Here's my take. And those in the marketing offices at gillette stadium take note. (if, and) When we make the playoffs, we obviously get a home game. I say that we take a page from the NHL playoffs (more specifically the San Jose Sharks). Every season they make the playoffs, they push a "whiteout" for every home game where every fan wears white and waves white towels. Its an incredible thing to watch on TV. Same goes for the red in Detroit and Calgary. Now im not saying we should bring rally towels and all that, as i feel our scarves do that job quite well, but the whole crowd wearing white at gillette would be monumental, and pretty kickass. i say this just because the blue seems blend in with the seats and doesnt really stand out the way white would. thoughts?
I think the whole "whiteout" thing is too contrived and screams of bandwagoneerness. For examples look to Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. I was pissed when the Celtics adopted this last year and gave out white tshirts with Beat LA on them.
Dark blue in Gillette doesn't look good. I agree with the white out and will wear my white revs jersey throughout the playoffs (or white sweatshirt if the weather is cold enough).
I'll be wearing my blue as per usual. Craig, your idea would work if the bottom bowl was sold out. With it most likely going to be around 10k, it just won't work.
it would work, and be pretty cool, only if there were a lot more than the 12 K that are going to show up.
For my next trick, I am going to recycle an old joke from the last time this idea was floated: "I probably will not switch to white as I spill too much food on myself during tailgates, but I promise that I will continue to wear pants." Thank you.
If the soldiers of the Continental Army in the original Revolution waved white flags at the British, it may have been taken as a sign of weakness. Plus 10,000 white flags set against 68,000 blue seats might be embrarassing. Better yet, Why don't we get thunder sticks, like those mamby pamby huckleberries do in the interior and in the Southern regions?
Craig, your continuing belief in the existence of a marketing department kinda makes me chuckle a little
Two years ago I attended a Michigan game in Ann Arbor and it was a MAIZE OUT. 100,000 attended so it seemed to go over rather well. Go Blue! Go Revs!
Or we can just give everyone a horn That way the whole stadium can be a bunch of Dbags...instead of just one But seriously, why do people bring horns to all MLS games? Do they think a big "BWAAAAAA" gets their team going?
I was under the impression they were distributed by the teams. You're telling me people bring these things from home? Good Lord.
Wait a minute, isn't the Revs marketing department staffed by the Easter Bunny, Santa (aka Saint Nick), and the Tooth Fairy?
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No, no. Those are fictional characters. They don't look good on the payroll. The IRS would spot that too quickly. It's Whitey Bulger, Judge Joseph F. Crater, D. B. Cooper, Oscar Zeta Acosta, Lord Lucan, Hale Boggs, and Owain Glyndŵr (Owen Glendower to his friends).
Covered the rep. One of my three all time favorite sports coach clips (Art Shell at Arizona and Little Ricky Pitino here are the other two).
All that allocation money has been saved up to buy horns of Gondor and rally towels for the playoffs! Yesss.
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