I'm going to lay this out in no uncertain terms: An idea whose time has come. Born of the genius that is Glenn, a Tournament of Cool is looming on the horizon of WTF Detroit. I think this could be really big. It could put WTF Detroit into the upper echelon of intranet message boards. Eliteness is within our grasp.
We need ideas: Regional ideas, guys that should be in it ideas, how to break them down, and ways to get it going.
The challeneg is out there. Since Tre is on vacation, we can be sure that no one will nominate Richard Simmons or CarrotTop.
Put your ideas here: Should we have an "Actors Regional"? An "Athletes Regional"? A "Best Cross Dressing Linebacker Regional"? Let your thoughts be known.
Guys, we all have a stake in this. Let's Make it a Great Tournament!!

I'm thinkin we'll need 4 Regionals

1) Actors Regional dubbed the "James Dean Regional"
2) Athletes Regional dubbed the "Ben Johnson Regional"
3) Musicians Regional dubbed the "ELVIS Costello Regional"
4) Random Person Regional dubbed the "People of Such Multitasking Talent And Represent The Height of Coolitude Regional" AKA the David Hasselhoff Regional

I like it. What do you think about a "Classics Regional" for guys like Bogey, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Boris Karloff, or Bela Lugosi?

I like the 4 regionals as Sports, Music, TV/Movies and a Misc. (catch-all)

I would think after the 16 in each regional are seeded that you would post one matchup at a time for a forum poll/vote.

So the questions that arise from that are:

1. Do you allow for discussion (presentation of evidence: video/pics/etc) first, before starting the polling, or do you post the thread and start polling immediately?

2. How long does each poll stay open?

Also to be discussed is how we identify/set the field of 64.

Have people post nominations for consideration or just roll with what one person picks (Zip?)

This whole concept is an exercise in boredom/time wasting/nerdery, but I like it.

Well, it seems there's some good agreement on the regional set up. I say we have a couple dudes slect twenty five names for each regional, then submit a poll, the top 16 from each get in.
Then, you put up one or two pics, a youtube if you can find one, and have some discussion and a poll.
The two are factored (poll and discussion), and the thing goes on.
Nerdy? Yes. Broing? Never. Time consuming? What the fuck else is there to do? We can wait a bit until the weather turns if you want.

Picking the field might be more fun than debating who advances, so we should probably just have an open nomination thread and let the names start flying.

We can figure out how to pare it down later.

Because if anybody knows who is cool and who is not, it's message board posters.

To start this off I'll nominate Paul le Mat
Cause if anybody can make spending a night cruising with an underage girl cool its him.

http://www.geocities.com/alcus2/paul_le_mat_.jpg

To start this off I'll nominate Paul le Mat
Cause if anybody can make spending a night cruising with an underage girl cool its him.

http://www.geocities.com/alcus2/paul_le_mat_.jpg

The fact that his character was killed in Vietnam only adds to his legend.

So can you submit characters or is it the guy who played the character? You need to draw the line here or it could get out of control.

So can you submit characters or is it the guy who played the character? You need to draw the line here or it could get out of control.

Good point: It's the guy who played him. The guy should have a "portfolio of cool".

Good point: It's the guy who played him. The guy should have a "portfolio of cool".

In that case I'll have to nominate Joshua Jackson

The only man to ever...

Captain his District-5 hockey team
Bone his high school teacher
Bone his best friends girl
Bone someone as a werewolf
and
He has dated Katie Holmes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Holmes), Brittany Daniel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Daniel), Julia Stiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Stiles), Rosario Dawson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Dawson) and is currently dating Diane Kruger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Kruger)

http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20061005/244.jackson.joshua.100506.jpg

No Canadians.

No Canadians.
Weeeelll, Big Gulps Eh
See ya Later!

Just joking, of course, I am, after all, the author of not only this incredibly long sentence chock full of commas, but also the author of the legendary, "Great and Famous Canadians (a photo essay of sorts)" (http://wtfdetroit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5656) thread.

But we certainly won't allow Puerto Ricans, of course.

