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DeeEss57 wrote:
Have we turned into a nation of wusses? So what if it's cold. They don't care in Green Bay. And, if it's to be a home-field advantage, then take advantage of your biggest advantage -- the weather! Do you think LA wanted to play at the Met during the playoffs back in the day?

yes. the generation today is soft. playing football in below zero weather again would be awesome. it wouldnt happen until december or the playoffs anyways.


Dawn

DeeEss57 wrote:
Have we turned into a nation of wusses? So what if it's cold. They don't care in Green Bay. And, if it's to be a home-field advantage, then take advantage of your biggest advantage -- the weather! Do you think LA wanted to play at the Met during the playoffs back in the day?


Dawn

VikingMachine wrote:Maybe, maybe not. Regardless, its a fact that we have trouble selling out games and attempting to sell tickets to games where people will have to sit in below freezing weather with snow for 3+ hours WILL NOT help you sell tickets, it will make it harder. Do you WANT the team to move????

DeeEss57 wrote: Okay, so you're saying we need a retractable roof because fans won't sit in the freezing cold for 3 hours to watch a game. They already sit in heated comfort AND THE GAMES ARE STILL NOT SELLING OUT. Whether we have a roof or not is not the problem here. It's that the fans have no faith in the Vikings anymore. Get us a coach we feel will go all out to win games and tickets will sell. Get us a coach who can win more than one game against the Packers in three years and games will sell out. Get us a coach who will bring the excitement back and games will sell out.

And, no, I don't want the team to move. That's not the issue here. The issue is winning. That's how you sell tickets.


Dawn

VikingMachine wrote: Coulda sworn we were 10-6 last year with 6 Pro Bowl players, the most amazing RB in the league with one of the best defenses in the NFL.....and we still couldnt sell tickets.

PurpleMustReign wrote:

Oh come on. We started slow and you know it. Childress hasn't exactly been the best coach, and his teams have not exactly been playing to their potential.
In the first half of last season we had trouble selling games. The second half, when we were winning, we had no problem.

And anyway, how do you explain the corporate help needed to avoid blackouts?

DeeEss57 wrote: Okay, so you're saying we need a retractable roof because fans won't sit in the freezing cold for 3 hours to watch a game. They already sit in heated comfort AND THE GAMES ARE STILL NOT SELLING OUT. Whether we have a roof or not is not the problem here. It's that the fans have no faith in the Vikings anymore. Get us a coach we feel will go all out to win games and tickets will sell. Get us a coach who can win more than one game against the Packers in three years and games will sell out. Get us a coach who will bring the excitement back and games will sell out.

And, no, I don't want the team to move. That's not the issue here. The issue is winning. That's how you sell tickets.


Dawn

Hunter Morrow wrote:Why do you assume it would be a huge advantage for the Vikings? The Vikings have played in the Herbert H. Humphrey Metrodome... for nearly 30 years.

And I seem to recall them playing better in warm weather and in domes than outdoors and in the cold. Why do we dread playing Green Bay in Lambeau or the Bears in the winter? Because we have a better chance of winning in a dome.

jackal wrote:it actually rained fairly hard on monday here

pretty strange weather for California. I would love a mild summer
though but i doubt we get a whole summer of cooler temps.

jackal wrote:it actually rained fairly hard on monday here

pretty strange weather for California. I would love a mild summer
though but i doubt we get a whole summer of cooler temps.

hibbingviking wrote:
southern california weather sucks IMO. i miss the blue skies, rain, and snow in minnesota.

There's still time to come back! And enjoy the two seasons of Minnesota -- Winter and road construction!