lostknight
06-06-2009, 04:15 PM
Went to the fan fair today. Left a bit early, a bit sunburned, and all happy. My son was born 6 months ago today, so I thought I would get things started for him in Bronco fan land by getting the Ian ball signed by players. I am not usually much for signatures - better to go do things then get signatures from the guys who did them - but I think it's hopefully a bit inspirational. I got autographs from around 10 players, and Coach McDaniels to boot (now I have to root for him just so the signature means something). Talked with a lot of fans in lines. Many had some pretty insane orange glasses on - but most agreed that this years team is either going to do phenomenally well, or devastatingly bad.
The event itself was at Mile High. They allowed access to the field, as well as walking tour back into the service areas of the stadium - the keg rooms, the visiting locker rooms, security etc.
I also saw some presentations up in the club level. The first one was a interview of Buckhalter and Chris Simms. Simms came off very refined and polished, and generally likable. Talked about his move to Denver, as well as what it was like to grow up the son of a NFL quarterback. Buckhalter on the other hand was very amusing, but also had no filters on. He took a shot at Jeremy Bloom of all people, and made no bones about rookies screwing up being their fault. "It's not that hard, do the right thing" I think is the exact quote. Sooner or later he will say something this season that Broncos management will have wished he did not.
Went down to the field to catch the Defense 101 class. I had seen this previously on Comcast on Demand, but this was different. Mike Nolan and Spencer Larsen were there - and they had a ton of technical problems. They just were kind of winging it, but it got real fun when the talked about how fundamental stances where, and then proceeded to put different kids in the stance, and let the kids try and get around them. Spencer Larsen was in rare form, having fun with the stances that other positions have (his Clady impersonation was priceless), and everyone had fun.
The second presentation on the club level was Moreno and Ayers. Moreno is a amazingly polished, polite and interesting young man. Talked a lot about how slammed hie is in practice at the moment - not much time to do anything else. Ayers was also having fun - sporting some very colorful shoes, that the audience and Moreno wanted to know where he got them.
Unfortunately, this is the point at which Ian, being six months old, decided that he had had enough of strange people, and mandated a early withdrawal. It was fun. Well worth the cash.
The event itself was at Mile High. They allowed access to the field, as well as walking tour back into the service areas of the stadium - the keg rooms, the visiting locker rooms, security etc.
I also saw some presentations up in the club level. The first one was a interview of Buckhalter and Chris Simms. Simms came off very refined and polished, and generally likable. Talked about his move to Denver, as well as what it was like to grow up the son of a NFL quarterback. Buckhalter on the other hand was very amusing, but also had no filters on. He took a shot at Jeremy Bloom of all people, and made no bones about rookies screwing up being their fault. "It's not that hard, do the right thing" I think is the exact quote. Sooner or later he will say something this season that Broncos management will have wished he did not.
Went down to the field to catch the Defense 101 class. I had seen this previously on Comcast on Demand, but this was different. Mike Nolan and Spencer Larsen were there - and they had a ton of technical problems. They just were kind of winging it, but it got real fun when the talked about how fundamental stances where, and then proceeded to put different kids in the stance, and let the kids try and get around them. Spencer Larsen was in rare form, having fun with the stances that other positions have (his Clady impersonation was priceless), and everyone had fun.
The second presentation on the club level was Moreno and Ayers. Moreno is a amazingly polished, polite and interesting young man. Talked a lot about how slammed hie is in practice at the moment - not much time to do anything else. Ayers was also having fun - sporting some very colorful shoes, that the audience and Moreno wanted to know where he got them.
Unfortunately, this is the point at which Ian, being six months old, decided that he had had enough of strange people, and mandated a early withdrawal. It was fun. Well worth the cash.