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Coach Janky Spanky

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  • Birthday 01/16/1977

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  1. I agree with you. I don't see any point at all (I gave up my tickets this season after 18 years and I haven't been to a game yet, but if I were to go, I could buy the same tickets I gave up for about $15.) But as Hoover-ball (above on this page) explained, some people really carry about the perks of season tickets (training camp access, on-field access, tradition of seats, etc.). It's clear to anyone that financially it's not a good investment given the rock bottom prices now, but some people make that choice for legitimate reasons. I don't agree with it, but I certainly understand it.
  2. I didn't renew my season tickets this year after 20 years but nonetheless just received a box with the license plate holder and pin. I guess the sales office had to do something with the hundreds (thousands?) of extra license plate holders collecting dust in the office. I'm guessing there was a dramatic drop in renewals this year after people like me realized last season we could go on ticketmaster or walk up to the box office on game day and buy the exact same seats for the games we want to attend and not have to waste money on preseason and games in late December when we're 4-10.
  3. This is a good website https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/FedEx+Field/seating-chart/football/
  4. The upgrade process was frustrating in years past as they only showed a fraction of the seats that were actually available. During upgrades last year they only showed about 15 seats open to upgrade to in my section (454), but then when they started selling tickets on ticketmaster before the season, there were nearly 100 available in my section, including seats that I absolutely would have upgraded to. I suppose it's because they're still holding out hope those season ticket holders will renew. I didn't renew this year after 20 years.
  5. A fan isn't "fake" just because he or she stays home and blogs all day. Or because they no longer want to financially support an organization that is among the top five worst run in all of sports, one that simply refuses to do what it takes to win (hire and empower a real GM). A fan can still support the team "win or lose" without buying season tickets. We all have our reasons for renewing, or not renewing. I personally am not renewing this season because what's the point? I can just get seats in my section on ticketmaster and not have to pay for preaseason and the crappy games at the end of the year. Does that make me less of a fan? I'm still supporting the team and rooting for them but I'm choosing to not waste money this year on games I don't attend. But I know people (the guy who sits next to me at games) who's renewing his three seats because he just can't stand the idea of not having them in his family, even though he knows it makes no financial sense. That works for him, same as it works for the guy who's not renewing because he hates Bruce Allen, as I do. We all have our reasons. I think the only lesson is not to take advice on how "change happens" in society from a guy who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're."
  6. I'm not renewing after 19 years. But not out of protest. If it was, I'd have not renewed 10 years ago. I'm not renewing because there's no point in having season tickets anymore. I can get into the stadium and sit in basically the exact same section without having the extra cost of season tickets. I think it's a no-brainer. If (big IF) the Redskins actually hire a GM and start running the team the right way (and then start winning), I'm sure I can get my season tickets back in the same section, if not the same exact seats.
  7. Maybe they could play at Audi Field like the Chargers at Stubhub Center in LA. I'm kidding but not entirely. I don't think just eliminating preseason games would do it, unless the discount on the other games were very substantial. Why pay for the games you don't want to go to? I've had season tix since 1998 and I'm out starting this year. Every year there are about 2 games I either can't go to or don't want to go to, and I usually can't even give them away. So why pay for those, on top of $50 parking for each, when I could easily just log onto ticketmaster, or walk right up to the FedEx gate, and buy either those tickets or tickets in the same section. And, I plan on doing that. I like my section and the guys around me who've had tickets since early 2000s in same section (UL at 50.) I really think there are lots of people, like me and the guys I go to games with, who feel the same way and will drop their season tix this year. We've been fed up with the team for years, we're not wild about the stadium, but we like going to 5 or so games a year and sitting in the seats we've had for years.
  8. Would these STHs still have to pay for pre-season tickets? I'm skeptical of the drivers license plan as difficult to execute but sounds like you had a good experience with it. They are going to have issues with attendance until they start winning consistently. Period. They can try these tricks, but it's all a band-aid until they start to win, and the best way to do that is by hiring a real GM and doing things the right way. It's pretty simple actually. But there's no reason to think it'll actually happen. If they finally build a real football organization and rebuild, the right way, they'll have an opportunity for sustained success. The crowds will come back eventually. That's the only way, especially in this day of declining NFL attendance league-wide.
  9. Yes. When the team announced in late August that tickets were available for sale from the team on ticketmaster, I checked all eight games and was shocked to see how many available. The largest numbers in the lower bowl were in the endzone and corners. In some cases, there were hundreds of tickets available in each section. Entire rows of seats were unsold. Again, this is primary market, from the Redskins, not re-sale. I checked ticketmaster the day before the season opener. Bruce Allen had claimed in an interview that he was expecting a sellout. But it was clear that wasn't the case, as there were still many lower bowl sections with dozens and dozens of unsold seats. I went to the season opener and it really very noticeable in the lower bowl. In the upper level, it was even more dramatic. In my section alone (454) there were 120 or so seats available. I remember being pissed because when I'd checked upgrade possibilities in May, there were only a few available. But then on ticketmaster there were four seats 10 rows down from mine, right on the aisle.
