Standing at the game

[papathawki]

Great, those are NOT the fans we are talking about. We are talking about the ones that go to games and expect to sit the entire time and tell you to sit down. A few of them even posted in here about that is what the seats were for. One guy even suggested he was cheering louder sitting than those standing.



I highly doubt those big donors are sitting behind me. Those big donors are down on the floor and if they have wheel chairs they are behind the basket opposite the students.



No, and dammit if I get like this I won't go either. If I am unable to get involved in the game and am strapped to a chair then I will enjoy my HDTV where I can get a better view. If you do decide to go to the game then please do not take away my enjoyment by hollering at me to sit down. Go take in a baseball game or something.

I tend to take advice from those who are qualified to give it. Until you have walked in our moccasins, you don't have a clue, and obviously don't care, which is even worse than ignorance. I'll tell you the same thing I told the other guy. Come back to the discussion when you grow up.

 

[bcl20]

A good chunk of the 05-06 games got pretty loud (Michigan State game especially) and that was obviously with regular season ticket holders attending.

 

[Herkyalert]

I was in section II, row 13th and the everyone stood when needed. Even the 80 plus year old guy with a breathing tank. Everyone was awesome as far as I could tell.

Just a great atmosphere.

 

[bcl20]

I'm watching the replay of the game and crowd is making me smile ear to ear. It's the way Carver is supposed to sound and I love it.

 

[ssckelley]

I tend to take advice from those who are qualified to give it. Until you have walked in our moccasins, you don't have a clue, and obviously don't care, which is even worse than ignorance. I'll tell you the same thing I told the other guy. Come back to the discussion when you grow up.

lmao, I just got an old geezer to tell me to grow up.

Keep going to the games old timer, I could care less. When you tell me to sit down and shut up I buy my young boys those foam fingers.

 

[ssckelley]

I was in section II, row 13th and the everyone stood when needed. Even the 80 plus year old guy with a breathing tank. Everyone was awesome as far as I could tell.

Just a great atmosphere.

Did you capture a picture of it so we can show the other old geezers on this board?

 

[KansasHawkeye]

So what's the age break that makes Hawk fans acceptable vintage? You need to grow up!

Spoken like a dull, unsmiling white haired townie.People who dont bring energy and enthusiasm for the entire game should not be allowed inside CHA.Hows that grab you, geezer?

Geezer? C'mon Vin, you can do better than that. The crowd was a big factor tonight. Nice to see CHA rockin no matter the age group.

 

[IowaTeddy]

Great post. I've been a rabid hawkeye fan for most of my 80 years, and still am. Maybe if I dyed my hair black, I would be acceptable to Vintage? Seems like an old geezer, even a lifetime Hawk fan, no longer has a place in any Hawkeye venue?

To be a competitive program in the country's best league, you need to have home court advantage. There are no exceptions. If Iowa is going to be one of the best teams in the Big 10, they need to be perfect at home, and split their road games.

No one is making personal accusations here, so the way you feel so personally offended says more about you. The undeniable point is this: the days of Iowa fans sitting in Carver like a movie theater have to end! And yes, it is easy to stereotype about the old people that fit this description perfectly. Carver is a big arena, and in the days of Lickliter-terrible ball, it conduced itself to a lame atmosphere.

With that being said, Carver is a big arena, and when filled it can get really loud. That should be the goal every game, to get really loud. If you don't want to be a piece of the Iowa home court experience, watch the game at home. That might sound like a d-bag thing to say, but I don't think it is. I think it's fair.

Let's be MAD again!

 

[bcl20]

I don't care about age but papathawki is some weird dude who gets pissy about useless ****.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Plenty of blame to go around about why you could hear a knitting needle drop at some Iowa basketball games in recent years. Instead of pointing fingers, though, how about a few positive steps by everyone for the coming year:

- Iowa ticket office, make it easier for the kind of fan who attended last night to buy more prime tickets at a reasonable price throughout the season, hopefully turning them into regular patrons, season-ticket holders and ultimately donors, even if at a very low level.
- Athletic Department, put more students around the court, make it more affordable for them to come.
- Season-ticket holders, come, give your team plenty of vocal and visual support, make CHA one of the most difficult venues in the country for opponents.
- Donors/season-ticket holders, leave your reading and needlepoint at home, come and yell, stand, support your team. If you're not up to that, give your tickets for that particular night to younger fans who will. (Perhaps create a local StubHub style ticket clearinghouse to donate and re-distribute tickets on short notice.)

Fran and his players are on the verge of turning this thing around in a big way. They deserve every decibel of crowd support.

 

[tm3308]

Are you the guy that the announcer is talking about? The one that is on the baseline that should be kicked out?

That guy is like that at every game. He actually really gets on my nerves. He was in the reception area at the practice facility with all the former Hawks at the throwback game (I was in the lobby trying to be first in line for autographs), and he's always got courtside seats. Now that stuff doesn't bother me; I'd love to be in his shoes. But that, combined with his antics, gives off the impression that he thinks he's far more important than he really is.

 

[ssckelley]

Had a friend of mine that walked right up to someone sitting courtside and asked if anyone was sitting next to him and if he could sit there. The guy let him so he sat the entire 2nd half courtside.

