Season Tickets

[keefe]

what the h is your problem?  you don't even know who i am dude.  pretty uncalled for... long time season ticket holder. an alum with 2 degrees, spent 9 years at mu, sent 2 kids who have graduated.  many more extended family have gone to mu...just because i stated my opinion of a question that was being posed to the board, doesn't call for a response like that.   

Please, gentlemen, Please...

[rocket surgeon]

.             All that and yet still not renewing....

dude-understand this is an emotional time.  you can see it with all the posting.  maybe i'll come around,  i've been a fan since the mcguire years-marched down wisco ave, 1977.  but, understand that marquette has changed, politically.  our past 3 presidents have made some bad decisions imho.  not trying to get political, but, just when ya think we've got something pretty good going and you believe a guy(buzz) when ya think he's bleeding blue and gold.  i was really looking forward to next year with the recruiting class that buzz had lined up and the next_____ years and really thought we had some momentum...hoping the next guy is going to blow our socks off, but right now, don't really know...and now the re-seating process?  your comment was way out of bounds    

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The fact that more than half of scoopers will give up their season tickets because of a coaching hire says a lot about scoopers. Nothing good in that "a lot"

We will hire the best coach who is available. That should be good enough for us.

If we start whining and moaning before the coach is even hired, what coach would want to have us as his fan base?

[brandx]

The fact that more than half of scoopers will give up their season tickets because of a coaching hire says a lot about scoopers. Nothing good in that "a lot"

We will hire the best coach who is available. That should be good enough for us.

If we start whining and moaning before the coach is even hired, what coach would want to have us as his fan base?

Let's hope they are all men of their words. All I can say is "See ya later" to all of them. And hopefully they'll stay away from Scoop as well. We're better than that - they are a bunch of "summer patriots".

The real Marquette fans will still be here.

[ChicosBailBonds]

The fact that more than half of scoopers will give up their season tickets because of a coaching hire says a lot about scoopers. Nothing good in that "a lot"

We will hire the best coach who is available. That should be good enough for us.

If we start whining and moaning before the coach is even hired, what coach would want to have us as his fan base?

It's like people saying they are moving to Canada is so and so is elected.  Well, Alec Baldwin never left and I suspect most of these folks won't either. 

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

It's like people saying they are moving to Canada is so and so is elected.  Well, Alec Baldwin never left and I suspect most of these folks won't either. 

When has Cords missed?  Besides the Mike Deane hiring, he's 3/4.  My guess is that we will get someone that isn't a big name.  As soon as the name is announced or #donedeal we will probably have to look the person up online.  Who had heard of Tom Crean?  Who had heard of Mike Deane?  We only new Buzz from being an assistant, but he wasn't even the first choice.  He's out there....... waiting ........

[ChicosBailBonds]

When has Cords missed?  Besides the Mike Deane hiring, he's 3/4.  My guess is that we will get someone that isn't a big name.  As soon as the name is announced or #donedeal we will probably have to look the person up online.  Who had heard of Tom Crean?  Who had heard of Mike Deane?  We only new Buzz from being an assistant, but he wasn't even the first choice.  He's out there....... waiting ........

Everyone knew the hot assistants in 1999 were Tom Crean and Quin Snyder.  Cords didn't hire Buzz.

KO was considered the #1 or #2 assistant in the country at Arizona.

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

Everyone knew the hot assistants in 1999 were Tom Crean and Quin Snyder.  Cords didn't hire Buzz.

KO was considered the #1 or #2 assistant in the country at Arizona.

Good to know.  I wasn't old enough to be that detailed about College BBall.  It does give some good perspective.  Well, I will have to go back and find the assistant ranking list.  My guess is that there's a guy on there that we will hire. 

[Warrior of Law]

I must say, I trust Cords, and his advisors (Doc), to choose a good coach.  As for season tickets, about 4000 tickets are sold if MU played in the WIAC and went 3-15.  For the other 3000 of us, we're a little more fickle.  We want to see high qaulity non conference games, wins, and the best players in the sport.  So, season ticket renewals will fall, but it won't be due to the coach.  It will be due to the decreased caliber of conference opponents.  there really is nothing MU can do about that, and they made the best choice available under the circumstances.

[bilsu]

The only thing keeping me getting my tickets now is that I cannot give up my points that have accumulated since 1956. I may have to get the worse seats in the house and not go to games just to keep my longevity going. I was already considering doing this before the hire. As long as the majority of games are on TV, I am losing interst in driving 100 miles on snowy roads to see a game I can watch in my living room.

[Nevada233]

The only thing keeping me getting my tickets now is that I cannot give up my points that have accumulated since 1956. I may have to get the worse seats in the house and not go to games just to keep my longevity going. I was already considering doing this before the hire. As long as the majority of games are on TV, I am losing interst in driving 100 miles on snowy roads to see a game I can watch in my living room.

Right, the product on the floor last year was not worth the price of admission, parking or gas. You can just watch it home.

[We R Final Four]

This thread is embarrassing.  Stay home fair weather old timers.

[NavinRJohnson]

The only thing keeping me getting my tickets now is that I cannot give up my points that have accumulated since 1956. I may have to get the worse seats in the house and not go to games just to keep my longevity going. I was already considering doing this before the hire. As long as the majority of games are on TV, I am losing interst in driving 100 miles on snowy roads to see a game I can watch in my living room.

I wold suggest that this sums up much of the sentiment...those saying Wardle would be enough not to renew are likely teetering on the edge as it is...more about needing a reason to come back, than it is being given a reason not to.

[mu_hilltopper]

Won't give up my season tickets .. but the draw to take a year off and spend $250 instead of $1400 for lower bowls is awfully tempting.  (to keep the B&G points going.)