The only request that I have is that we call the Athletes region the "Dana Barros Region."

In that case I'll have to nominate Joshua Jackson

The only man to ever...

Captain his District-5 hockey team
Bone his high school teacher
Bone his best friends girl
Bone someone as a werewolf
and
He has dated Katie Holmes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Holmes), Brittany Daniel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Daniel), Julia Stiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Stiles), Rosario Dawson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Dawson) and is currently dating Diane Kruger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Kruger)

http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20061005/244.jackson.joshua.100506.jpg

I did all that, except my hockey team was District 4. Nominate him, I'd say he brings the goods.
Oh, and I boned a chicke while dressed up as a porcupine.

Entry representing the Hasselhoff Regional:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x147/dspiewak/sagan_1985.jpg

Carl Sagan

* Popularized the scientific process through his books, the COSMOS television series, his column in Parade Magazine, and his appearances on Johnny Carson.

* Got his doctorate at age 26 in astrophysics, and started lecturing at Harvard until he was 32. Started working as an adviser to NASA as an undergrad.

* Was made full professor at Cornell at age 35

* Designed the gold plaque onboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes that identified the creators of the spacecrafts as human beings.

* Smoked lots of weed, as documented in Carl Sagan: A Life. Advocated (privately) on behalf of marijuana legalization, as his widow Ann Druyan has advocated for it publicly.

* Married 3 times, mostly due to the fact that the ladies could not keep their mitts off him.

* Taught a class in "The Fine Art of Baloney Detection" at Cornell until his death in 1996.

* Had the most incredible taste in clothes I've ever seen; even more impressive considering he was a nerd. He was the Steve McQueen of science.

* Wrote the awesome novel "Contact" which was later made into a mediocre movie with Jodie Foster.

* Was the person responsible for ideas like "global greenhouse effect" and "nuclear winter."

* Demonstrated the production of amino acids from basic chemicals through the use of radiation and electricity, giving rise to new plausible theories of abiogenesis.

* Worked in the political sphere against the nuclear arms buildup of the 1980s.

* Was the world's leading expert on planets and planet-like entities, how they form, how they are destroyed, and how they might support life.

* Now has a chairmanship at Cornell named after him - the Carl Sagan Chair of Planetary Astrophysics.

* Had the smoothest and most hypnotic voice in the known universe. He was like Bob Ross except you ended up learning something in the process.

Holy shit swami this isnt a Man-Love contest ;)

Here are some names of some cool motherfuckers that I pulled from various posters in the MANCRUSH thread.


George Blaha
Denzel Washington
Eddie Vedder
Mike Ness
Henry Rollins
Robert Plant
Bob Barker
Will Ferrell
Tom Izzo
Bill Clinton
Charles Barkley

Do we want to restrict this to people that are alive only?

i.e. "the coolest men alive"?

If not, maybe the 4th regional could be "dead guys".

Steve McQueen.

Tournament over.

Next?

http://www.corgifan.com/blogger/steve_mcqueen.jpg

http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/gallery/mugshots/steve-mcqueen-mugshot.jpg

If only living men can be cool, then Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson were not cool.

Steve McQueen is gonna come back from the dead to kick your ass, Swami.

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Steve-McQueen---Bullitt-Photograph-C12150619.jpeg

Do we want to restrict this to people that are alive only?

i.e. "the coolest men alive"?

If not, maybe the 4th regional could be "dead guys".

Cool Men never die, they just become Cooler!

by the way Sean Connery is the man

http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/actors_films_images/Sir_Sean_Connery_wearing_Scottish_kilt.jpg

Cool men do not need a protective plate hanging over their junk.

Chuck Daly was pretty cool...scratch that, IS pretty cool.

Cool men do not need a protective plate hanging over their junk.

Thats not a protective plate
thats the pouch he carries his oversized condoms in

I see Harry Rollins as a high seed in the "Miscellaneous Cool Regional". Good choice.

Dead guys are in: Don't you DARE try to keep guys like Sinatra or Bob Keeshan out.
McQueen is a darkhorse to upset someone, at best.

