20-05-2022, 15:06
(This post was last modified: 20-05-2022, 15:09 by HerefordBull.)
I think many American owners don't understand how a game day pans out for the average British fan compared to those in the USA.
I have been to many games involving the top 4 sports in America and they are all great days out............day out being the important words and you have to have a different mindset at games, with tailgate parties, free giveaways, live bands etc etc. In Scotland the average fan wants a few bevvies before the game and probably gets to their seat a few minutes before kickoff. In that respect, Ron Gordon should have got the "Behind the Goals" bar up and running sooner rather than later. Obviously the screens give a medium for advertisements and so bring money in but the average Hibs fan will look first and foremost at one thing, the product and results on the pitch.
The other thing with American sports fans they are incredibly loyal to their team even when things are not going well and season tickets will still fly out the door when they become available. ( they still enjoy the day) My team the New York Jets have been dire for a few seasons but sales are always healthy. This may be partly due to the Draft system they have in USA sport where the most poorly rated teams have first pick at the available talent and so should ensure the best prospects for them turning their results around. The Cleveland Browns from December 2016 till September 2018 didn't win a game ( and then their first win was against the Jets lol) but with the draft system have turned the corner and I think they will get to the play offs in the next 2 seasons. Fans just wait knowing fortunes will change. They will leave the game early if their team has no chance of getting back into it but you won't see and hear the same hostility that you do over here.
I suspect the ire of Hibs fans has come as a shock to Ron Gordon as he would have expected the mass loyalty to have stayed as it does in the USA.
I have been to many games involving the top 4 sports in America and they are all great days out............day out being the important words and you have to have a different mindset at games, with tailgate parties, free giveaways, live bands etc etc. In Scotland the average fan wants a few bevvies before the game and probably gets to their seat a few minutes before kickoff. In that respect, Ron Gordon should have got the "Behind the Goals" bar up and running sooner rather than later. Obviously the screens give a medium for advertisements and so bring money in but the average Hibs fan will look first and foremost at one thing, the product and results on the pitch.
The other thing with American sports fans they are incredibly loyal to their team even when things are not going well and season tickets will still fly out the door when they become available. ( they still enjoy the day) My team the New York Jets have been dire for a few seasons but sales are always healthy. This may be partly due to the Draft system they have in USA sport where the most poorly rated teams have first pick at the available talent and so should ensure the best prospects for them turning their results around. The Cleveland Browns from December 2016 till September 2018 didn't win a game ( and then their first win was against the Jets lol) but with the draft system have turned the corner and I think they will get to the play offs in the next 2 seasons. Fans just wait knowing fortunes will change. They will leave the game early if their team has no chance of getting back into it but you won't see and hear the same hostility that you do over here.
I suspect the ire of Hibs fans has come as a shock to Ron Gordon as he would have expected the mass loyalty to have stayed as it does in the USA.
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