Quiet crowd

[A-19]

Our group of seven grads from 2004 was struck by how quiet the rink was this weekend. Just for the record, all of us were four-year season ticket holders in section A. Sitting in section O, it was pretty noticeable how quiet much of the student sections were during both games, and none of us recall it ever being that quiet- even during losses.

And we could also see that the entire side of section B on the A/B aisle, for about 2 seats in on each row, was completely empty for the Brown game. Pretty sad.

I thought that sections D and E and F were consistently impressive; we could hear you from O all game long. Some pockets at the top center of B and the front center of A were loud, but it seemed like it was only students who we had known to be loud in the past (odds are, the students reading this were the loud ones anyway). This probably has alot to do with the fact that a chunk of the best line numbers were not necessarily given to the most dedicated fans, which explains why D/E/F were better-than-usual in my opinion. So to any students in A or B reading this, speak up damnit.

And to give credit where credit is due, I liked "Who's your daddy?" and I very much liked the Heimlich and the Maine signs in front of A against Harvard.

The team looked very sharp, and despite getting thrown out 10 seconds into the start of the Harvard game for throwing a stuffed animal which was mistaken for a fish (and then let back in 5 minutes later after realizing), it was a very enjoyable weekend back.

-Mike Rosenberg '04

[Pace]

Perhaps it was a factor of sitting in section O? This is my third season of being a Lynah Faithful, and I can't really say that I noticed the crowd to be quiet during the Harvard game. I'd say it was more or less the normal amount of loud for a Harvard game. Admittedly, there were some lulls in the cheering during Brown, perhaps as a factor or sore throats from the night before.

[Ack]

Mike, you are louder than the rest of us, we could hear you in A from O -- you probably couldn't hear me, I'm a little dude, that's why I make signs.

[Lauren '06]

Sometimes I just feel like shutting up and watching the game.

Additionally, I've noticed a lot of people near me who try to yell solo or start up a non-traditional chant that often don't project their voices very well, so it doesn't catch on and nobody notices.  Time for some vocal coaches.

[puff]

if i remember right, the section B along the A/B aisle was reserved for grad student tickets. i believe it was something like 4 seats in each row.

[Beeeej]

[Q]Section A Banshee Wrote:
Additionally, I've noticed a lot of people near me who try to yell solo or start up a non-traditional chant that often don't project their voices very well, so it doesn't catch on and nobody notices.  Time for some vocal coaches.[/q]

What the hell was with Section B for standing quietly and staring dumbly at Greg & me when we did "Hey, Dov, you're an embarrassment..." all by ourselves?!  It hasn't been that long, has it?

Beeeej

[Brian]

I noticed that remote control goalie is missing during the second period when the goalie is in front of section D.  I noticed the cheers are not as creative this year up to this point other than "who's your daddy."  What happened to "Winning team, Losing team, Winning team, losing team"......"4 point weekend, 4 point weekend"....."good goalie, bad goalie" (these cheers started but never materialized in sections A & B).......and we need a cheer to replace the Baby song, maybe something for Topher (he seems to be the crowd favorite).  As previosly stated, I too noticed that the crowd is rather quiet during stoppages in play.  Sitting in the townie seats, I really enjoy hearing the students cheers throughout the game.  You can tell that the team thrives off the crowd's cheers.  By the way, just thought I would add that Brian Hayward (sp.) sat in front of me at the Brown game as I screamed in his ear all game, and Charlie Cook's mother and sister sat behind me.  I seemed to be sitting with all the parents this year, very cool!  I must say I was impressed with Cook's sister, she was really getting on the referees;-)

[Pete Godenschwager]

[Q]if i remember right, the section B along the A/B aisle was reserved for grad student tickets. i believe it was something like 4 seats in each row.[/Q]

They actually gave us the B/C aisle, looked like everybody was there as far as I could tell.

[Greg Berge]

From C, it didn't seem "quiet."  Friday might not have been as raucous as a typical Fish N' Fowl, but it wasn't a tomb by any means.  Also, A/B & D coordinated their cheering much better than the past few seasons -- I don't know whether that was luck, whether C is becoming better "glue" to get them in synch, or what.

We have a helluva fun team to watch, and I believe we'll have great, engaged crowds all season long at Lynah.

[KateWithThe8]

We were down in the front row near you guys in Section O Friday night and I too thought the crowd was a bit quiet for a Fish night.  But then Saturday night we sat a few rows up and it reminded us how much difference it makes to sit just behind the glass - the crowd seemed much louder Saturday night because we were actually above the glass.  Though I do think that the band playing at fewer stopages doesn't help things.

My biggest gripe of the weekend (though I hate to have any with so much to celebrate) was the "College, University" cheer coming from upper Section B Saturday night.  Last time I checked it was Brown UNIVERSITY.  Please don't ruin a cheer that is actually good/funny against schools like Dartmouth COLLEGE.

[Beeeej]

[Q]KateWithThe8 Wrote:
My biggest gripe of the weekend (though I hate to have any with so much to celebrate) was the "College, University" cheer coming from upper Section B Saturday night.  Last time I checked it was Brown UNIVERSITY.  Please don't ruin a cheer that is actually good/funny against schools like Dartmouth COLLEGE.[/q]

That was "Color," not "College."

Beeeej

[KateWithThe8]

Well then I'm very sorry that it came across the other side of the rink as College.  "Color" is obviously a very good use of the cheer.  :-)   Sorry for the confusion.

[A-19]

i thought the cheer quality was very good- i won't be one of THOSE alums...

and may i add that, finally seeing everything in unison from the other side, the student section is very imposing to view. the sheer number of time in line t-shirts is also pretty visible.

pace and kate, you could be right that it was just the different seating perspective that made it sound quiet. if so, sorry for the rant. and mike, i am now very amused that you guys could hear us.

-mike

[Will]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:

I thought that sections D and E and F were consistently impressive; we could hear you from O all game long.[/q]

Thanks!  A few others and myself tried to keep stuff going as best we could.  Now, if only we could solve our tempo problems...;-)

[Liz \'05]

The problem with those cheers this weekend (okay, at the Brown game at least, since I had to miss Harvard) was that two different groups would start two different cheers at the same time and the people between them were indecisive.  It doesn't really work very well when it comes out sounding like "which team is four the point teamend?"  On the other hand, it's nice to have the choice of so many good cheers :-D