Your Take: Ready to re-up on those Panthers season tickets?
by Donny Rivette on Jan 16, 2010 12:09 AM EST
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Just learned Panthers season seat holders will be contacted throughout the coming week with regard to renewing their plans for the 2010-11 campaign.
I won't get into any unnecessary and pointless cheap tactics - like bringing up this little nugget - but figured if the timing is right for the sales department's best and brightest to be unleashed, then perhaps the collective target of their pitch should have their own moment in the sun.
As we sit after 47 games, the Panthers have 19 wins, 20 losses, and 8 Bettman-focus-group-non-losses, for a point total of 46. In the Eastern conference, three teams are seated below and eleven rank higher.
The Cats are four points behind 8th place Montreal and Ottawa, five behind the sixth-place Rangers, and seven points back of Boston's 53. The year is far from washed out for the Cats.
Exactly one year ago, Florida was 20-16-6 (46 points). After 42 games.
So, here we sit with the same number of points one calendar year later (and five more games played). The team continues its streak of win-two-lose-four-win-three-lose-two pattern, yet somehow remains in contention for a postseason spot. Remarkable.
Back to the season ticket holders: got a pen handy? Just too early? Waiting for a playoff berth?
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Hey: on the very same topic over at our message boards we have a thread on it as well. http://www.darsys.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2904 (No need to register if you’re just reading, but you do need to register to post).
Most people seem to be rather put out by this. Nobody’s for it, some people are indifferent, and the majority are irritated or downright furious.
I am about 30 degrees past hostile bordering on rabidly hostile.
See my website http://www.darsys.com or my blog http://www.darsys.net/quagmire.html for more information. Read the Panthers Hockey Message Boards at http://www.darsys.net/bbs
I’ve noticed the very same attitude is shared by a lot of folks at FaceBook as well over the past couple of days. What’s the biggest “beef” with the package? Rat Trick (below) mentions the timing and a general fatigue about perks over wins. Seems reasonable; is it that simple?
by Donny Rivette on Jan 17, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Timing is never right!
Unless we are firmly entrenched in a playoff position, this will always be ill-timed!
I am a season ticket holder for twelve years and will renew again because I love the game. But…
I don’t want any special perks. I don’t care about a golf tournament or a gym bag! Mr. Yormark says to open my envelope for all the exciting things that are coming my way!
Ha!
Like opening a genie bottle will I get my 3 wishes?
A pure goal scorer, a rugged defenceman and a real general manager?
No there’s a better chance of a coupon for a free pizza when Gregory Campbell scores 4 goals in a game!
Needless to say I’m not happy and something better be done on the ice! Enough is enough!
by The Rat Trick on Jan 16, 2010 10:47 AM EST via mobile reply actions
They're desperate...
They know they can’t sell tickets and they’re desperately hoping we all take the free tickets and renew now rather than realize they discount every game that doesn’t sell well, which is almost all of them. The ones that do sell, we don’t want to be at anyway. Think about how much more fun it would be to watch the Panthers play the Rangers at someone’s house with a bunch of other Panthers fans than at the arena with a bunch of Rangers fans.
Florida Panthers: Giving the league a punching bag since 2000.
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