UNB Reds Thread (Part5)

[dm8895]

I think Rob is referring to the loss at the Nationals.

You are 100% correct . I read that wrong!

Regardless the point stands about the fanbase.

 

[AUS Fan]

You are 100% correct . I read that wrong!

Regardless the point stands about the fanbase.

100%. They don't know the game, they don't know the league, they don't understand development. They only know wins and losses.

As I've said many times, UNB fans are spoiled. I doubt that it will happen, but if UNB "falters" and drops down with the rest of the pack, a lot of these fans will leave.

 

[waingro]

IMO, you ain't a true RED DEVIL fan unless you suffered through the Nicklechok Era.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

As I've said many times, UNB fans are spoiled. I doubt that it will happen, but if UNB "falters" and drops down with the rest of the pack, a lot of these fans will leave.

While I don’t disagree, I’ve also heard comments from people over the years that were along the lines of “why bother going when you know UNB is going to win in a blowout?”

 

[dm8895]

While I don’t disagree, I’ve also heard comments from people over the years that were along the lines of “why bother going when you know UNB is going to win in a blowout?”

I feel like people outside Fredericton don’t get how common this way of thinking is within the city…

I think of the guys I play pickup with, that is a decent sized sample group that you would anticipate would have the most hockey fans … As many if not more of them were going to watch senior hockey in the junction… I constantly here the “UNB always wins, why bother” and I completely get why they feel this way, id probably feel the same if I didn’t grow up a UNB fan but that is the thought process of the vast majority of hockey fans I talk with who aren’t regulars at the AUC.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

McGurn going NCAA…and so it begins.

 

[dm8895]

McGurn going NCAA…and so it begins.

 

[dm8895]

I really hope MacPhee doesn't play his way onto an American team if Halifax ends up going on a run

 

[AUS Fan]

Where is McGurn going? It has to begin sometime.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Where is McGurn going? It has to begin sometime.

Arizona State it sounds like

 

[Rob]

While I don’t disagree, I’ve also heard comments from people over the years that were along the lines of “why bother going when you know UNB is going to win in a blowout?”

Well that will be coming to an end next season for sure. It will be interesting to see how much it impacts attendance.

 

[AUS Fan]

Well that will be coming to an end next season for sure. It will be interesting to see how much it impacts attendance.

See my comment above....

 

[dm8895]

Well that will be coming to an end next season for sure. It will be interesting to see how much it impacts attendance.

I’d referenced on another thread watching STU games at Grant Harvey towards the end with an entire section to myself lol. Do I think it gets that bad ? No, but as the STU team declined so did the attendance. I imagine it will be gradual but if they are a sub .500 team I could see it falling off pretty hard .

 

[Drummer]

IMO, you ain't a true RED DEVIL fan unless you suffered through the Nicklechok Era.

Yup - never thought we would see the playoffs ever again (12-50-1 in his tenure, 3-22-1 in '87/88). The last 25 years have been a dream.