Calling Out the Fans

[Waquoit]

I have a new policy. Instead of responding to these "fans" who don't go to games but still badmouth those real fans that buy tickets, show up and support the program; I'm just putting them on "ignore". They aren't worth dealing with.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Let me get this right: Some dipsh!t watching on TV is criticizing the people who left the stadium.

Here is who gets to criticize the people leave. The people who stay.

Yeah the difference between Clemson Georgia and UConn is only the fans. Not the dozen plus NFL players on their rosters. If only we cheered louder Whitmer would turn into Boyd.

Matt is a UConn grad and lives in the Hartford area, mid 20's
Had to look him up, I mean how many Matt Schonviski " could be out there. double , where is Carl's "Debbie Stick"

 

[uconnell]

Hate to say it, but it's true. I still think one of the biggest factors in us being passed over by the so-called larger conferences is us only bringing 4,000 or so fans to Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl. I understand it was an expensive trip and long flight and in many individual circumstances not do-able but I think the football nation noticed. I will say up through 2007 or 2008 fans stuck around much more than now. This is why our next coach needs to be someone who can bring excitement to the program in the form of a high octane offense...

Did you go to the Fiesta Bowl? I did, it took 17 hours door to door. There was more than 4,000 fans. How many times do we need to explain that many people bought discounted tickets from stub hub?

 

[HomeKing93]

The "4K Husky fans that went to the Fiesta Bowl" is one of those zombie false stats - hard to kill.

I usually stay until the end of all the games I attend, but I have to admit, this game was an exception.

 

[mike012]

Didn't RG3 say the Rent was the loudest place he played at during his Baylor career... over OK and TX and all those big 12 stadiums. So if Uconn shows up with a good team playing a good team. The fans show up as well. SIMPLE as THAT> Also I stayed till the end we were on the score board dancing to Cotton Eye Joe!!!!! First time ever on the board

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Matt is a UConn grad and lives in the Hartford area, mid 20's
Had to look him up, I mean how many Matt Schonviski " could be out there. double , where is Carl's "Debbie Stick"

I guess the 10 minute drive and the free ticket he could've picked up in the parking was just too much effort for the kid. Maybe he didn't want to pay for parking.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Attendance is down in all sports across the country. I was listening to the radio the other day and even the Red Sox with their good season are not filling the bleachers. NASCAR attendance is down to the point where there is deep concern. But.... in saying that if UConn puts a good, exciting product on the field, promotes it right(how about some marketing down in lower Fairfield County please) they have a captive 3 million plus audience... at least. Come on Coach P, I believed in you...now it's time to produce.

P has produced alright. A big steaming pile from day one. You and srq could turn off the lights when you're done clearing his office.

 

[CodyJ.]

Got a point - no support at all...

http://ghandination.blogspot.com/

Take it an shove it UConn07. Did you go to school? if so, did you learn anything? You pay for and support garbage? If I pay for cable tv and only get 3 fuzzy channels I'd be pissed. You can stay all game and watch that garbage. Keep me interested. Show me what I paid for and make it worth my dollar and I'll stay. Otherwise, there are more interesting things going on in the parking lot.

 

[epark88]

I got to my seat early, and stayed till the bitter end.

Thing is, I used to be 'that guy': sitting at home, yelling at the screen and dumping on the fans for showing up late/leaving early. But to be honest, the game was so FUBAR that multiple times I felt the urge to just get up and leave. By the 4th quarter, I mostly kept my head down. I did get to cheer a bit during the last TD drive and the D's last 3-and-out...and then Lemelle muffed the punt.

Head down again. Till the bitter end.

So now that I'm actually in the stands, all the complaining and the bitching that folks do about why the Rent crowd is what it is seem to have some merit. But I also have this thing I like to do called the 'Verb Test': use a title, occupation or personality as a verb, and see if it applies to you. So:

Winning coaches win when they coach.
Losing coaches lose when they coach.
Leaders lead.
Fighters fight.
Quitters Quit.
Complainers complain.
Bitches bitch.
Diehards die hard.

The Verb Test helped me to stay rooted in my seat last week. If I really wanted to wuss out on my team, I could've just left early and blogged about how bad the crowd was or something...

 

[epark88]

Got a point - no support at all...

http://ghandination.blogspot.com/

No support, huh?

I'd go to war with this support. (Now if only we were being led into battle by Patton instead of Custer...)

 

[SubbaBub]

We could have been coming off a 13-0 season and people would have left that mess early. Towson on Thursday.

We'll see vs. MD where this fanbase is. You would expect a loud Sat. night sell-out like the "old" days.

 

[John]

I can't remember, did the stadium vacate for the Navy game a few years ago? That was the only other game where I was as remotely disappointed/angry/upset at what I was seeing on the field.

 

[UConn07]

Take it an shove it UConn07. Did you go to school? if so, did you learn anything? You pay for and support garbage? If I pay for cable tv and only get 3 fuzzy channels I'd be pissed. You can stay all game and watch that garbage. Keep me interested. Show me what I paid for and make it worth my dollar and I'll stay. Otherwise, there are more interesting things going on in the parking lot.

