“Sabrehood” fanbase moniker

[LabattBlue]

IMO even dumber than “Bills Mafia”.  

[#freejame]

It sounds like some Mr. Rogers ***** 

[Night Train]

I will not buy any Bills gear with the Mafia reference. 

I will not buy any Sabres gear with the word "hood"  in it. I don't live there. 

[Mustache of God]

6 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

IMO even dumber than “Bills Mafia”.  

The Bills Mafia is so lame.

[Taro T]

Just now, #freejame said:

It sounds like some Mr. Rogers ***** 

It essentially is.  It was spawned from their in-game PSA announcement with Rob Ray donning a Fred Rogers-esque sweater and talking about how to behave in the rink.  For the B&G games, it's just Ray by himself in Mr. Rayzor's Sabrehood but for B&R games, Marty joins him as an unruly fan.

Slightly cute the 1st 20 or so times they showed but, but it's now been going on for 2 or 3 years and it's starting to get a bit long in the Sabretooth.

[shrader]

The whole practice of giving a fanbase a name has always felt so dumb to me. That’s probably at least partly due to the fact that every single one was “nation” for a while. 

[Taro T]

Just now, shrader said:

The whole practice of giving a fanbase a name has always felt so dumb to me. That’s probably at least partly due to the fact that every single one was “nation” for a while. 

Sabre Nation seemed to have a better (though clearly not creative) ring to it.  But guess with the dwindling of the fanbase we're down to just a single neighborhood left.

Would the 2nd last one out please show me where the switch is to turn  off the lights.

[shrader]

2 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Sabre Nation seemed to have a better (though clearly not creative) ring to it.  But guess with the dwindling of the fanbase we're down to just a single neighborhood left.

Would the 2nd last one out please show me where the switch is to turn  off the lights.

Since we’re running with stupid stuff, play on history and call it sabredom. 

[Pimlach]

Hockey fans are not from a “hood”.   It sounds fake. 
 

[Taro T]

3 minutes ago, shrader said:

Since we’re running with stupid stuff, play on history and call it sabredom. 

Heard that's what they wanted to call it, but apparently Adams thought it was referring to him specifically and nixed the idea.  😉 

[dudacek]

Sabrespace was already taken. 😜

You guys know we're utterly predictable and the biggest bunch of curmudgeons in the Sabrehood, right?

[shrader]

Just now, dudacek said:

Sabrespace was already taken. 😜

You guys know we're utterly predictable and the biggest bunch of curmudgeons in the Sabrehood, right?

A reference to a long since dead social media site? I guess they can go with sabrebook instead. 

[Taro T]

2 minutes ago, shrader said:

A reference to a long since dead social media site? I guess they can go with sabrebook instead. 

Zuckerberg would claim infringement.  MySabres is available though.  (Maybe that's what we get when the 'hood shrinks some more.  😉 )

[jad1]

At this point, we're more like a village than a hood.  And every village has an idiot (hey there Kevyn!).

[That Aud Smell]

2 hours ago, Taro T said:

But guess with the dwindling of the fanbase we're down to just a single neighborhood left.

2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Hockey fans are not from a “hood”.   It sounds fake. 

6 minutes ago, jad1 said:

At this point, we're more like a village than a hood.  And every village has an idiot (hey there Kevyn!).

The apparent Mister Rogers' themed introduction notwithstanding, I always took Sabrehood to be a riff on group-belonging concepts like brotherhood, sisterhood -- a belonging to a group with common ties.

It's fine. Every pro team needs a branded group name to use.

And honestly, there are so many cranky yell at clouds posters here.

I changed my vote from "i don't care" to "i like it" just to balance out the grumps a bit.

[LGR4GM]