I'm goin nostalgic on your asses, but ask your moms and pops if these fellas weren't cool...or for some maybe grand parents. :)

Robert Mitchum was just flat out cool.

Bob Crane
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2193/bclmh8.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4995/chlca5.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3526/nicholson044by4.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9550/rmgb7.jpg

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x147/dspiewak/bogart1.jpg


Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Renault: And that makes Rick a citizen of the world.
Rick: I was born in New York City if that'll help you any.
Strasser: I understand that you came here from Paris at the time of the occupation.
Rick: Well, there seems to be no secret about that.
Strasser: Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?
Rick: Not particularly my beloved Paris.
Heinze: Can you imagine us in London?
Rick: When you get there, ask me.
Renault: Diplomatist.
Strasser: Well, how about New York?
Rick: Well, there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.

more from me

Samuel L. Jackson
Michael Jordan
Al Gore
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Alec Baldwin
Bono
Barack Obama
Muhammad Ali
Johnny Cash
Tom Jones
Robert Goulet
Ronnie James Dio
Dr. J
Bill Cowher
Elvis Presley

The sports ones are a bit of a challenge.

Here's a list that MOLA1 sent me

Prince
Morgan Freeman
James Dean
Ozzy
Iggy Pop
Stevie Wonder
Dave Chapelle
Johnny Depp
David Beckham
Christopher Walken
Jack Nicholson
Dave Grohl
Lenny Kravitz
Beck
George Clinton
Lionel Richie
Slash
Justin Timberlake
Al Green
Brad Pitt
Tom Morello

Slash and Lenny Kravitz themselves form the "Awesome Biracial Rock And Rollers, Phil Lynott Division."

Nice Phil Lynott reset.

Muhammad Ali and Steve McQueen wow. doesn't get much better than that.

Steve McQueen took on an entire division vs the Germans on motorcycle.

How bout Marilyn Monroe or something?

How about Glen Campbell?

http://alhazan.com/images/glen-campbell.jpg
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/gcampbell1.jpg

Another idea for the regional breakdowns could be:

1990-present
1980's
1970's
1960's and before

or something similar.

So far, me thinks Steve McQueen is getting the most manlove.

But we fogot one man........


http://hollywoodphony.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/sammy-davis-jr.jpg
Sammy: "I'm black, AND I'm a Jew...with a glass eye!!! Only the supercool can pull THAT off."

Don't forget that he was a shrimp, too. So many ways to insult a guy, and it never would have occurred to anyone to do so, because he was such a badass.

I might be the only one, but I think it would be best if we kept dead people out of it. The reason being, the dead outnumber the living, and out of world history, how do we limit the "dead region" to 16?

Because if we're including dead people, nothing says cool like Pippen the Younger, Erik the Red, Genghis Khan, Boris I of Bulgaria, William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Sun Tzu, King Xerxes and King Leonidas, and of course Tupac Shakur.

I was going to mention Jesus, too.

The "dead bracket" isn't final, it was just an idea, but your concern is still cogent.

Nothing says "Cool" better than a car
and whats better than a cool car?....a Car that is alive!

http://themes.belchfire.net/screenshots/KITT.jpg

I might be the only one, but I think it would be best if we kept dead people out of it. The reason being, the dead outnumber the living, and out of world history, how do we limit the "dead region" to 16?

Because if we're including dead people, nothing says cool like Pippen the Younger, Erik the Red, Genghis Khan, Boris I of Bulgaria, William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Sun Tzu, King Xerxes and King Leonidas, and of course Tupac Shakur.

Although that Lionel Richie vs. Sun Tzu matchup is pretty intriguing.

Anybody got the spread?

I was going to mention Jesus, too.

The "dead bracket" isn't final, it was just an idea, but your concern is still cogent.


I took Jesus off at the last second. Didn't want Zip berating my stupidity.


Although that Lionel Richie vs. Sun Tzu matchup is pretty intriguing.

I'm much more interested in Erik the Red vs. Justin Timberlake.

