Suns fans aren't as good as Cardinals fans?

[Espo]

Saw an interesting article by ValleyofTheSuns.com discussing whether or not Cardinals fans have surpassed Suns fans in how they cheer on their team.

I'm not quite sure I agree with the article as Suns fans have sold out or come close to selling out US Airways Center for years while Cardinals fans haven't always been as adamant about their team (except for the 20,000 that have always shown up even when they weren't winning).

Don't get me wrong Cardinals fans have been impressive this season but have they really surpassed the level of Suns fans?

 

[Mulli]

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Saw an interesting article by ValleyofTheSuns.com discussing whether or not Cardinals fans have surpassed Suns fans in how they cheer on their team.

I'm not quite sure I agree with the article as Suns fans have sold out or come close to selling out US Airways Center for years while Cardinals fans haven't always been as adamant about their team (except for the 20,000 that have always shown up even when they weren't winning).

Don't get me wrong Cardinals fans have been impressive this season but have they really surpassed the level of Suns fans?

Without question the fans in University of Phoenix are louder and rowdier than the ones in Us Airways Arena. It's been that way for two years and that was with the Suns having the high octane entertaining brand of basketball.

I imagine that Us Airways will be even more morgue like with the slow down offense, at least until the playoffs come.

 

[Skumbag]

Its football vs basketball... there's like 5x more football fans over basketball. Who cares?

 

[DeAnna]

I think it's the same bunch of people - they just recycle themselves.

They were chanting "MVP, MVP" to Kurt Warner while he was doing the MNF interview - same as they did for Steve Nash.

 

[Espo]

I think it's the same bunch of people - they just recycle themselves.

They were chanting "MVP, MVP" to Kurt Warner while he was doing the MNF interview - same as they did for Steve Nash.

Haha good point it is probably a large cross over of fans. I guess this has always been a football town and the fact that finally the Cards are winning that it's only logical that fans would be fired up. Also I know as a Suns fan my mentality for the last few years has been "let's start the playoffs already". I know for game 4 of the Spurs Suns series US Airways Center was rocking.

 

[nowagimp]

Cards fans are much better, they love having a competitive team. Suns fans are spoiled, competitive isnt good enough, only a championship is acceptable and some of them think they are much better basketball minds than NBA coaches. Cards fans in a landslide where I work.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

This city has always been a Suns town, but gimp is right. We Suns fans are spoiled and being a perennial playoff team has made us fickle.

Going to the Cards games and going to Suns games are night and day difference now.

 

[Wonder]

This is so sad, a NFL game should always be louder than a regular season basketball game. With that said, Cardinal fans are bandwagon, like any other team that would find their way for the first time in centuries atop a very weak division that was once belonged to a now very injured team. The more wins, the more fans, the more cheers. This is useless. Anyone remember what it was like before that Glendale Stadium was built? Yeah....

Suns fans > Cardinals anything.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Haha good point it is probably a large cross over of fans. I guess this has always been a football town and the fact that finally the Cards are winning that it's only logical that fans would be fired up. Also I know as a Suns fan my mentality for the last few years has been "let's start the playoffs already". I know for game 4 of the Spurs Suns series US Airways Center was rocking.

This has always been a Suns town, not a football town. NFL is just the biggest sport on the planet and the new Cards stadium and their team is finally giving most of us something to cheer about.

 

[Mulli]

This has always been a Suns town, not a football town. NFL is just the biggest sport on the planet and the new Cards stadium and their team is finally giving most of us something to cheer about.

It is a football town. ASU in 1986 proved that to me. SDS was filled and loud/rocking.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

It is a football town. ASU in 1986 proved that to me. SDS was filled and loud/rocking.

well, I thought we were talking about professional sports... ASU was rocking in 96 too.

 

[Mulli]

well, I thought we were talking about professional sports... ASU was rocking in 96 too.

bball town/fball town? big deal. Either one.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

bball town/fball town? big deal. Either one.

I think it says more about the Cards fans, than it does about the Suns fans.

Like you said though. Big deal.

