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Unpopular opinion: Miami should go back to their helmet entrance

Should Miami go back to the helmet entrance?

  • Yes

    Votes: 105 67.3%

  • No

    Votes: 51 32.7%
  • Total voters
    156
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We're stuck with Hard Rock, so learn to love it. With the renovations, it shades many from the sun/rain and holds in the noise, and at least the seating is a little closer to the field than it was. As for "tradition," a lot of that is over-repeated overrated bloviation by fan bases who want to shower glory on themselves for something that isn't actually happening. What Miami fans feel as tradition is mostly good memories associated with place and time. Since the Orange Bowl is not there, we just need to start winning and better memories will take root where we are and people will feel good about it.

For those complaining about the swamp, calling it a dump etc, you're missing what's actually relevant: The stadium does the most important part very well. It puts fans close to the action with a steep slope and great sight-lines. If I'm only going to spend a short time in a place like that, that's really all I want. As long as there are adequate bathrooms, what else really matters? People who go to a football game for the "amenities" and care what the concrete looks like rather than the football are a mystery to me.

As for the game atmosphere otherwise, it's mostly on the fans. If we had fans with the mindset of Nebraska or Wisconsin or Clemson, none of it would be a problem.
 
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UM has had a branding issue forever and ever. Do we try to create a collegiate atmosphere a la Lane Stadium - marching bands, Metallica, pyrotechnics, crowd chants et al, or do we lean into the Pro/urban club culture with more DJ-esque canned music?

So far it seems UM has tried to be all things to all people over the last 20 years and ended up this bizarre hybrid mish mash of stadium identities that ends up serving no one.
 
Tempest said:
Bring back those fuzzy critter mascot things from a few decades ago.
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Allabouttheu95 said:
Yeah I don’t understand those comments. It doesn’t have Living room seats like hard rock or a club liv but it oozes tradition and anyone that goes to a game there will undoubtedly say “that’s a stadium for the Florida Gators”. Tradition tradition tradition is what that stadium has for all of its flaws..just like the Old Lady had. Something we don’t have a single morsel of at HRS.

If you take down the ring of honor and remove the U at mid field no one would have a single clue that the university of Miami has played their games there for coming up on 20 years.

Max Verstappen (F1 multiple world champion) has more tradition at HRS than the miami hurricanes do …
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The fact you had to put in brackets who Max Verstappen is suggests he doesn't in fact have more tradition at HRS than the Canes do.
 
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Imho, just looking at what The Eagles organization do for Temple’s home games & The Steeler’s organization do for Pitt’s home games, HRS, from an aesthetic standpoint, could be more of a home game feel for The Hurricanes.

My frat was at the Texas A&M game last yr & he FT’d me. His boy’s son is the backup QB for TAMU. Now my frat is a diehard USC fan, and he said HRS was rocking; but, he also said it was a poor college atmosphere, & said based upon the seat colors, lack of U paraphernalia, it felt more like a neutral site game than a Miami Hurricanes home game.

I don’t think the helmet entrance is necessarily a fix (although I did vote yes just based upon nostalgia), but the End Zone paint could go a long ways to making it feel like it’s a shared stadium v. feeling like it’s a rented venue.

I tend to stay away from this topic b/c it’s sensitive for those who have their own agendas of convenience, but for all ya’ll saying college stadiums are outdated & all that, I can unequivocally tell u that being in a college atmosphere absolutely chits on the NFL experience.
 
Echtcane said:
We're stuck with Hard Rock, so learn to love it. With the renovations, it shades many from the sun/rain and holds in the noise, and at least the seating is a little closer to the field than it was. As for "tradition," a lot of that is over-repeated overrated bloviation by fan bases who want to shower glory on themselves for something that isn't actually happening. What Miami fans feel as tradition is mostly good memories associated with place and time. Since the Orange Bowl is not there, we just need to start winning and better memories will take root where we are and people will feel good about it.

For those complaining about the swamp, calling it a dump etc, you're missing what's actually relevant: The stadium does the most important part very well. It puts fans close to the action with a steep slope and great sight-lines. If I'm only going to spend a short time in a place like that, that's really all I want. As long as there are adequate bathrooms, what else really matters? People who go to a football game for the "amenities" and care what the concrete looks like rather than the football are a mystery to me.

As for the game atmosphere otherwise, it's mostly on the fans. If we had fans with the mindset of Nebraska or Wisconsin or Clemson, none of it would be a problem.
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You are spot on.
Bottom line: it's on the fans to make a vibrant game day environment, especially at the UM where we have a tiny, marginal, band.
 
hurricaneman said:
I think they need to get rid of the fire. What the fu** does fire have to do with a hurricane? It just makes it seem like a generic entrance. I'd rather them have a flashing light within the smoke than fire.
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It signifies all the money you burn in insurance premiums
 
None of this would be a problem if people showed up. We can sell out FSU and an occasional marquee matchup but that’s it. The atmosphere is chit bc there’s 25k empty seats lol

They needed to give us a reason to come, and now we need to give them a reason to give a **** what we think
 
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