I think even Zip would admit that HeyZeus was a cool cat.

Don't fuck with the Jesus!

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x147/dspiewak/the_big_lebowski_jesus.jpg

http://www.adventuremoney.com/Images/Walter-Sobchak.jpg
Swami, you're out of your element.

Nobody cooler than J-Chriddy

http://www.killbot.bm/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/PJ11.jpg

As long as we get the RIGHT Jesus!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/JamesEvansSr.jpg/200px-JamesEvansSr.jpg

http://obits.eons.com/obits/tributes/marlon_brando/2086-1-photo.jpg most of our understanding of cool starts with the greatest actor of all time.

http://www.joeasjack.com/jack%20nicolson.jpg

but if were talking about the living, this dude runs away with the actor field.

http://www.rocklibrary.com/images/EntityImages/1000/1076/Bob%20Dylan%205.3.66.jpg

this dude was pulling girls from the beatles when the beatles were at their very best.

http://www.sports-photos.com/catalog/images/MichaelJordan3Clr.tif.jpg

this wont be popular, but as far as athletes go there is no other choice. theres probably not a person you'd have rather been in the 90's in the entire world than mike jordan. ali would be agood choice if were talking all time. i guess im a little confused as to whether were talking about right now (whose now???), all time, or just recent.

i'll have to put in a lot of hard thinking for the hodge podge field, especially if its all time. fictional characters count?

As long as we get the RIGHT Jesus!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/JamesEvansSr.jpg/200px-JamesEvansSr.jpg

Oh man, I LOVE Black Jesus. Sorry white people, but Black Jesus owns you.

Black Jesus likes Sarah Silverman a lot.

If Jesus was a rapper he would be known as the TRUE Jeezy.

When he was in the manger he was 'lil jeezy'

Jesus was a cool dude forty days without food,
devil tried to tempt him but that's okay,
He's got love on his face,
no disgrace,
He's spreading his love all over the face,
saying, "We will, We will do right"
saying, "We will, We will do right"

satan got a little frustrated, couldn't believe he couldn't take him down,
With his lies of promises and prosperity,
Jesus said, "satan get behind me, devil you're beneath me!"
Because of Jesus we can stand proud and say,
"we will, we will do right!" (like Jesus in the Bible days)
"we will, we will do right!"

satan took him to a mountain high, said Jesus you can fly,
You are the king, surely the angels would not let you die,
Jesus said, "Tempt me no mo', satan you've got to go!"
We're following Jesus Christ our Savior,
and now we flow,
"we will, we will do right (like Jesus in the Bible days)
"we will, we will do right, do right!"

( found it on this site:http://www.dltk-bible.com/jesus_rap.htm)

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8608/harl7.jpg

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2418/jrmh1.jpg

http://www.imgspeakers.com/_images/speakers/FowlerChris06.JPG

Yes...Chris friggin' Fowler.

Chuck Zito, bitches.

Once cold-cocked Jean Claude Van Damme, knocked the bitch right out.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Chuck_Zito.jpg

Chuck Zito is simply better than you.

And you're saying Jeanie Van Dame is a bad ass? You're saying this was enough of a feat to warrant a seat on WTF's TotC?

He's way WAY to one dimensional.

I am completely joking, but even if I wasn't, I would not question Denny cuz I owe him one for the pic of Butblow.

I love Chuck Zito, but that guy's got some serious problems. He'd be just as likely to hit his wife as he would Jean-Claude van Damme. Dude is mental.

Haven't you heard? Mental issues are "IN" now.

Looks like we're fizzling out.

Looks like we're fizzling out.

I just realized its not Cool to have a Tournament of Cool

We're just taking too long with suggestions. We need action!

We need a good 64.

