Getty ImagesHaving never worked in PR, there might be something here I’m missing.
But the idea of reminding your customers how bad you are seems like an unusual strategy.
The 3-8 Panthers have done what I’m sure is a mathematically really difficult thing by losing all 12 coin tosses they’ve been involved in this year (including one in overtime).
So naturally, they’re turning it into a promotion.
The Panthers are running a poll on their Facebook page, saying “coach Ron Rivera wants you — the fans — to pick heads or tails for Sunday’s game at the Kansas City Chiefs.”
Oh dear.
With five games to play before they undergo another organizational shift (they already need a new GM, a new coach is sure to follow), maybe they can have other such promotions to spice things up.
Maybe when the Falcons come to town the following week, they’ll let Twitter followers call plays, and the populace might remember better than offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski that they’ve invested heavily in running backs, so maybe they’ll use them.
Or when they go to San Diego the week after that, they can use Craigslist to find movers for Chargers coach Norv Turner and Rivera.
The Raiders on Dec. 23 are a Myspace game, obviously. And when they finish up at New Orleans, the players can Instagram pictures of themselves waving goodbye to a season gone terribly, terribly wrong.
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How about fan input on how to fix the team?
Let’s also have a poll on what color towel Cam needs to put on his head when he’s on the bench looking sad and forlorn.
I wish the Cats would quit monkeying around with all these stupid promotions and just play some darn football with their multi-millionaire running backs.
It’s too late to salvage the season but at least stop trying to vie with the Jets for Circus Clowns of the NFL Year.
Geesh.
Ha! This sounds like a joke. The Panthers are so bad, they can’t win the coin toss.
They should take out a full page add vowing to win the next coin toss, oh and the next Super Bowl. Duuuuuurrrrrr
Pull a Costanza. Decide what you want to call and do the opposite. It worked for him!
Losing twelve 50/50 coin flips in a row isn’t a reflection on team quality but it is the definition of bad luck. Odds of that happening are .024%.
Tails never fails.
we’re still better then the jets
Clearly, the big problem with this team is coin flipping. This promotion solves everything.
cam doesn’t like that they keep losing the coin toss, cam needs things to change quick or cam won’t be happy. if they win a coin toss cam can do his superman celebration
Heads. Definitely heads. No, wait…. maybe tails. I change my mind — go with tails. Hmmm, no, no forget that. Go with your gut — heads. Boy, this is harder than it looks!
8 + 3 = 11
you owe me money for my math lesson!
pappert says: Nov 29, 2012 4:29 PM
8 + 3 = 11
you owe me money for my math lesson!
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“… by losing all 12 coin tosses they’ve been involved in this year (including one in overtime).”
You owe me nothing for your reading comprehension lesson.
Defer the choice of choosing heads or tails to the home team.
Fortunately for Panthers, the Chiefs seem to lose whether they win the coin toss or not.
“losing all 12 coin tosses they’ve been involved in this year (including one in overtime).”
You owe all of us money for having to read aloud to you!
There’s a reason why they’ve lost every toss- Ron Rivera. Instead of calling heads or tails, he decides to play it safe each time and would rather punt.
All joking aside though, one thing you neglected to mention is that the visiting team makes the coin toss decision- so of the 12 losses, only half were actually chosen directly by the Panthers.
I like the myspace shout out, but I feel the Raiders, ie. Slowlando McLame, would be a better fit for facebook. They prefer to make their news there…
1-11 when the game is decided by 7 or less points under Rivera.
0-12 on coin tosses this year.
0-18 when we throw an interception under Rivera.
It is time to let Ron go.