The Crowd at the SBC [Archive] - SpursTalk.com Forums

austinSpurFan

11-26-2005, 12:49 AM

I was at the game. And I tell you one thing I was really upset with the crowd. They seemed like they were not into the game..There were times I just wanted to scream at everyone neasr me to GET UP AND SCREAM. Sorry I just had to vent. Thanks for listening..

ALVAREZ6

11-26-2005, 12:50 AM

You should have told them to make some fuckin noise...

dbreiden83080

11-26-2005, 01:28 AM

I think everyone had thanksgiving hangover, Sean Elliott jinxed the team by bringing it up before the tipoff.

exstatic

11-26-2005, 01:29 AM

The announcers were saying that it was hot in the SBC tonight? People were fanning themselves with game programs? That'll cut down the enthusiasm.

austinSpurFan

11-26-2005, 01:39 AM

Hell it was hot in there. It seemed like they turned on the air in the fourth qtr.

Amuseddaysleeper

11-26-2005, 01:48 AM

im sorry but they SA was playing tonight they didnt deserve a single fan in that building! the sad thing is we'll probably have more of this type of losses in april! :pctoss

Tek_XX

11-26-2005, 01:50 AM

The players didn't show up so the crowd didn't show up either.

RashoFan

11-26-2005, 02:45 AM

Yeah it was hot in there, it started to cool off when everyone left EARLY....We stayed to the end and I even stood up and cheered when Tony got off the Final Spurs basket...I even had the ladies with me tonight scream "We Love You Spurs" at the end of the 4th....

alamo50

11-26-2005, 08:00 AM

ObiwanGinobili

11-26-2005, 08:06 AM

not ot be dising my fellow spurs fans.
But I've seen the crowd go cold on more than one occasion.... fickle fickle....

i can see how a disappointing game and an uncomfortable enviroment could take the pizazz out of the evening ; but really. I thin kthe crowd has a job to do too. And they weren't doing it.

I think everyone had thanksgiving hangover, Sean Elliott jinxed the team by bringing it up before the tipoff.
:lol it's funny because as soon as he said that I remeber thinking "watch, now we are gonna lose" .... :depressed
:lol

SequSpur

11-26-2005, 08:07 AM

T Park

11-26-2005, 09:16 AM

When the team gives a lackluster effort, Im gonna give a lackluster effort.

Shit, since they didnt want to play last night, I should get my 240 bucks back for my seats.

But it had to be at least 80 something in there last night.

Fucker was hotter than hell!

SA210

11-26-2005, 11:16 AM

i've been to a couple of games this year and the crowd is ridiculous.

i can't put a finger on it as to why, but the experience outside of the actual game needs to be changed.

the fiesta entertainment is old, stan kelly needs to sell nachos, it's just dull. They need something new and fresh.

Stan Kelly? I can't stand him as the announcer.

He sound like he's holding his nose all the time. They need a whole makeover with the music and announcer.

Besides that, Spurs suck on D right now.

ObiwanGinobili

11-26-2005, 11:43 AM

someone should destroy every copy of "ya'll ready for this" in the US.

oh, and make it a federal crime to ever play it at a sporting event again. punishable by death.

j-6

11-26-2005, 11:48 AM

SA210

11-26-2005, 12:46 PM

someone should destroy every copy of "ya'll ready for this" in the US.

oh, and make it a federal crime to ever play it at a sporting event again. punishable by death.

I HATE that song SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much as our intro, that I didn't even mention the name in my previous post. Now that you brought it up, I had to vent. I HATE IT!!!!!!

How much do these guys get paid to play that same crap?

Summers

11-26-2005, 02:25 PM

I was in the balcony and it was really hot. I noticed people on the floor fanning themselves, too

T Park

11-26-2005, 03:23 PM

You hate a song??

Write this down.