Bill Murray
David Letterman
Derek Jeter
Vince Vaughn
James Dean
John Lennon
Evel Knievel
ARod
Tom Brady
Denzel Washington
Bill Maher
Clint Eastwood
Morgan Freeman

Tom Brokaw
Don Cherry
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
Harry Caray
Phil Jackson
Bill Bradley
John McEnroe
Charles Grodin
John Wayne
Chuck D

Timeline

Today: Nominations

Wednesday: Eliminating nominated dudes that shouldn't be in

Thursday: Determining #1 seeds

Friday: Bracketology

Monday: 1st round begins

We should probably determine rules, as well. Things like, "anyone who has sold out to play for the Yankees are not allowed on the list." Or "Dead guys aren't allowed."


Throwing out names at random:
Athletes:
Dana Barros
Chad Johnson
John Crotty
Tom Brady
Mookie Blaylock
Rick Mahorn
Michael Jordan
Chuck Liddell
MoTown

Actors:
The Hoff
Vin Diesel
Chuck Norris
Wee-Man from Jackass
Thomas Jane
Sam L Jackson
Chris Evans
Michael Caine
Ryan Reynolds
Andy Garcia
Will Smith
Tommy Lee Jones
MoTown

Musicians:
Andre 3000
Mos Def
MoTown
(I don't know a whole lot of musicians)

Misc.:
Bill Clinton
Wolfgang Puck
Dave Letterman
John Grisham
Michael Flatley
William Hung
Judge Joe Brown
MoTown

What do you mean nominations end today?

We need to cut off nominations at some point so we can set the field of 64.

Wayne Newton
George Hamilton
Ricardo Montalban
Jerry Springer
Dean Martin
Ray Liotta
Don Cheadle
Judd Nelson
Horacio Sanz
Mike Myers
Chris Farley
Phil Hartman
Steve Martin

Christian Slater (Gleaming the Cube's been on cable lately)

That guy who starred in Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure that wasn't Keanu Reeves but was also a vampire in The Lost Boys.

Chuck Mangione

Darnell Coles

Doc Ellis (The guy who threw the no-hitter on acid)

Wilt Chamberlain (10k=nuff said)

Christian Slater?
He's not even as cool as Fred Savage.

Did anyone nominate Sheed yet?

Grandmaster Flash

Can you even legitimately have a Tournament of Cool if you don't include LL Cool J?

Can you even legitimately have a Tournament of Kool if you don't include Kool Moe Dee?

James Dean

Lou Reed

Michael J Fox

Sugar Ray Leonard

David Lee Roth

Clint Eastwood

Billy Bob Thornton

My nods, which will no doubt be the final four.


Steve McQueen (actor) -- Raced Triumphs in his spare time. Did his own stunts. Saved all the stupid people in Towering Inferno... by himself!!!

Sammy Davis Jr. (entertainer), skinny, tiny, glass eye... no matter! That's how cool he is!!

Al Green (singer) -- still cool after all these years.

Wilt Chamberlain (sports) -- 10,000 chicks boinked? Mirrors on ceiling? Hells yeah. Wilt the stilt is the shit.

Wildcard:
Jesus (depends on faith demographics of WTF)

UPDATED!!


Timeline

Today: Nominations

Thursday: Eliminating nominated dudes that shouldn't be in & Determining #1 seeds

Friday: Bracketology

Monday: 1st round begins

I nominate the guy who married Krista.

Muhammad Ali

George Carlin

Richard Pryor

My old guy nominations are getting no love, so how bout meatloaf.

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9619/meatloaf1xt8.jpg

I'm really going to try and compile these tomorrow so we can weed them out.

Willie Nelson
Ernie Harwell
Peter Cetera

NOTHING says cool like Cetera

Okay, here we go, I'll post one regional of nominees at a time and we need to get each of these down to 16 people.