 

[Mulli]

I think it says more about the Cards fans, than it does about the Suns fans.

Like you said though. Big deal.

This one of those sportsradio topics for slow shows.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

This is so sad, a NFL game should always be louder than a regular season basketball game. With that said, Cardinal fans are bandwagon, like any other team that would find their way for the first time in centuries atop a very weak division that was once belonged to a now very injured team. The more wins, the more fans, the more cheers. This is useless. Anyone remember what it was like before that Glendale Stadium was built? Yeah....

Suns fans > Cardinals anything.

Cardinals were 8-8 last year and their home games are deafening.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

It's not really about football fans versus basketball fans. The issue is that the NBA has priced the lower bowl tickets out of a reasonable range for fans. US Airways is a corporate meeting hall and a social event now. People constantly tell you to sit down during the game, to be quiet, and don't pay attention to the court.

Hell D'Backs games get rowdier than Suns games and that's baseball.

 

[Cheesebeef]

It's not really about football fans versus basketball fans. The issue is that the NBA has priced the lower bowl tickets out of a reasonable range for fans. US Airways is a corporate meeting hall and a social event now. People constantly tell you to sit down during the game, to be quiet, and don't pay attention to the court.

well said. hell, even in the upper deck, I remember me and Ouchie driving in from LA to go to Game 6 of the WCF against Dallas and tried get a "Let's Go Suns" chant going and people telling us to be quiet and to sit down... and we were in the last freaking row. There wasn't even anyone in front of us and people were telling us to sit down.

AWA is a long ways away from the Madhouse.

 

[Covert Rain]

I can tell you that Cards fans would not have sold out their season without the new stadium and coaching change. The season prior to that only the die hard fans gave a crud. The new stadium plus some changes generated interest and the timing was right.

If the Cards were to take a crapper and suck for the rest of this season and next, that stadium will be as empty as Sun Devil used to be. In fact, if the Suns sucked for the next few years, the same thing would happen.

This town shows up in droves when the team is winning. When our teams don't win it's like tumblweeds rolling across the desert.

 

[Mulli]

I can tell you that Cards fans would not have sold out their season without the new stadium and coaching change. The season prior to that only the die hard fans gave a crud. The new stadium plus some changes generated interest and the timing was right.

If the Cards were to take a crapper and suck for the rest of this season and next, that stadium will be as empty as Sun Devil used to be. In fact, if the Suns sucked for the next few years, the same thing would happen.

This town shows up in droves when the team is winning. When our teams don't win it's like tumblweeds rolling across the desert.

As it should be.

 

[Covert Rain]

As it should be.

I don't see a problem with people not wanting spend their hard earned money on a losing product. I agree and have no problem with that. Everybody thinks we should be one of these cities that supports their team no matter how bad they are and put their names on this waiting list to watch a bad product.

No offense to those cities but I have always been of the mindset that you shouldn't be expected to pay for crap unless your in the manure business.

 

[Mainstreet]

We Suns fans are spoiled and being a perennial playoff team has made us fickle.

I don't think Suns fans will take winning for granted anymore.

Why does accepting mediocrity make Cardinal fans better than Suns fans. I think Cardinal fans are just plain starved for winning. The new stadium certainly enhanced the Cardinal's product for the fans as well.

 

[D-Dogg]

I think it's the same bunch of people - they just recycle themselves.

They were chanting "MVP, MVP" to Kurt Warner while he was doing the MNF interview - same as they did for Kobe Bryant.

For abomb and me.

 

[D-Dogg]

This is so sad, a NFL game should always be louder than a regular season basketball game. With that said, Cardinal fans are bandwagon, like any other team that would find their way for the first time in centuries atop a very weak division that was once belonged to a now very injured team. The more wins, the more fans, the more cheers. This is useless. Anyone remember what it was like before that Glendale Stadium was built? Yeah....

Suns fans > Cardinals anything.

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[D-Dogg]

Cardinals were 8-8 last year and their home games are deafening.

They were sub .500 the first year and the home games were still deafening.