What is Faithful?

[Dale]

Dale, are you trying to see if we think there should be an actual material reward for being one of the Faithful? Such as, perhaps, being able to automatically renew your hold on the seats of the previous year or perhaps being able to move up in seat ranking i.e., towards B if not in B already? (Or maybe having the privilege of not getting dicked over by the Harvard ticket office?

Actually, as a regular season ticket holder,  I already have a hold on my seats and an opportunity to move around if I want to take a chance. More than likely, I can get dicked by the Harvard ticket office as well. I really do want to hear what people think, but deep down I am thinking about respect from our own ticket office as much as anything. Starting with the way Frozen Four tickets were parceled out to the Faithful last spring to the new ticket policies this year, I am not feeling very faithful. So, I do have some of my own thoughts, but really appreciate hearing all of yours.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Actually, my friend who roots for Huntsvile is pretty hockey literate.   He grew up in CT, but was stationed in Alabama, where he met his wife who went to Huntsville (I think he actually got his degree elsewhere).   He coaches youth hockey locally, and has three sons who all play too.   According to him, his youngest son actually "went to his first hockey game when he was just a few days old."

The trash talk was more from his wife than him.  I think he knew better.  It came down to "We'll show those yankees a thing or two about hockey!"  and me sending her a link to the TBRW championship pages.  Of course after the games were played I heard no response.  Action talks, BS walks.

JH

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Big Red Apple:

You must have some interesting friends that find obsession with college hockey to be socially acceptable.  Most of my friends can't understand an obsession with hockey, whether pro or college.  The few who can are Lehigh grads who obsess about wrestling like we do about hockey.  

Here in eastern PA it's football, football and more football.   Though most real football fans can accept that someone might take an interest in the Flyers.

JH

[Keith K \'93]

OK, you weren't trash talking with a UAH person.  You were just slapping her down when she tried trash talking at you.  Very appropriate.

[ugarte]

Jeff Hopkins '82 wrote:
You must have some interesting friends that find obsession with college hockey to be socially acceptable.  Most of my friends can't understand an obsession with hockey, whether pro or college.  The few who can are Lehigh grads who obsess about wrestling like we do about hockey.  

Socially acceptable, not easily understood.

[Keith K \'93]

People often are willing to except sports fanaticism, even if they don't have a clue why you care so much.

If nothing else, my hockey obsession is understood by my Faithful friends, even if I usually only "see" them in an IRC chat room.