Like the effort, but doesn't seem very unique. It's like having fans waiting for him here...I expected better after they asked for ideas.......
**This just in*** Clutchfans tweet 2:18pm Knote32 will send 3 caravans of angry Clutchfans to Beaumont, TX to find DCProwler.
hahahaha! I remember that one. A classic moment in clutch fans history pryuen was about to have a heart attack
Rowdy fans meeting a FA? Yeah, that's never happened... the unique part if getting the fans to go where the FA is, instead of the FA coming to the fans, but it's the same idea. I just expected better. They could have come up with this on their own, without asking for suggestions. And they probably did, hence the toyota tundras.
http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/on_the_road_the_official_blog_2010_06_28.html On The Road The official blog of the Rockets 2010 Summer Free Agency Caravan JUNE 28, 12:17 PM - HOUSTON I first met Daryl Morey nearly three years ago. I was writing for the Houston Press at the time and he was preparing to begin his inaugural season as the Rockets’ General Manager. Despite the passage of time, I remember our initial meeting like it was yesterday. Morey’s media day obligations had just ended, so he met with me on the Rockets’ practice court for a feature I was writing about his unusual and unique path to Houston. He was patient with my questions and clever with his responses (most of which were self-deprecating, naturally), while also becoming occasionally distracted by his Blackberry – the price one often pays when attempting to interact with NBA execs for half-hour chunks of time. Perhaps I’m just kidding myself, but when reflecting upon that day I like to think we found each other in similar places, whether we realized it at the time or not. We’d both recently been given our big break career-wise and now we were tasked with taking full advantage of it. So far, so good. I went on to interview Daryl at least a dozen times for the story which eventually launch my writing career, while all Daryl did was become one of the best GMs in professional sports today (not that he’d ever admit it). Now we both work for the same team, each doing our part – though his, obviously, is vastly more significant than mine – in trying to transform the Rockets into the preeminent franchise in the NBA. It’s been a wild ride thus far and today the journey, quite literally, continues. This afternoon marks the beginning of one of the most ambitious – and perhaps craziest – projects I’ve ever been a part of. It all started with a particularly inspired email from a fan to ideas@rocketball.com (keep them coming, by the way); an idea which planted the seed for what’s to come: Today I, along with 10 of the world’s biggest, most passionate Rockets fans, am leaving Toyota Center to launch the beginning of the 2010 Rockets Free Agency Caravan. Our purpose: to meet Morey and deliver him to his initial meeting with one of Houston’s primary free agent targets. Our destination: I haven’t the slightest clue. And that, I suppose, is where things get interesting. For it is none other than Mr. Morey who will be charting our path. He tells us where to go – we listen and (most likely) obey. In other words, he gets to play the role of Jacob on our journey, making this trek one part Lost (preferably without smoke monsters), one part Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (sadly, without that perpetually elusive, mysterious and strangely sexy lady in red – Daryl Morey is a lot of things but, let’s face it, he’s not that) and one part “On The Road” (sans the rampant drug use, save caffeine). Speaking of Mr. Kerouac’s classic work, I’m reminded of one of my favorite quotes of all-time, one which seems strangely appropriate given the current circumstances: “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” Yep, this is probably more than a bit mad. But what of it? Surely this trip will be worthwhile, regardless of where it takes us and whom we meet along the way. So now you know the gist. No, I won’t be writing on a scroll like Kerouac, but this will blog be the place where you can track our trip, watch the ensuing videos and read my sure-to-be-increasingly-scattered and stream of consciousness ramblings about our excursion. Probably best to bookmark my, Daryl’s and the Rockets’ official Twitter and Facebook pages while you’re at it as well. And, hey, if you happen to find yourself near one of our destinations, by all means be sure to contact us and introduce yourself. Chances are we’ll need all the support – and the sanity – you can provide. Wish us luck. ‘Til next time. Hope, JCF
more like cf.net has the best marketing crew. the rowdies started on this site long before the rockets did. cue the "the more you know" pic.
Thats the unique part.. Fans going to the FAs. Show that we really DO care, WE DO support our team, and we REALLY want them here. It's a BIG difference
Rockets fans hit the road to aid free agency effort http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/7084568.html When Rockets general manager Daryl Morey begins pursuing free agents this week, he will not be alone. A band of roughly a dozen Rockets fans will be traveling the country in a week-long expedition with the hopes they will be in a city when Morey arrives to meet with a free agent target. Hoping to bring attention to the Rockets’ free agency goals, the group left Monday morning from Toyota Center, but initially can only guess where to go. When the free agency period officially begins, at 11 p.m. CDT Wednesday, Morey can tweet or text members of the group so they can travel to the city in which he talks to a player. By doing this, with updates on the Rockets website, Morey will be in effect each day announcing his schedule in advance, though he won’t necessarily reveal who he will meet. The plan, generated from a Morey tweet request for ideas from fans, is for Morey to travel with them to the meetings, if the group arrives in time, though fans will not take part in the actual meetings. Though the rest of the Rockets presentation is expected to be more involved and high-tech, it will begin with the fan caravan, starting before the free agent period officially begins.
HoustonRockets recent tweets: "The #Rockets 2010 Summer Free Agency Caravan got underway this morning" then the link to what nWo34Life just posted. Next tweet from HoustonRocekts: "The caravn's purpose: To meet @dmorey and deliever him to his initial meeting with one of Houston's primary free agent targets."
I hope the cheer leaders are also going to be there. They will add a professional touch to the whole affair!! Wish I could go as well!' If they reveal their destination, I could possibly be there,in my red Yao Ming shirt which I wore in the movie! The team should go as well especially Yao Ming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So it's suppose to mean a lot to them that we got 10 fans (who may all be red rowdies) to drive trucks, handed out by Toyota to advertise, to drive down to meet them? Yes, it's a good effort, maybe more than other teams are doing, but it's not that unique or "special". i would have gone with something more massive, that brought out the fan side of things, not the corporate side. Maybe the trouble with it was having to reach several FAs, with none of them coming to Houston, so that i'd understand. FAs aren't coming here to meet and maybe that's what held things back. For example, instead of having a dinner professionally catered to meet a FA, i'd go with something more casual and home-like. Get true fans, not pro cooks, to cook their own favorite dishes, from different ethnicities, and treat the FA to home cooked meals with several fans....see what i mean, one is sort of cliche with the usual big expenses and the other is much more personal and uniqe, much more likely to leave a lasting impression on a player.