"Memo to self, evaluate priorities in life"

exstatic

11-26-2005, 04:00 PM

^^^^Why? You hate Air America. Maybe you need to evaluate YOUR priorities.

Tek_XX

11-26-2005, 04:14 PM

How much do you think Mason goes for?

SA210

11-26-2005, 05:23 PM

You hate a song??

Write this down.

"Memo to self, evaluate priorities in life"

Maybe you should evaluate your own priorities. Mine are very much in order, more than yours. I gave my opinion of a song. If that hurts you so much, maybe you shouldn't give your rude opinions to everyone else either. Don't ask me to write anything down as if your in any position to tell me about my life or priorties. Maybe that says something about your own.

N.Y. Johnny

11-26-2005, 05:36 PM

Is crazy Lou still doing his schtick in there?

that fuckin guy's gotta go...next time he's up in the balcony someone shove his no talent hack ass over. :lmao

A Serbian Beast

11-26-2005, 05:50 PM

whats the deal, you guys gave me shit when i told you your intros sucked, now you agree with me?

Kori Ellis

11-26-2005, 05:56 PM

whats the deal, you guys gave me shit when i told you your intros sucked, now you agree with me?

Umm.. Spurs fans have always thought "Y'all Ready For This" sucks.

The intros don't suck, but that song does.

ShoogarBear

11-26-2005, 05:57 PM

It was hot, but I'll take that any time over the 30-degree weather I'm back in now.

My buddy was channeling MB all night, bitching about how cheap Holt was for not turning on the A/C.

Spurs fans need to make up their minds: Alex Scales or Air Conditioning?

SA210

11-26-2005, 05:58 PM

^^^Kori. Do you know why they stick with this song? Is it for tradition? Does Timmy love it? I'm seriously curious.

ShoogarBear

11-26-2005, 06:00 PM

^^^Kori. Do you know why they stick with this song? Is it for tradition? Does Timmy love it? I'm seriously curious.

Holt Cat got a volume discount on the royalty payments.

Kori Ellis

11-26-2005, 06:00 PM

^^^Kori. Do you know why they stick with this song? Is it for tradition? Does Timmy love it? I'm seriously curious.

I don't know who is in charge of it or why they use it. I don't get why Spurs fans get in such an uproar about it though. A lot of sports franchises use it. It doesn't really bother me -- it's only a small part of all the music they use before the game.

The only thing that sucked was last year when the lights weren't working properly in the arena and they put it on repeat for the 10 minutes when they were trying to fix them :lmao

SA210

11-26-2005, 06:01 PM

on repeat for 10 minutes? OMG!!! :lol

Actually it's bothersome, because we can do better than that even if other sports franchises use it or not. We saw the difference in the Finals against Detroit. It's just a small thing and not the game itself, but I am interested in all the aspects of the Spurs.

A Serbian Beast

11-26-2005, 06:17 PM

Your PA announcer needs help really bad. He must always be constipated.

leemajors

11-26-2005, 06:19 PM

i associate technotronic more with the rockets, it was a constant during their repeat title seasons. the spurs are still playing it though.

KEDA

11-26-2005, 06:39 PM

Ill be the announcer!!!

I got mad mic skillz yo!!!

Solid D

11-26-2005, 07:00 PM

The heavy-set people full of dressing and giblet gravy were probably REAL hot in there.

Quit complaining about the heat. No excuse. The Boston Celtics fans didn't have AC in the old Boston Garden and they still cheered loudly.

exstatic

11-26-2005, 07:06 PM

Quit complaining about the heat. No excuse. The Boston Celtics fans didn't have AC in the old Boston Garden and they still cheered loudly.

I swear to, if you can tell me when you need A.C. in Boston during the NBA season...:lol

ShoogarBear

11-26-2005, 07:29 PM

I swear to, if you can tell me when you need A.C. in Boston during the NBA season...:lol

The Finals in June. Lack of A/C cost the Lakers at least 1-2 games during the 80s.

