Fan Suggestions/Ideas To The Team

[SaginawGensFan]

Everyone can make suggestions to Spirit team reps in here. Anything you'd like to see the Spirit do. Spirit staffers DO read this message board, so if you have an idea, lets hear it! It's great that the Spirit WANTS to get ideas from the fans!

So far we have had:

1) "I wonder if the Spirit could put game interviews on their web site so everyone has a chance to hear them. Most people don't take a radio to the game and never hear these. Even when they're on the road I don't always get a chance to hear them." by ricardo

2) "Here's another suggestion - how about a call-in "talk show" w/Greg Brady after each home game like they used to do back in the IHL & UHL days? You get out of the game & you're all excited (or angry! haha!) & you want to talk about the game (or listen to talk about the game). The post game show only gets me a few blocks away (after walking all the way out to my car), and I live in Hemlock, so a nice 20-30 minute (or LONGER!) post-game call in show would ROCK!!!" by SaginawGensFan

3) "Let's make the game a little more 'high tech' & 'interactive' and get Greg a computer w/internet up there in the booth & he could answer some listener's e-mail during the game (as it's happening)! Or his color man for the evening could do that, so Greg could focus on the game. That would be FUN!!!" by SaginawGensFan

4) "Could there be an actual fan club in our future. Dare to dream." by BPFox

5) "How about making the Blue Line Club open to everybody AFTER the game - keep it a season ticket "perk" before & during the game, but open to all after the game. A TON of people would probably stop in & have a beverage before heading out! Also... a great time for fans to mingle & talk about the game. But with it only being open to season ticket holders, it's kind of a captive audience & I don't think the attendance will ever be different than it is now, because it's the same people you are dealing with. Open it to everyone (after the game) & you automatically increase your potential audience significantly!" by SaginawGensFan

6) "When I was young, the blue line club after the game meant music and dancing, a real party atmosphere. Of course that was the 70's and life was a real party atmosphere.

I think opening the club up AFTER the games to everyone is a great idea, along with weekend bands. I doubt your going to increase blue line traffic after games on a thursday night.

Also, might be nice to have a corporate night where corporate season ticket holders can show off their products and services like at a trade show. Maybe in the spring, a mini boat show and in the fall a mini snowmobile show. Kinda like how there has been a chrysler product in the entrance atrium at some of the games.

I do miss the post game interviews and quite frankly, when they stopped is basically when we stopped going to the club after the games.

Also, bringing the plyers in was nice too. seems like we did that a few years ago." by Sparky

[aj0512]

I know this doesn't relate to the things above very much, but when we score a goal, we need a LOUD goal horn. I think we're the only team in the OHL that doesn't have a goal horn, lol.

[spiritfan75]

There was also discussion of highlighting the past teams and players in one of the other topic sections, for example, the retired numbers and championship banners. I think it would be nice to pay homage to the past, if not in the arena, then in the concourse somewhere.

[spiritfan75]

aj0512 said:

I know this doesn't relate to the things above very much, but when we score a goal, we need a LOUD goal horn. I think we're the only team on the OHL that doesn't have a goal horn, lol.

I never realized we didn't have one until you mentioned it. That would be a great idea.

[Sparky]

spiritfan75 said:

There was also discussion of highlighting the past teams and players in one of the other topic sections, for example, the retired numbers and championship banners. I think it would be nice to pay homage to the past, if not in the arena, then in the concourse somewhere.

One thing that comes to mind SF75, and I was talking with Wren Blair about this in Oshawa, the lack of a hall or wall of fame. I recall walking around the concourse in Kingston years back and all the team pictures were diplayed as well as individuals of players that went on to the NHL. Wren said they had the same thing at the old Oshawa arena and didn't think it made the move to the new one. Also, when I visited Toronto St. Mikes had the same thing. I think we should do this in the Dow and not just spirit players, but any player that has worn a Saginaw uniform.

[IGive1]

In the BLC before the game Mancini will often take questions. It would be great if cards were available before Brady & Mancini came out so we could write down questions that could be handed to Brady before they started. Many times we don't hear what the question was, we will if they were read for cards. The questions could also be saved to be used on other dates since Mancini does not always take questions.

[Sparky]

Igive Iagree. I think more people would ask questions on cards than raise their hands, that whole public speaking thing ya know. Great Idea!!

[MidlandSpiritFan]

igive1 said:

In the BLC before the game Mancini will often take questions. It would be great if cards were available before Brady & Mancini came out so we could write down questions that could be handed to Brady before they started. Many times we don't hear what the question was, we will if they were read for cards. The questions could also be saved to be used on other dates since Mancini does not always take questions.

I'll second that......great idea IGive1

[IGive1]

Did I win anything for that idea??

[MidlandSpiritFan]

igive1 said:

Did I win anything for that idea??

Bill Konesko......please give IGive1 a Christmas present for his great idea!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

[wkonesko]

Sorry...but no presents....I'm to cheap!

Thanks for the thread..and the ideas!!!!!

have a good holiday everyone...and see you on the 28th

Bill

[eric8199]

How about a slight remodel on the center-ice scoreboard to show shots, penalties, score and time remaining instead of super-imposing it on the video, where it is hard to see sometimes? The corner scoreboards are okay, but you can't see them from every seat in the arena.

-Eric

[aj0512]

That's a good suggestion, Eric, but who knows if that will ever happen. I think all they'd have to do is add a small scoreboard underneath all 4 sides of the video board for shots, penalties, etc. Then they could use the video board solely for the purpose of the in-game action. Or maybe add 2 scoreboards to the corners where there aren't any.

[eric8199]

That's kind of what I was suggesting...not necessarily a complete remodel but just an addition to the current scoreboard.

-Eric

[Sparky]

eric8199 said:

How about a slight remodel on the center-ice scoreboard to show shots, penalties, score and time remaining instead of super-imposing it on the video, where it is hard to see sometimes? The corner scoreboards are okay, but you can't see them from every seat in the arena.

-Eric

Adding the other scoreboards was my first comment to the Spirit in the first season. Our seats are in the end at the corner and the "video scoreboard" blocks at least 1/3 of the scoreboard in the corner, the first year it was a 100% block but we moved and at least we can see the Spirit side of the board and then look up behind us for the whole score board.