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Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:21 am to K_Tiger
Team has to give fans a reason to show up. For all the BR gripes on TD, people sure do a good job finding other things to do besides LSU sports when the teams aren't winners. Next year I'm hoping to see a renewed passion in all sports, especially basketball.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:37 am to K_Tiger
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:41 am to KevinD
quote:From TV, it both looked and sounded like almost a 50/50 crowd. Just saying
That is a lie. ULL had about 500-600 fans sitting behind their bench. Stop with the fake news.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:47 am to Big EZ Tiger
I think this was a huge step to garnering more support for next year.
Will Wade's antics will reverberate through the fan base and carry over into the next season with more talent.
Excitement is being felt and that is the first step. Getting talent is the next step. Now all we need to do is win.
Will Wade's antics will reverberate through the fan base and carry over into the next season with more talent.
Excitement is being felt and that is the first step. Getting talent is the next step. Now all we need to do is win.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:48 am to tiger91
#metoo
Posted on 3/15/18 at 9:05 am to The Boat
You are the stupidest frick on here about fans and totally wrong about tonight dipshit
Posted on 3/15/18 at 9:11 am to Mie2cents
quote:correct. Winning alone will fill the PMAC and create energy. When we won the conference in 1978-79, the place was packed every night and as loud and raucous as I've ever seen.
Leave the PMAC alone and start winning more games and it will packed for every home game. I saw it in 1981 and 2006. Great teams have great fans but the fans WILL NOT COME until the team starts winning. The team has to create the buzz.
Cameron Indoor Stadium was built in 1935.
Phog Allen Fieldhouse was built in 1955.
Rupp Arena opened in 1976.
It ain't the arena, folks.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 9:22 am
Posted on 3/15/18 at 9:22 am to K_Tiger
If the team wins they will come.
Used to walk up to Alex Box and buy tickets to any section I wanted. Then the Skipper started winning.
Used to walk up to Alex Box and buy tickets to any section I wanted. Then the Skipper started winning.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 9:24 am to atltiger6487
PMAC layout for hoops ain't as good as any of those... We have got to get fans closer to the court, it'd keep people more engaged in my opinion, there's way too much dead space right around the court
Posted on 3/15/18 at 10:05 am to Tigerfan7218
quote:I've got no problem with renovation or rearranging some seating to get fans closer, but none of that is the real issue.
PMAC layout for hoops ain't as good as any of those... We have got to get fans closer to the court, it'd keep people more engaged in my opinion, there's way too much dead space right around the court
Win games, and the fans will fill it, and they'll be loud.
It's all about the product on the floor, not the arena.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 10:08 am to atltiger6487
I'm not blaming the layout for poor turnout, but it would help make even a good atmosphere like last night even better... My opinion has always been that the renovations needed to make that change would be so expensive and time consuming that it'd make more sense to just start over
But my opinion doesn't mean shite, it's all about what the guy in the head coach's office wants
But my opinion doesn't mean shite, it's all about what the guy in the head coach's office wants
Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:11 pm to K_Tiger
Heck yeah, K_tiger!
Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:18 pm to Mie2cents
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start winning more games and it will packed for every home game.
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
The splendor of the venue, with amenities and great aesthetics may matter as a recruitment tool.
However, if you put a winner and an entertaining team on the floor they (the fans) will come. Curly made Tiger Stadium a shell of itself as did Dinardo's last year. People came back when the product got better.
I remember when Donovan was selected at Florida. Foley wanted him because he ran an entertaining offense. He did and when he started winning the O Dome because legendary. It was no better than the PMAC back then.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:24 pm to Big EZ Tiger
Cameron Arena might be a good example of this.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:42 pm to Cajun8
as a huge Tiger basketball supporter that lives in Lafayette here is my take.
I've been to 4 UL basketball games this season in Lafayette. The crowd participation in Lafayette was laughable. The Cajundome is a terrible venue for UL basketball games. They can't get people in the stands and the student section is laughable at best.
The PMAC will be sold out every game next year. Winners bring people unless it's UL in Lafayette.
The UL fans were the loudest they have been all season. Don't get that shite twisted.
I've been to 4 UL basketball games this season in Lafayette. The crowd participation in Lafayette was laughable. The Cajundome is a terrible venue for UL basketball games. They can't get people in the stands and the student section is laughable at best.
The PMAC will be sold out every game next year. Winners bring people unless it's UL in Lafayette.
The UL fans were the loudest they have been all season. Don't get that shite twisted.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:03 pm to K_Tiger
I played in some ghetto gyms with windows shot out. The fans make an atmosphere. Not the building.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 9:42 pm to K_Tiger
I went to LSU during the 1978-1981 years of basketball under Dale Brown. Let me tell you - the PMAC rocked LOUDLY during those games! The effect was louder than in Tiger Stadium, due to the enclosed building. It will get better now that WW is bringing a new outlook and approach. With the recruiting classes coming in, I think you will see the PMAC return to its former glory!
Posted on 3/16/18 at 3:21 am to Tomball Tiger 2
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I went to LSU during the 1978-1981 years of basketball under Dale Brown. Let me tell you - the PMAC rocked LOUDLY during those games! The effect was louder than in Tiger Stadium, due to the enclosed building. It will get better now that WW is bringing a new outlook and approach. With the recruiting classes coming in, I think you will see the PMAC return to its former glory!
I also was a student in the late 70's. The atmosphere was very good for any conference game. It was a little light in the semester break for christmas.
The real issue is that a new arena will cost over 100 million. If you have to pay for that with 10,000 seats, you will have to generate an average of 400 to 500 dollars annually per seat to pay for the arena (presuming no interest). I think I read a while back that the best seats in Rupp have $100,000 seat licenses. I don't think the market will bear anything like that here.
A few years back, I noticed that the only SEC Men's BB program that lost money was S. Carolina. In the details, I saw that the problem is that they were having to pay for a $100 million arena.
During the last renovation, there was a third phase (adding suites) that was not completed. The big problem is that for a period of time, people build round stadiums and arenas for games that are played on rectangular courts/fields. You would end up reducing the capacity, but you could improve the quality of the seats if you square off the sides. I think everyone knows that premium seating is more important than capacity in this era of every game being televised on HD TV.
Posted on 3/16/18 at 11:01 am to The Boat
The LSU crowd besides the student section was pretty weak. The student section was lit tonight.
WTF. Man pick your spots to spout. This is stupid
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