Coach Howland just announced.......

[Go Budaw]

That's a good point. Maybe it's time to undo some of Dingle Berry Extractor's atmosphere-killing blunders. Intense Bastard needs to weigh in.

It was Byrne who reseated the Hump and put all the students behind one of the goals.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

I'll take it a step further. If the students and fans in the Golden Triangle don't start supporting the team with butts in the seats, Howland will not be in Starkville much longer. And we will sink to even further depths in basketball if that happens.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Students go to liberries?

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

First off it got moved behind the goal for money. Then for a year they split the student section in half. One part behind one goal and the other behind the other goal. That was by far the worst configuration ever. Then they put them back together and that’s what you have today. Not sure how they decided on which side to put the student section. I’m sure it was whatever made them the most money.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Sunday would be a perfect day for a rowdy student crowd to blow off some steam studying for finals.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I’ll add one other thing. Rick Ray threw all kinds of haymakers to fan attendance. He sucked so bad over 3 those three years, that people just couldn’t watch anymore. I remember some games I wouldn’t even turn on the TV. He demoralized this fan base so bad that most of us have forgotten about basketball. There is a mental block of some sort. We just need to find a way to break it somehow. Winning will do it eventually, but they need our support before halfway through the season.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I don't get it. I generally agree w his football takes, but basketball season starts and it's like he gives his login info to some kid at the Mustard Seed Home.

I laughed.

 

[tcdog70]

Reseating the Hump, removed the local basketball fans that showed for every game. Now you can watch every game on your IPad. They reseated the students. And then they hired Rick Ray.

That is is how you kill your basketball program. It is just so Mississippi State, **** up a good thing.. sort of like what is happening with the Left Field Lounge.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

at what point does some of the blame fall on the cheerleader recruiters? get hotter cheerleaders and there will be way more dudes there.

 

[Seinfeld]

I encourage you to check out a game so that you can see the painted on outfits that our dance squad is now wearing. It was quite honestly difficult to pay attention to the actual game against SFA

 

[engie]

some point fans play a part in a winning team, and I think it's time we start doing our part (which entails showing up).

I agree with you 100% on this.

Hell I'll admit it... I am a fair weather basketball fan at this point in time. I don't take it as fighting words, it's reality. It's just not currently at the top of my priority list this year. Starting a company, a large part of which happens online without really ever getting a day off, and with a bottom line directly related to how much time and effort I'm willing to invest, has changed my outlook on things. Football season, itself, came at a big opportunity cost to me this year in that regard IMO. Maybe it one day gets to a point that I'm satisfied with where it's at -- and I can let it run itself on cruise control and just travel and watch sporting events -- but that point is not yet even remotely in sight. It's at least several additional niches away.

The Hump's problems run pretty deep at this point IMO. That I think is only truly fixed by renovating in some premium areas(to make you your $$) and then changing floor seating philosophy. But that's a whole different thread. You are right that Howland deserves a lot more than we have given him so far. I'm really hoping he gets it. To me, he's going through the same thing Cohen did. People looking at our actual attendance at baseball games now have an easy time forgetting how it was in 09, 10, 11, 12, and even most of 13. It took Cohen into his 3rd good(and first elite) team to really start to get the fanbase back. He never at any point actually had the level of overall support that Cannizaro walked into on his first day IMO.