JoeFerguson Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Pros: --Nice new arena, in addition to Beer, hard liquor and wine are served (even in the 300's) --The fans were very polite and non-combative --They had cheerleaders --There were lots of Buffalo faithful in the crowd to shout to when we scored (If anyone saw a guy with a Steve Tasker jersey on, that was me) Cons: --The volume of the public address announcer was terribly low. I could barely hear the announcement of the goals and penalties. --No out of town scores were displayed anywhere in the arena. --The Nashville faithful had a lot of strange chants that excessively used the word "Suck" or "Sucks". For instance, when Buffalo's starting lineup was announced like this, "Toni Lydman" the fans shouted "SUCKS!" in unison after each player's name. I suppose this type of chanting isn't unique to the GEC, and I have definitely heard my fair share of profanity at HSBC, but I thought this was a bit excessive because it was organized, arena-wide profanity (if you consider "sucks" a profane word). --Not many fans seemed to have a very good knowledge of hockey. In my section everyone cheered when Spacek was sucker punched, and a lot of people continued after he was lying on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strow Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 They do the "sucks" chant at devils home games too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 --The Nashville faithful had a lot of strange chants that excessively used the word "Suck" or "Sucks". For instance, when Buffalo's starting lineup was announced like this, "Toni Lydman" the fans shouted "SUCKS!" in unison after each player's name. I suppose this type of chanting isn't unique to the GEC, and I have definitely heard my fair share of profanity at HSBC, but I thought this was a bit excessive because it was organized, arena-wide profanity (if you consider "sucks" a profane word). There's a lot of that in college hockey. As far as I'm concerned, sucks is the most overused word in all of sports. I wish people would be a bit more creative. What, no comment on the ridiculous "Your Nashville Predators are on... the... POWERPLAY!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 so from your review, the arena wasn't too gay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFerguson Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 What, no comment on the ridiculous "Your Nashville Predators are on... the... POWERPLAY!" There were too many ridiculous chants to mention. I felt like I was at a Buffalo Bandits game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Daddy Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Great to see and talk to so many Sabre fans last night at the GEC!!! My son and I sat in 118 and there plenty of Sabre fans around....great game by the Swordsmen. FYI, the out of town scores were posted on a board at the top ring around the arena. Predator fans have become very hockey savvy, but I also hate that "sucks" thing that they do. If you listen closely, they also say "and they still suck" after the announcer says "The Buffalo Sabres are on the power play". Also, watching the Nichol replay on ESPN, looks to me that Nichol had plenty of time to stop/turn/duck before hitting the post/crossbar......league won't do anything as Spacek wasn't seriously injured. Anyway, let's finish the TN Sweep by beating the Titans on Sunday! Go Bills, Go Sabres!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFerguson Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 FYI, the out of town scores were posted on a board at the top ring around the arena. I stand corrected. I guess I didn't look hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 What, no comment on the ridiculous "Your Nashville Predators are on... the... POWERPLAY!" That was TERRIBLE. So was their "ahhh sit down ya loser!" whenever a Sabre went into the penalty box. Very very unoriginal and immature chants. It was almost as if they got a third grade class together to come up with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 --The Nashville faithful had a lot of strange chants that excessively used the word "Suck" or "Sucks". For instance, when Buffalo's starting lineup was announced like this, "Toni Lydman" the fans shouted "SUCKS!" in unison after each player's name. I suppose this type of chanting isn't unique to the GEC, and I have definitely heard my fair share of profanity at HSBC, but I thought this was a bit excessive because it was organized, arena-wide profanity (if you consider "sucks" a profane word). I would be pissed if I was there with young kids. I don't care how much "sucks" is used nowadays(expecially on the radio), a chant like this at an arena is completely inappropriate. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 That was TERRIBLE. So was their "ahhh sit down ya loser!" whenever a Sabre went into the penalty box. Very very unoriginal and immature chants. It was almost as if they got a third grade class together to come up with them. It sounds just like a college game. Obviously there's a bit of an age factor with crowds at college games. Is Nashville drawing younger crowds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I always find the chants that the PA announcer starts and the fans finish interesting. Like "Panthers (PA guy) goal (fans)" in Florida. These fans are like dogs -- they do anything they're told to do. I prefer the cool cats we have in Buffalo. I can't imagine Sabres fans following prompts. (The organ cues are different.) As for the savvy of the Nashville fans, you know darn well every building in the league would have applauded that hit. Just the nature of the beast. I say "darn" because I don't want to offend anyone who thinks "suck" is a swear word. