Is this even a football team anymore?

Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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I understand that there is more to the gameday experience than just football, but for some reason it just feels like the football side of the operation is lacking. What's worse, it feels like people in the stadium just don't care anymore. When I go to the game: I don't care about that stupid 'helmet' game, I don't care about the music, and I could care less about Fly-Away-With-West-Jet. Don't even get me started on that rum give-away that nobody ever wins.

I'm at Ivor Wynne Stadium to watch a football game. What do I get? What I'm afraid to refer to XFL. A team that doesn't care at all about the on-field product as long as there are bums in the seats. I've defended this team for a very, very long time. I've had it. Enough. I'm going to go to "football" games still, but I'm not going to buy any merchandise or concessions. You're getting the bare minimum until I see improvement.

Bob, the real problem with this team is it's run too much like a business. I believe you mean well, but the result clearly isn't up to par with the rest of the league. Hire some new coaches, new players, and don't allow your football operations team to turtle like they did this year in hiring coach PaoPao for the sake of his name.

Going to IWS is now like going to a WWE match. You already know who's going to lose, but boy you'll sure be entertained by the theatrics.

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Completely agree, go view my post named Business is Business…right? where I go over some of the things you have said, and a few other things…

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And with all the comercials and announcements there is absolutely no chance for the crowd to get into the game. It feels like I am watching the game at home on tv.

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Consider how music is used at an NFL game – I’m using Rich/Ralph Wilson Stadium as an example – where the fans make noise and the mind-numbing blare of music is relegated to every 3rd or 4th play and TV timeouts.

When Jason Farr has to invoke “Why aren’t you making noise?”, it’s pretty pathetic. When the canned “D-Fence” chant over the loudspeakers is louder than the fan response, it IS pathetic.

This is a Ticat organizational decision to run things this way. If any of those event staff need emergency replacement, may I suggest organizers of Maoist contingents on demonstrations in Montreal. They are expert at jet-engine slogan blaring drowning out 3 people.

Oski Wee Wee,

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I agree I am there for the football the sport not all the other BS.

The only thing that made the biggest improvement for my gameday experience was the new Tigervision scoreboard and we can thank Dofasco for that!