this is on us as fans as well

Even with the fans not showing up/leaving the recruits still claimed to have loved the tiger stadium experience..most likely because they werent around when it actually made a name for itself..

The commentary on this site is much more harmful than what goes on at Tiger Stadium.

Tiger Stadium, as is, is the best atmosphere in the country under certain circumstances.

Bashing the players and their families on message boards can't help either. Especially, speculating on their personal lives and calling them things like dysfunctional. And those comments are most often allowed to remain on display. Why wouldn't a prospect and his parents want to suit up for such a wonderful community of supporters?

While recruits do look at message boards, to believe that any recruit really gave a second thought to what someone posted on a message board is putting your self on a high pedestal.

I don't think anyplace is special anymore, because it is all about the money. The band gets moved to provide more tickets to corporate types who might or might not go to the games. Rate hikes, paraking charges,surcharges, etc. are getting ridiculous. Hell, I don't even get any priority points for being an alumnus. This corporate culture has found a home with our players also with the high number of early entrees to the NFL. I will say this that most of the fans in the upper east where I sit have some connection to LSU and have near heart attacks during the games. We don't get loaded, we don't treat visitors like dirt, we don't shout STTDB, etc.; there's still a lot of die hard LSU fans out there with class.

Great post!!!