Argos Town Hall: Recap
May 9, 2013
Your Toronto Argonauts put on a great event for Season Ticket Holders last night. The Argos End Zone crew were tweeting annoyingly… and so we decided to recap it all here, on our dubya-dubya-dubya page.
Aboutto start > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Season review on the screen…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Kack… Durie… more here… oh, and Jube –watch for that last name….
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Rudge: “great passion in this town” twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Jays obviously have first say on dates… and also are looking at grass at the Dome – which would leave the Argos on the outside.
Rogers Centre: looking at alternatives… nothing yet
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Mississauga facility for practice (even before it burned to the ground) is described by Rudge as…
Mississauga facility: “terrible”
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Rudge recalls games waaaaaaaaaaay back at Varsity when fans would skip out to the LCBO.
Varsity preseason: LCBO at half time… wait, what?
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Rudge sounds like Juby’s dad…who happens to rock the VIP endzone once in a while #section122
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Crowd ‘gear’ suggestion is scarves… soooo, more like soccer? No thanks.
Suggestions on gear… scarfs?… meh
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
OB!
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
OB > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Taping the interview…
Check YouTube for the vid later… I guess > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Rudge spotted wandering w/ ‘Canadian’ in hand.
Rudge drinks Canadian in a bottle… #hottip
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Superfan has sore hands:
Hands are bruised from clapping #GoodHurt #ArgosTownHall
— Bill Juby (@BillJubyJr) May 8, 2013
Great interview about the Huddle Up program.
Argos community programs… “with the help of the cheerleaders…” @argoscheer #awesome
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Huddle Up changes lives…Great stuff Argos org…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Cohon makes his fine-mug appearance.
Cohon!… in (double) blue > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
… and is a fan of Kate:
Mildly flirts w/ Kate…. #commish
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Fans complain about lack of hotel rooms in Saskatchewan for the Grey Cup. Must. Get. Creative.
Beef w/ Sask hotel rooms…. Freddie plugs AirBnB…. fyi
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
Ottawa’s return:
Cheers for return of Ottawa
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
@argosendzone go redblacks!
— Stephen Mulder (@Mulder_s) May 8, 2013
“cloning”… yeah:
We’re clonimg Matt Black… acc to Barker #science
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 8, 2013
25% of players won’t return to the team, normally.
25% of players turn over… Kack turned down NFL…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Competing w/ the Leafs…
Ooooh, Barker: “the damn hockey” #soundbitebarker
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Jim Barker for PM #ArgosTownHall
— Bill Juby (@BillJubyJr) May 9, 2013
Barker on Chad and his MMA appearance(s):
MMA and Chad: “idiot”
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
… but trust and faith…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Never heard Jim #Barker so passionate
— Lori Bursey (@ArgoDiva) May 9, 2013
Mitchell ‘situation’:
Mitchell: “interesting” #nokidding
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Fan interview > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Kackert:
Just got attacked by the Kack > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Coach speaks > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Coach and Belli played against each other in the (lame) XFL.
Coach speaks about playing Belli in XFL… “unmentionables”
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Kack back — “girlfriend made him” — coach
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
“Grey” ici > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Q and A w/ the Argos brains > twitter.com/ArgosEndZone/s…
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Rudge: 10 years ago, when they revamped Varsity, was the time to talk… Too late now.
Rudge: go back 10 years… varsity = utopia
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Crowd want the boat-logo back:
Boat logo question: YES!!!!!!!!
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Varsity game wasn’t by design… it was in desperation (but well spun by the Argos):
Dates — “extremely difficult” — Varsity preseason due to lack of dates at the dome.
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Argos demo ‘older’… Good question from the crowd about getting younger demo interested.
Demographics question — good question
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
…. reach out to immigrant communities: Rudge — sigh from one dude in the crowd
— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) May 9, 2013
Barker honest. Durie humble. Love this team! #Argos
— Bill Juby (@BillJubyJr) May 9, 2013
Thanks @torontoargos for a great season ticket holder event #ArgosTownHall #soontobe101GCchamps
— Kenn Manzerolle (@KennManzerolle) May 9, 2013
Lushes:
A couple of “Flyin’ Hawaiians” with @argodiva twitter.com/BillJubyJr/sta…
— Bill Juby (@BillJubyJr) May 9, 2013
Nice Job Gents.
“Rudge sounds like Juby’s dad” Pfft-ha-ha-ha!
False.
“Figure it out”