Sports
Dana Barros
George Blaha
Tom Izzo
Charles Barkley
Chuck Daly
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali
Dr. J
Bill Cowher
David Beckham
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Chris Fowler
Derek Jeter
ARod
Tom Brady
Don Cherry
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
Harry Caray
Phil Jackson
John McEnroe
Chad Johnson
John Crotty
Mookie Blaylock
Rick Mahorn
Chuck Liddell
Darnell Coles
Doc Ellis
Rasheed Wallace
Sugar Ray Leonard
Ernie Harwell

Music
Elvis Costello
Eddie Vedder
Mike Ness
Henry Rollins
Robert Plant
Frank Sinatra
Bono
Johnny Cash
Tom Jones
Robert Goulet
Ronnie James Dio
Elvis Presley
Prince
Ozzy
Iggy Pop
Stevie Wonder
Dave Grohl
Lenny Kravitz
Beck
George Clinton
Lionel Richie
Slash
Justin Timberlake
Al Green
Tom Morello
Glen Campbell
Sammy Davis Jr.
Tupac Shakur
Bob Dylan
John Lennon
Chuck D
Andre 3000
Mos Def
Wayne Newton
Dean Martin
Chuck Mangione
Grandmaster Flash
LL Cool J
Kool Moe Dee
Lou Reed
David Lee Roth
Meatloaf
Willie Nelson
Peter Cetera

TV/Movies/Stage
James Dean
David Hasselhoff
Humphrey Bogart
Cary Grant
Rock Hudson
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Paul le Mat
Joshua Jackson
Denzel Washington
Bob Barker
Will Ferrell
Steve McQueen
Charles Bronson
Sean Connery
Bob Keeshan
Robert Mitchum
Bob Crane
Paul Newman
Jack Nicholson
Samuel L. Jackson
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Alec Baldwin
Morgan Freeman
Dave Chapelle
Johnny Depp
Christopher Walken
Brad Pitt
Marlon Brando
Chuck Zito
Bill Murray
David Letterman
Vince Vaughn
Bill Maher
Clint Eastwood
Tom Brokaw
Charles Grodin
John Wayne
Vin Diesel
Chuck Norris
Wee-Man from Jackass
Thomas Jane
Chris Evans
Michael Caine
Ryan Reynolds
Andy Garcia
Will Smith
Tommy Lee Jones
William Hung
Judge Joe Brown
George Hamilton
Ricardo Montalban
Jerry Springer
Ray Liotta
Don Cheadle
Judd Nelson
Horacio Sanz
Mike Myers
Chris Farley
Phil Hartman
Steve Martin
Christian Slater
Michael J Fox
Billy Bob Thornton
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Michael Flatley

Misc.
Carl Sagan
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
Barack Obama
Pippen the Younger
Erik the Red
Genghis Khan
Boris I of Bulgaria
William Wallace
Sun Tzu
King Xerxes
King Leonidas
Jesus of Nazereth
Evel Knievel
Bill Bradley
Wolfgang Puck
John Grisham

Probably the best thing to do would be to just start posting names from these lists that shouldn't make the field.

We'll start lopping them off until we get to 64 (16 in each reg)

Glenn - I almost think you and Zip should be the committee and come up with a bracket based off of the nominations. It would add controversy (which would cause discussion and possibly humor), but it would also be a lot easier in the long run.

I believe Glenn's system is unfair and that I deserve a shot at this thing.

Glenn - I almost think you and Zip should be the committee and come up with a bracket based off of the nominations. It would add controversy (which would cause discussion and possibly humor), but it would also be a lot easier in the long run.


It does seem like this is going to get unwieldy.

Maybe you are right.

Why don't you send me your top 16 in each, too via PM.

Anybody else that wants to PM me top 16 lists can do so too.

We'll set the field on Monday.

The "Misc" category was a little light, so I've come up with these other nominees

Hunter S. Thompson
Jack Kerouac
Bob Ross
Andy Warhol
Kurt Vonnegut
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Alfred Hitchcock
Stephen King
Dr. Seuss
John F. Kennedy
William Shakespeare

I tried to come up with a cool Republican, but Reagan and Giuliani are as close as I could come.

Ben Stein?

I would like to add one more nomination, if it's not too late - Nate Dogg.

No Tournament of Cool Guys would be complete without a John Denver/Martina Navratilova play-in game.

The field of 64 and schedule are now posted, as are the first round matchups in the Sports bracket for this week.

Thanks to MoTown, Zip, Vinny and MOLA1 for help with the field, and to anyone that posted nominations.

