Taro T Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 In all fairness, there were alot of Sabre bandwagon jumpers. Every game was suddenly a sell out, people I didn't know even watched hockey became diehard fans, and there were like a million Sabres threads on this board. It's the same everywhere when a team suddenly starts winning. Obviously we have a much better hockey tradition here but let's be fair. That said, Carolina should rot in hell. 708916[/snapback] That criticism is slightly unfair, in that every season (at least in the dozen or so years I've been a STH) the attendence goes up significantly after the 1st of the year. This is true when the Sabres have a very good season (2001, 2006) and when they have poor seasons (2003, 2004). This is probably due to the Bills season being in full stride during the Fall, people (for whatever reason) not really getting into hockey fully in the Fall, and due to people not really thinking the early season games are as important as late season ones (although had the Sabres beaten the Caps and Panthers in October, the Sabres would have had home ice throughout) due to the length of the season. Yes, the more "casual" fan was probably louder this year than in past years, but attendence picking up in the 2nd half of the season isn't fully indicative of people hopping on the band wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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