Lou Stradler
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I'm Vice President of Global Partnerships at Monumental Sports and Entertainment. My name is Lou Stradler. I started here way back, 1982, so this is my 43rd year.
And then we said, wait a second, that could be negative. Our players could get booed if they go and make the first free throw and miss the second. They'll get booed for missing.
Gets what they want. I said, wait, let's concentrate on the visiting team doing something that'll generate excitement for Mars.
Absolutely. The name comes to mind real fast. Marcin Gortat for the Wizards. Marcin Gortat, as soon as this happened, would stand up, grab a towel off the bench and start shaking it over his head to bring the crowd support. Marcin Gortat was so great that they kept calling and saying, ask Marcin when he wants us to deliver sandwiches.
That's what I'm talking about. Well, you guys got everything I asked for.
Listen, all I know, we got to come up with a different rule. Two free throws, two missed free throws, it's too much.
Any home game now. Any home game you guys get. Do we have a Chick-fil-A at the arena? Yes. Perfect. Can we have someone from the staff bring a little box?
Just a little Chick-fil-A and maybe like, you know, 10 sandwiches, number fours with pepper jack cheese.
Well, I'm Vice President of Global Partnerships at Monumental Sports and Entertainment. My name is Lou Stradler. I started here way back, 1982, so this is my 43rd year.
And then we said, wait a second, that could be negative. Our players could get booed if they go and make the first free throw and miss the second. They'll get booed for missing.
I said, wait, let's concentrate on the visiting team doing something that'll generate excitement for Mars.
Absolutely. The name comes to mind real fast. Marcin Gortat for the Wizards. Marcin Gortat, as soon as this happened, would stand up, grab a towel off the bench, and start shaking it over his head to bring the crowd support. Marcin Gortat was so great that they kept calling and saying, ask Marcin when he wants us to deliver sandwiches.