Do we have a crowd???? - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

endrity · 04-25-2008, 10:38 PM

It seems to me like the Dallas crowd is seriously lacking compared to the rest of the crowds I have seen in the playoffs. Not only because we have no color-out theme, but even in the intensity.

The NO crowd who was critiqued all season long seems much more intense than Dallas'. Ever since 06 we have lost any crowd edge we have. I don't know if it's because fans are being priced out, but it sucks. You need a crowd to carry on a team to a win or two, and we have no crowd at all right now. Not only is the team lacking in energy, so is the crowd.

ghazi · 04-25-2008, 10:41 PM

I think the crowd is quite nonchalant.

LSMF · 04-25-2008, 10:42 PM

Yeah the Crowd really sucks sometimes imo, in most other crowds that punk Chris paul and the moron David west would have been booed every time they touched the ball but not in the AAC. I think the fans are usually nervous during games.

SeattleMavsFan · 04-25-2008, 10:47 PM

ya i've noticed this. the fans seem to lack the same intensity. come on guys, help the mavs! I wish I could but I live in Seattle lol

thurst0509 · 04-25-2008, 10:52 PM

Get to the game and change it then.

I was there tonight and the AAC was rocking harder than I've seen it all season. It probably still wasn't as crazy as New Orleans though - just a different type of crowd I think.

DirkFTW · 04-25-2008, 10:59 PM

Cuban needs to put those plastic clappers under everyone's seat again... or something like the Kings cowbells. (Man those were annoying. Almost ruined the Will Ferrell Saturday night live skit for me.)

How about kazoos? I bet 50,000 kazoos would sound downright intimidating.

Flacolaco · 04-25-2008, 11:00 PM

It's corporate DFW.

You can't change it. Just deal with it.

endrity · 04-25-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by thurst0509

Get to the game and change it then.

I was there tonight and the AAC was rocking harder than I've seen it all season. It probably still wasn't as crazy as New Orleans though - just a different type of crowd I think.

If I lived in Dallas I would.

I have seen the AAC rock a lot more in previous years. I think the crowd here is sort of used to the success - if that's what you mean by different.
I'd still have an arena that cheers every basket like it's the last and that boos every opponent and a call they get.

Watching on TV the crowd seemed really weak to be honest. Maybe they need the Spurs to get up on their chairs, but we gotta get there first.

endrity · 04-25-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

It's corporate DFW.

You can't change it. Just deal with it.

Yeah I kinda gather that. It's really too bad. They said that the same thing happened to GS this year after last year's success. They drew in the rich guys and they priced out the crazy fans that had been there throughout the bad years, and that really were rocking their arena against us last year.

Seems like a similiar thing has happened in Dallas. It's probably the 'trendy' thing to do now.

Stylistic · 04-25-2008, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

It's corporate DFW.

You can't change it. Just deal with it.

I think this is a Texas thing. Not just DFW. But back in the day earlier in this decade, the crowd use to be rockin.

Dim499 · 04-25-2008, 11:15 PM

Humble Billy should scream out some conservative rants about Hillary, anti-life, less taxes, more guns for everyone etc during timeouts. That might fire them up a bit.

dude1394 · 04-25-2008, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by thurst0509

Get to the game and change it then.

I was there tonight and the AAC was rocking harder than I've seen it all season. It probably still wasn't as crazy as New Orleans though - just a different type of crowd I think.

Hear hear. Nothing worse than a bunch of folks sitting on their arse bitching about the crowd imo. Color outs are a gimmick, that crowd was a-rocking.

pkdumas · 04-25-2008, 11:38 PM

Color outs are for the establishment. Dallas is too cool for school.

#1MavsFan · 04-25-2008, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

It's corporate DFW.

You can't change it. Just deal with it.

Agreed although today the AAC was rocking much more than it usually does.

kg_veteran · 04-25-2008, 11:48 PM

I was at the game tonight and I thought the crowd was great. Maybe it doesn't translate onto TV.

chumdawg · 04-25-2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kg_veteran

I was at the game tonight and I thought the crowd was great. Maybe it doesn't translate onto TV.

We beat that ass, didn't we?

kg_veteran · 04-25-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

We beat that ass, didn't we?

I thought we tapped it real good!

dude1394 · 04-26-2008, 12:04 AM

Yes we did.

pkdumas · 04-26-2008, 12:21 AM

I love beating, then tapping.

DavidDaMonkey · 04-26-2008, 02:40 AM

The problem is that the upper bowl and those areas are rockin, and thats where (I assume) most of us normally sit. The lower bowl is pretty dead, but thats what shows on TV. Thats why those at the game think its wild, and those at home think it looks weak.

endrity · 04-26-2008, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidDaMonkey

The problem is that the upper bowl and those areas are rockin, and thats where (I assume) most of us normally sit. The lower bowl is pretty dead, but thats what shows on TV. Thats why those at the game think its wild, and those at home think it looks weak.

Maybe that's it. I see very little emotion from the guys in the lower bowl. Again, all I want is some 06 crowds. I know we could never have something like the Oracle Arena crows.

mqywaaah · 04-26-2008, 07:30 AM

I know what the AAC needs..

*drum rolls*

they need a heavy dose of MQYWAAAH!!!!

dude1394 · 04-26-2008, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidDaMonkey

The problem is that the upper bowl and those areas are rockin, and thats where (I assume) most of us normally sit. The lower bowl is pretty dead, but thats what shows on TV. Thats why those at the game think its wild, and those at home think it looks weak.

