over the end zone.

 

Don't forget those fearsome "eruptions" -- "The Wildcats erupted for 21 points in the fourth quarter." Lots of volcanic activity this time of year.

 

It's a fluid situation

 

We just need to execute.