#EmptyNeyland campaign

Eaglebird Humperdink · #21

A well-attended, competitive home game against an SEC opponent seems like exactly the sort of thing that might actually make some new fans.

You tell me. Were the 37k who attended the 2015 Mississippi State game in Hattiesburg in attendance for the Austin Peay game the following week?

admin · #22

Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

admin wrote:
A well-attended, competitive home game against an SEC opponent seems like exactly the sort of thing that might actually make some new fans.
You tell me. Were the 37k who attended the 2015 Mississippi State game in Hattiesburg in attendance for the Austin Peay game the following week?

The 2015 game wasn't competitive. Had it been, I could answer your question in the affirmative.

And what are you even saying? You like Gilbert's approach to this football season? Hasn't it completely backfired on him?

Black Diamond Reb · #23

Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

Were the 37k who attended the 2015 Mississippi State game in Hattiesburg in attendance for the Austin Peay game the following week?

No .. They were in Starkville watching LSU.

99beers

Eaglebird Humperdink · #24

admin wrote:

Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:
admin wrote:
A well-attended, competitive home game against an SEC opponent seems like exactly the sort of thing that might actually make some new fans.
You tell me. Were the 37k who attended the 2015 Mississippi State game in Hattiesburg in attendance for the Austin Peay game the following week?
The 2015 game wasn't competitive. Had it been, I could answer your question in the affirmative.
And what are you even saying? You like Gilbert's approach to this football season? Hasn't it completely backfired on him?

I'm saying there are 2 things you can do to f-up the football season. One was in place before the AD got settled into his office:

1. Schedule full of non-marquee C-USA teams playing at the rock, and throw in a SWAC team for good measure.

2. Lose some of those games.

What I'm saying is that you can put anyone in the AD's office, and it's pretty much out of his hands until it's time to hire a head coach.

admin · #25

Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

I'm saying there are 2 things you can do to f-up the football season. One was in place before the AD got settled into his office:
1. Schedule full of non-marquee C-USA teams playing at the rock, and throw in a SWAC team for good measure.
2. Lose some of those games.
What I'm saying is that you can put anyone in the AD's office, and it's pretty much out of his hands until it's time to hire a head coach.

I agree 100% that our home schedule is full of garbage teams that just turn people off.

I like playing a SWAC team at home every year. They bring fans, bring a band, and generally make the stadium a more lively place. And they lose. I went to the Southern game. It was fun.

As for the "lose some of those games" part, I don't agree that the AD has no influence there. Look at the Kentucky game: I was depressed before Kentucky even scored a TD by the way the crowd and stadium looked. It was a shock and an embarrassment. Our stadium looks like shit empty.

Our team has performed very poorly at home. I see a connection between that and the fact that Gilbert has absolutely killed anything resembling an atmosphere at M.M. Roberts with his ticket pricing schemes.

I said it before: that Kentucky game should have been a party. There should have been 30,000+ there even if Gilbert had to round people up with vans stocked with barbecue, Donna Brazile-style. The players would have responded to that, and we might even have won and made some new fans. Instead we got "the all-time greatest night for nacho revenue since 2011."

The game was a spectacular failure on Gilbert's part.

Also- fixed the damned speakers. You don't have the money? Fire someone. I guarantee there's someone on staff who's less important than having a functional sound system.

USMstang

CajunEagle · #26

I really hope that anyone over 60 listened and saw what was magical about that Southern game. I got up and walked to the Touchdown Terrace thing, and stood there by the railing and listened to "America the Beautiful" play by both bands. For some reason I said aloud, "12-15 years ago.....that never would have happened in South Mississippi". It was something to remember.

AndreWhere · #27

CajunEagle wrote:

I really hope that anyone over 60 listened and saw what was magical about that Southern game. I got up and walked to the Touchdown Terrace thing, and stood there by the railing and listened to "America the Beautiful" play by both bands. For some reason I said aloud, "12-15 years ago.....that never would have happened in South Mississippi". It was something to remember.

I liked that a lot, too, and I'm not even 42. And believe me, that was an honor for the USM band. Southern's marching band is probably the best in the country, and it's not even close.

99beers · #28

You cant package one histiorically shitty sec team in a home schedule and expect folks to buy tickets! Aint gonna happen.

AndreWhere · #29

99beers wrote:

You cant package one histiorically shitty sec team in a home schedule and expect folks to buy tickets! Aint gonna happen.

You can but you have to package it much better than Gilbert and his staff did.

Black Diamond Reb · #30

AndreWhere wrote:

You can but you have to package it much better than Gilbert and his staff did.

admin

admin · #31

Black Diamond Reb wrote:

AndreWhere wrote:
You can but you have to package it much better than Gilbert and his staff did.
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