Who Has Season Tickets?

chuck · #1 11-09-2008, 05:16 PM

Are you planning on renewing them? When I lined up for season tickets in 2002 I was ready for several years of pain mitigated by the fact that we finally had the NFL back in town. But this team is just so putrid and so clueless from top to bottom that it's really just no fun to watch them and painful to support their incredible ineptitude financially.

Kubiak is clearly out of his league and the entire staff is, in my view, a colossal failure. I think that I've decided that I will not renew my tickets unless Kubiak is fired, and even that may not be enough. (This line of thinking would have been inconceivable even only a year ago.)

I also think that I'm going to send the Texans ticket office a bill for the total amount of my bill considering that I am not in any way receiving an NFL-quality product, nor have I for the vast majority of the past seven years.

TexicanMexican · #2 11-09-2008, 06:24 PM

I have season tickets but I will be renewing them. I can't help it I'm a glutton for punishment. I'd like to think that I'm holding out for them to turn it around but I don't have faith that it will anytime soon. I'll be there at least next season. After that I don't know.

edo783 · #3 11-09-2008, 07:00 PM

I don't currently, but I'm getting them for next season.

coloradodude · #4 11-09-2008, 07:36 PM

Chuck,

When you do send the Texans the bill, site some form of Lemon Law and how it is applicable to your situation. A nice follow up is to mention the State Attorney General's office being sent a formal complaint.

Mike · #5 11-09-2008, 07:51 PM

I will renew. It is sort of like a car wreck, you know you should turn away, but you cannot.

Growing up in the eastern US I was (and still am) a fan of the New York Islanders. As an expansion team they were putrid for years, then in year 10 they win the Stanley Cup. It was such an awesome feeling not to have given in and given up. I want to feel that with the Texans.

I love going to the games, it is like 10 mini-Holidays for me.

barrett · #6 11-09-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by edo783

I don't currently, but I'm getting them for next season.

Did you purchase them to watch your main man Sage Rosenfels? Do you still think that being aware of his turnover problem will change who he is as a QB?

edo783 · #7 11-09-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by barrett

Did you purchase them to watch your main man Sage Rosenfels? Do you still think that being aware of his turnover problem will change who he is as a QB?

I'm not sure where you came up with that drivel, because I'm most certainly not in Rosenfails corner. In fact, I think Matt is the real deal, but seems to have durability issues. Doesn't diminish the fact that he is a good QB, just may not be able to take the pounding that an NFL QB has to adsorb. To directly answer you, I am getting them because I'm planing on retiring next September and will be able to get to the games rather than wasting a ticket as I would currently for most of the games.

kravix · #8 11-10-2008, 09:51 AM

I gave up my tickets at the end of last season. Not because of the team or product but because of the time commitment. If had the time to attend the games I still would this year and would purchase my tickets next year to.

I am one of the guys that gets to my seats before the team is introduced, and stays until the last whistle is blown and I leave every game barely able to talk from yelling on every def play.

There are NFL teams out there that have had far worse runs of bad teams than we have, and they pack the stadium every game. Their fans are borderline crazies.

It could be worse, but at the end of the day the money is yours and it is not my place or anyone elses to tell you what to do with it.

WMH · #9 11-10-2008, 10:56 AM

I have had tickets since the beginning, and will probably have tickets until the end (barring unforseen personal disaster).

We suck, it pisses me off, but it is still the NFL, and I am still glad to have it back so I can: have something to read about while I am supposed to be working, bitch about, throw things in disgust, and most importantly drink beer early on Sunday morning with my comrades that I just don't have the time to hang out with anymore.....etc.

As demented as it sounds, I like it when they tease me, going into the season thinking "this could be the year." Then of course the bottom falls out, and the process starts over again in April. Sooner or later, we have got to be respectable week in and week out......................Right?

chuck · #10 11-10-2008, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by coloradodude

Chuck,

When you do send the Texans the bill, site some form of Lemon Law and how it is applicable to your situation. A nice follow up is to mention the State Attorney General's office being sent a formal complaint.

