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Message: [QUOTE="Jake, post: 5166799, member: 86"] There’s a lot to digest in this thread. Generally speaking, the best traditions seem to evolve organically. Trying to force a chant on a video board is not likely to spark a tradition. As dumb as it may sound, not replacing the Dome Ranger was probably a missed opportunity. Dennis Brogan was allowed to run around like a real life Mayhem man. It may have fizzled over time, but he was a character who got the crowd going organically at the right time. That uniform could have been passed down….but for lawyers, liability etc… Watching some imbecile try to start the wave while we were in the offensive huddle during a time out just made me facepalm. I actually have noticed better music, a reduction in ads and a bit more cohesive gameday production. But you can still times where the advertising arm has muscled its way into the experience awkwardly. It’s really difficult to convince the advertising department that less is more. I once worked in a radio station that was not doing great in the ratings, and management came in and the first thing they did was jack up advertising prices by 400%, but reduce the number of ads by 75%. The net result was a station that played more music and advertisers that were happy because their ads weren’t booked and around five other ads at once. Their product stood out. I think that type of concept could be into the Gameday experience. Less is more, let the organic moments resonate rather than having a planned advertisement that has to run at that exact moment crush an organic exciting moment. You really need a television type producer and Director to be the on hands at the moment people in charge. And sometimes you have to tell an advertiser your ad didn’t run when it was supposed to because the Gameday atmosphere is the priority. Ultimately, the net result should be happier fans… Which turned into more fans… Which then makes the advertisements more valuable… And the advertiser ultimately happier. [/QUOTE]

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