Enhancing Your Experience With Traditions: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The powerplay dance needs to die.

miss that guy.

But I liked Cotton-Eyed Joe, Guy. Then again, that was me as a young preteen watching games on TV, as opposed to being there having to use his stair case.

And while I agree with the ‘Fuck Towel Guy,’ sentiment, I really like the goal counting. As long as you don’t do what he did last year and count them even after the Blues give up a goal immediately after scoring one.

yea organ is fun, but honestly, what is more jacking up than glenn singing it 5 minutes before the anthem.

and now, perhaps more than every before

“oooh when the cup come to st. louis

no to san joooooose but to st louis…"

additionally becuse backes mentioned it in the paper (or maybe it was perron)

the home of the BLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUEEESSS

i’m pretty traditional anthem time guys (screw you STTTTARRRSSSS) but i’m learning to be ok with that.

maybe the hawks trained me with their 2 minute yell

and again, the post has the players noticing that shit and taking it to heart. so i guess, lets roll on it until it stop working

ooooorrr

maybe we should be the home of the BOOOOOOOYYYYEEESSSSS

get him started and lit up

it’s too big, now, to ever go away. I’m afraid it’s here for good. You won’t catch me doing it.

I like the goal count, but can do without Towel Guy. But hey, you gotta have something for everybody. Not every person is going to like every thing, but it’s OK.

I really like the fan salute.

For the past several years, my seats were in section 112. I would get so infuriated at all of the fans in front of me who would stand up and turn around to watch the towel douche while play was going on, when all I wanted to do was see what was happening on the ice. Ya know, the shit that actually matters. I did get to point and laugh at everyone a couple times when the Blues scored again while said douchebaggery was occurring and they all missed it.

This year I switched to section 125, and while the best part is getting to see Halak be amazing for 40 minutes, a close second is not having to deal with that shit anymore.

Do it during stoppages or don’t do it at all, I say.

Is Charles Glenn singing the anthem. That dude has the golden pipes, and fuck anyone that says otherwise.

Another thing I like and I don’t know if its “tradition” or what but its how the Blues are always a gritty bunch of guys. You don’t have any Prima Donna’s on the team. You won’t find a Kovalchuk or Hossa type here. Our guys play both ways, 60 minutes a night (with the exception of some of last season) and they’re a phyisical group. I remember hearing somewhere when you come to play in St. Louis you can expect two things. 1)A rabid fan base and 2) That you’re going to get punished trying to earn every inch of ice.

I love that about them. It seems like they’re a bunch of Blue collar type guys that play hard because thats the only way they know how.

Two Syllabled last names in particular. Good ones I remember: Bel-Four (Especially when we swept Dallas in the playoffs in ’01), Ver-non, Os-good, Tur-co!.

Is that theres a LOT of fans out there who dont take their FUCKING HATS OFF FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!!!! My Grandfather fought for this country(he was a MP on supply lines running through the Middle East namely Iran in WWII) so the least you can do is TAKE YOUR FUCKING HAT OFF AND SHOW SOME FUCKING RESPECT!!!!!

Sorry but that just annoys the living shit outta me…….

As for Towlie…..I never cared one way or the other bout him ……..but I hate that fucking bear……..

The powerplay dance is freaking stupid and needs to go away. Same for towel douch, but I like the counting of the goals.

One thing I wish would change is the horn after goals. Only because it seems EVERY team does that. Wish we could come up with something different. We should blast that soccer announcers call of “goooooooaaaaaaalllllllll” over the speakers maybe lol, but it’s a soccer call so maybe not…

but i like the towel guy. i can, however, understand why it should be reserved for stoppages, or better yet, right after a goal. but i think the towel guy is another piece that gets fans into the game. a little more interactive, i suppose. i was at a game and got done taking a piss, washed my hands and BOOM there he was, and he said, “need a towel?” and handed me one. It was awesome, although in retrospect, kinda creepy too.

Mascots and goofy people running around in giant animal suits are a part of sports, for good or ill. Sometimes you can go overboard, like the creepy smile on the Nebraska Cornhusker mascot, or the yearly ritual banning of Chief Illiniwek, or using a real inebriated Irishman with aggression issues at Notre Dame (okay, maybe I made up the last one), but most of the time they do their part to keep the crowd pumped up during lulls in the game or distract them while some kind of on-field discussion is taking place.

My only question is “Why a bear?” I suppose we should be happy we didn’t wind up with Cool Cat…

1) Asking Tom how much time is left and have him actually answer me.
(when I ask, if I get laughs and chuckles, I know these are people who aren’t season ticket holders around me, AND if I miss the timing of this question, EVERY season ticket holder in my section asks if I was ok and why the fuck didn’t I ask Tom how much time was left.)

2) About a half dozen folks yell jump with me when towel douche starts to get a boner.

3) Saying “Literally” before every Ameren MO PP. (and shaking our heads at those attempting to do the PP dance.)

4) Yelling CHARLES before and after every song he does at the DrinkScotch Center.

5) Reading my paper version of Game Time.

6) This is something I think is cool as hell… About 4 or 5 of us guess who will score the Blues 1st goal at every home game. If one of us gets it right, everyone gives that person $1. Small profit without much damage, but fun as hell to do…

7) After game, ALWAYS stay for the three stars.

8) Before the game, when Tom is going through his Shpeal about marquee matchup and all that, I always yell along with him to “Make Some Noise” (we’re just minutes away from St. Louis Bluuuueeees Hockey).

9) I used to wow all the fans in my section by announcing the winning section during the Roulette routine long before it is even close to said section number. But Not anymore… fuckers…

10) I don’t make it known that I am looking, but I always look at the game clock and hope that we go from the 14:00 minute mark to the 9:59 minute mark (or 5:59 mark if I am extremely greedy) without an even-strength stoppage in play (scoring and icing is ok though).

11) I know this is bad, but I long for the scoreless Blues shutout and then shootout win at DrinkScotch.

There are more, but I will have to make notes during the next home game.

Traditions I want back…

1) Angellla interviewing the little might hockey players after their between perioid games.

2) After game interview with Blues players on the bench after they have been awarded a star on the in building speakers so FANS can hear the interview. Why not?

3) Blues players doing commercials… seriously.. I have ONLY seen EJ doing the dish commercial… but come one… more please… I don’t care who or what it is for.. but Blues players doing commercials are cool.

4) Bring back creative Blues marketing in St. Louis…. remember the little sayings like “He started it” with a Blues player getting a penalty or something on the billboards?… or many others…

5) Full Season Ticket Holders COOL AS HELL ticket stubs…. with pictures of Blues players on them.. not these ticketbastard crap they send out now….

There are many more…just can’t think of any right now…