Buzzoodle Ron is calling Seth Godin out.
It started when Seth said:
“I just got back from giving a talk to a great group in Akron, OH.
The city is near death.”
“The most bothersome thing I find about Seth's post is that right above it you will find him complaining about stereotypes in advertising. If he is going to judge an entire city by one day, we can certainly judge all people of a particular race by one bad experience with one person. It is the same broad, ignorant stereotype.”
I think we can settle this with some good old fashion backyard football!
I can’t wait to see Seth’s guys lined up on one side of the field in their new uniforms and Ron’s guys in their green bee hive tee shirts on the other. It will either look like the old USFL or a remake of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.
You made me laugh out loud for a long time.
I will cream Seth. Amoung other great things about Ohio, this is the home of Football.
Posted by: Buzzoodle Ron | September 17, 2005 at 01:54 PM
I have this mental picture of a green helmet with the hive in yellow. It embodies everything I loved about the old USFL.
Posted by: Dave L | September 17, 2005 at 02:08 PM
If you can help with the financing, maybe we can get an Akron expansion team.
The Akron Buzzoodlers
What would be a good name for Seth's expansion team?
Posted by: Buzzoodle Ron | September 17, 2005 at 03:35 PM
That’s an easy one:
The Purple Cows
E-mail Seth a link and see what he thinks.
Posted by: Dave L | September 17, 2005 at 03:42 PM
As another Akron resident, I tend to think of this area as preparing itself for a bit of a rebirth. One of the interesting things is the history of Cleveland and Akron was that the cities both changed their identities a few times in the past. Akron was rubber, before that Porcelain and Marbles. I have little doubt the city will redefine itself; just like Chicago or Pitt or many other cities that have struggled and floundered, and then recovered. Not to mention its contributions to Music like the Pretenders or DEVO. ;-) So I think the prediction of it's death is highly exaggerated.
Posted by: David Every | September 17, 2005 at 03:47 PM
It looks like we’ve got another guy with the yellow beehive on his helmet.
Posted by: Dave L | September 17, 2005 at 03:49 PM
Here you go:
http://buzzoodle.blogspot.com/2005/09/purple-cows-vs-akron-buzzoodlers.html
Posted by: Buzzoodle Ron | September 17, 2005 at 04:34 PM
OK, I'll volunteer to be cheerleader for the Buzzodlers.
Posted by: Anita Campbell | September 18, 2005 at 08:24 PM