Bobby expressed his disgust with attendance sayingā¦he would hope the fans and the city would get behind this teamā¦but I was glad to hear him call out the ACC again. After hearing about Memphis beating UL, he said the top 6 in C-USA could hang with the ACC in a home and away.
As stated beforeā¦Money is not the issue with Coach. Itās the level of local SUPPORT and heās made that clear recently.
I think heās really frustrated with support and who wouldnāt be. But hereās my thing, we have to create some sort of buzz.
A general question: if you were from out of state on business and you were just driving up 29 or 49 yesterday to your meeting and back to your hotel, would you as a casual observer know that there was a D1 college game last night? Are there signs on or around campus? Any sort of inkling that there may be a game?
I mentioned the Georgia Tech video board along I-75/85 here in Atlanta before. Great marketing tool that pays for itself. You see scores, highlights, and gaspā¦even gametimes and opponents. My feeling is that the casual fan/transplant/anybody whoās not a student/alum KNOWS NOTHING about our programā¦and given the fact that you canāt pick up a 49er shirt at the biggest sports store around campus and the fact that the game is not promoted AT ALL, are big reasons why we donāt reach many people except our own.
Promotion, promotion, promotion. We have none and it hurts us.
Another thing, does SOAR contain any sort of tutorial on Niner hoops to incoming freshman? It didnāt when I was there 10 years ago and if Niner Nation and Gang Green are promoted and some sort of Niner hoops orientation is MANDATORY, then perhaps kids can see what kind of stuff is going on around campus.
Just rambling, but this has really been something that has stuck out in my mind and it would really help attendance and create a buzz.
[i]Originally posted by LeftyNiner[/i]@Feb 10 2005, 08:57 AM [b] Bobby expressed his disgust with attendance saying...he would hope the fans and the city would get behind this team....but I was glad to hear him call out the ACC again. After hearing about Memphis beating UL, he said the top 6 in C-USA could hang with the ACC in a home and away.As stated beforeā¦Money is not the issue with Coach. Itās the level of local SUPPORT and heās made that clear recently. [/b]
we are sliding backwards whether you non realists want to admit it or not. We took two steps forward in the 90ās and are now stepping back.
for the zillonth time, a new AD could pump life into Bobbyās arena and program, and sell it the way it should be sold.
Bobby could be a better salesman himself. He is dry as hell. I donāt like Calipari, but I give him credit for selling wherever he is, and people buy the hype. Maybe Lutz should give up the āaww shucksā routine and boast they are top 15 in a public forum from time to time.
[i]Originally posted by metro[/i]@Feb 10 2005, 04:18 PM [b] for the zillonth time, a new AD could pump life into Bobby's arena and program, and sell it the way it should be sold.Bobby could be a better salesman himself. He is dry as hell. I donāt like Calipari, but I give him credit for selling wherever he is, and people buy the hype. Maybe Lutz should give up the āaww shucksā routine and boast they are top 15 in a public forum from time to time. [/b]
It is something that has left me scratching my head in past seasons. Sure, there arenāt many options (WFFFFFFFFFFFNZ) & for all I know he may dislike Mark Packerās show. But the fact remains, he could do more to create visibility/help sell the program.