The Crows Terrible Towel - will it catch on?

[n4sir]

As an avid follower of the NFL, I have noticed the Crows take a cue from the other side of the Pacific for some of their crowd involvement. First it was the 19th man, which seemed to be heavily influenced by the Seattle Seahawks 12th man...

.... now for round 1 we have the towel for Crows season members, which in turn seems to be a nod to the famous Pittsburgh Terrible Towel:

I have to admit, when channel 7's Elspeth Hussy (sigh ) got the stadium to all wave the towels it did look kind of impressive (not as impressive as the Mexican wave at the Showdown Final which was awesome, but still kinda cool).

I asked my best friend, who is a Crows member from the very beginning if he was going to bring them to future games to wave, and he said "yea, nah, I don't think so."

What do others think? Will it catch on and people take them for future home games? Do people think it was just concidentally something to use during the stinking hot, humid, ******* Bombay-like day? Do people think it's too American?

 

[mattymac]

I wish we wouldn't do this sort of gimmicky s**t. Just be a hard nut, uncompromising club dedicated to ultimate success on and off the field and that would be enough to ensure memberships and income.

Some people might like this stuff but it's a bit plastic for my liking. Blatantly ripping off the traditions of overseas sporting clubs ala Never Tear Us Apart or 19th man always looks a bit desperate and void of imagination.

 

[secondary]

Maybe if the towels weren't incredibly tacky and littered with sponsor logos. Just make it yellow with 'we fly as one' on. Is it that hard?
It worked well because of the heat, nothing else.

 

[Roovolution]

I'd be happy if the crowd didn't take so long to get loud sometimes. We need to turn Crowval into a cauldron.

 

[WetCrow1991]

I sat on mine, also i now have three 'towels'

 

[Damp Squarie]

I thought they were bananas

 

[MRB37]

Maybe if the towels weren't incredibly tacky and littered with sponsor logos. Just make it yellow with 'we fly as one' on. Is it that hard?
It worked well because of the heat, nothing else.

But then we'd probably have to pay for them.

 

[Vooligan]

The towel was great once it was wet and around the back of my neck. No other use for it.

 

[Iron]

It's dumb but I wish people would just lighten up. It's there for a bit of fun don't take it so seriously.

 

[StonesThrow]

I wish we wouldn't do this sort of gimmicky s**t. Just be a hard nut, uncompromising club dedicated to ultimate success on and off the field and that would be enough to ensure memberships and income.

Some people might like this stuff but it's a bit plastic for my liking. Blatantly ripping off the traditions of overseas sporting clubs ala Never Tear Us Apart or 19th man always looks a bit desperate and void of imagination.

I agree but looking around, it appeals to lots of people. That seems to be their market.

 

[subaru]

I'm not a fan of any gimmick
Spontaneous stuff like Sheedy and the jacket wave are great but I don't like contrived stuff.

I find most marketing things these days are pretty rubbish

I'm a bit " do it if it floats your boat" .

 

[jenny61_99]

It's dumb but I wish people would just lighten up. It's there for a bit of fun don't take it so seriously.

People gotta find things to bitch about.

 

[jenny61_99]

I could have done with one at the AFLW grand final... could have wiped up the copious buckets of sweat!

 

[Jarman3]

I liked the towel - very handy to have on the most disgustingly humid day I've ever experienced for a footy match in Adelaide. Probably won't use it again, but was good on the day.

When McGovern kicked that dribbling goal in the 3rd quarter, I found myself wishing that I had an extra towel

 

[FantasticShirt]

There's no way people will bring them to another game, so unless they're gonna hand out new ones each game it's dead (was it ever alive?)

 

[jaytex]

we're not going to bring a microfiber flannel to another game. if anybody expected us to, that person should be fired.

 

[hey shorty]

I appreciate the effort, and due to the heat they came in very handy but it was a miss for mine. Most people around me figured it was simply for the heat.

 

[Hank93]

I thought it was a winner.

Both waving it around which looked cool when whole ground joined in and the fact it was 34 degrees it came in very handy.

That being said not sure you'd bring it in middle of June when it's 7 degrees at night.

 

[NikkiNoo]

we're not going to bring a microfiber flannel to another game. if anybody expected us to, that person should be fired.

You don't want a little towel to wipe the rain off your seat during winter before you sit on it?

 

[jaytex]

You don't want a little towel to wipe the rain off your seat during winter before you sit on it?

our seats are undercover

 

[NikkiNoo]

our seats are undercover

How undercover? Because rain has been known to come in at an angle

 

[jenny61_99]

I thought it was a winner.

Both waving it around which looked cool when whole ground joined in and the fact it was 34 degrees it came in very handy.

That being said not sure you'd bring it in middle of June when it's 7 degrees at night.

Wrap around your hot thermos!

 

[jaytex]

How undercover? Because rain has been known to come in at an angle

ohmigod the microfiber flannel was *your* idea, wasn't it?!

 

[SugarShane]

I thought they were bananas

Port's home game is next week.

 

[NikkiNoo]

ohmigod the microfiber flannel was *your* idea, wasn't it?!

Nope. I think it might have been influenced by Patty Mills though.