Oso planning to go pro
Y'all always want facts. But, when presented with facts, snide irrelevant comments avoiding the real issues is all ya got. Shockin', aina?
Don't no any dudes like dat, hey?
Attendance?A number of things:1. They will very rarely if ever sell out a weeknight game. Period 2. The “ marketing “ department does in fact suck. The marketing is almost nonexistent 3. MU actually draws better than most all college hoops teams in the country 4. It won’t keep most people away, but the food IS awful, and I’ve almost sworn of beer at the games. 16$ for Bud is enough to make one puke … and that is before actually drinking that dreck That said … NMD should be fun onSaturday
There is crime in Milwaukee. There is crime everywhere. There was crime in Milwaukee when I was there in the 80's. There was crime everywhere. I choose to not live in fear. All facts.
Like much of Milwaukee, crime was far more historically segregated, including in the 80's. You can choose to ignore it if you want, but that doesn't mean that both property and violent crime rates in Downtown haven't increased since the 80's, including a number of impactful examples.
Is the bolded actually true?
Hard to definitively pin down. According to the cops, absolutely. Crime figures don't show it but the reporting on that is suspect in many places, including Milwaukee.
Damn Bryan that's two threads now that you've attacked me personally.Signed,Your Mensa Scoop friend, hey?
Ball has never felt unsafe downtown.
Everyone always asks, "Do you know ball?"But nobody every asks, "How is ball doing?"
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
This kinda sounds like a "crime eye test" excuse.
Concession prices, downtown break-ins, and volume of music/entertainment during timeouts may be the last straws to a couple folks who were already on the fence. But acting like these are the main culprits behind less-than-stellar attendance numbers is asinine.Win a couple games in March, market home games better, and we'd get back to pre-Wojo numbers by next year. Simple.
Well if we call it an "excuse" then the entire idea must be made up, so feel free to park your Kia or Hyundai on a street around Fiserv at night. Don't bother calling the police to report theft or damage because they are so overloaded their average response times to a non-violent crime will see you getting home the next day. Or, you could read the City's own disclaimer on the validity of it's crime figures: "Neither the City of Milwaukee nor the Milwaukee Police Department guarantee (either express or implied) the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or correct sequencing of the Crime Data." Since the City and the MPD disclaim their own data maybe someone should pay attention to the "eye test."
I thought we kinda prided ourselves on being an urban campus. Al thrived in an environment with some rough edges. Some of the best dudes ever to put on our jerseys came from places with those rough edges. Cracked Sidewalks, no?I don't want to get pulled into a gigantic message board slap fight about the reality of crime, but by and large it has been falling nationwide since the late 70s/early 80s (sometimes markedly so). Without Remorse, the Dirty Harry movies, all of that cultural creation was in conversation with the urban decay that was probably the lived reality of the time on campus for many of the people complaining the loudest about the city now.