AD disarray

[vbfan19]

Literally can’t even remember the last time we had a crowd that could be described this way. NDSU game in ‘14, or the SFA playoff game in ‘14 are the 1st that come to mind.

even when there is a big crowd, it never seems to have much energy. most people can't seem to be bothered to actually cheer.

[Newsbreaker]

The 2007 Homecoming game vs SIU was the most intense game I have ever went to at UNI, the crowd was into it the whole game, it was two top 5 teams playing, it was a blast.

Lets get back to that

In fairness, we haven't been a true and legitimate contender. Even when NDSU comes in, it still feels like we need a break and some help.

[sevelev711]

Does anyone know if the tickets are 10 bucks at the door tomorrow? I'm in town and while I sure as hell won't be going for 30 bucks, I'll absolutely go for 10. And I mean a real 10 bucks, not 10 bucks, and then 4.50 in mystery fees, and then another 5.00 in "order charge," like I'm seeing right now.

[vbfan19]

a thread that is a mix of "I want donors/businesses to spend millions of dollars on these athletic programs" and "I don't wanna spend $20 on a ticket"

[BCPanther]

a thread that is a mix of "I want donors/businesses to spend millions of dollars on these athletic programs" and "I don't wanna spend $20 on a ticket"

I don't think anybody on this board has any trouble spending on UNI. The general public is a totally different animal.

[sevelev711]

a thread that is a mix of "I want donors/businesses to spend millions of dollars on these athletic programs" and "I don't wanna spend $20 on a ticket"

You got me, I am much more poor than a bank. I'm from Waterloo, which like BC so eloquently said, means I come from generations of abject poverty. I'm a full time college student with an incredibly ****ty part time job. My dad is on strike and my mom got laid off. I do not have hardly any disposable income. God forbid that there's anyone out there where 10 bucks and 20 bucks is actually a decently sized difference. And God forbid I dare to think "Maybe this local bank could chip in a bit so that the school doesn't collapse in a decade." That's just me being incredibly selfish, I guess. How dare I.

[vbfan19]

funny how a pair of factual observations that didn't make any judgement or state any opinion gets people all defensive

[ronfitch]

a thread that is a mix of "I want donors/businesses to spend millions of dollars on these athletic programs" and "I don't wanna spend $20 on a ticket"

Yeah. World’s complicated. People are complicated. Situations vary person-to-person, family-to-family, year-to-year.

What is true in one person’s life is not true for the person next to them.

The ability to see that, understand that, and work with that are important to naviagating the world.

[clenz]

Does anyone else see the irony in jay trying to point out nuance?

Anyone shocked he failed pretty miserably at it?

[06panther10]

funny how a pair of factual observations that didn't make any judgement or state any opinion gets people all defensive

Have you ever considered shutting the **** up?

Just a suggestion.

[PantherAlum09]

Our AD tweeted out his disappointment in the support the football team got at the dome last night. That’s a new one for me.

[Born-a-Panther]

Our AD tweeted out his disappointment in the support the football team got at the dome last night. That’s a new one for me.

Yeah I saw that. Hopefully a fire has been lit and now that hires are being made, we start seeing an increased focus on attendance issues.

[DownGoesKansas]

Our AD tweeted out his disappointment in the support the football team got at the dome last night. That’s a new one for me.

Saw that. Maybe you know something should have been done before.. Just a thought

[sivert]

We watched part of a few games yesterday. Noticed empty seats in all of them.

[clenz]

Our AD tweeted out his disappointment in the support the football team got at the dome last night. That’s a new one for me.

Interesting tactic

Attack those that you ignored, neglected, and refused to acknowledge when they do exactly what you would expect of someone that was ignored and neglected. They didn't show up.

Those of us that go to games know the team is far better than the 4-3 record going into yesterday - the people that aren't going, the people David attacked for not going, don't. They see a 4-3 record next to UNI's name, haven't had any marketing, haven't had any community engagement, etc. and honestly, they don't even realize there was a home game yesterday. The marketing push for 10 dollar tickets was too late and they looked at tickets for games earlier this season and saw tickets were $40 before fees and went "I'm not going to pay that to go see a 4-3 team that the university can't even take 20 seconds to market in a tweet."

David made his bed with attendance. It's been pointed out many times before but attendance is down significantly since he took over. Nothing has changed during that time. The program, overall, is almost identical. Hell, it's actually far better than it was 2012-2016 overall and the crowds were still 13k plus. We are now down to sub 6k for a game against the #3 team in the country, which is likely the school's biggest rival across all sports, while being a top 20 ranked team on our own.

Maybe David needs to take a look in the ****ing mirror to see what the ****ing problem is.