Instead of creating the full sized Flight Deck - which is the primary empty seat eyesore - they should have built half of the rows which would have added about 5K seats.
Surly not talking about a coach? We have the best possible coach we could have. Also the crowd was great yesterday from where I was sitting.
I love football and get into my seat well before kickoff but I see nothing “sad” about having a boozy, fun-loving fanbase. At the end of the day, college football is entertainment. Our fans are what they are. Those same fans self-funded a stadium and helped elevate a former commuter college with limited conference prospects into a legitimate P5 program.
Brohm will be as good a coach as U of L can land for a long time. It's not his job to sell tickets or be better than 7-1.
I didn’t think you meant him but had to ask.
A Jeff Brohm equivalent at AD. Someone with instant credibility.
Sure, but that's not his long term plan. He SAYS he's not retiring from the women's head coaching job.
As a fan, I can't do much but make sure I'm sitting there in my seats. CardX is right, not sure it will change. Someone mentioned that a lot of families did trick or treat.... There are some benefits. I can get to the restroom and the concession stand and not miss a whole quarter of football. I'm more concerned about the final score and not the final attendance. Keep winning and I expect another sellout against UK, although it will likely include a large contingent of blue... Good! They will witness a beatdown like the ones we have been getting from them the past couple of years.
I think the days of coaches semi-retiring to the AD position are over. That is a major job and a career track separate from coaching. You clearly don’t like Hierd, but he’s there for the foreseeable future (I don’t see Ohio State or the NFL taking him off our hands) so I really don’t know what can be done there. But at least your suggestion is better than placing a booster (Lynn) in the role.
You are right. I know many longtime hardcore Cards fans who gave up their fb, mbb, wbb, vb, etc. tickets and have not returned....mostly due to lack of faith and confidence in University leadership at many levels.
Lynn would have been a temporary, emergency fill-in 5+ years ago. And the alternative was a guy who ran through more money in this department than anyone knows.
Many of those fans did so as a result of the rampant negativity and self inflicted issues that came at the end of the Jurich tenure. I say this as someone who has nothing but respect for the things that TJ accomplished - had Jurich properly assessed the situation and handled things accordingly - much of this crap that fans have endured for the last 5+ years would not have occurred.
That’s a fair assessment. But so is correctly pointing out that Jurich’s dismissal came as a total and utter lack of awareness on his part of the situation staring him (and the athletic department) in the face.
Because I was asked, I suggested we hire people who can sell tickets. You know, to keep from losing money like we do every year...
Someone has greatly improved selling tickets this year, we're averaging 50,800 this year vs 41,500 last year, that's a 22% increase. I think this proves the product on the field is what sells tickets, not the AD and host of phone callers.
Low bar. Last year was our worst attendance since the stadium was first expanded and K-rag roamed the sidelines…
You mean more people manning the box office, or taking ticket orders on the phone or via the internet?
All of that is supposed to reside in athletics administration. IMO that's where U of L routinely drops the ball presently...
There are a lot more forces working against businesses, fans and donors in today's economy. Conference money has surplanted much of the donor money. U of L revenue is at an all time high but so have been the expenses.
OK, just stop it. Logic, numbers, reality and actual facts are just irrelevant to some here!
