Galbatross
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OT: True North shout out
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Wolf357
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- Jul 16, 2011
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It started about a month or so before the first exhibition game. Started on another forum Return Of The Jets by a poster who started a thread there..and the same guy started a thread here on the HF Boards..it was a way of saying thanks to True North for brining the NHL back.
It started a little slow..quiet hardly noticeable during the first exhibition games, to where you could hear it during the first regular season game to where it grew and grew to where it is now...took a about a dozen games during the first regular to season to get going to where it is our tradition.
Koonta
The Boss Wears White
Just maybe the homer in me but I think besides our shout-out most of them are incredibly lame. Especially the Anaheim fans yelling out 'Dawn' in regards to their anthem singer. They should follow up with 'you suck' afterwards.
I can confirm, this is definitely the homer in you. The only people who don't think "True North" is lame are the people who yell it.
Repoman
Registered User
While True North was started because of TNSE, I like to think of it more of a Canadian thing. When I shout it out at games it's more of a "Proud to be Canadian" thing for me.
bodybreak
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Actually, the credit goes to a Jets fan who started it all on Twitter. Not sure if he posts here or not. I had the same idea, and wasn't aware of the Twitter campaign, so I started a thread on the Return of the Jets board. Not sure if it was the original guy, or a 3rd party, who started up the thread here. I looked back over my post history and discovered that I had responded to the anthem shout out thread, saying I hadn't thought to post the idea on HF.
Guardian17
Strong & Free
Back in December when the Wild came here, I over heard a bunch of fans that
made the trip from Minnesota to support the Wild talking.
They actually knew that when we shouted True North, it was in support
of Truth North Sports & Entertainment.
made the trip from Minnesota to support the Wild talking.
They actually knew that when we shouted True North, it was in support
of Truth North Sports & Entertainment.
cheswick
Non-registered User
I think most people are missing the point of the op who was asking did the shouting at specific parts of the anthem start with jets fans. The answer is no. Many fan bases did that long before the jets returned to the league.
Been going on forever. Used to chant BLUE at Bomber games in place of free in "god keep our land glorious and free" during anthems for decades in section S.
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Romang67
BitterSwede
Incidentally, the fans in Atlanta did it before the team moved to Winnipeg. Shoutout of "Knights!" in the American anthem "... gave proof through the (K)night(s), that our flag was still there."
For the Atlanta Knights. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Knights
For the Atlanta Knights. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Knights
It's been going on for years in some form or another. The minor league team in Wichita, before they moved to the arena downtown would shout Thunder instead of Brave. I can't imagine that they would have been the first. They were doing that in the 90s.
SoupaTroupa
WHY NOT US?
I don't like it when the words of the anthems are changed during a shout out (disrespectful) and I think Calgary doing one during the American anthem is just weird. Anaheim shouting the singers name is also kind of odd. However, I love the True North shout out. It's kind of unique in the sense that it's basically a thank you to TNE for bringing out team back, not just some random colour or whatever being shouted out just for the sake of having something to shout. It actually has a lot of meaning to the fans.
So saying "RED" or "Stars" is awful, but yelling a corporations name during the anthems is not disrespectful?
So saying "RED" or "Stars" is awful, but yelling a corporations name during the anthems is not disrespectful?
Saying 'red' or 'stars' (or 'True North' for that matter) isn't changing the words, just emphasizing selected words.
And no, yelling a corporation's name isn't disrespectful.
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SoupaTroupa
WHY NOT US?
So saying "RED" or "Stars" is awful, but yelling a corporations name during the anthems is not disrespectful?
That's not what I said. At all.
Koonta
The Boss Wears White
Yeah, it's not like we're yelling out EXXON or something like that. As far as corporations go TRUE NORTH is not a bad one.
So saying "RED" or "Stars" is awful, but yelling a corporations name during the anthems is not disrespectful?
But they're not yelling some corporations name. They're shouting out the the actual words in the National Anthem. We're all patriotic.
