Moving the Game Against the LOLCats

Gassman · August 21, 2015, 9:51pm

I say move the game. We will have higher attendance and higher revenue.

Let’s be practical people.

Plus it’s the neighborly thing to do.

Hey even if your neighbor is an ass it’s still best to be the bigger man and be neighborly.

Now about this threatening atmosphere crap.

What kind of cream puffs at Davidson are we dealing with here???

Seems like everybody at Davidson is taking this stuff too seriously.

Maybe this is their one chance each year to act tough?

If anyone at Davidson is reading this, no one is impressed, no one is scared and trust me you won’t get beat up at Halton.

If you think this atmosphere is threatening then you have a lot to learn about life.

Maybe leave your bubble a little more often?

cibik02 · August 21, 2015, 11:01pm

I’m indifferent. I’d like to watch both games but if AD doesn’t want to change the date, won’t fault them that. I’ll be in Halton arena whenever it’s scheduled. Davidson fans normally don’t travel well for our games so if anything I think it’s more a request by McKillop. Davidson fans may travel better on weekends so if you want opposing fans, find a weekend date going forward. I hate driving to Davidson to every other year during the week.

NinerWupAss · August 21, 2015, 11:32pm

I do wish they would pick a saturday in Dec and make that the annual game.

system · August 22, 2015, 12:00am

Occam’s razor: He just wants to take his kids to the games. All this talk about attendance, coverage, etc. is just a mental exercise.

bleedsgreenandgold · August 22, 2015, 12:22am

Something to keep in mind about the d-bags of d-block, the majority of them are Davidson football players. This means they probably weren’t offered a scholarship to play football, even from D2 or D3 schools. They are already mad at life so taking their shirts off, throwing glitter in the air, and dancing to Kesha is a coping mechanism. #pioneerleagueforlife

bleedsgreenandgold · August 22, 2015, 12:23am

I do wish they would pick a saturday in Dec and make that the annual game.[/quote]

The only thing that would help Davidson fans travel to our beautiful campus is if The Pines offered shuttles. ;D

NinerWupAss · August 22, 2015, 2:12am

Most of them also come from families with money and large trust funds. I was told that Davidson sponsors football just so some rich kids can fulfi their dream of playing college football and if you look at their donor base most of it comes from former football players.

49r9r · August 22, 2015, 4:21am

Would Davidson have rescheduled the game for us if Curry had played for us instead of Davidson? My guess is probably not. I say leave it like it is unless rescheduling will benefit the Niners.

Niner89 · August 22, 2015, 11:40am

ytown:

I just read about this request on the Davidson forum. There was one mention of it. So I thought I’d see what you folks had to say about it. Most of the comments here confirm, to me, that this is indeed a Niner Nation site. Beyond the incivility, there was not a whole lot of substance. You should heed the advice of the (at least) one seemingly sane person who suggested competing head to head against the Hornets vs the world champions, led by native son Steph Curry, would place a serious strain on attendance, as well as media coverage. To the chap who stated that there would not be a lot of Davidson fans at Halton, you ought to wonder why the fans won’t drive 20 minutes to Halton , but will drive 3-4 hours to Charleston. The reason is most of the older folks who travel to games do not like to be threatened and verbally abused by a bunch of punk students, fans, or alums. The acts of some of your players have not been much better in the past. I do think that will change under your current coach. and I’m glad of that. For those of you who doubt the accounts of the actions of a virulent minority of Niner fans, you might ask Davidson’s president Carol Quillen about the abusive behavior she has experienced. I’m sure the idiots who threatened her were not aware of who she was, but were being just their own ordinary pathetic selves. I hope the date is changed because it makes sense. And I think the administration, especially including Mark Price will be both gracious and practical, and change the date. And that will give some of you more testosterone filled wannabe’s even more reason to fume at your own team.

system · August 22, 2015, 1:19pm

ytown:

I just read about this request on the Davidson forum. There was one mention of it. So I thought I’d see what you folks had to say about it. Most of the comments here confirm, to me, that this is indeed a Niner Nation site. Beyond the incivility, there was not a whole lot of substance. You should heed the advice of the (at least) one seemingly sane person who suggested competing head to head against the Hornets vs the world champions, led by native son Steph Curry, would place a serious strain on attendance, as well as media coverage. To the chap who stated that there would not be a lot of Davidson fans at Halton, you ought to wonder why the fans won’t drive 20 minutes to Halton , but will drive 3-4 hours to Charleston. The reason is most of the older folks who travel to games do not like to be threatened and verbally abused by a bunch of punk students, fans, or alums. The acts of some of your players have not been much better in the past. I do think that will change under your current coach. and I’m glad of that. For those of you who doubt the accounts of the actions of a virulent minority of Niner fans, you might ask Davidson’s president Carol Quillen about the abusive behavior she has experienced. I’m sure the idiots who threatened her were not aware of who she was, but were being just their own ordinary pathetic selves. I hope the date is changed because it makes sense. And I think the administration, especially including Mark Price will be both gracious and practical, and change the date. And that will give some of you more testosterone filled wannabe’s even more reason to fume at your own team.

I don’t care about the date of the game - in fact, I say change it so that Steph can come visit Halton and witness a Davidson loss much like the last time he was at Halton. But, I did just want to point out all the crying going on in this post. Wow. Our players and fans are abusive and threatening but your lot is just civil and sweet? Neat story, pretty fair and balanced.

Its a basketball game. I’ve never heard of any arrests or fights on either campus in the 20+ years I’ve been following. But, maybe you have heard different?

Nugget · August 22, 2015, 2:29pm

If we had a player in the NBA coming to town on the same night I would want to move the date too. Would they accommodate us? I don’t know, but I would want them to, so we should accommodate them. This is no big deal, even if some DC whiner comes over here to “educate” us.

Curry is a heck of a player, and apparently a heck of a guy, and probably the only NBA player they will ever have. They should enjoy it while they can. We should focus on getting back to the level where we expect to beat them every year, and actually do two out of three. Let’s not worry about the wrong things.

cptn319 · August 22, 2015, 6:26pm

[quote=“Nugget, post:51, topic:29769”]If we had a player in the NBA coming to town on the same night I would want to move the date too. Would they accommodate us? I don’t know, but I would want them to, so we should accommodate them. This is no big deal, even if some DC whiner comes over here to “educate” us.

Curry is a heck of a player, and apparently a heck of a guy, and probably the only NBA player they will ever have. They should enjoy it while they can. We should focus on getting back to the level where we expect to beat them every year, and actually do two out of three. Let’s not worry about the wrong things.[/quote]

I agree with this post 100%.

hootie · August 23, 2015, 5:19pm

[quote=“Nugget, post:51, topic:29769”]If we had a player in the NBA coming to town on the same night I would want to move the date too. Would they accommodate us? I don’t know, but I would want them to, so we should accommodate them. This is no big deal, even if some DC whiner comes over here to “educate” us.

Curry is a heck of a player, and apparently a heck of a guy, and probably the only NBA player they will ever have. They should enjoy it while they can. We should focus on getting back to the level where we expect to beat them every year, and actually do two out of three. Let’s not worry about the wrong things.[/quote]
Nugget the voice of reason. What is the world coming to???

LOL