Fiserv Forum Article

[lessthannick11]

Great Article from The Athletic

https://theathletic.com/506838/2018/09/07/at-marquette-a-new-arena-is-built-to-be-the-programs-and-steve-wojciechowskis-forever-home/

At Marquette, a new arena is built to be the program's — and Steve Wojciechowski's — forever home

MILWAUKEE​ — After trading​ the​ sweat-logged​ practice T-shirt and​ shorts​ for a tidy​ blue​ polo​ and slacks, and​ after​ inhaling​​ a salad out of a plastic container in an auxiliary locker room, Steve Wojciechowski begins his four-hour stint as gracious host. Typically, the Marquette's basketball coach would be the marquee attraction at a Marquette basketball open house teeming with fans and lookie-loos. When the house is worth $524 million and is in the running for best basketball arena known to man, however, everything and everyone else is just furniture....[Click for more]

[TallTitan34]

For those with an Athletic subscription, they have a nice piece on Wojo and the new arena.

https://theathletic.com/506838/2018/09/07/at-marquette-a-new-arena-is-built-to-be-the-programs-and-steve-wojciechowskis-forever-home/

"I have a great job," Wojciechowski tells The Athletic. "And I had a great job before this was built. I work with great people. The people I work for are wildly supportive. Basketball is tremendously important. And this is a place that's attractive to high-level kids and players. This is just another pillar. This is a job you can stay at forever."

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=56579.msg1040514;topicseen#new

Great minds, eh?

[GoldenWarrior11]

"This is a job you can stay at forever."

Is this the new "I'll stay here as long as they'll have me"?

[The Lens]

I have clicked on the Athletic's CBB page every day this summer, hoping "today was the day" that MU would get an article (they seem to be set on featuring every relevant CBB team).  Nice to see today is the day.

You can't beat The Athletic's coverage of college hoops. Highly recommend.

[The Lens]

"This is a job you can stay at forever."

Is this the new "I'll stay here as long as they'll have me"?

Wojo ain't messin' with happy

[TallTitan34]

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=56579.msg1040514;topicseen#new

Great minds, eh?

Damn!  Got me by 2 minutes haha.

[lessthannick11]

Damn!  Got me by 2 minutes haha.

Winner, Winner...

[Marcus92]

I like Wojo's quote about the importance of home court advantage:

"It can be the difference between winning and losing. And winning and losing a game can be the difference between going to the NCAA tournament or winning the Big East...That's how important fans are. We want them to be part of the action...Not that it didn't happen at the Bradley Center. But we want it to happen all the time."

[We R Final Four]

"Fiserv Forum is both inarguably dazzling and all but faultless in a practical sense, designed specifically to create an intimate, supercharged college atmosphere despite a 17,000-plus seat capacity."

Thank you Bucks Owners!

[mu03eng]

"Fiserv Forum is both inarguably dazzling and all but faultless in a practical sense, designed specifically to create an intimate, supercharged college atmosphere despite a 17,000-plus seat capacity."

Thank you Bucks Owners!

And the tax payers of Wisconsin 

[mu03eng]

BTW the way, if you don't have a subscription to The Athletic you are missing out. Most of my current sports content is coming from there....not sure how they make money, but damn if it isn't great and voluminous content.

[Benny B]

BTW the way, if you don't have a subscription to The Athletic you are missing out. Most of my current sports content is coming from there....not sure how they make money, but damn if it isn't great and voluminous content.

Maybe from subscriptions fees?

[rocky_warrior]

This is a great article, and the Athletic deserves our traffic for it, so I'm gonna leave an intro in the first post...but you should click the link and read the whole thing!

[4everwarriors]

And the tax payers of Wisconsin 

Herbie two, hey?

[TallTitan34]

I love the Athletic.  They have the best baseball writers in the game and are really growing in college hoops!  They have a Wisconsin section for you Marquette/Packers/Bucks/Brewers fans out there.

Feel free to subscribe using my referral link to get me some $$$ haha.

https://theathletic.com/checkout?pc=raf25&plan_id=45&shared_by_name=Andrew&shared_by=35404

[The Lens]

Herbie two, hey?

Guy drops $100 Mill and THEN they spend 3 years looking for a naming rights sponsor.

[Jay Bee]

BTW the way, if you don't have a subscription to The Athletic you are missing out. Most of my current sports content is coming from there....not sure how they make money, but damn if it isn't great and voluminous content.

They don't make money. They lose lotsa green.

[4everwarriors]

Guy drops $100 Mill and THEN they spend 3 years looking for a naming rights sponsor.

Yeah butt, he's still alive, hey?

[barfolomew]

"I have a great job," Wojciechowski tells The Athletic. "And I had a great job before this was built. I work with great people. The people I work for are wildly supportive.

Sick burn, dude.
If he's trolling our past presidents, clearly he already has one foot out the door.