Should be a nerdy/fun time.

I just got an email from a representative for the Don Knotts camp.

They're not happy about the snub.

I'm unhappy about all of my "misc." nominations.

I'm going to start my own Tournament for people who are just barely not cool enough to get in. I'll call it:

The NITOC.

Starting next week on ESPN 5.

More of your historical figures might have made the field if they had some You Tube material.

Or if they had killed fewer innocent people.

I tried to find some YouTube of Jesus walking on water, no dice.

Also, if Lionel Richie were to somehow beat Jesus in a #1 vs. #14 showdown, we might have had to shut down the site.

Erik the Red:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/238380548_393889300d.jpg?v=0


Known for his red hair and to a lesser extent, the discovery of Greenland. God Glenn, don't you know anything???





p.s. I had no idea who Erik the Red was up until about 2 weeks ago.

Oh and I'm considering leaving the board over the fact that the Hoff didn't make the field.

And Chuck Norris was not only a noticable snub, but it's an obvious traveshamockery to not include him on any list... EVER.

Oh and I'm considering leaving the board over the fact that the Hoff didn't make the field.

And Chuck Norris was not only a noticable snub, but it's an obvious traveshamockery to not include him on any list... EVER.

Don't make me post the PMs, Mo.


[smilie=the hoff]

:chuck:

That sounds like a threat!

I'm just worried for your sake, G-Diddy. I wouldn't want to be the one to have had the final say when Mr. Norris comes to WTF to find that not only isn't he the overall #1 seed, but he's not included at all.

It's been nice knowing you, Glenn.

I'll catch this on the next update of the bracket, but the four regionals have been given names.

Sports - George Blaha regional
Music - David Hasslehoff regional
TV/Movies/Stage - Chuck Norris regional
Misc. - Barbaro/Harold Reynolds regional

Sorry I wasn't able to disclose this until now, I was involved in super secret negotiations until 12:34 pm EST today.

Well I guess that's a start, but I'm still not so sure that Chuck is going to be completely happy. Maybe it should have been the Chuck Norris Tournament of Cool.

This tournament is only second to ESPN's Who's Now.

I'm surprised Chris Benoit did not make it.

FWIW, I just compressed the schedule down

2 days in each regional is all we should need for the early matchups, it gradually goes up (amount of time) as the matchups should get tougher and tougher

I'm surprised Chris Benoit did not make it.

too soon.

this is easilly the greatest thing to ever happen to this board. i hope buckdow doesnt find it.

bukdow's too scared to leave the NCAA forum anyway, because he knows mommy (Tre) won't be there to walk him across the street.

Round 1 of the George Blaha Sports bracket will close tomorrow midmorningish.

Round 1 of the David Hasselhoff Music bracket will begin shortly thereafter.

I like it.

I've been lookin' for freedom!

It's too bad I thought about this now, but Rosie Ruiz is a definite snub in the Blaha Region.

ALL OF YOU EVENING POSTERS/LURKERS BETTER VOTE

[smilie=Francis]

what if their connection to this board is tenuous, at best?

This guy voted, so should YOU!

http://ekhardt.com/fresno.dome/images/iraqi_voter.jpg

Here we run into a problem of how to define "cool."

Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. The Harwell Johny Mac competition comes to mind. To me Johnny Mac was cool. I respect the hell out of Harwell though. I don't think there should be a collective definition of 'cool', but to each his own.

When I was growing up, peeps might ask this about a person: "Is he cool? The meaining back then: Does he smoke pot or at least not freak out if somone does? Or does this person call the cops if we're out on in the middle of a 40 acre field smoking a joint. That is NOT the definition of cool today.

Now that might be a lil dramatic, but cool is the mind of the beholder, I think.

So Dr J was the only upset and a mild one at that. Props to the seed peeps.

Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. The Harwell Johny Mac competition comes to mind. To me Johnny Mac was cool. I respect the hell out of Harwell though. I don't think there should be a collective definition of 'cool', but to each his own.

