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re: Dudy Noble renovations
Posted on 10/16/13 at 9:59 am to Tds & Beer
Posted on 10/16/13 at 9:59 am to Tds & Beer
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That's a dumb idea. That wouuld be a waste of sod because it would die the first weekend.
You don't plant the sod the weekend before baseball season. You plant the grass the summer before so it has time to take hold. Surely if we are going to flaunt the "best stadium in the country" we can get someone to take care of it appropriately to make it look the best.
I'm assuming by that statement you also do not want a large grass hill behind right field either for people to watch the game from.
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Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:06 am to Tds & Beer
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Look, dude, there's not enough room for paved walkways with sod on the side.
First off, I'm not sure why you're getting so upset about my suggestion. That's all it is. A suggestion.
There is enough room. You back that black fence up to just shy of the road and use the extra space behind the scoreboard, because that thing is going to get torn down and redone anyway.
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YOu say that paving would ruin the aesthetics. How is that possible. Right now it's just a bunch of dirt.
Behind right field is all grass. Which is where many people put tents. That's where I am saying the grass should stay, along with the hill many people have suggested. I agree there are places that the mud is a problem, which needs to be fixed.
Again, what I don't want is for LFL to look like the underside of VHS. A uneven surface where they just threw asphalt down over whatever was already there.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:10 am to Tds & Beer
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Tds & Beer
At some point today, I will make a terrible, very amateurish drawing of what I hope happens. I think that we would actually agree, but are just not on the same page.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:12 am to DynastyDawg
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When I went with my parents as a high schooler, I'm pretty sure there was something that crashed in RF that had a bunch of Crawfish Boilers on it.
I was on that deck when it collapsed. it was nuts and even more nuts that nobody got injured, there were grills on that thing too and none of them went over thank God or it would have been really bad. Whoever built it had no idea of the amount of people would be getting up on it, they built a new one it remains today I think.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:15 am to TaxmanMSU
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I was on that deck when it collapsed. it was nuts and even more nuts that nobody got injured,
Man I remember seeing that and it was crazy that nobody got hurt. Glad you made it out ok
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:15 am to TaxmanMSU
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Whoever built it had no idea of the amount of people would be getting up on it
Isn't this the problem in a nutshell?
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:17 am to DynastyDawg
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DynastyDawg
Sorry man, I have to agree with TD's. There is not enough room for grass at all in between the trailers. The best way is to asphalt the area so we can squeeze in the trailers efficiently.
And about the safety issue, yes there is some sketchy workmanship around there in places but it is all sound. The people that have these trailers put a lot of care into them, trust these people or don't go around it. The end.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:36 am to TaxmanMSU
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Sorry man, I have to agree with TD's. There is not enough room for grass at all in between the trailers. The best way is to asphalt the area so we can squeeze in the trailers efficiently.
Maybe this is where the disconnect is. I completely agree about not being enough room in between and around the trailers. That will have to be asphalted for sure.
ETA: With as many baseball fans and as passionate each are about DNF there will be some upset people afterwards. It is still awesome that there is such a large contingent that cares.
This post was edited on 10/16/13 at 10:38 am
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:36 am to TaxmanMSU
I was on the deck that day. A girl's leg got burned pretty badly by the crawfish.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 10:52 am to DynastyDawg
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Behind right field is all grass. Which is where many people put tents. That's where I am saying the grass should stay, along with the hill many people have suggested. I agree there are places that the mud is a problem, which needs to be fixed.
Out of all the suggestions I've seen, I don't think anyone has mentioned paving the entire grass area behind the right field fence. Several have mentioned a layered cut-out in the grass (i.e. Ole Miss LF) but no flat paving the entire hill.
As for the layered cut-out, I'm all on board for this. Something to that effect needs to be done there.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 11:39 am to 17theBears
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As for the layered cut-out, I'm all on board for this. Something to that effect needs to be done there.
This would be a great idea.
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I don't think anyone has mentioned paving the entire grass area behind the right field fence.
I guess I went a little worst case scenario too fast
Posted on 10/16/13 at 11:48 am to DynastyDawg
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As for the layered cut-out, I'm all on board for this. Something to that effect needs to be done there.
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This would be a great idea.
Truly,
I've spent time in LFL and over in Right field and the RF could really use something like this.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 1:21 pm to msuman2
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LFL is tradition. But it's a revenue nightmare.
Is the best and worst and the same time.
The revenue nightmare is in the grandstand, not in the outfield, where you've got people sitting in premium seats that they don't pay any extra for beyond their season ticket purchase because of a lifetime contract they got on the cheap back in 1987.
Whatever revenue we generate in the outfield is sort of gravy because most colleges get little to no revenue from people actually sitting or being in the outfield.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 1:48 pm to DynastyDawg
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You don't plant the sod the weekend before baseball season
I know. But after the first week, it will be trampled.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 1:48 pm to TaxmanMSU
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I've spent time in LFL and over in Right field and the RF could really use something like this.
definitely
Posted on 10/16/13 at 3:14 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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I think we should put a ferris wheel in the LFL.
or a roller coaster. Add about a 20 person hot tub lounge area complete with bunny servers, a ten story look-out tower complete with zipline over the field. for the kiddies, carousel, skateboard halfpipe and splash pad.
and sod next to a sidewalk.
Posted on 10/16/13 at 3:38 pm to Cdawg
The need to level it out. Uniform codes for raising the trailers and multiple backups to prevent a collapse. That is one of the reasons I don't go on certain LFL trailers. They need to be inspected throughout the season as well. They need more garbage cans around and they need to have standards on the way they look. Make them all look nice and individual looking and it will be great. I always worry about one of those things coming down and it will happen eventually
Posted on 10/16/13 at 5:18 pm to Tds & Beer
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There needs to be a more uniform way of jacking up the trailers and there should be penalties for bad appearance. But mostly it should stay the same. I want to keep everything running smoothly so it doesn't ever end. If they don't start taking some safety measures, someone is gonna get injured and end it.
Well no trailer has ever collapsed and hurt anyone. But the deck that the school built did once.
I trust the individual trailers as is way more, based on past performance.
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