ShoogarBear

11-26-2005, 07:31 PM

The Boston Celtics fans didn't have AC in the old Boston Garden and they still cheered loudly.

That's because the seats were still affordable for real fans and not the corporates.

Brutalis

11-26-2005, 08:15 PM

I have never read something like this from any Spurs fan site.

If I lived in SA, I would be a regular at every game and known for yelling for my team. And not in the drunken disrespectful way either.

I hope the fans are not being selfish like that though. That makes fans look bad.

FromWayDowntown

11-26-2005, 10:23 PM

The mood last night was only marginally worse than the mood before Game 6 of the 2005 Finals in that building. Most nights, SBC Center is a fairly arrogant crowd that just pretty much assumes that the Spurs are going to win and, thus, just settles in to watch the game and cheer politely at appropriate times. I can understand that in November, but the fact that it happened in a game to close out a championship was ridiculous.

As for the song, I recall that the Spurs did actually try to change it once. In a playoff series a couple of years ago at the Alamodome (I want to say against Minnesota in 1999, but I'm not sure) they used a different song to introduce the lineups before a game and the Spurs ended up losing. The next home game, "Ya'll Ready for This" was back (with AJ mouthing the key words) and it's never gone away again.

And SBC Center was outrageously hot last night. We usually freeze to death in our seats, but last night were fanning ourselves to resist the sauna-like conditions.

angel_luv

11-26-2005, 10:33 PM

It was very hot last night and I always feel cold everywhere I go.

It was not a stellar performance by the Spurs but it is always fun to be there.

I don't understand how a sports fan can ever be quiet. No matter how the game is going I can't just sit there. If I'm not cheering for the team, I'm yelling at the refs. :lol

sanman53

11-26-2005, 10:33 PM

If I lived in SA, I would be a regular at every game and known for yelling for my team. And not in the drunken disrespectful way either.

Yeah, me too! The games I went to in Charlotte (1997) and Memphis (2003-04), I was the only Spurs fan cheering and dressed in Spurs attire! I would love to have the priviledge of going to games in San Antonio, whether hot or cold, win or loss. It would be so awesome to cheer in an arena surrounded by fellow Spurs fans!

I envy you all!

CharlieMac

11-26-2005, 11:57 PM

I hate when we lose a playoff game and those idiots on the radio blame it one the fans. "They weren't loud enough and that's why we missed free-throws and lost a game". That makes no sense.

Brutalis

11-27-2005, 02:18 AM

It was hot because we got WORKED all night.

alamo50

11-27-2005, 05:11 AM

I was the only Spurs fan cheering and dressed in Spurs attire! I would love to have the priviledge of going to games in San Antonio, whether hot or cold, win or loss. It would be so awesome to cheer in an arena surrounded by fellow Spurs fans!
I envy you all!

WORD.

T Park

11-27-2005, 06:40 PM

Quit complaining about the heat. No excuse. The Boston Celtics fans didn't have AC in the old Boston Garden and they still cheered loudly.

What an absolutely pathetic thing to say.

Fuck you.

Vashner

11-27-2005, 06:44 PM

I think the Spurs just wanted to be at home and not playing that day...

SequSpur

11-27-2005, 06:53 PM

It's great to go to the Spurs games, I like to go to as many as possible. I have gone to games at the old arena, the dome and now the SBC.

I can clearly say that the crowds now don't have the passion to cheer anymore unless there is 1 minute left in the game and the Spurs are down by 1.

Why?

1. Because the majority of tickets available are to pricey for the rowdy people?
2. Because the Spurs aren't flashy enough to draw interest?
3. Because the experience outside the game while the game is played is redundant and boring?

What are some other reasons? I think it is quite clear that the crowds are not the same as they have been in the past.

