(11-17-2014 09:28 AM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  Give awards to groups showing the best support, like at the Stihl Classic. You get better showing that to a single person.

Overall the atmosphere was very good for the game.

I would get the Big Guy who challenged the Super Fan a job and let him do a lot of the things Super Fan does. He has the tools to do a very good job.

(11-17-2014 01:45 PM)TedHead Wrote:  Why wont our fans clap to our fight song? Every school I have been to its like pavlovs dogs. As soon as they hear their school's fight song they stand and clap. Not ODU, you can barely get asses out of the seats when the team is introduced or when they come on the court. Well, you will know who I am when you see a fat guy standing and clapping to our fight song when the team comes out.
"Victory for Old Dominion" is a catchy fight tune, its original and you can download it off itunes.

"Fight, Old Dominion" is ok, i like how the band has kept it and will still play it. There are words to both tunes, but I dare say our fans should learn them.

(11-17-2014 04:10 PM)MonarchsWon Wrote:  It's really just leadership. People and fans will do what they are told to do and what they are encouraged to do. What the ODU admin has never understood is that atmosphere is manufactured. Super Fan is a perfect point. If someone leads - people will follow. If they want people to stand and clap to the school song - which at least every alumni an student should do without prompt - they need to have the PA announcer or an actual "cheer leader" tell the crowd what to do. "Alumni and Students - Now Let's Stand and Clap to Our School Song as We Welcome The Old Dominion University Men's Basketball Team". People will do it. Great atmospheres in college and pro sports are completely manufactured. Schools with great cheer traditions TEACH those traditions to their students - that's how they become traditions. We do that to our students with Ice Cream and Cake - something I personally abhor as it has nothing to do with ODU. But - our administration for some reason has chosen to teach this to our students and it's the most active participation you will get from our student section. It was taught and manufactured. If they would teach more cheers/chants - we would get more than Ice Cream & Cake. I grew up in the mid-West, some of the best fan bases in the nation. I remember as a kid going to a Purdue basketball game - they were playing Iowa and it was on National TV. Ushers and University staff ushered everybody out of the hallways and into the arena. The PA announcer told the crowd the 15, 10, 5 minute countdown to game time. At the minute mark they told the crown to stand and cheer and told them we will be welcoming the nation into Mackey Arena - Let's Give them a Boilermaker welcome. It was a frenzy when the clock got to zero and when you were at home watching on TV you saw Brent Musberger say " We Are Live at Mackey Arena the Home of the Purdue Boilermakers....." It was loud and impressive. That incredible college hoops atmosphere didn't just happen - it was manufactured. I'll end this long post by complimenting the band director at VCU - another example of leading the fans - instructing the fans and students and creating an atmosphere. It doesn't just happen - it has to be taught and instilled and led and manufactured. That's how an incredible college sports environment is created.

(11-17-2014 04:10 PM)MonarchsWon Wrote:  It's really just leadership. People and fans will do what they are told to do and what they are encouraged to do. What the ODU admin has never understood is that atmosphere is manufactured. Super Fan is a perfect point. If someone leads - people will follow. If they want people to stand and clap to the school song - which at least every alumni an student should do without prompt - they need to have the PA announcer or an actual "cheer leader" tell the crowd what to do. "Alumni and Students - Now Let's Stand and Clap to Our School Song as We Welcome The Old Dominion University Men's Basketball Team". People will do it. Great atmospheres in college and pro sports are completely manufactured. Schools with great cheer traditions TEACH those traditions to their students - that's how they become traditions. We do that to our students with Ice Cream and Cake - something I personally abhor as it has nothing to do with ODU. But - our administration for some reason has chosen to teach this to our students and it's the most active participation you will get from our student section. It was taught and manufactured. If they would teach more cheers/chants - we would get more than Ice Cream & Cake. I grew up in the mid-West, some of the best fan bases in the nation. I remember as a kid going to a Purdue basketball game - they were playing Iowa and it was on National TV. Ushers and University staff ushered everybody out of the hallways and into the arena. The PA announcer told the crowd the 15, 10, 5 minute countdown to game time. At the minute mark they told the crown to stand and cheer and told them we will be welcoming the nation into Mackey Arena - Let's Give them a Boilermaker welcome. It was a frenzy when the clock got to zero and when you were at home watching on TV you saw Brent Musberger say " We Are Live at Mackey Arena the Home of the Purdue Boilermakers....." It was loud and impressive. That incredible college hoops atmosphere didn't just happen - it was manufactured. I'll end this long post by complimenting the band director at VCU - another example of leading the fans - instructing the fans and students and creating an atmosphere. It doesn't just happen - it has to be taught and instilled and led and manufactured. That's how an incredible college sports environment is created.

(11-17-2014 04:10 PM)MonarchsWon Wrote:  It's really just leadership. People and fans will do what they are told to do and what they are encouraged to do. What the ODU admin has never understood is that atmosphere is manufactured. Super Fan is a perfect point. If someone leads - people will follow. If they want people to stand and clap to the school song - which at least every alumni an student should do without prompt - they need to have the PA announcer or an actual "cheer leader" tell the crowd what to do. "Alumni and Students - Now Let's Stand and Clap to Our School Song as We Welcome The Old Dominion University Men's Basketball Team". People will do it. Great atmospheres in college and pro sports are completely manufactured. Schools with great cheer traditions TEACH those traditions to their students - that's how they become traditions. We do that to our students with Ice Cream and Cake - something I personally abhor as it has nothing to do with ODU. But - our administration for some reason has chosen to teach this to our students and it's the most active participation you will get from our student section. It was taught and manufactured. If they would teach more cheers/chants - we would get more than Ice Cream & Cake. I grew up in the mid-West, some of the best fan bases in the nation. I remember as a kid going to a Purdue basketball game - they were playing Iowa and it was on National TV. Ushers and University staff ushered everybody out of the hallways and into the arena. The PA announcer told the crowd the 15, 10, 5 minute countdown to game time. At the minute mark they told the crown to stand and cheer and told them we will be welcoming the nation into Mackey Arena - Let's Give them a Boilermaker welcome. It was a frenzy when the clock got to zero and when you were at home watching on TV you saw Brent Musberger say " We Are Live at Mackey Arena the Home of the Purdue Boilermakers....." It was loud and impressive. That incredible college hoops atmosphere didn't just happen - it was manufactured. I'll end this long post by complimenting the band director at VCU - another example of leading the fans - instructing the fans and students and creating an atmosphere. It doesn't just happen - it has to be taught and instilled and led and manufactured. That's how an incredible college sports environment is created.