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Initial B
03-17-2016, 11:59 AM
http://www.mlssoccer.com/mascot-mania

I went to vote for this and there's no option for TFC. I thought Bitchy the Hawk was our mascot. Someone needs to let the pointy foreheads at mlssoccer know.

Pint
03-17-2016, 12:07 PM
We don't have a mascot... Bitchy isn't technically a mascot

Adamo23
03-17-2016, 12:08 PM
Bitchy is probably our unofficial mascot

SuperTCP
03-17-2016, 12:11 PM
They surveyed us a few years back - I think most of us said no to a mascot.

Red CB Toronto
03-17-2016, 12:16 PM
I would love for the Reds to introduce cheerleaders !!!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/647135-the-mls-hottest-cheerleaders

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gNi64fPPrX4/T8tT8K_VrkI/AAAAAAAAK7E/wx9b6CPkk3o/s1600/MLS+Cheerleaders+(10).jpg

Fort York Redcoat
03-17-2016, 12:17 PM
http://www.mlssoccer.com/mascot-mania

I went to vote for this and there's no option for TFC. I thought Bitchy the Hawk was our mascot. Someone needs to let the pointy foreheads at mlssoccer know.

Nope to mascots. I gotta say I'm pretty happy to say TFC doesn't have one.


I would love for the Reds to introduce cheerleaders !!!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/647135-the-mls-hottest-cheerleaders

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gNi64fPPrX4/T8tT8K_VrkI/AAAAAAAAK7E/wx9b6CPkk3o/s1600/MLS+Cheerleaders+(10).jpg

So many times Nope.

OgtheDim
03-17-2016, 12:20 PM
Columbus is NEVER something to be copied.

Red CB Toronto
03-17-2016, 12:22 PM
Nope to mascots.



So many times Nope.

I know the trational footy supporter would not be into this but to attract the average 20 something guy looking for a fun afternoon out enjoying some cold beers with the boys it could be used from a marketing perspective.

jabbronies
03-17-2016, 12:22 PM
TFC's mascot is Shitty the Bed Shitter

Fort York Redcoat
03-17-2016, 12:38 PM
I know the trational footy supporter would not be into this but to attract the average 20 something guy looking for a fun afternoon out enjoying some cold beers with the boys it could be used from a marketing perspective.

So find a cheerleading event. The girls (and boys for that matter) would be so much more appreciative of the support that's actually for them instead of a distraction from a sporting event one can't keep their attention on.

Your marketing perspective offends me.

C.Ronaldo
03-17-2016, 12:43 PM
I know the trational footy supporter would not be into this but to attract the average 20 something guy looking for a fun afternoon out enjoying some cold beers with the boys it could be used from a marketing perspective.

moxies and earls is going to be forced to change uniform policy, I imagine these cheerleader groups are going to be next

CanadaLFC
03-17-2016, 12:44 PM
lol thank god we don't have a mascot or cheerleaders.

Plastic sh** is for plastic fans.

Pint
03-17-2016, 12:55 PM
Nope to mascots. I gotta say I'm pretty happy to say TFC doesn't have one.



So many times Nope.


Oh for the love of... NO.

At no point during a game do people need to be distracted by anything.

Show up get beer, first half, washroom + beer, 2nd half, back to the bar. No TV timeouts, no dead time to be filled

Red CB Toronto
03-17-2016, 01:00 PM
Oh for the love of... NO.

At no point during a game do people need to be distracted by anything.

Show up get beer, first half, washroom + beer, 2nd half, back to the bar. No TV timeouts, no dead time to be filled

I am just curious how other MLS teams involve their chearleaders into their game presentation and where they are situated with the nature of how footy flows.

Phil
03-17-2016, 01:04 PM
I am just curious how other MLS teams involve their chearleaders into their game presentation and where they are situated with the nature of how footy flows.

Its a gimmick used in struggling markets. The game should be the selling point not the entertainment. my two cents

fergiejr
03-17-2016, 01:09 PM
So many times Nope.

