Cavs Chants Hope To Solve That Whole "What Do We Do When Lebron Comes To Cleveland" Thing

by Martin Rickman on Nov 30, 2010 3:15 PM CST

ESPN's Jay Crawford thinks one thing, WFNY gave their take and most everyone you'll talk to on the street or in a bar on the East or West side has their own opinion about how fans should react when Lebron James and the Heat come to Cleveland on Dec. 2, but one site and Twitter account is calling for "unity." @Cavs_Chants is taking a page out of Bill Simmons' book with their very own cheer sheets.

The Duke-esque idea may seem odd, but the premise, at least on the surface, is a good one: get everyone on the same page for the game on Thursday.

So what are we planning? Over the past few days we’ve started to ramp up twitter followers at www.Twitter.Com/Cavs_Chants in order to prompt the 20,562 packed inside the Q with various cheers and chants for the return of LeBron James. We want the fan effort to be one of unity and civic pride rather than violence and embarrassment, we hope you will join in this cause.

Solidarity seems to be the bottom line, but are cheers like "Akron Hates You" really "civic pride?" I guess you'll have to decide for yourselves.

What do you think? Is CavsChants a good idea? Misplaced? What do you think the fans should do on Thursday?

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I can't believe a "De-lon-te" chant really made the official chant sheet...

"I bet that sex Bengals fan is really pissed now." -DT3428

by sexsalad on Nov 30, 2010 4:16 PM CST reply actions

I'm on board!

Don't be afraid to fight for your rights!

by IBHMC on Nov 30, 2010 5:14 PM CST up reply actions

Delonte porked his mother, it’s very fitting. I’d have been disappointed if it didn’t make it on there.

Anderception [an·der·cep·tion] -noun
1. the logical end result of a Derek Anderson pass

by Simmsinns on Dec 1, 2010 9:55 AM CST up reply actions

I really think the best thing to do would be to treat it like any other game, but that will never happen.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Nov 30, 2010 4:19 PM CST reply actions

Why? It’s not like any other game.

I just think every fan that thought it was worth the price of a ticket should do what ever they feel is justified personally, as long as it is within the law.

If I was there I’d boo and chant.

Anderception [an·der·cep·tion] -noun
1. the logical end result of a Derek Anderson pass

by Simmsinns on Nov 30, 2010 4:34 PM CST up reply actions

LeDonkey

I think everyone should have a LeDonkey sign, to celebrate the king of sidekick’s return to Cleveland

by Dovi on Nov 30, 2010 6:16 PM CST reply actions

maybe everytime he has the ball

they should chant ‘what should i do?’

by Bhukka on Nov 30, 2010 6:22 PM CST reply actions

Creative, IMO

But I think the Clevelanders would speak magnitudes by giving him the silent treatment and just flat out ignore the guy. Then do the opposite for Z: giving him a standing O when he is introduced and show appreciation if/when he sinks his first basket.

O Hai Thar!

by Lex L. on Nov 30, 2010 11:14 PM CST up reply actions

This is stupid on a number of level. For one these chants are dumb. Calling LBJ Scottie Pippen is an insult to Pippen. At least he has rings. Second, people who pay to go to the game have the right to express themselves however they want.Third, how does this promote unity and civic pride? Lastly, forget about embarrassing ourselves. The national perception of Cleveland can’t get any worse. We ex-Lebron fans have a lot of aggression and hurt to get of our chest. I certainly don’t want anyone to get physically hurt but I am all for a vulgar display disgust towards LBJ. Let the national media call us classless, forget all this nonsense about ruining our chances to sign free agents (90% will go for the top dollar and the others we have no shot at) and let Lebron try to spin this into some justification for his actions (good luck with that crack PR team). Cleveland fans are like no other, and the people that understand this will respect the purity of our outrage. Everyone else can take a flying leap.

by kingcrimson2 on Nov 30, 2010 7:32 PM CST reply actions

coming from someone who has no connection to cleveland

and no particular to dislike clevelanders either, I think I can say that most of America is on your side here. What happened to you guys is the worst fear of fans of professional sports teams realized. Your hero turned out to be a giant, backstabbing prick. I hope you boo him all game long, beat his team by 20 points, and make him never want to come back. I hope he openly admits that he made a mistake this season, then realizes he’s up for several more years of this. The guy has earned what’s coming to him, period.

by rg643 on Nov 30, 2010 11:57 PM CST up reply actions

Gotta go with the consensus so far and say that as long as no one gets violent, say whatever you want. i understand the idea behind everyone shouting the same thing, but that place is gonna be filled with an aura of hate. As for national perception, I say screw that. The nation still remembers the “mistake on the lake”. Still remembers the Dawg Pound where throwing batteries and dog bones on the field were the norm. The nation can call us tacky, classless, as long as they call us fans. What people call hate for LBJ I see as pride in the city and our team.

College basketball just became more interesting...

by allovertheplace on Dec 1, 2010 7:53 AM CST reply actions

I agree wholeheartedly. I think a part of being a die hard Cleveland sports fan is not caring at all what we look like to the national media. They’ll paint us in anyway that is going to get them more hits or more ratings. We’re just the “mistake on the lake” to the general public anyhow.

Anderception [an·der·cep·tion] -noun
1. the logical end result of a Derek Anderson pass

by Simmsinns on Dec 1, 2010 9:59 AM CST up reply actions