They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.
In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.
I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
The one thing I didn't understand was the Minor Leagues, how that part of the business works. I'd see Todd Hollandsworth out there one game, and the next game he wouldn't be there, and I didn't understand.
What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.
Every trick is an old one, but with a change of players, a change of dress, it comes out as new as before.