FYR, sometimes I am in awe of how eloquent you can be. This sums up my position on this exactly. Up until right now I did not know Columbus had cheerleaders...

Pint
03-17-2016, 01:11 PM
We have bud girls somewhere in stadium or have had in the past, its simply not necessary.

Fort York Redcoat
03-17-2016, 01:11 PM
I am just curious how other MLS teams involve their chearleaders into their game presentation and where they are situated with the nature of how footy flows.

What? They've been around since at least 2011. I'm surprised you haven't seen them yet. I remember seeing them at one of the few away stadiums that have them. They were limited in game but have a halftime show.

literally the first search:

https://youtu.be/y36uJPwB1DM

I usually youtube link it but I don't actually want people to see it. If you neeeeeed to know it was 2009 vs Toronto at halftime and it was not something for me. This must be the time I remember seeing them. They were very limited in their role during run of play.

Red CB Toronto
03-17-2016, 01:28 PM
I personally have never noticed them ever at a MLS game.


What? They've been around since at least 2011. I'm surprised you haven't seen them yet. I remember seeing them at one of the few away stadiums that have them. They were limited in game but have a halftime show.

literally the first search:

https://youtu.be/y36uJPwB1DM

I usually youtube link it but I don't actually want people to see it. If you neeeeeed to know it was 2009 vs Toronto at halftime and it was not something for me. This must be the time I remember seeing them. They were very limited in their role during run of play.

OgtheDim
03-17-2016, 01:32 PM
We have bud girls somewhere in stadium or have had in the past, its simply not necessary.

Out on the patio before and after the game and around the stadium host when they are announcing a Bud give away, usually about 25 minutes before the game.

Ignored almost completely.

Ben - D.O.W.
03-17-2016, 01:33 PM
It wouldn't matter to me if every other team in the league had them, they will never belong with football to me.

Pint
03-17-2016, 01:33 PM
Out on the patio before and after the game and around the stadium host when they are announcing a Bud give away, usually about 25 minutes before the game.

Ignored almost completely.

they used to try and lead marches from a couple of the bars around bmo... they may have gotten 10 people at most.

Deltron
03-17-2016, 01:37 PM
Silly mascots are for kids! and the cheerleaders belong to NFL and CFL games cause the play on the field isn't worth watching so you need something else to look at. :hump:

Oldtimer
03-17-2016, 01:43 PM
Columbus is NEVER something to be copied.

... post of the thread..

Fort York Redcoat
03-17-2016, 01:50 PM
I personally have never noticed them ever at a MLS game.

That's kind of ironic don't you think? I'm pretty sure you would've been at that game and yet you didn't celebrate them then.

ryan
03-17-2016, 02:00 PM
I would love for the Reds to introduce cheerleaders !!!


Why would you want this with such enthusiasm if.........


I personally have never noticed them ever at a MLS game.

...you don't even see them when they are there.

Red CB Toronto
03-17-2016, 02:39 PM
Why would you want this with such enthusiasm if.........



...you don't even see them when they are there.

It was a comment with a smirk, I typed in MLS Cheerleaders into google and threw it out there for whatever, personally I could care less if I team has them or not.

nfitz
03-17-2016, 02:49 PM
What the eff is this ... #Vancouver #Fail

https://i2.wp.com/files.polldaddy.com/0c2209c329748183e54a10219adbdfdc-56e9d22b4fad6.jpg

OgtheDim
03-17-2016, 02:54 PM
Didn't you hear?

BJ Bird retired to Abbotsford and is getting some weekly exercise down at the rec centre playing indoor.

ryan
03-17-2016, 03:21 PM
It was a comment with a smirk, I typed in MLS Cheerleaders into google and threw it out there for whatever, personally I could care less if I team has them or not.

I suppose you can feign it was all in jest, this is after all the internets and things can be misunderstood.....


but the internets remember everything....

http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showthread.php?11659-Should-TFC-have-cheerleaders&highlight=cheerleader



:hump:

mastermixer
03-17-2016, 03:56 PM
I suppose you can feign it was all in jest, this is after all the internets and things can be misunderstood.....


but the internets remember everything....

http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showthread.php?11659-Should-TFC-have-cheerleaders&highlight=cheerleader



:hump:

I love the second comment in that link lol.

