Ramp Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 tune into ESPNÂ Im sure it will be a rip-fest but I figured I would post this anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeLowell Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Here we go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I have it on now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramp Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 I hate David Samson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Why do they keep showing the stupid Samson interviews.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanks1212 Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 :banghead  Please, Mr. Loria, for the sake of what's left of the franchise's public image, hire a spokesman to replace Samson in press conferences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlummoxedLummox Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 niner. sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 :banghead  Please, Mr. Loria, for the sake of what's left of the franchise's public image, hire a spokesman to replace Samson in press conferences It wouldn't matter if Tom Cruise was the team's spokesman, we would still look dumb calling a fire sale a "market correction". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabdul Doobakus Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 We saved 14 freaking million in our 1997 firesale? Â Also, the notion that our 1997 firesale netted a lot of the 2003 team seems false to me. We got Derrek Lee and...who? AJ Burnett? He was barely even on the 2003 team. We didn't get a whole lot more than that, unless I'm forgetting someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlummoxedLummox Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Boog. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 We saved 14 freaking million in our 1997 firesale?  Also, the notion that our 1997 firesale netted a lot of the 2003 team seems false to me. We got Derrek Lee and...who? AJ Burnett? He was barely even on the 2003 team. We didn't get a whole lot more than that, unless I'm forgetting someone. I just recently did the research on the firesale, it was actually a complete failure. The only members of our team that came directly from it were Derrek Lee and Braden Looper. That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 wow.  no ripping the team but ripping the city instead.  cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanodemais Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 yeah he was ripping us, the fans damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sciambi made a good point about the Heat's low attendance until recently. I do think that besides pro and college football, all the other sports have to play second fiddle. It's a football town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabdul Doobakus Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Another something I take issue with. The Heat started selling out before Shaq came down. When they went on that run in the 2nd half of the season with Odom/Butler/Wade/Grant, they were selling out a lot of those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sciambi made a good point about the Heat's low attendance until recently. I do think that besides pro and college football, all the other sports have to play second fiddle. It's a football town.  sorta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabdul Doobakus Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Yeah, Jeff kind of sold us out a little in this thing, but it's not like he wasn't telling the truth. Plus, we're mostly the diehards, a rare breed in this town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugg Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sciambi made a good point about the Heat's low attendance until recently. I do think that besides pro and college football, all the other sports have to play second fiddle. It's a football town.  And, in comparison to other major college football programs, the Hurricanes attendance is not good. Most constant top 15 programs sell out every single game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinatPenn Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Conine looked like he was getting a little emotional... I know I feel like crying... I was preparing myself to see Hammer on the show, but I'm glad it turned out to be Boog. No one knows more about the Marlins in the local media and he has a pretty logical way of looking at everything... "I don't buy the idea that everyone's out windsurfing instead of going to the games," plus pointing out poor attendance at other local sporting events also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Yeah, Jeff kind of sold us out a little in this thing, but it's not like he wasn't telling the truth. Plus, we're mostly the diehards, a rare breed in this town. I guarantee that you wouldn't want to play in front of so few fans in a stadium that big. It was weird enough being in the stands with the upper deck closed off due to low attendance, you could hear just about everyone talking individually in the lower level. Almost every player that has left this team has commented about that empty feeling in the stadium. 5000 die hard fans aren't going to keep this team in South Florida, let's face it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabdul Doobakus Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sciambi made a good point about the Heat's low attendance until recently. I do think that besides pro and college football, all the other sports have to play second fiddle. It's a football town.  And, in comparison to other major college football programs, the Hurricanes attendance is not good. Most constant top 15 programs sell out every single game. Yeah, true, but other major college football programs fill probably a quarter of the stadium with current students. Miami fills about 2 sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Yeah, Jeff kind of sold us out a little in this thing, but it's not like he wasn't telling the truth. Plus, we're mostly the diehards, a rare breed in this town. I guarantee that you wouldn't want to play in front of so few fans in a stadium that big. It was weird enough being in the stands with the upper deck closed off due to low attendance, you could hear just about everyone talking individually in the lower level. Almost every player that has left this team has commented about that empty feeling in the stadium. 5000 die hard fans aren't going to keep this team in South Florida, let's face it.  nice to see some of you actually starting to see the truth. the sooner we as in the marlins organization leaves florida the better off this team will be. but yet Loria and company are the bad guys in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sciambi made a good point about the Heat's low attendance until recently. I do think that besides pro and college football, all the other sports have to play second fiddle. It's a football town.  And, in comparison to other major college football programs, the Hurricanes attendance is not good. Most constant top 15 programs sell out every single game. You have to take into account the small size of the Hurricanes' campus (4,000 students or so). Up here in Tallahassee we have 40,000 students, plus a city that only has FSU football as the major attraction each year. Therefore, we have no trouble filling an 80,000+ seat stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabdul Doobakus Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Yeah, Jeff kind of sold us out a little in this thing, but it's not like he wasn't telling the truth. Plus, we're mostly the diehards, a rare breed in this town. I guarantee that you wouldn't want to play in front of so few fans in a stadium that big. It was weird enough being in the stands with the upper deck closed off due to low attendance, you could hear just about everyone talking individually in the lower level. Almost every player that has left this team has commented about that empty feeling in the stadium. 5000 die hard fans aren't going to keep this team in South Florida, let's face it. Believe me, I'd play anywhere. And I'd do it for peanuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinatPenn Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Boog was really right... you've gotta question if South Florida is a good sports market at all... They don't even sell out all the Canes and Dolphins games and there's only single digit games of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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