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MUpanther you must have read all of Creans press clippings. Son if you really beleive that then you have no idea what you are talking about. Kevin Oneill's teams avergaed the same as Tom creans teams. I was Mu when Bob Dukiet was there and I had student seats in the upper deck of the Bradley. Back then you had assigned seats with seniors getting priority, then juniors etc. Last i knew the lower level of the bradley student section held more than 300. you are delusional and need to do more than read tom creans bio if you want to learn about Mu history. additionally I hald no ill will to Crean for taking the IU job. Dont blame him at all, and while he could have possibly done a better job in the exit there is no good way to do it. I was simply happy he left. I hated the man years before he left. The great pretender signed Dwade and owes his entire career to him. he has literally done basically nothing apart from signing him a nd being a complete douchebag
PuertoRicanNightmare link=topic=20549.msg214104#msg214104 date=1274239206Let me fill in the void my friend. I'll provide the desire you lack, especially since those last two years coincidentally happen to be 2 of the 3 highest attendance years in the history of Marquette basketballHere are numbers from 1990 to 20062008. I don't have the desire to look up 07 or 08.1990 13301 (Year one of O'Neill)1991 134331992 126131993 134431994 14348 (hmmm...was Crean selling tickets this year?)1995 128141996 127541997 12247 1998 115081999 12145 (talented marketing team INCREASED attendance despite a losing year and no post season )2000 9971 (Following the first losing season since 1991, lost talented marketing staff prior to season starting )2001 113602002 126802003 15553 2nd Highest in MU history2004 15291 4th Highest in MU history2005 11965 (two years after the FF!!!) 2006 139982007 15345 3rd Highest in MU history2008 16239 Highest in MU historySo 4 of the 5 highest attended years in MU history happens while he was coach and people are SAPS? Or are they just looking at the facts, oh I don't know. Keep in mind that KO's highest attended year was almost 1000 per game lower than Crean's NIT year of 2004. That was also on the heels of the first NCAA tournament appearance for MU in a decade...do you think that might have had something to do with it?Oh, and one more thing, during KO's era, the Wisconsin Badgers sucked some of the biggest Donkey Balls on the planet and had been doing that for 50 years. During the Crean era, Wisconsin was well into their 14 straight NCAA tournament appearances, including a FINAL FOUR. UWM was also a two time NCAA participant....the competition for the college basketball fan in SE Wisconsin was just a wee bit fiercer during the Crean era than Kevin O'Neill's, yet somehow those teams still packed in 4 of the 5 highest attended years in Marquette history.Those damn SAPs.
So TC wins with an average of 13,600 to KO's 13,424. Comparing both pre-BEast and the AL(Great Midwest vs Conf USA is a MUCH closer apples to apples comparison) KO wins 13,424 to 12,768. TC has higher highs and lower lows. The idea that MU lost attendence because of a team who is a hated rival 80 miles to the west I don't buy.
Perhaps you should go to the Badger boards and quite a few will tell you they live in Milwaukee, attended MU games until Bucky got good and now they go to Bucky games....but hey, you just don't buy it.One other important note. The Bradley Center opened for the 1988-89 season, and as is the case with ALL NEW ARENAS and STADIUMS, there is a halo effect for attendance that lasts several years, which helped KO in his early days as well.Let's also not forget that in Buzz's first year, averaging 16,200 with the big 3 in their Senior season and all of Milwaukee knowing they were a lock for the NCAAs before the season even started, those people would have been there if Crean was coach as well....that would be the top 5 of 5 years in attendance in MU history.At the end of the day, that's the reality of the numbers.
The idea that MU lost attendence because of a team who is a hated rival 80 miles to the west I don't buy.
Again, how about the student season-ticket numbers. Crean took it from 300 to over 4,000!!!!
Wait, Chicos only worked in the AD for 1 year? I thought developed the entire department, hired Al, recruited Wade and made TC.