sixersfan
Years ago
Someone to get the crowd revved up!
The sixers need to employ someone who is lively enough to get the crowd going.
We have the tradition of clapping each opposition player once. This tradition wouldn't have started without someone telling us to do it. I remember the game that the announcer told us that is what we have to do, and ever since its continued. They even used to test which stand was loudest before the game. That's great but we need more things like this.
If anyone went to the beach volleyball at the Sydney Olympics you will know what i mean. They had a guy that before the game got the crowd to do mexican waves. He would make the crowd do a slow motion wave and then a really quick one. It may be a bit childish but the crowd loved it. It would be relatively cheap to employ someone for game nights and it would get the crowd going.
The "charge song" and the "you suck" song would work if the crowd knew what to say. Get someone to tell the crowd when to say charge or you suck before the game. This would add some tradition and a lot of atmoshphere to the stadium and add to the overall entertainment that people get when they come to a game.
Furthermore, bring back half time entertainment. Those guys that used to do dunks off a trampoline were great, it was a long time ago, but i'm sure you could find someone to do it now.
There are obviously not enough die-hard basketball fans that are willing to come to games anymore. Therefore, we have to add to the overall entertainment of the game, so people don't just come for a basketball game, they come for the entertainment they can enjoy as well. This would hopefully bring in your everyday Joe's to the game.
These are just some suggestions feel free to add more.
