Re: Northeastern Huskies 2013-14 Season Thread II: In Witt we Trust
I would gladly take Benny Hill over the awful spelling chants. Nobody thinks the *******, Anal and Sex chants are funny nor do they actually contribute anything; if anything, they all sound like a bunch of morons....
+1 Let's not forget that more than a few young kids come to the games. Besides, It's classless, sophomoric, unimaginative, and plays right into the hands of our critics. But to add my .02 to the discussion, I think one of the things that's at the root of the seeming lack of enthusiasm is an absolute total lack of game-day traditions. Here are a few free suggestions that I think might help:
--A Paws who can actually skate
--Cheerleaders on skates pre-game and between periods. (If you want to see first-hand what I'm driving at, go to any game at Michigan or Wisconsin game and see the spectacle the on-ice cheerleaders and mascot put on. It's entertaining and gets the crowd fired up)
--(Partially related to the above) Bring back the girls with the compressed air bazookas firing t-shirts into the crowd. Don't try to tell me it's a safety hazard. (So is crossing the street.)
--Get the band and the Doghouse on the same page. NU'14 made a comment earlier in this thread that the band tends to cut off the DH at stoppages in play before it has a chance to get anything going. Good point but it strikes me as a self-inflicted wound. It seems to me that the DH student leadership and the band student leadership should be able to sit down and work things out so that they feed off of each other instead of compete against each other. (BTW, the band sounds much improved from earlier years.)
--At the end of each game, instead of the center ice stick raise, have the team gather below the DH and have the band play the Alma Mater (the NU one actually isn't bad as Alma Maters go) while everyone links arms and sings the words. Then do the stick raise. I've seen this done at Notre Dame, Navy and other places and it's pretty impressive.
Maybe some of these ideas stink and maybe other people have other ideas that will help make hockey (and basketball) a more compelling, enjoyable, and exciting experience that students would actually think is cool enough to be worth going to. (I also hope someone from marketing is taking notes on some of the things that have recently come out on this thread.)
) is in the running for HE Coach of the Year..