When I was growing up, peeps might ask this about a person: "Is he cool? The meaining back then: Does he smoke pot or at least not freak out if somone does? Or does this person call the cops if we're out on in the middle of a 40 acre field smoking a joint. That is NOT the definition of cool today.

Now that might be a lil dramatic, but cool is the mind of the beholder, I think.

Hermy still uses that definition.

I'm unhappy about all of my "misc." nominations.

I'm going to start my own Tournament for people who are just barely not cool enough to get in. I'll call it:

The NITOC.

Starting next week on ESPN 5.

Wow! Our Tournament of Cool has spawned its own NIT! A certain Somebody would be proud!

http://images.usatoday.com/Wires2Web/20070411/415170642_Harvard_Amaker_Basketballx.jpg

And A certain Somebody has left something at the front desk for you to run this thing, Motown!

http://www.acitinc.com/apparel/styl084.jpg

Wow, I wish Paul Newman could have been in the Misc bracket. He is also a race car driver/owner. He's not one dimensional.

This should come down to EK vs JFK.

Misc bracket is made up of peeps that I don't know much about or care about. I mean do I actually come across like someone who has read poetry? Hope not. :)

You bugle blowers knock yourself out on these cultural dudes.
Thats a fuckin joke, whether its funny or not, its meant as a joke.

Even though I'm not crazy bout this bracket, props to the peeps who put it together.

I'm gonna let the above post go because it's Tahoe. But seriously, if you haven't read poetry, go out and get some.
Start with The Raven by Poe.

I'm gonna let the above post go because it's Tahoe. But seriously, if you haven't read poetry, go out and get some.
Start with The Raven by Poe.

Thank you, Sir.

'without a song the day would never end
without a song the road would never bend
when things go wrong you aint got no friend
without a song'

elvis presley

poetry is preeeetty, preetty, important

If we do this again, we should probably have a "Campaign Period" before the voting opens in each match. I'd be interested in seeing how the results might change after everyones arguments are presented. Maybe we could even do it for the second round.

We were supposed to do that with this tournament. We were supposed to submit evidence, testimony, puctures, whatever. The you vote, and then hopefully some of the alleged 600 members check in and vote, and some of the evening lurkers.
As usual, people read a message board and jerk their pud instead of contributing.

If we do this again, we should probably have a "Campaign Period" before the voting opens in each match. I'd be interested in seeing how the results might change after everyones arguments are presented. Maybe we could even do it for the second round.

That's probably my fault, I didn't make that clear enough.

The intention was that people wouldn't vote (at least on the ones that they were somewhat torn on) until the case had been presented (videos, audio, pics, etc) by anyone that felt motivated to do so.

We thought about not opening the voting until some time had passed, but it becomes a bit difficult to manage and we may miss people who wanted to vote when they logged on but weren't able to.

We start the Sweet 16 in the morning.

Still time to vote on the open ones.

That's right, kiddies.

We settle the Sweet 16 in the a.m. and then we move to the Great Eight.

Another few months and we should have a winner.

That's probably my fault, I didn't make that clear enough.



http://aol.nba.com/media/finals2005/HorryGW_360_050619.jpg

?

I'm taking an awful lot of personal responsibility around here lately.

Are you?

I blame cup chicks...

#1 Kennedy vs. #2 Clinton

#1 Ali vs. #2 Jordan

#1 McQueen vs. #2 Pacino

#5 Hendrix vs. #3 Sinatra

For some reason, things only went awry in the "music" category.

Ali might be unstoppable

The only Leon Spinks in the crowd might be JFK

Fuck, I've actually been working today and forgot to close these great 8's off this morning.

Looks like it's tomorrow morning, instead.

Final four voting ends Thursday morning, then onto the finals.

I was thinking Yule Brenner was a pretty cool cat. He should have been in the discusion if he wasn't.

Let it be writen. Let it be done.

How did Blaha not only not win this, but miss the field altogther?

This is the shame of my life.

Willie Nelson


Time for a recount!:
http://www.spin.com/articles/willie-nelson-black-belt-81st-birthday/