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Ali is a completely different person one-on-one than he is with a mic in his hand and 100+ people.

He always kind of seemed more awkward to me than a jerk.

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He always kind of seemed more awkward to me than a jerk.

he's a douche


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Tone of this event was obviously much gentler that the original.  Sparse crowd, as well.  Half empty.

Alas, poor Petke.

I didn't feel like getting on line to ask a question, at the risk of disturbing the Kumbaya atmosphere. 

I didn't notice any "In Marsch We Trust" or "Keep Ali & Red Bull" t-shirts, BTW. 


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Was arena attendance addressed?


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Love to know where the RedBullOut'ers where. No one outside protesting or taking donated RB shirts?


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I think more of the questions were from fans that came on the Red Bull era than have been with the team since the Metro days. Is that an accurate representation of the fanbase?

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Love to know where the RedBullOut'ers where. No one outside protesting or taking donated RB shirts?

I was there and holding the torch for rb hate. Ass kissing was unbearable but REDBULLOUT was never a jerk reaction to a single event, we are here and not going anywhere.

 

Thanks for asking.


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Gravedigger was indeed sporting the "Love the Team Hate the Brand" t-shirt.

I hung my "Curtis Must Go!  Red Bull Out! t-shirt over the empty seat next to me.

But, have no fear, Truman.  If this season ends without silverware, management will fall upon itself. 

The Outers will only have to sit & watch.  Perhaps another, lengthier, coaches scarf will be made.

If something is won this year, the heads will roll next year instead.  Ask Mike.


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And yet I still see the haters come to games. Maybe I'd have more respect for RBO if I never saw them attend matches, home or away.

 

But back to the actual Town Hall, there was certainly a lot of butt smooching, a little too much for my taste, considering we haven't won anything this year. But the questions were answered pretty straight forward and not a lot of tap dancing.


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I personally have only watched one game that wasn't on a tv where I was all season, and I have not attended any games for the first season  since following the team. A lot of RBO people have conflicted feelings but attend games, and while I have some disagreement with that I respect people doing what they're comfortable with. So the reason you don't see a lot of RBO people all the time is because they're boycotting. 


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Winning really does cure a lot of things. This would have been a blood bath if we were in last place.

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I personally have only watched one game that wasn't on a tv where I was all season, and I have not attended any games for the first season  since following the team. A lot of RBO people have conflicted feelings but attend games, and while I have some disagreement with that I respect people doing what they're comfortable with. So the reason you don't see a lot of RBO people all the time is because they're boycotting. 

The people that hopped on the RBO bandwagon largely because of the Petke dismissal alone are probably mostly back. The core RBO guys, the ones that have issues with the team being named after a corporation, the team being a marketing tool, etc.. I think are still going strong.

Although if you're a season ticket holder or even buy StubHub tickets (which are often dumped there by RB) you are probably more RedBullNOTIn than RedBullOut.

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Maybe I'd have more respect for RBO if I never saw them attend matches, home or away.

 

Be real; your contempt for RBO would always find a way.


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I can recall only one real semi tough question and that was around 18 mins in by the heavy set dude. He asked ( after apologizing to Ali for heckling him at a game ) Marc if he'd promise to not schedule friendly game(s) to conflict with future U.S. Open cup games. The whole Tuesday 4pm vs Philly deal. What I found strange was people were laughing at him. He even said its not funny. I didnt think it was either. I get it's more than Marc just scheduling but he's there representing so....Anyway the rest of the questions were softballs. A Twinkie munch for sure.

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after apologizing to Ali for heckling him at a game

Thought that was very cool of the dude. GMs need to be able to take heat, but the guy realized there are probably better times than when Ali's kids are around.

He asked ( after apologizing to Ali for heckling him at a game ) Marc if he'd promise to not schedule friendly game(s) to conflict with future U.S. Open cup games. The whole Tuesday 4pm vs Philly deal. What I found strange was people were laughing at him. He even said its not funny. I didnt think it was either.

Thought this was the one question that was answered pretty poorly. It's not a "one in a million chance". I get that it's unlikely, that the teams all like the cash the friendlies bring in and USUALLY work with each other because they could be in a similar spot next time. But it only takes one team to do what Philly did. You could argue it was uncool of them or shortsighted. But they were desperate to win games and they did what they thought could help them.




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