Believe it or not, Cody, I did! Called UConn home from 03-07 and then again from 09-13. I'll tell you this. The players notice the fans. It affects them. Just like if someone was over your shoulder while you are sitting in your office desk telling you that you suck over and over again for an hour straight and booing the hell out of them, only multiply that by thousands.

And I was there til the final whistle. The game got fun at the end after UConn started driving down 16. Place would have been rocking after the two point conversion and Towson backed up had the fans actually let the team WIN or LOSE a game this season before throwing in the towel. Let an ENTIRE game play out before calling a team out. Had they pulled it out and the punt wasn't dropped and went on to win, it would've been one of the most epic comebacks seen ever. Too bad that didn't happen. Would've enjoyed the quotes coming out of Storrs from the locker room this week about the lack of support. In reality, it wasn't very far from happening...

 

[CodyJ.]

Believe it or not, Cody, I did! Called UConn home from 03-07 and then again from 09-13. I'll tell you this. The players notice the fans. It affects them. Just like if someone was over your shoulder while you are sitting in your office desk telling you that you suck over and over again for an hour straight and booing the hell out of them, only multiply that by thousands.

And I was there til the final whistle. The game got fun at the end after UConn started driving down 16. Place would have been rocking after the two point conversion and Towson backed up had the fans actually let the team WIN or LOSE a game this season before throwing in the towel. Let an ENTIRE game play out before calling a team out. Had they pulled it out and the punt wasn't dropped and went on to win, it would've been one of the most epic comebacks seen ever. Too bad that didn't happen. Would've enjoyed the quotes coming out of Storrs from the locker room this week about the lack of support. In reality, it wasn't very far from happening...

Hey, go for it. Stay and watch a garbage product. If they play well, fans will stay. If they dont, fans will leave. The boos are for PP and his coaching staff. And if these young adults cant take the heat, then they can get their out fo the kitchen

 

[minidarren]

I happen to agree with you CodyJ.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Hey, go for it. Stay and watch a garbage product. If they play well, fans will stay. If they dont, fans will leave. The boos are for PP and his coaching staff. And if these young adults cant take the heat, then they can get their out fo the kitchen

I'm searching for the word to describe fans like you. Bandwagon is the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[CodyJ.]

I'm searching for the word to describe fans like you. Bandwagon is the first thing that comes to mind.

Bandwagon. oh geeze. here we go. I buy season tix every year. Thats not bandwagon. I choose to go grill a burger and drink a beer instead of watching us get our butts kicked. By the end of the 3rd quarter. If i'm putting palm to face, im outta there.

 

[Husky25]

I'm in search for a word to describe the blogger.

How can one call out the fans in attendance when that "fan" is not in attendance himself AND he presumably lives so close to the known not-sold-out-stadium?

 

[huskymedic]

I'm in search for a word to describe the blogger.

How can one call out the fans in attendance when that "fan" is not in attendance himself AND he presumably lives so close to the known not-sold-out-stadium?

Tool works for me...

 

[Husky25]

Bandwagon. oh geeze. here we go. I buy season tix every year. Thats not bandwagon. I choose to go grill a burger and drink a beer instead of watching us get our butts kicked. By the end of the 3rd quarter. If i'm putting palm to face, im outta there.

You make a point, Cody. At the end of the day, football is entertainment, A patron is not obligated to stay in the theatre for the entire 3 hours of The Postman? Theatre goers (who pay significantly more on Broadway for the privilege to attend than a UConn football game) are not required to sit through what they perceive to be a dumpster fire of a play? A TV viewer is not forbidden from changing the channel when the first hour of Battleship or the Red Dawn remake gives such an overwhelming feeling of underwhelming expectations as compared to the build up.

On the other hand, I personally would (and did) stay until the game was much later and chances to come back were more remote. Answer this: Did you turn on 1080AM when you got back to the car? What's the difference between that and staying a little longer?

@UConn07...The place would have been rockin' following the two point conversion, but here's the thing: There was no indication throughout the previous 57 minutes of game time that a two point conversion would even remotely take place. When Towson scored their second to last TD, the math really wasn't hard to compute. It's much more unclear with 15 minutes to go. At least during the 2OT win vs. Pittsburgh, UConn showed some life in the 4th Quarter. That feeling just wasn't there on Thursday.

I'm searching for the word to describe fans like you. Bandwagon is the first thing that comes to mind.

All due respect Jimmy (and you know I do), the later one stays at a game or the tally of games attended cannot even remotely be considered a measure of fandom.

 

[John]

Bandwagon. oh geeze. here we go. I buy season tix every year. Thats not bandwagon. I choose to go grill a burger and drink a beer instead of watching us get our butts kicked. By the end of the 3rd quarter. If i'm putting palm to face, im outta there.

people buy the tickets, they can do whatever they want with them, regardless of what the "superfans" say. Come in late, leave early, sit on 3rd down - know what? Not your call.

