News & Notes XLV: Simply Having A Wonderful Canesmastime

[WreckingCrew]

There's a Canes group on Bluesky and many folks have discussed how they're mostly disengaged and disinterested. I think last season's playoff results were a real letdown followed by the roster turnover. Some are saying they are tired of the style of play. More than a few of them are longtime fans who are saying they don't intend to be season ticketholders anymore either for a variety of reasons.

If you're not delivering a cup (or close to it), I think it's easier for attachment to decrease especially with many fan favs departing from the team. Players who the old marketing team worked hard to promote and utilized to build engagement. Might be time for some retention plans. I think that the MR acquisition was a part of one.

It doesn't help that, when this team isn't scoring, there's not much else to keep you interested...we don't hit, we're not physical, we don't get under the other teams skin, we don't crash the net, we don't inspire confidence on breakaways. Watching a team throw 40 impotent shots at a goalie hoping to get lucky a few times is painful & exhausting to watch over and over

 

[hblueridgegal]

I will say that the team's overall marketing is substandard this year and player engagement follows that track. Of course, we were also lucky to have players who were personable and I don't see that with their replacements.

Hopefully (despite the frustration), I would hope that fans recognize that we are clearly in a transition year and another ramp up should be occurring next year and beyond.

Thus, despite my in-game grumbling and decline in play, I'm still keeping the faith that the franchise is still on the right track for future success (I've accepted the fact that it will just not be this year)

btw: I've seen less of the rumblings on X (there is some) and perhaps that's an indication of the profile types that post on either site?

Some were saying it's time to send a message to the org. about the product, some of their plans, a sense of being taken for granted and that a market correction is needed.

Canes Twitter crowd, jmo, is home now to the Canes gatekeepers and those who feel the need to lecture others and overexplain. Then, react like babies when someone disagrees or debates with them. Many of the longtime, more nuanced, fans have departed.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Think I’ll buy some premium tickets so I can go sit in PNC during the Canes game and watch the Canes game on TV.

Probably blacked out in your area

 

[chaz4hockey]

Think I’ll buy some premium tickets so I can go sit in PNC during the Canes game and watch the Canes game on TV.

Yup but you are a hard core fan and I think that is marketed to a different buyer.

Local example is Carolina’s Blue Zone; stands anre empty every game I’ve seen on TV and I then presume they are all inside eating, talking or watching TV.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Yup but you are a hard core fan and I think that is marketed to a different buyer.

Local example is Carolina’s Blue Zone; stands anre empty every game I’ve seen on TV and I then presume they are all inside eating, talking or watching TV.

I actually do see the appeal of the more premium experience. I mean, the suites and exclusive bars are fun as well and this is basically an extension of that concept. It’s just bizarre to market it as “go sit in a tiny room watching TV”. They look like they’re in a hotel room.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

I actually do see the appeal of the more premium experience. I mean, the suites and exclusive bars are fun as well and this is basically an extension of that concept. It’s just bizarre to market it as “go sit in a tiny room watching TV”. They look like they’re in a hotel room.

i think the bunker suites also come with tickets in the front two rows of the lower bowl, so i guess you just go there and chill during intermissions or whenever else you would be wandering the concourse for filthy plebs

 

[CandyCanes]

What's being accomplished here in this photo other than adding a few tvs and some black accent paint & lighting?

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I’ve only gotten a private suite once, about 10 years back for a birthday. I had my family and a few friends and we got food delivered to the suite and the Storm Squad came and visited during play. I think the one who got the most out of it was my dad, who has little interest in hockey and spent the entire game watching a college basketball game on one of the TVs in the suite. Besides that, it was just another game as far as I was concerned. Probably worse, honestly, because apparently there was a whole thing where we were supposed to take pictures with the Storm Squad, but again, they arrived during play and I was much more interested in watching the tight game than participating in any pictures.

 

[robbieberns]

Even when I lived in the Triangle, I would only go to 2-4 games a year, spend serious money on really good tickets in the 100s. Anything that isn’t giving the game my full undivided attention for all 3,600 seconds the puck is in play is just a waste of money as far as i’m concerned.

 

[Rad ChaLose]

Yup but you are a hard core fan and I think that is marketed to a different buyer.

Local example is Carolina’s Blue Zone; stands anre empty every game I’ve seen on TV and I then presume they are all inside eating, talking or watching TV.

I think they’re actually outside the stadium at home, not at the game. Just based off past experience.

 

[Bub]

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What's being accomplished here in this photo other than adding a few tvs and some black accent paint & lighting?

"Rending..." Sounds painful.