“Put that coffee down! Coffee’s for closers only.”
“A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing. Always be closing!”
— Quotes from the classic scene starring Alec Baldwin in the 1992 film “Glengarry Glen Ross”
To help inspire his staff on the recruiting trail, UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez showed them the aforementioned scene when Baldwin tries to motivate a group of real estate salesmen.
“We were just having fun with it,” Sanchez said.
The Rebels’ second-year coach didn’t channel his inner Baldwin and tell his assistants, “You close, or you hit the bricks!