http://www.geocities.com/mellon002/ So I've finally gotten around to getting my fan page up again. Geocities was acting wacky and with finals it has been tough to put the time into the page. But it has now returned. The news section was too bothersome so I scrapped it. Someone suggested a Ray Hudson quotes page so I decided to do that instead. This is where I need your help. Any Ray Hudson quotes (and links for the quotes if possible) are appreciated. I already have the Freddy Adu quote "A blind man galloping on a horse can see his talent." and a few others. Thanks.
I'll look through my archives and post as many as possible here, my free time permitting. Thanks to my past work as an MLS correspondent, I have so many Hudson quotes and words of wisdom backlogged, that it's not even funny. But this thread should be. I'll get the ball rolling with the quote that started Ray's MLS coaching odyessy, when his Miami Fusion side defeated DC United 2-1 in extra time, in May of 2000, IIRC... "I'm higher than a hippie at Woodstock!" I'll do some research this week and find as many more as I can. Your new & improved site looks great, by the way.
You have to find the quotes about United having Anna Nicole Smith sized talent, and comparing trying to sign an international (Gazza I think) to Pavarotti in a Speedo, it cannae fit.
No worries. A lot of my old copy from the 2000 and 2001 seasons (Ray's best "material", IMHO) is backed up on disks, which I'll endeavor to unearth in the next few days. The quotes from last season, I believe that's currently on my laptop's hard-drive. If not, that's on disk, too, and I can upload that easily. It's going to take some work to do, but I'll do my best.
Well, he came on with us at The Soccer Show quite a few times when he was coaching here. Here are a few oldies but goodies: When talking about United's predictable attack - "Let's face it boys, without penetration, it's just masturbation" Talking about the physical attributes of Chino Alegria - "He's like one of those blow-up dolls. Both feet pointing out away from his body" And my personal favorite when a member of the Hispanic press corps asked Ray about Eliseo Quintanilla after an impressive performance at RFK - "You can see it coming. He's starting to get hair on his balls" Oh God I miss Ray Hudson..
Too bad that geocities site is gone! Ray was the best. I think we should have a permanent sticky about him and his shenanigans. That would be epic. After drafting 17 year old Justin Mapp "I've got underwear older than him!" I would love to see a collection of his stuff somewhere.
In the Honduras game he said the US defense looked like marbles on a block of granite - all over the place. (And he was right.)
http://mustreadsoccer.com/spoken-word-of-ray-hudson/ http://rayhudsonquotes.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/liverayhudson and his actual, personal twitter: https://twitter.com/RayHudson
The issue I ad with Ray Hudson during the Honduras game was that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. There were several occasions where Phil Schoen was talking and Hudson outright interrupted him and started rambling on about something. Disgraceful.
What porn were you able to fit on THAT? Hand-typed letters to Playboy? Or did you have the ultimate in storage solutions, DOUBLE DENSITY floppies?
I fail to see how drowning out Phil Schoen could ever be considered a bad thing I saw the game in a bar and could barely hear the commentators then deleted it from the DVR before I could watch it.
Ha! I get what you're saying (Schoen wasn't great calling that game, either), but Hudson should definitely have a bit more tact and respect for who he's working with.
His original background was radio, and it shows. He does seem quite a bit better now a days than way back in the 90's, believe it or not. The best thing Phil ever did was host a website with links to streaming audio of matches from around the world. Seems like such an antiquated thought now.
Someone PLEASE find the quote... it was when Ray was coaching DCU, and his comments the day after a loss were something like... "My dog took for a walk and said to me, 'Ray, that was one miserable half of football!'"