ALVAREZ6

11-27-2005, 07:00 PM

What are some other reasons? I think it is quite clear that the crowds are not the same as they have been in the past.
People are bitches.

spurschick

11-27-2005, 07:02 PM

1. Because the majority of tickets available are too pricey for the rowdy people?

I really think that this is one of the main reasons. There is definitely more volume coming from the Club 200 sections. There are pockets of people in the lower levels that are out of their seats, yelling and cheering (section 103 represent! :tu ) but there are still quite a lot of people that don't have the enthusiasm that we expect. Unfortunately, I think that this is what may have come hand in hand with winning championships. It has become more of a business than ever and the corporate people are shelling out most of the money. Supply and demand.

TheWriter

11-27-2005, 10:46 PM

Seanson ticket holders are too quiet.

But its pretty mcuh the same thing. Every watched a Miami Heat game from Miami?

How about a Lakers game when Kobe isn't trying to be Michael Jordan?

KWI-IT!

T Park

11-27-2005, 11:00 PM

Seanson ticket holders are too quiet.

We are??

Funny, me and my fellow season ticket holders around us aren't.

You shell out that kind of dough for basketball, you can be as quiet as you want.

If being loud makes you a fan, better not judge LJ.

Dude doesn't even stand for player intros.

I don't even know if he claps when they make a basket!!!

:)

TheWriter

11-27-2005, 11:20 PM

We are??

Funny, me and my fellow season ticket holders around us aren't.

You attend every home game?

And a majority of season ticket holders (for almost every team) are quiet unless the home team is on some 10-0 run.

You shell out that kind of dough for basketball, you can be as quiet as you want.

Talk about contradiction.

If being loud makes you a fan, better not judge LJ.

I never said that. Nor would I.

SequSpur

11-28-2005, 12:40 AM

I sat in SWs seats for the Suns game and the whole section was pretty tame. But its November, I guess.

Maybe the players could waive their arms or something, kind've like Stephen Jackson used to do.

I know the Saints did it in the Alamodome and it was frickin off the decibel charts in there.

RashoFan

11-28-2005, 01:33 AM

If anyone cares to throw a few Spurs tickets my way, I promise you that I will be loud, cheering,standing, clapping and telling Rasho I love him the whole game....:)

MiNuS

11-28-2005, 12:24 PM

theres alot of kiddos around in the SBC/AT&T center/arena complex,its not like
a Detroit/Miami crowd.

SpursWoman

11-28-2005, 04:06 PM

I sat in SWs seats for the Suns game and the whole section was pretty tame. But its November, I guess.

The only time it really starts getting loud in my section is when the playoffs start...

:depressed

Although there is a *new* guy behind me that's pretty loud...but he's got the most annoying, nail-on-a-chalk-board voice ever. I wish my section was more vocal to drown his ass out. :lol

tlongII

11-28-2005, 05:29 PM

I think this is what happens when a team has been good for as long as the Spurs have. Most of the tickets are owned by well-heeled community members who don't feel the need to act like lunatics at the game. You need more blue-collar fans for a more raucous atmosphere.

ShoogarBear

11-28-2005, 07:08 PM

What an absolutely pathetic thing to say.

Fuck you.

Whoa, how did I miss this this first time through?

Way to go, it's about time somebody stood up to Solid D's obnoxious trolling.

:lol

SpursWoman

11-28-2005, 09:04 PM

that fuckin guy's gotta go...next time he's up in the balcony someone shove his no talent hack ass over. :lmao

If we ever get to be the Spirit section (like we never did last season...in every home game from preseason to playoffs...how does that happen? The same damn sections would get it 20 times each :flipoff) ... anyway, we're 1st row balcony. We're on it. :tu :devil :lol

SpursWoman

11-28-2005, 09:05 PM

SpursWoman

11-28-2005, 09:15 PM

Whoa, how did I miss this this first time through?

Way to go, it's about time somebody stood up to Solid D's obnoxious trolling.

:lol

Good Lord, I missed it too. That is just so...................wrong, you know?

:oops :lol