OccamsRazor Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, ruxpin said: Fixed it? They really should just found a huge highway pylon which is already Flyers colors and just threw a Jersey on it and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 1 minute ago, OccamsRazor said: They really should just found a huge highway pylon which is already Flyers colors and just threw a Jersey on it and be done with it. If they were going for scary and stupid, Roseanne Barr needs a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 He looks like Chewbacca and Scott Hartnell had a baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Can it play goal until Hart is ready? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, FD19372 said: He looks like Chewbacca and Scott Hartnell had a baby. And let Lindsey Lohan babysit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyMan Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Fire the marketers who thunk that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 The concept from the Designer. https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/bellefonte/article218932555.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 @JR Ewing Mrs Mojo has that shot as her lock screen. I've come around on Gritty. Just seeing some of his interactions on twitter, and in the stands...he's pretty funny. The googly eyes do make me laugh. I think it comes down to the person in side the suit, if that person is good at mascotting ? then Gritty might find his way. A thing that helped my 180 turn on him is that the Pens fans in my area hate him, I like the metallica reference to "sleep with one eye open", bird... I love what broadstreet hockey is saying about him. i have to admit, Gritty has been fun in his first 24 hours of existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraycraven Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, mojo1917 said: @JR Ewing Mrs Mojo has that shot as her lock screen. I've come around on Gritty. Just seeing some of his interactions on twitter, and in the stands...he's pretty funny. The googly eyes do make me laugh. I think it comes down to the person in side the suit, if that person is good at mascotting ? then Gritty might find his way. A thing that helped my 180 turn on him is that the Pens fans in my area hate him, I like the metallica reference to "sleep with one eye open", bird... I love what broadstreet hockey is saying about him. i have to admit, Gritty has been fun in his first 24 hours of existence. the lady in the glasses to Gritty's left.... her face says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B21 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 12 hours ago, hf101 said: #grittydown Dive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B21 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 2 hours ago, hf101 said: The concept from the Designer. https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/bellefonte/article218932555.html Caught a few Tweets on this. The funniest thanked the Flyers for finding a job for the Phillie Phanatic's meth-addicted step-brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmatus Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Okay -- so can we agree to a meme? This is prime viral fodder right here. Let's get it started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 @mojo1917 The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertaflyer Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 13 hours ago, hf101 said: Gritty won me over right there. This is the most national press the Flyers have gotten in years. Now where can I get a Gritty t-shirt. This guy is price less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer4ever Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Its all corporate, all the time. Clarke, Holmgren, Hextall, the Flyer brass have drank the koolaid. If you can flip these 3 guys, arguably among the most competitive athletes in my lifetime, what more proof do you need. Maybe this is the antichrist to Haxtol and Gritty will give the pregame speeches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindbergh31 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 9/24/2018 at 12:34 PM, Puck_Pun said: That's the most horrifying face I've ever seen on a mascot Whoever thought up this mascot must have been using crack! Wow I can't believe the Flyers organization authorized to allow this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetshot Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Quote I didn't think there was anything that could make the "push-up" orange Flyers sweater look worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vis Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 it's an abomination. i still can't believe someone in marketing gave the green light on this. unless that thing runs Crosby into the boards, it will never be accepted by the fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, vis said: it's an abomination. i still can't believe someone in marketing gave the green light on this. unless that thing runs Crosby into the boards, it will never be accepted by the fanbase. Oh, I can. My brother hates the marketing people at his company. Nothing is ever marketing's fault. If the idea flies and it's popular, marketing will take all the credit: Our marketing made that product a success! If it's a flop, marketing will blame everyone else: It wouldn't matter what we did, it was a poor product to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off_the_post Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Has anybody seen Bundy since they've announced Gritty? Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I can't believe folks here care that much about a stupid mascot....we are going on 3 pages now...unbelieveable...WGAF!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ruxpin Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Pretty sure I told this story before, but @OccamsRazor's "I can't believe people care" post made me think of it. So, my two daughters, my wife and I were at a State College Spikes game in State College. They are Single A. My daughters were 11 and 7. I got the tickets from my boss and they were literally on the home dugout, so it was kind of cool. Kind of. They have two mascots there (or did--this has been about 11 years now!). One is "Spike," who is the main mascot and interacts with fans. Being right at the dugout, the girls got to dance with Spike on the roof of the dugout and interact with him frequently. The other mascot is called "Nookie Monster." In dead center field, there is a "nook" in the fence where the outfield juts out slightly further than the rest of the fence. When the Spikes hit a home run, Nookie Monster would come out of a little door in dead center and do some sort of dance or cheer or something and go back in. So, it was late in the game and the Spikes were down with a runner or two on, and my youngest screams at the top of her lungs, "we want Nookie! We want Nookie! We want..." My wife and I glanced at each other instantaneously and "Noooooooooooooo!!!!" LOL The people around us thought it was hysterical. In the meantime, there was what I think was a 12-14 year old boy behind us with his grandfather. A know-it-all little twit who had running commentary on every single pitch, every single play, explaining to his grandfather (and anyone in earshot) what the player did wrong. On both sides. "He shouldn't have thrown a slider there (it was a curve)! He should have thrown a curve (it was)!" etc. Anyway, late in the game, Spike was in the aisle to our right, maybe 8 seats down, signing autographs. So, naturally my girls wanted some illegible scribble on their program. So off they went. When they returned, the know-it-all twit behind us says really loudly to his apparently deaf grandfather, "Man, some people just come for the puppets!" My 11 year old wheeled around. "I happen to like puppets!" she roared. "Especially hand-puppets." [while raising her middle finger and making a scooping motion with her hand]. "If you don't shut your hole, you're going to be one!" The people around us went into convulsions. The kid never spoke again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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