That's a good idea!

KJ3 · #11 11-10-2008, 11:57 AM

i've got them for now. next year maybe not but they are such great seats i'd feel bad on passing them. sure would help if they resembled a team every now and then..

Mike · #12 11-10-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by WMH

I have had tickets since the beginning, and will probably have tickets until the end (barring unforseen personal disaster).

We suck, it pisses me off, but it is still the NFL, and I am still glad to have it back so I can: have something to read about while I am supposed to be working, bitch about, throw things in disgust, and most importantly drink beer early on Sunday morning with my comrades that I just don't have the time to hang out with anymore.....etc.

As demented as it sounds, I like it when they tease me, going into the season thinking "this could be the year." Then of course the bottom falls out, and the process starts over again in April. Sooner or later, we have got to be respectable week in and week out......................Right?

That is a great..Great post. In some respects we are spoiled. Try getting tickets to the Jets, Giants or Patriots growing up, then try driving to the games for a few hours freezing your arse off.. We are spoiled. I am spoiled.
It takes me 30 minutes from driveway to parking space. I love the sound and smell of meat burning over hot charcoal, the taste of icy cold beers that have been in a perfect ice bath, throwing my arm out tossing the pigskin, delusions of a game ending TD for the home team. I love waking down the concourse and seeing the grass. Pregame intoductions when hope springs eternal. Darn it, I love it.

You are correct, I feel like the geek who thinks he is going to score with the hot babe, only to go home alone. This team breaks my heart, makes me miserable, but I love them for some unknown reason. After the last game of the season, I anxiously anticipate free agency and then the draft, read about how good everything looks in OTA's and watch training camp practices, envisioning the young warriors and brilliant coaches that will lead us to glorious victories on a Sunday afternoons.

Thanks, I think I now need professional help. I think I am going to drink all Thanksgiving weekend in anticipation for our first Monday night game, that might be our only one in awhile.

My name is Mike... I have a problem, I love the Houston Texans.....

Keith · #13 11-10-2008, 03:24 PM

The abuse we've suffered this season wouldn't be so bad if the frickin' Titans weren't 9-0. Sweet mother... and I still think the Titans are a .500 team, even though I realize that's mathematically impossible already. Crap.

Well, I do not have plans to euthanize my season tickets. While I agree with Mike that we are spoiled compared to yesteryear (much less the Oiler-less yesteryears), it's to the tune of a much higher price to enjoy the spoils. Is there a breaking point? There must be somewhere, a sad reality I suppose.

papabear · #14 11-10-2008, 03:34 PM

I'll renew as long as I can afford too. I don't care if we go 0-16. I might bitch and moan, but I enjoy the whole game day experience. I'll support this team as long as they stay in Houston.

nero THE zero · #15 11-11-2008, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by papabear

I'll renew as long as I can afford too.

That's what it comes down to for me as well.

We have the talent on this team. It just has to come together. Maybe a new DC is the thing that makes it happen.

Either way, if I don't renew it won't be because of the poor performance this season, it'll be because (a)they raised prices or (b) other things in the budget simply take precedent.

chuck · #16 11-11-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith

The abuse we've suffered this season wouldn't be so bad if the frickin' Titans weren't 9-0. Sweet mother... and I still think the Titans are a .500 team, even though I realize that's mathematically impossible already. Crap.

I LOVE the fact that those assclowns are 9-0. I hope they march into the playoffs undefeated with all those yodeling fools thinking that they're finally going to be the team to finish the season undefeated only to get absolutely abused in their first playoff game. Oh, that will be sweet.

TexicanMexican · #17 11-14-2008, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by chuck

I LOVE the fact that those assclowns are 9-0. I hope they march into the playoffs undefeated with all those yodeling fools thinking that they're finally going to be the team to finish the season undefeated only to get absolutely abused in their first playoff game. Oh, that will be sweet.

I'm just enjoying it with Son of Zeus Vince Young on the bench.