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Some of you know me as Cocoa Puff.  This past season was my first as a sth, but i've been attending W's games regularly for the last 4 seasons.  As a woman, it's my obligation to dislike the Warrior Girls and roll my eyes every time they prance onto the court half-naked.  I do, however, have no problem giving them props for a well-performed routine.  Sadly, those came few and far between this season.

To be more precise, it came a whopping ONE time during the final home game. I'm pretty sure the guy who choreographs the Jr. Jam Squad did that one since he danced with them and all. But whoever choreographed them prior to that performance needs to be put out of their misery!  And while i'm at it, i should also point out the really sad selection of music they had during these sad performances.  Not only did they have sorry music, but they used a ton of those sad songs more than once.  Hundreds of songs had to have come out during the course of the season and somehow they had a rotation of like 10.  I would name them just to emphasize the lameness, but my subconscious has chosen to repress them indefinitely.  Anyways, i'm sure any hate directed towards the beloved Warrior Girls can be considered blasphemy.  But if we can get past the excitement of girls dancing around in a variety of stripper outfits, someone has to agree with me that strictly from the dancing point of view, the Warrior Girls SUCK!

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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As much as Montgomery did?
I'm glad they never lost the will to cheer for the team however, no matter what was on the line during the year.

As for the tunes...

All Hammer, all the time next year or bust!

Who can't dance to MC Hammer?

This will make the dancing 100% better, no questions asked.

by back2back51s on May 26, 2006 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

interesting breakdown...
Cocoa puff,

Your post intrigued me; here at the HBN, we welcome any comments, critiques about the Warriors and their extended family (i.e. The Warriors Girls, thunder, the service workers who sell us overpriced refreshments). The HBN respects its audience (except the dunleavy jr. fans who still think he has `potential'--the dude is freakin 26!) and we look forward to engaging with other Warrior nation fans across the bay, California, the U.S. and around the world (I think there might be 2 fans in Estonia).  In fact, we were more than excited that someone also cares as much as we do about the illustrious Warrior girls.  

I agree with your point that music for the routines are extremely horrible.  Its so bad you probably wouldn't even hear this junk at a middle school dance in the `burbs and stixs of the Midwest.  But are we to blame the victims?  The recent surge in the NBA has been to make the culture as straight-laced, sanitized, and completely un-groovy as possible (I would like to call it the de-`black'ening of basketball).  Am I the only one that has noticed that since nipplegate and Artest vs. Auburn Hills, Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers has become the soundtrack for the playoffs if not for the NBA at large?  Whatever happened to the non-culturally threatening but highly anticipated Destiny's Child half-time performances, which has since been replaced with John Legend (one of my fave. Performers, but not ideal for sporting events)? What's up with that?  Although the playoffs has been super exciting with a new generation of ballers, the recent discourse on ESPN and by the NBA, as I've written about earlier, has been to make sure the NBA is not TOO exciting where it will give kids new/wrong ideas of and for rebellion.  When has light rock for suckas complementary to highlights of tight dunks?  I largely believe the problem of poor music is larger than the problems with the choreographers or the dancers; having cheesy ass music that won't potentially upset middle-brow America seems to be the agenda since they seem to largely be their audience.  Notice how geeky and uncoordinated kids and dads are shown on the jumbotron dancing to Baja Men's "Who let the dogs out?"  I don't think you'll hear those jams anywhere at a SF night clubs for anyone between the ages of 18-40.  I am a firm believing that the music choices and general image changes the NBA has been making (removing the sports hosiery, forcing players to wear suits, etc), are all connected and interrelated; Stern is blatantly forcing/coercing the NBA to conform to it's middle brow American audience's corny `family' values.

I also agree that the gear they wear is borderline HO.  But it seems like there is a thin line between being tastefully sexy and being considered a `slut', as with the whole lawsuit against the Detroit Pistons for their swimsuit calendar.  I think that incident put sports enthusiasts face to face with the inherent sexualizing of women in male sports and the contradictory expectations of these women to be hot but not too ho.  In addition, when your team sucks like the Warriors do, the cheerleaders do a good job of distracting us from what these team needs: wins and cheaper food!  Are Warrior girls are to blame for being asked to wear those outfits?  Maybe the question should be that why are women being asked to wear those outfits at games in the first place.

Your concerns are not blasphemous! But I think they are definitely legitimate concerns that Warriors management needs to take up for it's long time fans like us.  But if you had your choice, what type of dance styles would you prefer the team to do?  Are there any teams that have dancers that do a better job of riling up the fans (in a non sexual way)?

by dj fuzzylogic on May 27, 2006 3:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Back to stupid ownership
I guess the root of the problems with the Warrior Girls goes right back to where ALL problems originate when it comes to GS.  All that money they made from season tickets the summer after we got BD got us a new scoreboard and that flashy display thing around the arena (sorry, brain functions are still slow at this point and i can't think of what it's called).  I also feel it added a few extra cheerleaders, but i can't be sure.  Anyways, i just think they could've thrown some of that money at a decent choreographer, or at least the one they had before cause i don't recall the routines ever being THIS bad.

While i complain about the clothes, i do recognize they serve their purpose.  I may not personally enjoy their nekkidness, but it's not directed toward me anyways.  I'm totally fine with all the men drooling over the cheerleaders because let's be honest, while i love the sport itself, it's a major plus that a lot of the guys who play are good-looking and buff.  Hehe!  If those girls are comfortable wearing those outfits, that's their choice.  I just want the cheerleaders to put on a good routine more times than not.  Like the JR. Jam Squad for instance, sure they're cute, but their routines aren't just jumping around and doing leg kicks.  Those are serious dance routines they're doing.  Just like the one the W Girls did with the JR Jam Squad choreographer on the last night.  I actually clapped for that one!  I literally waited an entire season for that one good performance!

Sadly, i haven't seen very many other cheerleaders to compare routines to.  The only other arena i've been to is the Meadowlands and they have guys on their 'Spirit Squad' or whatever it's called.  I'm all for equality, but men should not be cheerleaders.  

by dirrty on May 31, 2006 11:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Agree
I don't think they need "skanky" outfits, and the choreography has been lacking.  I'll assume that the problem is the routine and not the gals themselves.  When I have seen them perform lately there is a lot less fluidity in the routines than there used to be.

And nekkidness isn't always a bonus.  An outfit can be more appealing and show less skin at the same time.  It all depends on the fit and style, more than sq inches of fabric.

by chrisz42 on Jun 20, 2006 11:01 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Good Choreography...
I agree, better choreography is definitely needed... but what keeps an event--which is predominantely male--do you think people would really be paying attention?  Perhaps less lap dancing and just better performance quality is needed.

Take for example, one of the girls on the new MAKING THE BAND 3 series was an ex-Blazer cheerleader (for 6 years too) and in some of the clips, they showed her singing AND dancing.  What if the Warriors did something like that?

by dj fuzzylogic on Jun 23, 2006 10:22 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Shout out to Dirrty aka Cocoa Puff
The great blog SFist linked this piece for "Warrior Girls" http://www.sfist.com/archives/2006/06/26/the_warriors_theres_a_party_goin_on_right_here.php

by Atma Brother ONE on Jun 27, 2006 9:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WarriorGals fixed
Less dancin' and less clothing altogether make me happy.

by poxybollocks on Jun 28, 2006 3:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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