A Chat with Jon Brockman's Cell-Phone Adversary
In case you missed it, the Huskies beat WSU on Saturday to win their first outright Pac-10 championship since 1953, triggering the celebration pictured at left. That night, on his Twitter feed, Husky star Jon Brockman posted the phone number of a fan he said had called him 25 times the night before:
Requesting all dawg fans to call (208) 625 0872 and tell him about the husky win......he called me 25 times last night.....let him have it!
We spoke with the offending caller this morning.
James Monsey is a senior in construction management at WSU. He says he was partying on Friday night with some friends, one of whom "had gone to high school with [Brockman] or met him at a party" and got his number.
So the group called the power forward--repeatedly. "We were just trying to keep him from sleeping," explains Monsey. Most of the time, they weren't even taunting Brockman. "We'd just call and set the phone aside" while continuing to drink and hang out. They'd also send text messages. Monsey says the phone never stopped ringing, though they suspect Brockman set it to silent.
Brockman ended up pulling down a career-high 18 rebounds in the game, and then posted Monsey's number. Since then, Monsey says he's received somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 calls, and has made a point to answer all of them, which often surprises the callers. "They're just like, 'uh, Jon Brockman told me to call.'"
Monsey says that if WSU beats UW in the Pac-10 tournament (which would have to occur in the championship game) "I'm gonna post his number and have everyone call him."
Update: Bob Condotta spoke about the episode with Brockman, who seems to have taken it in stride.
9 comment(s)
Seely says:
1. Something tells me Brockman will have switched his # by the time Monsey & Co. call him back.
2. I can't believe Brockman's game-high is only 18 rebounds. For such a prolific rebounder, you'd have expected at least one game where he had more than 20. He's like the Henry Aaron of rebounding.
Posted On: Monday, Mar. 9 2009 @ 11:38AM
Keegan says:
I don't know how they roll these days but the Dawg Pack always used to give out the cell phone numbers of opposing players as a means of messing with them. Sounds like Brockman got a taste of the Pack's own medicine and responded pretty even-handedly.
Posted On: Monday, Mar. 9 2009 @ 1:16PM
Nathan says:
He is not answering all his calls. I would know. He keeps sending them to voicemail, and his box is full
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 10 2009 @ 2:25PM
Huskybob says:
Seems to me turnabout is fair play so everyone should call Monsey's number which is 208-625-0872 after each Husky victory to keep him from sleeping. Since he is in Idaho and I believe they are 1 hour ahead of us, if you call at "last call" (about 130 AM) he should have just closed his eyes.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 10 2009 @ 2:25PM
jrofc253 says:
Well Jon Brockman's career high only being 18?. I mean seriously ONLY?. he play's 2 40 min. halves. if he had the extra 8 minutes the NBA has, hed get like 25 maybe more. and for the jerky that posted his number?. It's great to be a huskies fan and see that even you knew you guys had no chance to beat us. Welcome back to your rightful place in Washington college sport's. looking up to us hahaha
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 10 2009 @ 7:27PM
Cougs says:
Monsey is in Pullman not Idaho...and the Idaho areas around Pullman are not in a different time zone than Seattle...obviously you're an ignorant husky
Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 11 2009 @ 11:38AM
Cougs says:
Monsey is in Pullman not Idaho...and the Idaho areas around Pullman are not in a different time zone than Seattle...obviously you're an ignorant husky
Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 11 2009 @ 11:38AM
schuntzie says:
Yo Cougs, you should have known what area code '208' represented before you started throwing around the word ignorant. Idiot...
Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 11 2009 @ 1:14PM
schuntzie is a moron says:
you are the moron, you aren't from around here and should shut up. we know what 208 is idiot, it's the moscow area code, ever here of having a different area code for your number. i live in pullman and have a 206 area code, (i know, wild right?). stupid fucking husky
Posted On: Thursday, Mar. 12 2009 @ 1:37AM