JonO
03-17-2016, 04:14 PM
Although I am not for cheerleaders, I don't think it can be said that they don't belong in football. In fact, I think they are fairly common in South American football (although I may be mistaken), just not European football.

Redcoe15
03-17-2016, 04:17 PM
RED IS OUR MASCOT!!!
'Nuff said!

mistercorporate
03-17-2016, 04:35 PM
Bitchy the hawk is our real life mascot, we dont need a clown in a hawk suit.

Red CB Toronto
03-17-2016, 06:14 PM
HA HA, got me there, I had no memory I started that thread when I posted in today's threads, a true example of our digital foot print.



I suppose you can feign it was all in jest, this is after all the internets and things can be misunderstood.....


but the internets remember everything....

http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showthread.php?11659-Should-TFC-have-cheerleaders&highlight=cheerleader



:hump:

eustacchio
03-17-2016, 07:25 PM
What? They've been around since at least 2011. I'm surprised you haven't seen them yet. I remember seeing them at one of the few away stadiums that have them. They were limited in game but have a halftime show.

literally the first search:

https://youtu.be/y36uJPwB1DM

I usually youtube link it but I don't actually want people to see it. If you neeeeeed to know it was 2009 vs Toronto at halftime and it was not something for me. This must be the time I remember seeing them. They were very limited in their role during run of play.

That clip looks like it was filmed in the 80s - not just because of the soundtrack.

WestStandGeoff
03-17-2016, 08:12 PM
I would love for the Reds to introduce cheerleaders !!!


Having cheerleader telling when/where/how/what to do is the most plastic way to support the team that I can think of.

Just to think of this for 2 seconds... there are plenty of threads that get derailed on this site where people are arguing about what "authentic" supporting consists of. I think however that you'd get near unanimous opinion that cheerleading is not it.

Red4ever
03-17-2016, 09:02 PM
I hate the word "plastic" more than I hate the thought of cheerleaders.

That being said, mascots are cool and I would love a life size bitchy for the kids.

Captain
03-17-2016, 10:46 PM
Absolutely no to Cheerleaders. I'm there to watch soccer. Period. Not half naked women who exploit their sexuality. Cheerleaders are brought in for boring sports with lots of down time where you need help engaging the fans. So not needed at a TFC game.

I'd be OK with a mascot version of Bitchy (although they might have to use a different name) who walks around the concourse greeting young children. As long as the mascot is never seen on the pitch.

Blindside16
03-18-2016, 06:17 AM
Oh for the love of... NO.

At no point during a game do people need to be distracted by anything.

Show up get beer, first half, washroom + beer, 2nd half, back to the bar. No TV timeouts, no dead time to be filled
That is my game day mantra week in week out!

CBTFC
03-18-2016, 07:02 AM
I thought our mascot was my good friend, the Rollerblading Investigator?

;)

Pint
03-18-2016, 07:08 AM
If we ever did get a mascot i vote for this guy:

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/1/1a/Surly-Duff.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100811120742

Fort York Redcoat
03-18-2016, 08:02 AM
I suppose you can feign it was all in jest, this is after all the internets and things can be misunderstood.....


but the internets remember everything....

http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showthread.php?11659-Should-TFC-have-cheerleaders&highlight=cheerleader



:hump:

2009 thread. The year we went to Columbus and the Cheerleaders were there and made a video about it.

https://33.media.tumblr.com/c0028bed322241286aefb91ca89aa249/tumblr_inline_o2vljdoiKo1tv4j3f_500.gif

WestStandGeoff
03-18-2016, 11:28 AM
I hate the word "plastic" more than I hate the thought of cheerleaders.

That being said, mascots are cool and I would love a life size bitchy for the kids.

