OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Steelers need a new ball thrower for the handball game thingy

[Goalie_Bob]

It's all about the money. Always is, always will be.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Not calling it that. Not even if there is a fire.

 

[ChaosAgent]

F*** Heinz and the vulture capitalists that moved them out of Pittsburgh. The owners of Heinz, including the Brazilian leeches 3G and Warren Buffett, are the bad guys here people.

 

[Pens1566]

Fred Rogers Field at WQED Stadium


Start the telethon ...

 

[dogthateats]

I’m still gonna call it three rivers

 

[Snooki Stackhouse]

F*** Heinz and the vulture capitalists that moved them out of Pittsburgh. The owners of Heinz, including the Brazilian leeches 3G and Warren Buffett, are the bad guys here people.

Absolutely. Kraft Heinz has been a sinking ship relative to the s&p since the merger. So they took a local company with a great story, moved it to Chicago to be helmed by a bunch of Brazilian vultures, and moved processing and manufacturing elsewhere too, and didn't even improve anything. So they didn't even fulfill their capitalist mission to extract more profit. They ruined it and it's just a blip on their portfolio, waiting to be sold once they gather the courage to cut their losses.

 

[Coastal Kev]

The history center is named for Senator John Heinz, so it's not even directly named after the company.

What a sad story about Heinz. My dad worked there from the early 90s until the Kraft "merger". It wasn't just headquarters and office workers, we had manufacturing and product development right on the north side. Now it's all apartments. It's sad losing a uniquely Pittsburgh institution that supported both white collar jobs and manufacturing.

John was destined to be President....... then a mysterious plane crash happens right before his announcement.

A lot of great men in our country met untimely deaths.

 

[wheelz87]

Fred Rogers Field at WQED Stadium


Start the telethon ...

That would be a better alternative than this.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Makes me think of the word "acrid."

having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell. "acrid fumes"

angry and bitter. "an acrid farewell"

They're an insurance company. Acrid is far, far, far too kind a descriptor.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Fred Rogers Field at WQED Stadium


Start the telethon ...

Mr. Rogers and Daniel Tiger explaining how bad things happen and it's okay to be sad sometimes before every home game.

I’m still gonna call it three rivers

How about two and a half? The Mon is more of a watery discharge than a real river.

 

[dogthateats]

How about two and a half? The Mon is more of a watery discharge than a real river.

I disagree and I think it is cool that it flows North

 

[Coastal Kev]

Jesus, ACRISURE???

Some out of town insurance company nobody knows about? It's an embarrassment. They couldn't find one other bidder?

Yup......that's pretty pathetic. Maybe one of the worst stadium names ever. Art the 3rd is a mess

 

[Goalie_Bob]

I'm guessing that comment was based on the Mon's reputation as being a dirty river due to all the steel mills and coke ovens along it's banks. But all those have gone away except for Clairton.

It has changed a lot over the past twenty years and is cleaner in some cases than the Allegheny.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'm guessing that comment was based on the Mon's reputation as being a dirty river due to all the steel mills and coke ovens along it's banks. But all those have gone away except for Clairton.

It has changed a lot over the past twenty years and is cleaner in some cases than the Allegheny.

Yeah I'm just being a jag. The Mon is a fine body of water.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Absolutely. Kraft Heinz has been a sinking ship relative to the s&p since the merger. So they took a local company with a great story, moved it to Chicago to be helmed by a bunch of Brazilian vultures, and moved processing and manufacturing elsewhere too, and didn't even improve anything. So they didn't even fulfill their capitalist mission to extract more profit. They ruined it and it's just a blip on their portfolio, waiting to be sold once they gather the courage to cut their losses.

It boggles my mind that Pittsburghers are rallying around Heinz. Heinz has been taken over and the people who did it sold out this region in the last decade. I don't want their free/low cost branding. They should be villified. They fired half the Kraft people in Chicago too.

 

[xlm34]

It boggles my mind that Pittsburghers are rallying around Heinz. Heinz has been taken over and the people who did it sold out this region in the last decade. I don't want their free/low cost branding. They should be villified. They fired half the Kraft people in Chicago too.

I don’t think people are actually thinking that deep about it. They just like the giant ketchup bottles that pour in the red zones.

Which, I have to admit, I’m a fan of as well.

 

[Snooki Stackhouse]

I don’t think people are actually thinking that deep about it. They just like the giant ketchup bottles that pour in the red zones.

Which, I have to admit, I’m a fan of as well.

For me I'm not upset about Heinz yielding the naming rights, I'm upset that the new name sounds so terrible.

 

[HandshakeLine]

For me I'm not upset about Heinz yielding the naming rights, I'm upset that the new name sounds so terrible.

In practice, you know nobody's going to call it the Acrisure Square Deal Insurance Stadium or whatever, everyone's just gonna call it "Heinz" anyway.

 

[Pens1566]

Mr. Rogers and Daniel Tiger explaining how bad things happen and it's okay to be sad sometimes before every home game.


How about two and a half? The Mon is more of a watery discharge than a real river.

As long as they show this on the big screen for every big play ...

 

[Pens x]

Can’t wait to hear yinzers butcher the pronunciation of it. That’s the only silver lining. See yinz dahn at akreeerchurr at 4 pm.

 

[Zbynek]

Ugly. Should have given Heinz the loyalty contract on the extension.

 

[CallArnoldSlick]

The real question is how did Poni break the news on the stadium naming rights?

 

[Coastal Kev]

It boggles my mind that Pittsburghers are rallying around Heinz. Heinz has been taken over and the people who did it sold out this region in the last decade. I don't want their free/low cost branding. They should be villified. They fired half the Kraft people in Chicago too.

I think it's the name more than the company. At least that name has Pittsburgh heritage; much better than an insurance company from Chicago.

 

[edog37]

It's a dumb name to be sure, but "Heinz Field" was an equally dumb name too. Most wanted to call it "Three Rivers Stadium II" when it was being built.

 

[ibar726]

Yeah, I will never call it Acrisure. That just sounds awkward as heck. Zero flow. But...I could see people here abbreviating it to being called "The Sure" or "Sure Stadium". Then it sounds like a very Pittsburgh name. I mean "I'm goin dahntahn to watch the Stillers at the Sure". I think I could be okay living with that, plus an generic abbreviated name catching on would be an bit of a middle finger to the name licensing process without the accusations of being stubborn to change or living in the past like calling it Three Rivers again...