We Have a New Sieve

[ctenah]

So what has holes and sucks?  Section B.  I am INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY dissapointed with not only the turnout at the game, but the lack of enthusiasm.  Let's Go Red! cheers lasted no more than 4 or 5 consecutive chants during the second and third periods, rows 3 and 4 were half empty, and practically ALL of row 4 left halfway through the third.  We're not wearing red clothing, we're not even wearing a fucking Cornell shirt.  We certainly seem to care less and less as the games go by, especially in a section as crucial as B.  The droning "Kill" cheer during penalty killing times didn't even click in until I had to forcibly yell at the stone-lipped facetimers.  Somehow I needed to explain that kill referred to penalty killing, and we can't be silent at our must vulnerable times.  Even then I only got about 10 cheering at one given point.   Argh!

And we need another "staple" cheer like Let's Go Red.  Even Union Sucks would have worked.  Anything.  

[calgARI '07]

I'm in Section B and I agree.  Seems like there were totally different people there tonight than MSU when they were unbelievable.

[RazzBaronZ]

Also in section B.  The chants coming from sections E and F were much louder and longer.  It was weak.

Also, the Kill chant didn't work because everyone speeds it up too fast.  "Kill, Red, Kill" with clapping would wourk much better I think.

-Alex Barash '07

[CM cWo 44]

agreed... good idea, but pacing doesn't allow it to go for too long

[Will]

Every game should have the fan intensity that was displayed in the MSU games.  This is sad.  And I'm stuck in section M.  (Though I am happy to at least be in the rink.)

To be fair, I'm well aware that we say stuff like this every year.

[redhair34]

The worst was when everyone in my section (E) left by the buzzer...there where a flood of people who didn't stay for the stick salute.

[Tub(a)]

[Q]redhair34 Wrote:

 The worst was when everyone in my section (E) left by the buzzer...there where a flood of people who didn't stay for the stick salute.[/q]

Obviously to get to their cars quickly ::rolleyes::

[nr53]

well yeah.. have you ever driven to a game? the traffic is horrible. I leave midway through the second just to make sure i beat it ::rolleyes::

[Will]

[Q]nr53 Wrote:

 well yeah.. have you ever driven to a game? the traffic is horrible. I leave midway through the second just to make sure i beat it  [/q]

The traffic gives me the opportunity to easily listen to the postgame report on the radio.

And then I get angry for the next 20 minutes being stuck in gridlock trying to get home.

[Leftot73]

I whole-heartedly agree with the need for another staple cheer.  We really don't have any other simple, positive cheers to throw out there when our guys are down.  It was mentioned in this thread the duration and volume of cheers from E and F; as a resident this year of F it was deplorable to me that after we fell behind, lots of people just stopped being active participants in cheering.  The first couple minutes of the second period everyone was in it when the team came out with lots of energy, but it just petered off, reaching a point in the third period when I just snapped and started yelling at people to yell something; that dead quiet is tantamount to giving up as far as I'm concerned.  I don't care if we're down 2 to 1 or twenty to one (Lord forbid); you go to Lynah and yell for all you're worth til the final buzzer, and then you stay there and salute our team for their work, win or lose.  So, a further amen to the sad state with people leaving early, and an extra gripe with people speeding up cheers and not knowing words (it's "sieve, you suck" not "hey, you suck," goon not lose, etc.).

[Andy'07]

I've been saying this to my friends for a while now.  Would the following kill us?

here we go corn-ell, here we go *clap clap*

[French Rage]

[Q]Andy'07 Wrote:

 I've been saying this to my friends for a while now.  Would the following kill us?

here we go corn-ell, here we go *clap clap*

[/q]

Yes.  Yes it would.

[Dafatone]

Down in Section F, the fans were really into it for the last 5 minutes, solely due to the efforts of one loud fan who shouted at the rest of us until we cheered.  Good job on his part.

[Oat]

Has anyone ever been to a Penn State football game? About half of their stadium is the students section and the other half is for general public or "townies." Penn State has several cheers that go back and forth between the students and townies. When I was there, I was really impressed at how enthusiastic, supportive, and loud their townies were. They cheered, clapped, and sang just as loudly as the students did. These were mostly older people, very much like section L, M, N of Lynah, except they were really active and really into the game. It just took my breath away to see ALL sections of the 100000+ fans in stadium so intense and together.. And now, it finally became clear to me that no matter how witty or creative our Lynah cheers are, the package is never complete as long as only half of our rink is doing the cheering and clapping while the other half is sitting and watching the game quietly (enjoying the atmosphere without contributing to it).

If you don't know what I'm talking about, I would encourage you to look around the rink tomorrow night when we do our most basic cheer "let's go red." You will clearly see that one side of the rink is much louder and more active than the other and I can bet my life right now that the louder side is the students side.

My point is:

I agree that section A and B definitely gave up on cheering tonight.. But please don't forget that there were many other sections in Lynah that weren't nearly as active as A and B.

[Doug \'08]

I'm sorry, but sections D/E/F are no better.  There was one fan who was really pissing me off: BOOING our team and cursing at McKee.  After he told McKee that "his mother could stop that shot" I lost my patience with this freshman and went off on him.  

I quickly identified him as being from philly (no offense to anyone here) and reminded him that while at Cornell, we show CLASS, and you DO NOT BOO THE BIG RED!  He didn't take kindly to this and tried to argue it was okay to boo after we did not convert a power play.  Eventually, I put him in his place and got him to shut up for the rest of the game, however the other ignorant fans around me made ME the butt of the "This guy sucks" cheer.  These freshman make me SICK.

There is hardly any intensity coming from E and it is clear that the majority of them are just there as an excuse for something to do before going drinking.  At least you guys in A/B have the intense fans...