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I was in section 117, row G. Personally, I like the chants. It's nice to see the crowd get involved. Too many times (prior to the lockout when the Sabres sucked) I'd go to the marina and it would be dead in there. I'll be there again the 1st week in Jan. Looking forward to it seeing how loud it is now that we have a good team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I always find the chants that the PA announcer starts and the fans finish interesting. Like "Panthers (PA guy) goal (fans)" in Florida. These fans are like dogs -- they do anything they're told to do. I prefer the cool cats we have in Buffalo. I can't imagine Sabres fans following prompts. (The organ cues are different.) As for the savvy of the Nashville fans, you know darn well every building in the league would have applauded that hit. Just the nature of the beast. I say "darn" because I don't want to offend anyone who thinks "suck" is a swear word. :) You are not in the arena chanting it in front of my daughter, so you are good to go!! :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 That was TERRIBLE. So was their "ahhh sit down ya loser!" whenever a Sabre went into the penalty box. Very very unoriginal and immature chants. It was almost as if they got a third grade class together to come up with them. Well, no genius is needed to count goals (1, 2, 3, 4, we want 5), either. Let the babies have their bottles. On the other hand, from watching on MSG, it seemed like there were a LOT of Sabres fans there. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePolishSabre Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 --The Nashville faithful had a lot of strange chants that excessively used the word "Suck" or "Sucks". For instance, when Buffalo's starting lineup was announced like this, "Toni Lydman" the fans shouted "SUCKS!" in unison after each player's name. I suppose this type of chanting isn't unique to the GEC, and I have definitely heard my fair share of profanity at HSBC, but I thought this was a bit excessive because it was organized, arena-wide profanity (if you consider "sucks" a profane word). Get over it sally. --Not many fans seemed to have a very good knowledge of hockey. In my section everyone cheered when Spacek was sucker punched, and a lot of people continued after he was lying on the ice. umm so what????!!!!?? who didn't cheer when Campbell umbergered RJ?? It happenes, people were cought up in the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 umm so what????!!!!?? who didn't cheer when Campbell umbergered RJ?? It happenes, people were cought up in the moment. Umm, there's a little bit of a difference between a clean hit (the campbell hit) and a sucker punch to someone's face that leads to a 9 game suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFerguson Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Get over it sally. umm so what????!!!!?? who didn't cheer when Campbell umbergered RJ?? It happenes, people were cought up in the moment. Are you kidding me? I was just posting my account of what it's like at a Predators game. Not complaining about anything. And like Derek said, the punch by Nichols was a cheap shot, the Campbell hit on Umberger was clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 umm so what????!!!!?? who didn't cheer when Campbell umbergered RJ?? It happenes, people were cought up in the moment. Cheering a clean hit is way different than cheering a blatant cheapshot and subsequent injury. One lady was so caught up in the moment she actually stood up and said something along the lines of "If you are going to be on the ice you can't be a sissy." If you can't tell the difference between Soupy's hit and Nichol's punch then I'm afraid you are one of the unknowledgeable fans that Joe speaks of. Perhaps you should "cotch" up on the reading of your hockey rulebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 lol, suck a profanity? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN_Sabresfan Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Pros: --Nice new arena, in addition to Beer, hard liquor and wine are served (even in the 300's) --The fans were very polite and non-combative --They had cheerleaders --There were lots of Buffalo faithful in the crowd to shout to when we scored (If anyone saw a guy with a Steve Tasker jersey on, that was me) Cons: --The volume of the public address announcer was terribly low. I could barely hear the announcement of the goals and penalties. --No out of town scores were displayed anywhere in the arena. --The Nashville faithful had a lot of strange chants that excessively used the word "Suck" or "Sucks". For instance, when Buffalo's starting lineup was announced like this, "Toni Lydman" the fans shouted "SUCKS!" in unison after each player's name. I suppose this type of chanting isn't unique to the GEC, and I have definitely heard my fair share of profanity at HSBC, but I thought this was a bit excessive because it was organized, arena-wide profanity (if you consider "sucks" a profane word). --Not many fans seemed to have a very good knowledge of hockey. In my section everyone cheered when Spacek was sucker punched, and a lot of people continued after he was lying on the ice. We had a similar experience. The fans around us in section 107 were very nice. Much better than the Carolina fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 lol, suck a profanity? :blink: Maybe not terribly profane, but not exactly the environment you'd want your 10 year old to be around. Regardless, the chant would've been terrible if you replaced suck with "stinks" or even "isn't a good hockey player". Any way you slice it, the chant "sucked". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Is the name of that place really the Gaylord Entertainment Center? Call me childish, but that makes me giggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Suck profane?- slightly more offensive than "stinks" in my book. But a little less profane than "pissed off". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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