In a message dated 97-02-05 00:01:21 EST, [log in to unmask] (Mike Machnik) writes: << Perhaps the best way I can sum it up is, in the past I remember the team feeding off the energy that the fans provided. Now it seems to have shifted the other way, in that the fans need to feed off of the team. If they're doing well, the fans respond; if not, the fans are mostly quiet. >> Yes, this certainly seems to be true and I don't know what the answer is to change it. In a message dated 97-02-05 02:29:33 EST, [log in to unmask] (Wayne Smith) writes: << It's one thing to bring back the students and encourage long time fans to be more exuberant, but quite another to say some group of fans is better forced out because they don't cheer like you'd like. >> Definately! Have you noticed how old some of these long time season ticket holders are? Faithful fans aren't always loud fans, but *true* fans nonetheless. Hey! We're all gonna be there one day... In a message dated 97-02-05 09:41:42 EST, [log in to unmask] (Cathy Hart) writes: << The contest you mention for the FMH to hold during the first two games, isn't that done at midnight madness? I wonder if we did some things like that each game and gave some sort of reward to the loudest section at the end of the game........... It's worth bringing up for next season! >> Why wait for next season? In a message dated 97-02-05 18:47:09 EST, [log in to unmask] (Jennifer Ukeritis) writes: << I love hockey, but Walsh is not what this program needs. >> Oh boy do I ever disagree with that statement Jennifer. Maine Hockey IS Shawn Walsh. Or am I the only one that noticed a great improvement in the team's playing right around Dec. 24th at midnight ;-) In a message dated 97-02-06 08:02:46 EST, [log in to unmask] (Cathy Hart) writes: << Most people I speak to, (and contrary to my public self, I have a wide range of interests that take me all over the state) believe that Coach Walsh has done his time and should be welcomed back. They believe that if a person is sincere in apology, and has been dignified in punishment, they deserve the chance to redeem themselves. He's done that. Drop the issue. >> Well said, Cathy and I totally agree! Obviously, so did the rest of the fans at his first game back on home ice! Carol