A local St. Louis man has come under hot water recently after using a speech from the movie Glengarry Glen Ross in a pregame talk to his team of eight year old soccer players. The coach identified as Steven Russo, berated his players to tears with the angry, curse filled speech made famous by actor Alec Baldwin. It started with one player reaching for a Gatorade before kick off Saturday morning. Witnesses say he screamed “Put that Gatorade down. Gatorade is for winners only. You think I’m fucking with you? I am not fucking with you. I’m here on a mission of mercy. You call yourself soccer players you son of a bitch. Have I got your attention now?” The team of eight year olds sat wide eyed and stunned as Russo continued. ”You can’t score goals? You can’t score shit. You are shit. Hit the bricks pal and beat it.”
Many of the parents immediately rushed over and pulled their children away in shock. Russo continued to scream about how he drove an $80,000 BMW and compared it to the bicycles most of his team rode. Police were called to the scene shortly after to escort him off the premises. Russo is currently in psychiatric treatment at a local hospital. When doctors first asked what his name was he replied “Fuck you. That’s my name.” No charges have been made at this time. A full clip of Alec Baldwin’s speech can be seen below.
Many of the parents immediately rushed over and pulled their children away in shock. Russo continued to scream about how he drove an $80,000 BMW and compared it to the bicycles most of his team rode. Police were called to the scene shortly after to escort him off the premises. Russo is currently in psychiatric treatment at a local hospital. When doctors first asked what his name was he replied “Fuck you. That’s my name.” No charges have been made at this time. A full clip of Alec Baldwin’s speech can be seen below.
UPDATE: After months of psychiatric care and medication, Steven Russo has been able to subdue his angry Glengarry Glen Ross outbursts. Now he only quotes the much more even tempered Adam Maitland from Beetlejuice. He also calls everyone Lydia.
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