Well again I didn't see it that way. I thought the place was pretty up last night. Anyway, "rockin" is in the eye of the beholder I guess.

bobatundi · 04-26-2008, 08:07 AM

upper bowl was definitely boisterous (as usual) last night.

as for the color-out, well, i think some of the blame falls on cubes there. why? well, i'm pretty sure that the warriors gave every fan the hideous yellow shirt last year, which makes a color-out pretty easy; selling t-shirts for $20 and expecting the whole crowd to buy one, you're not going to get everyone involved. especially when the shirts say "RPL" on them. my wife asked what the hell RPL meant, and I told her "rowdy proud loud." her response: "how queer."

littlelibo · 04-26-2008, 09:45 AM

I can't believe this thread exists... I was at the game (as I have every playoff game ever played at the AAC) and the crowd was great!!!!

I sit in the lower bowl, and last night was as loud as I have heard in a long time.... TV does not give you an accurate idea....

MaVs 41 BaLler · 04-26-2008, 09:59 AM

Well they were all supppose to wear blue.... looks like no one bought the shirts except for cuban.

thurst0509 · 04-26-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bobatundi

upper bowl was definitely boisterous (as usual) last night.

as for the color-out, well, i think some of the blame falls on cubes there. why? well, i'm pretty sure that the warriors gave every fan the hideous yellow shirt last year, which makes a color-out pretty easy; selling t-shirts for $20 and expecting the whole crowd to buy one, you're not going to get everyone involved. especially when the shirts say "RPL" on them. my wife asked what the hell RPL meant, and I told her "rowdy proud loud." her response: "how queer."

Agreed. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the fan shops sold out of shirts.

I didn't wear a blue shirt because I half-expected them to be given out at the door. I was going to buy one at the fan shop if they didn't give them out. but when I got to the fan shop, they told me they were sold out...

Dtownsfinest · 04-26-2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by longsufferingmavsfan

Yeah the Crowd really sucks sometimes imo, in most other crowds that punk Chris paul and the moron David west would have been booed every time they touched the ball but not in the AAC. I think the fans are usually nervous during games.

I guess Dirk has to tell the fans who to boo because they seemed willing to do it Finley after every possession. The end result ended up being Finley playing out of his mind so maybe the fans have it right this time lol.

alby · 04-26-2008, 10:56 AM

The crowd is good, it's not going to be like the crowds of a few years ago with Nash/Fin/Dirk against the Kings or even as good as the reunion rowdies, but we have a pretty good homecourt--just check our record. That's what it comes down to, yes?

endrity · 04-26-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by alby

The crowd is good, it's not going to be like the crowds of a few years ago with Nash/Fin/Dirk against the Kings or even as good as the reunion rowdies, but we have a pretty good homecourt--just check our record. That's what it comes down to, yes?

That's kinda my point. I have heard that the AAC has a very high ceiling which makes it hard to get really loud in there, but I remember that we have had better crowds in the past at the AAC as well. NO has had a better crowd, on TV at least.

It would be great to at least once have a crowd like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCn-8...eature=related

alby · 04-26-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by endrity

That's kinda my point. I have heard that the AAC has a very high ceiling which makes it hard to get really loud in there, but I remember that we have had better crowds in the past at the AAC as well. NO has had a better crowd, on TV at least.

It would be great to at least once have a crowd like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCn-8...eature=related

We all know futbol crowds are the best, but even Euro Basketball crowds > NBA crowds.

endrity · 04-26-2008, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by alby

We all know futbol crowds are the best, but even Euro Basketball crowds > NBA crowds.

Yeah, check out Gate 13 from reigning Euroleague champions Panathinaikos.

stoble · 04-26-2008, 11:34 AM

I thought I saw a commercial advertising a blue out with free t-shirts, but there were no free shirts to be found. What the heck?

Well who cares about the Blue out, it would have been cool though. I agree with the upper sections vs. lower sections assessment. I was in the upper seats and i started losing my voice before half time. How hard is it to yell "lets go mavs" or "defense." I would like to hear the "Defense" chants be so loud that it is like a college game, where the opponent feels the pressure on every possession. Maybe next game... C'mon everyone "DEEEEEEFENSE!!!!!"

LonghornDub · 04-26-2008, 11:53 AM

I was at the game last night and the crowd was fantastic. They're too pretentious with their refusal to wear a t-shirt, but the energy in there is electric.

So, to answer your question--no, it's just you. The Mavs crowd is great.

Dtownsfinest · 04-26-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ProdigyDub

I was at the game last night and the crowd was fantastic. They're too pretentious with their refusal to wear a t-shirt, but the energy in there is electric.

So, to answer your question--no, it's just you. The Mavs crowd is great.

Well I don't think he's nto saying the crowd is bad I just think he's comparing to other city's in the postseason and this arena doesn't compare. I never really put too much into it because everyone said it was due to how the arena was built so I just left it at that. But this arena has been loud. A lot louder than now. Especially that Kings series and Spurs series from a couple of years ago.

LonghornDub · 04-26-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

Well I don't think he's nto saying the crowd is bad I just think he's comparing to other city's in the postseason and this arena doesn't compare.

The Mavs arena is just as loud, if not louder, than the Spurs arena. Having been to numerous playoff games at both, I can say that for certain.

Of course, they have less people, but they also have a smaller building, so it's a wash.

rabbitproof · 04-26-2008, 01:31 PM

The crowd was going in the 3rd and 4th - it was as good as I've seen (and I was at the GSW's Yellow Outs) but mid-1st, that shit looked like a ghost town. Commentators saying "people still filing in".

That's a little peeving but what the hey. Shouldn't be an issue on Sunday.