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Post by SteveUL on Oct 29, 2007 13:13:59 GMT -4
I don't have much difficulty hearing the announcers and promo people. What I do have trouble hearing is Les' interviews. It's just not loud enough I find. Well I can hear Les just fine as he has a clear and booming voice that has been developed for radio over the years ... Flynn is a "low talker" and you can't hear what he is saying at all ... and he comes across as lacking confidence in what he is saying in those interviews for that very reason. The players are the same way .... they don't project their voice when talking to Les and you miss half of what they are saying. The interviews are great ideas but poorly executed. |
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Post by catnut on Oct 29, 2007 13:26:20 GMT -4
If you have 2000 something season ticket holders and are getting 1000-1500 walk up fans per game in a city of 150,000 something is wrong. They can attribute the decrease of attendance to the team performance but your walk up crowd really doesn't give a shit about the teams record. They are there for a night out. Attendance is down because people are having a shit time at games. I think your numbers are a little skewed ... many of those season tickets are company owned and they give them out to different employees and clients ... or sometimes the seats sit vacant. Quite often the people sitting in these seats are not diehard fans either. I don't know what percentage of the season tickets would fall under this category but I think it is a significant number none the less ... but less than 50%. Also, many who are considered season ticket holders are people who bought flex packs. Some of these will save their tickets for more "hockey weather" and come more often with buddies/family in the second half of the year. |
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Post by Sébastien on Oct 29, 2007 19:57:44 GMT -4
Well I can hear Les just fine as he has a clear and booming voice that has been developed for radio over the years ... Flynn is a "low talker" and you can't hear what he is saying at all ... and he comes across as lacking confidence in what he is saying in those interviews for that very reason. The players are the same way .... they don't project their voice when talking to Les and you miss half of what they are saying. The interviews are great ideas but poorly executed. That's what I meant. I can usually understand Les just fine, but I can barely hear the players or coaches talk, nevermind actually understand them. |
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Post by Sébastien on Oct 29, 2007 20:02:02 GMT -4
About the lack of season ticket holders, specially when you factor in the flex passes and the company tickets, what can explain that?
The Wildcats get probably some of the best exposure in the city compared to others with the T&T, 103.1 always making mentions, all the games on radio thanks to NEWS91.9.
I know I'm not a season ticket holder and the hockey side has nothing to do with it. I have been and would love to be again and plan to be some day in the near future.
Any ideas?
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Post by milo on Oct 30, 2007 8:22:05 GMT -4
Not sure why so many people feel there's a problem with attendance/season ticket holders, especially now in what seems to be an off year on the ice?
Take out the much larger centres (Quebec, Halifax) as we can't seriously compare numbers with these two. St. John's, Gatineau and Chicoutimi all have a considerably larger population than Moncton and we're outdrawing all three.... Saint John is roughly the same even though their building is light years ahead and located downtown.... and we're outdrawing slightly smaller cities like Sydney, Charlottetown, Drummondville, Lewiston by a good margin.
4000 people a game in October in a city this size looks pretty good if you look around the CHL.
That said there's a lot they could do (and NOT DO) to make the game more enjoyable... lots of good, free info for them in this thread.
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Post by gongshow on Oct 30, 2007 8:35:15 GMT -4
Not sure why so many people feel there's a problem with attendance/season ticket holders, especially now in what seems to be an off year on the ice? Take out the much larger centres (Quebec, Halifax) as we can't seriously compare numbers with these two. St. John's, Gatineau and Chicoutimi all have a considerably larger population than Moncton and we're outdrawing all three.... Saint John is roughly the same even though their building is light years ahead and located downtown.... and we're outdrawing slightly smaller cities like Sydney, Charlottetown, Drummondville, Lewiston by a good margin. 4000 people a game in October in a city this size looks pretty good if you look around the CHL. That said there's a lot they could do (and NOT DO) to make the game more enjoyable... lots of good, free info for them in this thread. Actually Sydney is about the same size if not bigger than Moncton population wize. |
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Post by Wheelies on Nov 2, 2007 21:13:13 GMT -4
I dont know who is listening from the front office... But great job!!!!! With the new short video's on the score board..Better music....Love the changes ..Please keep it up....Nice to see a bit more spirit in the crowd.....
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Post by CatsFan on Nov 2, 2007 21:15:17 GMT -4
This new GM might be the one reading? He seems to have a lot of good ideas. He's not as out in the open as Schurman was .. but this guy seems to have some different idea.. ( ie: ticket plans.. )
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Post by Wheelies on Nov 2, 2007 21:29:51 GMT -4
I enjoyed the slap shot movie clips.....They were very enjoyable....
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Post by Dman on Nov 2, 2007 21:30:54 GMT -4
I dont know who is listening from the front office... But great job!!!!! With the new short video's on the score board..Better music....Love the changes ..Please keep it up....Nice to see a bit more spirit in the crowd..... Hopefully they keep reading this thread and bring back the out of town scores back on the big screen. |
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Post by SteveUL on Nov 2, 2007 21:48:58 GMT -4
We need more country music ... lots of Dolly Parton .... and more old people running on the ice at intermission ... and I want to see the Cat on the 4-wheeler run over the other cat
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Post by Wheelies on Nov 2, 2007 22:20:04 GMT -4
LOL>........
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Post by kbt on Nov 3, 2007 10:13:40 GMT -4
We need more country music ... lots of Dolly Parton .... and more old people running on the ice at intermission ... and I want to see the Cat on the 4-wheeler run over the other cat It's comments like that that make me pretty sure you won't be around long enough to get old and run on the ice. 
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Post by Sébastien on Nov 3, 2007 10:38:48 GMT -4
I enjoyed a couple of the changes tonight. Overall, it was much better then usual.
1- I enjoyed the fact that they had the announcer announce the starting lineup. It's a great change. I also liked how he insterted the "hard working" Zach Sill. The only thing is after the announcer does his bit, you either need to have the players introduce themselves on the board right after and no horn, or simply the horn without the players introducing themselves. I personally would prefer no horn at all, but if you really want to use it, you can't do it 5-7 seconds after the announcer is done his bit. It sounds too random and out of nowhere.
2- Speaking about the horn, I was really glad to see that it was not used stupidly. I don't think it was used at all exception made of the players' introduction and the goals. GOod job. Sometimes, less is more!
3- As far as the goal horn goes, I would still prefer to hear the Tomar roar (it sounds so much more powerful and menacing), however I was satisfied with what I heard last night. I don't know of the "wildcat" was less loud or what, but it was a lot less irritating then usual. Only thing I found was that he goal horn guy was slow on the button tonight. Usually a good 3-5 seconds would go by before you heard the horn.
4- Music was a lot better. I say that mainly because I barely noticed any repetitiveness. You still have both clap you hands songs, but they only played once each.
5- I loved the kids in the upperbowl. Lots of added noise that we don't get usually. If those were free giveaways, keep them coming! Makes the game more enjoyable for everyone really I find.
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Post by Sébastien on Nov 3, 2007 11:04:13 GMT -4
One more little thing. I still think it would be a great idea of they put up the out of town scores on the video board during the intermission. I don't know if they have the time because of Les' interview, but they should at the very least be announced verbally at somet point in time.
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