 

[hoffahawk]

Had a friend of mine that walked right up to someone sitting courtside and asked if anyone was sitting next to him and if he could sit there. The guy let him so he sat the entire 2nd half courtside.

 

[VintageHawkeye]

To be a competitive program in the country's best league, you need to have home court advantage. There are no exceptions. If Iowa is going to be one of the best teams in the Big 10, they need to be perfect at home, and split their road games.

No one is making personal accusations here, so the way you feel so personally offended says more about you. The undeniable point is this: the days of Iowa fans sitting in Carver like a movie theater have to end! And yes, it is easy to stereotype about the old people that fit this description perfectly. Carver is a big arena, and in the days of Lickliter-terrible ball, it conduced itself to a lame atmosphere.

With that being said, Carver is a big arena, and when filled it can get really loud. That should be the goal every game, to get really loud. If you don't want to be a piece of the Iowa home court experience, watch the game at home. That might sound like a d-bag thing to say, but I don't think it is. I think it's fair.

Let's be MAD again!

You said it with more tact than I.
Bullseye post.

 

[VintageHawkeye]

I tend to take advice from those who are qualified to give it. Until you have walked in our moccasins, you don't have a clue, and obviously don't care, which is even worse than ignorance. I'll tell you the same thing I told the other guy. Come back to the discussion when you grow up.

Lose the ridiculous sense of entitlement, old man. Advanced age is not a free pass in life.

 

[Section136]

That guy is like that at every game. He actually really gets on my nerves. He was in the reception area at the practice facility with all the former Hawks at the throwback game (I was in the lobby trying to be first in line for autographs), and he's always got courtside seats. Now that stuff doesn't bother me; I'd love to be in his shoes. But that, combined with his antics, gives off the impression that he thinks he's far more important than he really is.

The bolded part made me laugh.

 

[83Hawk]

I still can't understand why some of you don't seem to realize you can yell and scream while sitting down.

And you can stand without making any noise whatsoever (I've seen this at games).

Gotta shake my head at the "fans" who show up for a couple of games (if that) "calling out" the season ticket holders because they don't stand and yell enough.

 

[VintageHawkeye]

I still can't understand why some of you don't seem to realize you can yell and scream while sitting down.

And you can stand without making any noise whatsoever (I've seen this at games).

Gotta shake my head at the "fans" who show up for a couple of games (if that) "calling out" the season ticket holders because they don't stand and yell enough.

Tell it to the constipated old townies who think CHA is a library.

 

[ATLHawkeye]

Isn't there a happy medium between standing the entire game and sitting the entire game?

In my opinion, it's wrong to expect to sit the whole game and expect everybody else to do the same. I also think it's wrong to stand the whole game and expect everybody else to do the same.

To me, each of those extremes are equally dooooshie.

Not everybody can stand the whole game, but if you're at a game you have to expect there will be a good amount of standing. If you can't stand at all, and you're not in the handicapped section, you should expect (and accept) that you're going to be staring at butts for a good portion of the game. There are times, and we all know when those times are (like "key" plays at football games), when the crowd needs to be standing and going nuts.

Other times, it's OK to take a breather and sit down for awhile. However, if you're standing behind one of those "superfans", you don't get that luxury.

I destroyed my knee playing football, and to stand for LONG periods of time hurts like hell. I can stand some of the time, like when it's called for, but if I stand for the entire game I would probably have tears in my eyes from the pain. I guess according to some of you "standers" I'm not a good fan and should just stay home.

 

[ssckelley]

Isn't there a happy medium between standing the entire game and sitting the entire game?

In my opinion, it's wrong to expect to sit the whole game and expect everybody else to do the same. I also think it's wrong to stand the whole game and expect everybody else to do the same.

To me, each of those extremes are equally dooooshie.

Not everybody can stand the whole game, but if you're at a game you have to expect there will be a good amount of standing. If you can't stand at all, and you're not in the handicapped section, you should expect (and accept) that you're going to be staring at butts for a good portion of the game. There are times, and we all know when those times are (like "key" plays at football games), when the crowd needs to be standing and going nuts.

Other times, it's OK to take a breather and sit down for awhile. However, if you're standing behind one of those "superfans", you don't get that luxury.

I destroyed my knee playing football, and to stand for LONG periods of time hurts like hell. I can stand some of the time, like when it's called for, but if I stand for the entire game I would probably have tears in my eyes from the pain. I guess according to some of you "standers" I'm not a good fan and should just stay home.

Good post, no don't stay at home as long as you can still get up once in a while and go crazy. Once that stops then get yourself an awesome HDTV so you can get a better view.

I have never been to a game where I stand just for the sake of standing. Either something really good just happened or something really bad happened and I feel I gotta "talk" to the refs. When Iowa goes on one of those 5 to 7 minute scoring droughts I am on my butt, along with timeouts and half time. It is usually when I am jawing is when I get tapped on the shoulder because some old guy can't see but the last game I attended I could hear the old couple complain all game long. I am sure they were not happy I bought the four 8/9 year olds who were with me foam fingers.