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Message: [QUOTE="bballbeadle, post: 2835823, member: 548"] I confess to having little energy to give a recap, and doubt it will be read, but that is okay. When we got to our seats, I switched with my daughter, who was not in the mood to sit next to the kid. When they came in, the father sat down next to me and the kid was to the right of him. This changed up the dynamic. Dad was great; we talked off and on about the game. He was mild mannered. Kid began bad mouthing Chukwu almost immediately. He always calls for Chukwu to GET OUT. At one point, I looked over at him and said, “Why don’t you give Chukwu some positive energy when he does something right?” He asked when that was going to happen and at that moment Chukwu dunked the ball. I said, “What about now?” He laughed but couldn’t do it. The first half was decent and the second half deteriorated. He deteriorated along with it, but the father being between him and me made it difficult for me to carry out any plan. Also, the game began sucking big time. They left with two minutes to go. I had some sympathy for this kid when during one of the time outs he said to his dad, “I just get so ANGRY because we have some really good players and they’re not playing well. This is not what I expected. Makes me so mad!” So, it’s going to be a difficult season, it seems, and I will see how things go, but I have a few ideas tucked into the back of my brain and will use them if appropriate. Although I appreciate the viewpoint of some who say fans should be able to say whatever they want during games, my view is that if fans are shouting invective at our team or if they are drunk and spilling beer everywhere, or vomiting, or talking loudly about everything BUT the game at hand, it is obnoxious behavior and decreases the enjoyment of people around them. But at this point this may be the least of our problems. Thanks to all! [/QUOTE]

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