Call Me “Unfaithful”
Then
I must confess that I’m fascinated by the promotional
spots that KNBR runs throughout
the day, as well as their PR promotions, as the new flagship for our
poor
pathetic but beloved Niners.
Admittedly, when KGO was the flagship, things were far
brighter than they are now in the promotional department. But I think
this
serves as yet another sign of how low the team (and we) have to stoop
to get
attention.
As a longtime listener, I’ve been fascinated by the overall
tone of the promotions I’ve listened to, beginning at the start of this
season,
when we were all admonished to listen in to every pregame and game, as
though
there were nothing at all wrong with the team or the way it was playing.
Over the past ___ games, those promotional announcements
have degenerated into sorry attemps at humor that ring rather hollow to
me.
This morning’s spot, for example, had listeners were asked to come up
with the
nicest thing that could happen to them this week, before some clown
chimes in
with, “Gee a third win would be cool!” as a punchline. Hilarious.
Today, if you look at the KNBR website, you’ll see a
promotion wherein listeners are offered KNBR Faithful sweatshirts,
tickets,
sideline passes, and something called a pre-game Alumni Tailgate party
to the
Texans/Niners “Bush Bowl.” We are to share the sporting event we’re
most proud
of attending to prove we’re “die-hards” even when the “chips are down.”
Call me a curmuddgeon, but the real Niner loyalists aren’t
swayed by this crap. If competent players, some type of running game,
and the
expectation of a decent product on the field aren’t there, please, Dr.
York,
don’t attempt to insult my intelligence by producing this cheerful
dreck,
carefully wrapped in guilt, i.e. I’m not Faithful unless I’m with you
‘when the
chips are down.” The chips are down because of you, dimwit, and
even in
a world where Ashlee Simpson can be famous, some of us still have the
ability
to discern between quality and complete and utter bullwash.
Posted -
Decemberr 16, 2005
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