Appreciate THIS
One weekend a couple of years ago, a friend, The Captain, and I made the trip up to Carlisle, PA for Fan Appreciation Day at Washington Redskins Training Camp (we’re not worthy!). I drove the not-too-long road there, we had an amazing and cheap breakfast at what I think was called the Carlisle Café or something – tons of food for very little, and made our way over to Dickinson. We saw drills and intrasquad scrimmaging. We saw (and heckled) Cowgirls fans in Cowgirls jerseys, we saw and cheered Super Skin in full costume, we saw Andre Lott knock Chris Doering into next week, turning an otherwise tame scrimmage into something more intense. We got souv
enirs. We got back in the car and drove back utterly satisfied.
Now this year the Fan Appreciation day is a lot closer, but it’s on a Friday. Seriously? A weekday? This fan does not feel very appreciated. I understand that since it’s close the attendance is likely to be very high and having it on a weekday will thin the crowd out… if that is indeed the M.O. But see, it was still standing room only in Carlisle. These fans of this team will go far and wide to support the Burgundy and Gold. Having Fan Appreciation Day on a Friday is a Bill Walton TERRRRRRRRIBLE decision. Please fix this. Saint Joe, The Danny, fix this. Please.
Graphic courtesy of redskins.com
enirs. We got back in the car and drove back utterly satisfied.Now this year the Fan Appreciation day is a lot closer, but it’s on a Friday. Seriously? A weekday? This fan does not feel very appreciated. I understand that since it’s close the attendance is likely to be very high and having it on a weekday will thin the crowd out… if that is indeed the M.O. But see, it was still standing room only in Carlisle. These fans of this team will go far and wide to support the Burgundy and Gold. Having Fan Appreciation Day on a Friday is a Bill Walton TERRRRRRRRIBLE decision. Please fix this. Saint Joe, The Danny, fix this. Please.
Graphic courtesy of redskins.com
posted by I-66 at 6:37 PM
3 Comments:
The Danny is a sham.
As is Rafael P.
Hi there! Thanks for your comments on my blog. By the way, I love that y'all heckled the Cowgirls fans- excellent :-)
Welcome aboard, dcsc. Some of us went to the home opener against the Jets 2 years ago. We sat in the corner more or less on the end of the field where John Hall kicked the game winner. Sometime during the 2nd half we heard a bunch of unnatural noise coming from a few sections over... you know, the kind where there's a fight or something and everyone turns and looks and says something. So I look over and see a guy in a Roy Williams jersey standing in the open and all of the sudden its open season. 30 seconds of standing there listening to Cowgirls jeers led him to retreat into the concourse. Top notch stuff.
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