[Hards Alumni]

This thread is embarrassing.  Stay home fair weather old timers.

Let us know when you start voting with your pocketbook.

[Ari Gold]

The only thing keeping me getting my tickets now is that I cannot give up my points that have accumulated since 1956. I may have to get the worse seats in the house and not go to games just to keep my longevity going. I was already considering doing this before the hire. As long as the majority of games are on TV, I am losing interst in driving 100 miles on snowy roads to see a game I can watch in my living room.

I am on the much younger and lower points/financial end of this spectrum but I echo those sentiments. My drive in for games is probably longer than most. Tough to get excited for this past years team, not hiring the coach I'm excited for/have confidence in would probably cause me to reevaluate my purchase/B&G Donation. I wouldn't want to lose the points, but if the choice is between moving down (a decision I have been mulling) or just buying seats in row XX and being much more selective about games... I might chose the latter.

[rocket surgeon]

The fact that more than half of scoopers will give up their season tickets because of a coaching hire says a lot about scoopers. Nothing good in that "a lot"

We will hire the best coach who is available. That should be good enough for us.

If we start whining and moaning before the coach is even hired, what coach would want to have us as his fan base?

a good coach, if he even looks at this board, would use the naysayers as motivation to produce a product that would give guys like me, who are on the fence, a proverbial middle finger.  there is something "good" in that "a lot". 

[rocket surgeon]

Let's hope they are all men of their words. All I can say is "See ya later" to all of them. And hopefully they'll stay away from Scoop as well. We're better than that - they are a bunch of "summer patriots".

The real Marquette fans will still be here.

didn't realize you had to have season tickets to post on this board.  i don't think they are in the prerequisites. some of us "older fans"?  a couple of things, wait a minute, i'm not that old(early 50's)-we and the "older older" fans have paved the way for you youngsters and those before us,likewise.  and i'm willing to go out on a limb and guess we provide a little more $$ to the blue and gold fund and the university than some of you who are seem a little wet behind the ears yet.  it might be a good idea not to piss off the alumni who continue to provide a lot of financial donations to the school in appreciation for the education we got which enabled us to live a decent life.  i believe many of us will come around, but let us be mad for awhile.  we may or may not re-new our tickets, but my suggestion is to not further anger the alumni base either.  that is not a threat.  it is just a suggestion similar to when many on this board will intimate that the critique of potential recruits could be prohibitive toward them coming here or not.     

[GooooMarquette]

I suspect the people who would drop their tix based solely on a coaching choice are in the minority.   I would keep the tix I've had for more than 20 years, and make the 9+ hour round trip drive to most home games like I have been doing for the past 16 years now.

That said, a coach like Howland or Smart would make me more excited about making extra B&G contributions.  Wardle, Weber, Martin?  Let's just say I'd lose some of that enthusiasm....

[rocket surgeon]

I suspect the people who would drop their tix based solely on a coaching choice are in the minority.   I would keep the tix I've had for more than 20 years, and make the 9+ hour round trip drive to most home games like I have been doing for the past 16 years now.

That said, a coach like Howland or Smart would make me more excited about making extra B&G contributions.  Wardle, Weber, Martin?  Let's just say I'd lose some of that enthusiasm....

seriously, you are a great american and great marquette warrior-super kudos to you. you deserve special recognition for going above and beyond.  you are setting an excellent example for guys like me who sit here with a woe is me attitude. i admire your ambassadorship and it has me re-thinking my position on the season ticket thing-thank you-and i'm embarrassed to admit that i'm only 20 minutes away  -go mu!!

[JakeBarnes]

Let us know when you start voting with your pocketbook.

It's the Great American Way! (not to be confused with the Chicago Way, which involves voting with deceased relatives). As someone who has spent time in a lobbyist role: it's what gets things done.

Seriously though, everyone is kind of touchey today. I wish our PR had a better lid on it, so we could go back to not freaking out about everything and acting convinced that every move is the death knell to thebasketball program.

[bilsu]

didn't realize you had to have season tickets to post on this board.  i don't think they are in the prerequisites. some of us "older fans"?  a couple of things, wait a minute, i'm not that old(early 50's)-we and the "older older" fans have paved the way for you youngsters and those before us,likewise.  and i'm willing to go out on a limb and guess we provide a little more $$ to the blue and gold fund and the university than some of you who are seem a little wet behind the ears yet.  it might be a good idea not to piss off the alumni who continue to provide a lot of financial donations to the school in appreciation for the education we got which enabled us to live a decent life.  i believe many of us will come around, but let us be mad for awhile.  we may or may not re-new our tickets, but my suggestion is to not further anger the alumni base either.  that is not a threat.  it is just a suggestion similar to when many on this board will intimate that the critique of potential recruits could be prohibitive toward them coming here or not.     

This is the reason I really do not want to get tickets anymore. They really pissed me off, when they did not want to give me passes to the hospitality room. I donated $3,000 for reseating. My mandatory donation for four tickets is $2,400. You need to donate $2,500 to qualify for hospitality room, but they changed the rule that it is for donations after June 30, so the reseating donations do not count. I gave them their extra $100, but it pissed me off so much that I thought I am done donating and I am still mad about it. Last season's performance and coaching change has nothing to do with it. A new coach might get me excited, but they certainly will not get a reseating donation from me.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Hire Wardle at his current salary and cut everyone's tuition.

Screw that.  Cut the cost of my tickets.

[We R Final Four]

Let us know when you start voting with your pocketbook.

Do you mean by keeping my season tickets?

Ok--I'm letting you know.

[CAGASS24]

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