Despite the efforts of IM4DHERD, I spend all of last year pissed off. I watched every game, cheered for the team but was pissed off over seat selection. For the first time in years, I couldn't blog. I typed up several blogs last year, but didn't post them because of the negative tone that was directed at the upcoming seat selection.
My attitude was that Hamrick was going to steal my seats away from me because my parents have Emeritus status (they both pay half the BG donation for their seats); therefore our point level will be lower than those who pay the full BG donation for the seats. In short, I felt that I was being discriminated against. When Hamrick and Teddy came over to the HerdFans tailgate last year, I shook Teddy's hand and walked away. I didn't want to talk to Hamrick because I knew that I would regret what I would say.
My agitation over the seat selection process boiled over into my posts about Kopp. During the winter, I was so pissed off that I actually resigned Herdfans.
In the Spring, we sat down with the Big Green and talked it out. As a result, yesterday I selected my dream seats in the Joan. I am in a row behind one of my HS buddies. I ended up moving down 29 rows from where I was last year. Hamrick didn't take my seat away from me in Row 31, he set up a program that allowed me to recognize where my group stacked up and how much we needed to increase our donations to be competitive.
The lessons learned from this are: 1) LISTEN TO IM4DHERD!!!!; 2) go talk to Hamrick or Teddy before you get yourself fired up over something; 3) W0lf has a great penalty system if you freak out and resign (you have to pay the $12 again); 4) Mike and Teddy are doing a great job; and 5) I still don't like Kopp, but I probably don't need to post about it everyday ;).