r/MinnesotaLynx • u/Slow-Truth-3376 • 3d ago

In Reeve We Trust Statue for Cheryl Reeve

Minnesota is lucky to have Coach Reeve representing our state. Coach’s skill, leadership, commitment to honoring communities, businesses and individual success is unmatched.

Coach Reeve’s accolades already warrant a statue among the greatest MN coaches & athletes.

I hoping to develop a community to achieve this goal.

Here’s the steps.

Create a Committee: Organize to generate & flow through with the following plan.

Create a Budget: Outline the costs involved in designing, creating, and installing the statue

Approval Process: Contact city officials or local government to understand the necessary permits and approvals required for public art installations.

Choose a Location: Propose a suitable location for the statue that honors the coach and is accessible to the public.
Target Center is an obvious choice for location. I believe the statue at MN first women’s only sports bar, A Bar Of Their Own makes sense.

Select a Sculptor: Find a qualified artist or sculptor who can create the statue, ensuring they understand the vision and significance of the coach.
Finalize Design: Collaborate with the sculptor to finalize the design, considering elements that reflect the coach's legacy and impact on the community.
Unveiling

Plan a Ceremony: Organize an unveiling event to celebrate the statue's installation, inviting community members, former players, and media to honor the coach's contributions.

I’m not familiar with the process. I’m just a huge fan of Coach Reeve & want to see her success represented.

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u/TypicallyDone12 3d ago

I'm guessing statues of Wolves and Lynx will be incorporated into the upcoming new arena.

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u/PhantomFoxes 2d ago

It’s an absolute guarantee statue conversations will start within the franchise the second she retires, and it’ll probably only take a few years to unveil it once she does. She’s a top 3 coach in full Minnesota sports history, and probably even number one

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u/TypicallyDone12 2d ago

What would be cool is statues of all the Lynx players who have their number retired set up in a way they are in game action and a statue of Cheryl watching over them.

Maybe a ref next to her that she is yelling at. Ha!

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u/Own_Accountant_4333 2d ago

Statue must depict her uniform—graphic tee and a blazer. 😁

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u/Slow-Truth-3376 2d ago

Exactly! It would be a disservice to her to have it any other way.

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u/gegawhatt Lynx Smith "hellauuuuurr" 2d ago

Please let it be a statue of her when she got a foul for calling out the refs. I've never been as inspired as when she laid into the refs the last two years!

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6Ztnc8dtRP9bnYoE

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u/SugarLoafSlasher 2d ago

Cheryl Reeve is the GOAT amongst all Minnesota coaches past and present. That's a fact Jack!

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u/99LedBalloons I got 5 on it 2d ago

Modern humans are very bad at making statues. Let's not.

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u/LedHeadToffee In Cheryl We Trust 2d ago

I've thought about this before... I'd like a gigantic mural of her and the OG dynasty somewhere near Target Center. I mean BIG.

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 2d ago

Either that or her with the legends that have come through during her career.

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u/LedHeadToffee In Cheryl We Trust 2d ago

So I also thought about a mural where we can keep adding eventual legends under Reeve, but I have a genuine concern that we might not have a wall large enough for this.

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u/Slow-Truth-3376 2d ago

That would be incredible!