Care to elaborate? I think I used it in a perfectly acceptable way in my comment... plastic, as in manufactured, rather than grassroots organic support from the fans in the stands.

OgtheDim
03-18-2016, 11:38 AM
Oh I don't know, there are days watching the Sing A Long Karaoke chorus that goes on in Seattle where I think

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSLgV-Swocz5ZuUr3APUb_TDrVk6AB0Fwb5iaswJyAc4f4XxuRYbw

Like, I respect a lot of their support but the whole piped in hand clap thing that is suppossed to be intimidating when player march in is just lame. That along with the same songs sung at the exact same time of the match regardless of what is going on, right down to the "We can't hear you singing" bit, and there doesn't seem much organic there.

Plastic is an appropriate name for all that.

Phil
03-18-2016, 12:40 PM
It was a comment with a smirk, I typed in MLS Cheerleaders into google and threw it out there for whatever, personally I could care less if I team has them or not.

really? It keeps coming up:

http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showthread.php?11659-Should-TFC-have-cheerleaders

lol

Red CB Toronto
03-18-2016, 04:45 PM
really? It keeps coming up:

http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showthread.php?11659-Should-TFC-have-cheerleaders

lol

That was several years ago LOL, did not even remember that until Ryan posted the link. ( :, personally I could care less if there were cheerleaders or not. The pitch and the 22 lads who take it have my attention for the 90 or so minutes !!

Oldtimer
03-19-2016, 06:38 AM
Lame MLS contest, choose your favourite mascot:

http://www.mlssoccer.com/mascot-mania

eustacchio
03-20-2016, 09:59 AM
I didn't even know that these existed (I knew there were mascots, but hadn't seen them).

The SJ mascot looks like the Cookie Monster's worried granfather - "I do with he would get off the cookies."

And what the actual fuck is Rapids Man?

eustacchio
03-20-2016, 10:00 AM
Lame MLS contest, choose your favourite mascot:

http://www.mlssoccer.com/mascot-mania

Also, it works well for this post, but every time I read something of yours, the avatar sets the tone for the way I read it.

Shakes McQueen
03-20-2016, 10:00 AM
We are an MLSE owned team, so I say our mascot is Condie the Condominium.

OgtheDim
03-20-2016, 10:43 AM
You know if they give us the chance to name it, we should call any mascot Al O'Cashun.

Red4ever
03-20-2016, 10:58 AM
Care to elaborate? I think I used it in a perfectly acceptable way in my comment... plastic, as in manufactured, rather than grassroots organic support from the fans in the stands.

Yeah I guess I dont judge people who are loud. Not saying that's what youre doing, but many do.

Ive seen manufactured athmosphere that is better than BMO on many days. Organic athmosphere has a higher celing to be sure but weve only got close to that a couple times.

We get maybe 1000 people singing at once. Sweet Caroline at a Red Sox game is completely mamufactured but still feels fanufactured. And its way louder than any of our songs get. YNWA at Anfield is a sing along, as is forever blowing bubbles. It wouldnt hurt to have a team run song that people sing along with.

Also I think plastic is a little snooty and antagonistic as a word so I dont criticize anyone elses fandom.

Lastly. 112 and 114 sing different songs at the same time. That would never happen under a "plastic" scenario. And then it would be louder.

OgtheDim
03-20-2016, 11:09 AM
When Seattle goes down a goal at minute 35 and certain supporter sections still sing "We can't hear you singing" at minute 37, cause they always do the same order of songs each game, paint me not impressed. Especially when they are playing some team from the East who have like maybe 5 fans there. Just gone down a goal - singing at fans who are not there that you can't hear them. It is cringe worthy.

Organic isn't perfect but it beats that crap.

Anyways, focus on the positive - Portland and DCU are the models to be looking at. Wish BMO would physically bounce more.

Red4ever
03-20-2016, 11:16 AM
Right, but as with anything, it should be a balance.

I like having capos running the show but we should be introducing something to get others involved. I dont really care if its on the big screen and i also dont care who that bothers.

When the stadium is more involved, theyll get over it.