Quote Originally Posted by argonaut11xx View Post
UM...while i agree with your comments...the "lions fan base" has dropped off ...after all the work done by Braley, Ackles, Buono, winning a Grey Cup, having a young upcoming star QB..a refurbished awesome stadium....and the folks in BC dont show up?...maybe they shouldnt have won the cup so quickly, and teased the fans for a few seasons?



I think being close every year builds a better fan base, than winning it all....look at the Argo's fluke win with Damon Allen...they were building a nice fan base, then won, and interest declined.



Rudge is doing a good job in the corporate world for sure, but the Argo's need a guy who will be in "johnny lunch-pails" face as well...cause those Johnnys are the bums in the seats...
It has always been hard to attract fans to BC Place in the all too brief summer. Attendance usually increases from Labour Day onward. Furthermore, the last home game drew 28,000 plus, still way ahead of the crowds in the teens at the lowpoint of Lions attendance in past seasons. BCers are notorious fair-weather fans who have jumped on and off many bandwagons including their soccer, baseball, lacrosse, football and even hockey teams (there was a time when the Canucks were only getting 8,000 to 10,000 fans at their games). Could it happen again? Yes. However, the Lions are doing a good enough job to be moderately successful economically and Braley deserves complements for this.