 

[Srqhusky]

They probably would appreciate us being lectured by someone in Florida.

Um lets see rays , bucs and lightning all have had bad and good years. I understand your plight. I also am looking foreword to flying up to the maryland game. The guys i go with have already asked me if we can just go out and drink after they watched the towson loss. But we arent. Itll be a fun day out

 

[Srqhusky]

Oh please. If P went 10-2 this year you'd be gloating and throwing it in our faces. Eat your crow. You don't get to tell people not to take this so seriously and then chastise the fans who leave early or don't support the program. All from your comfy confines in FL.

If he goes 10-2 you everyone should be singing his praises , i wont have to gloat . Chastise fans? by pointing out that conferences we wish to be in are not impressed by our support. Dude you are backwards. the conferences care about what is going to make them money. Traveling fans and support is attractive to them. You should be on my side. Your hate for P has you and Whaler blinded. I do like P but agree the results haven't been there. If you think its ok to boo the team we see things differently. The season is not written off yet. We have two weeks to prepare for Maryland , I hope the issues are addressed and fixed, I will be there for the whole game good or bad.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

If he goes 10-2 you everyone should be singing his praises , i wont have to gloat . Chastise fans? by pointing out that conferences we wish to be in are not impressed by our support. Dude you are backwards. the conferences care about what is going to make them money. Traveling fans and support is attractive to them. You should be on my side. Your hate for P has you and Whaler blinded. I do like P but agree the results haven't been there. If you think its ok to boo the team we see things differently. The season is not written off yet. We have two weeks to prepare for Maryland , I hope the issues are addressed and fixed, I will be there for the whole game good or bad.

You completely missed my point and created multiple strawmen in the process. You know who gets to lecture fans about going (and staying) to games? The people who go and stay for the entire games. Not some guy from FL who attends 1 game a year. I know exactly what conferences are looking for. I'm not one of the idiots who blames WM for not making some phone calls. I don't hate P. I've spoken with him a few times at some of these events. He's a nice guy and runs a clean program. I do hate what he's done to the program. You don't? I never made a comment about booing. I didn't boo and FWIW I don't agree with booing college kids. I'm glad you don't think the season is written off. I hope you're right. But you Pasqualista's haven't been right about anything in 2 years.

 

[whaler11]

Um lets see rays , bucs and lightning all have had bad and good years. I understand your plight. I also am looking foreword to flying up to the maryland game. The guys i go with have already asked me if we can just go out and drink after they watched the towson loss. But we arent. Itll be a fun day out

You missed the point. Hardly surprising.

 

[Srqhusky]

You missed the point. Hardly surprising.

The title of the thread sir. Im afraid u missed the point

 

[jackl]

Attendance is down in all sports across the country. I was listening to the radio the other day and even the Red Sox with their good season are not filling the bleachers. NASCAR attendance is down to the point where there is deep concern. But.... in saying that if UConn puts a good, exciting product on the field, promotes it right(how about some marketing down in lower Fairfield County please) they have a captive 3 million plus audience... at least. Come on Coach P, I believed in you...now it's time to produce.

Maybe we should have hired Bobby Valentine as the AD to cover Fairfield county.

 

[jackl]

We could have been coming off a 13-0 season and people would have left that mess early. Towson on Thursday.

We'll see vs. MD where this fanbase is. You would expect a loud Sat. night sell-out like the "old" days.

I don't know about that, we have 2 tickets in our group of 12 that are not going to be used and we don't have any takers.

 

[whaler11]

The title of the thread sir. Im afraid u missed the point

I will spell it out for you. Southern football fans don't take Northern programs seriously. They would probably appreciate someone who is 1,000 miles away in Florida criticizing the people in the stadium.

It's beyond tiresome listening to people who aren't in the damned stadium.

 

[FAIRTIDES]

Bandwagon. oh geeze. here we go. I buy season tix every year. Thats not bandwagon. I choose to go grill a burger and drink a beer instead of watching us get our butts kicked. By the end of the 3rd quarter. If i'm putting palm to face, im outta there.

There are many of us, or so it seems, that repeatably buy, usually with some trepidation, season's tickets. That doesn't mean that we give UCONN or the Athletic Department the right to demand that we sit through six or seven three-hour water boarding/Kool-Aid parties every year. Leaving early is a non-violent, civilized method of showing displeasure. So is not showing-up at all.

Booing the home team is another story. The southern half (Dad-Boston, Mom-Georgia) of my family tells me it's a no-no. Most kids of college football player age lack the social sophistication necessary to realize that the stadium full of people booing them are really mad at the coach. Plus, I hope there were no recruits visiting. And I really hope there were none accompanied by parents. College fans booing their own team is not a common occurrence. It's something a parent would pick-up on, and not like very much, pretty quickly. They might even leave-------early.