  10. There's one thing that will lead to a better experience and growing the fan base and protecting the viability of the product. Winning. That's it. So, what's the easiest path to winning? Try to fill the lower bowl with Redskins fans only (which I contend is impossible) ---> to get a 3-6 point impact (which I contend is exaggerated with a half full stadium or even a mostly full one) ----> win more games based on the 3-6 point impact ----> get more fan interest ----> better fan experience OR Hire a real team president who hires a real quality football GM with 100% final say on the roster who also hires the coach who hires the assistants -----> winning ----> better fan experience and growth of fan base and long term viability of product. I'd say it's the latter. And until the Redskins start acting like a competent organization, they will never have long-term sustained success. Sustained success will lead to inspired fans, home field advantage, etc. Artificially trying to improve home field advantage for a bottom of the barrel team run by incompetent football people with things like whatever the Vegas Knights did, rather than actually building a winning team, seems like doing things in reverse. I'm not familiar with how the Knights did it would seem difficult, especially in the current environment. There are thousands and thousands of seats available on the primary market in the lower bowl. A fan of any other team can walk up to the FedEx window on game day and purchase a seat in the lower bowl. Who and where are all these phantom fans waiting to fill the lower bowl? I've been in the upper bowl since 1998. But I'm out now. Not renewing. Not necessarily because I have no hope in the franchise (I haven't for years) or because of traffic or parking (it's been bad for years) but because why the heck would I pay for preseason and 10 parking passes and and 1-2 games I can't or don't want to attend, when I can easily log onto ticketmaster and purchase my same exact seats for the game I want to go to. I think people misunderestimate the gravity of the situation. It was only a year or two ago that some poster on this board was trying to convince people (including me) not to sell our tickets on stubhub because opposing fans might buy them. Many people didn't seem to realize that the team was selling thousands and thousands of tickets to brokers, who were then dumping them onto the market, resulting in the influx of opposing fans. At least this year the organization had the fortitude and honesty to admit what had been clear to all of us for several years -- that there was no season ticket waiting list.
  11. How is that going to happen?!? What pricing and what restrictions? There aren't enough Redskins fans attending games to fill the lower bowl. I wish people would start to understand that.
  12. Absolutely not renewing (have had tickets since FedEx opened and have been UL on the 50 since 2003.) As pissed off as I am at the organization, my reasons are practical: why renew and be forced to buy preseason, 10 parking passes, and games late in December that I have no interest in going to because we'll be 6-9 at the time? There's no reason. I can log onto ticketmaster with my buddies in June or whenever they start selling tickets and buy those exact same seats for face value for the 4 to 6 games I want to go to. Or I those are gone, I can buy the tickets around me, which were available on ticketmaster for face value basically every game. I can still buy my seats, sit with the same people, have the same view, but without the downside. I predict many people will have this same approach. Once I learned in August that there were thousands and thousands of seats available on the primary market, I decided not to renew for 2019. It had nothing to do with the team's performance. If that were the reason, I'd had bailed years ago.
  13. The reason why he is "not sure that is going to work this year" (and I agree) is that the game is up. The only reason I've renewed in the past five years or so was because the Redskins were, somehow, able to successfully sell the idea of scarcity, that tickets were somehow in demand. That, sure, you'd be able to get into the building but if you don't have season tickets you won't be able to sit where you want, when you want. I've been in the same section (sideline UL) since 1998 and I like having those same seats and being near the same guys ever year. I will not be renewing this season. After 19 years. I'm out. But I plan to go to 5-6 games a year. I'm just gonna buy tickets on ticketmaster. And not have to pay for preseason and for the 2-3 games I don't want to go to. That's why the Redskins Reward points for early renewal will not work this season. I think more people like me aren't going to renew because they can buy tickets for the games they want to go to, for those exact seats, without having to pay for preseason.
  14. Harris was wide open on that play for first down and possibly TD. Completely Smith's fault But, I wasn't wild about the play calling on 3rd and 4th downs on this drive. We had 3rd and 2 at the Saints' 31 yard line, down by 20 points. Clearly four down territory here, so seems like would've been better to run it on 3rd to get the first down, or if you miss, run it again on 4th. If you can't get 2 yards on two running plays, you don't deserve a first down anyways. Instead, deep pass to Vernon Davis on 3rd falls incomplete. And then on 4th, Smith dropped back about 10 yards and rolled out on a slow developing play. Again, Smith's fault here . . . but I wasn't wild about how Gruden did either.
  15. The ad makes no sense anyways. They're comparing the price of a secondary market / Stubhub ticket to the price of a Season Ticket as a reason to get season tickets, completely ignoring (for obvious reasons) the fact that anyone can buy a primary market ticket for just that single game, and thereby avoid paying for the other 9 games and parking while also avoiding the secondary market upcharge (which probably won't be much anyways)
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