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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 10, 2022 23:28:14 GMT -5
We have a large inventory of unsold seats at most games that could be strategically priced to attract local families. But then again, that's where marketing comes into play. How do you ensure local families get the tickets without decreasing revenue? If I’m local I will buy the cheap tickets regardless of if I can afford it.
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Post by Maxell on Sept 10, 2022 23:29:45 GMT -5
We have a large inventory of unsold seats at most games that could be strategically priced to attract local families. But then again, that's where marketing comes into play. We've said this on the board for more than a decade, laid out pricing plans and markdeting strategies.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 10, 2022 23:44:19 GMT -5
We have a large inventory of unsold seats at most games that could be strategically priced to attract local families. But then again, that's where marketing comes into play. How do you ensure local families get the tickets without decreasing revenue? If I’m local I will buy the cheap tickets regardless of if I can afford it. When I worked with the Rockets, we had a certain number of nosebleed seats each game that we marketed for $10 apiece. It made broke people feel like they could still get the chance to experience a game at Toyota Center even though the players on the court all looked like ants from up there. A&T can do the same thing for football game tickets. Designate an area of 2,500 seats at the top couple of rows on the visitors side in the northeast corner of the stadium and market those tickets for $12 apiece - first come, first served. Nobody ever sits in those seats anyway, so you are basically selling unused inventory.
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Post by crowntownaggie on Sept 11, 2022 0:10:35 GMT -5
Thrilla give me the specif reasons why you think Hilton shouldn't be replaced or fired. As I said he had a good run. But as in life it is what have you done for me lately. He has fired 2 head basketball coaches in the past 2 years that he hired. He lost a dynamite track coach and athletes to Tennessee. His baseball team is sub par and the softball team is so so. No swim team anymore. Other sports are average except for bowling. Poor decisions has put our athletic department in the hole and in disarray. Money spent unnecessarily because of his poor decisions. He is a poor fund raiser. That is the main purpose of today's AD'S. That is the reasons the majority of AD'S are fired because they can't raise monies. Thrilla, I bet you were a supporter of Jerry Eaves who coached here for almost 10 years and still did not win 100 games. Change is necessary when "stuff" get stagnant. We are stagnant at this time. Look at our major sports and the coaches Hilton hired. There are people out there that can replace him and do a better job in all areas of the job. You and Martin are afraid of real change. He may be a bad fundraiser but it ain't like negros are notorious for being great donors fr. Black folk also seem to care significantly less about college athletics by comparison to PWIs. Losing our T&F coach to a P5 school was bound to happen unless or alumni started dropping Jimmy Haslem money on athletics. I cant really be too mad about those two things but the fact that all of our sports are some mid right now is a serious problem.
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Post by crowntownaggie on Sept 11, 2022 0:14:26 GMT -5
We have a large inventory of unsold seats at most games that could be strategically priced to attract local families. But then again, that's where marketing comes into play. free seats for kids would bring in more paying adults, if not straight up free for kids then free for youth athletes who can prove their participation. That's how you grow your fanbase into the younger generation. Of course it helps if those kids see your team winning and not losing.
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Post by Gator on Sept 11, 2022 0:41:03 GMT -5
WOW...sugar to chittt, just like that. After two Celebration Bowl wins and conference championships, great recruiting of talent, the man needs to be fired, damn.
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Post by Gator on Sept 11, 2022 1:02:05 GMT -5
When has the city of Greensboro, as a whole, ever supported A&T?
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Post by ohsixrain on Sept 11, 2022 8:32:45 GMT -5
WOW...sugar to chittt, just like that. After two Celebration Bowl wins and conference championships, great recruiting of talent, the man needs to be fired, damn. I think we had enough talent in years past to overcome poor coaching at times. But now, we are in leagues where coaching actually matters. Last season the talent gaps were not that far apart from team to team and we saw that the championship came down to coaching. That being said, I have no reasonable expectations that our fortunes will change. #DoomandGloom
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Post by Gator on Sept 11, 2022 11:41:31 GMT -5
WOW...sugar to chittt, just like that. After two Celebration Bowl wins and conference championships, great recruiting of talent, the man needs to be fired, damn. I think we had enough talent in years past to overcome poor coaching at times. But now, we are in leagues where coaching actually matters. Last season the talent gaps were not that far apart from team to team and we saw that the championship came down to coaching. That being said, I have no reasonable expectations that our fortunes will change. #DoomandGloom I'm not one to give up on people, especially this group of individuals. I've always believed that qb play matters the most. I'm in agreement with many that the OC has to put the qb in position to make plays and score points. As for the coaching, they brought us some major victories in the past against higher profile programs, doing what they do. We'll just have to see how the present adversity is dealt with.
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Post by DOOMS on Sept 11, 2022 12:03:29 GMT -5
Downward trend Gator.
And the same problems that plagued us from the start that were supposed to be corrected by the coaching staff STILL plague us. In fact, they seem to have worsened in many cases.
We won because we had a head coach that kept a tight reign, knew little loyalty beyond his paycheck, and commanded respect. Washington's ship is loose, is probably way too loyal to us, his coaches, and his players, and clearly isn't respected by some of his players who continue to make the same mistakes with little fear or inclination to correct the mistakes.
I'm not one to give up on people either. But I definitely don't believe that not properly assessing situations and not holding them accountable is giving up on them. Keeping coach in a situation he's proven unable to master is akin to continuing to give a crackhead crack cause it makes him feel better. I like Washington as a person too much to watch him continue to be befuddled and outmatched week after week. He can go somewhere almost immediately and get a higher paying, less stressful coaching gig with his resume but we're going to keep him here because we don't want to give up on him? That's not a good idea in my opinion.
Let NDSU have a coach with a downward trend and poor play like we've been seeing over the past few years. He'd be gone on the first thing smoking, no hard feelings. That's what championship programs do.
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Post by pj on Sept 11, 2022 13:14:39 GMT -5
I'm waiting for the Conference play. I DID like BT running the ball and breaking tackles. I didnt like how we passed the ball. Our QB position is still being settled. Maybe Fowler plays better against the conference pass rushers. Our Linebackers had to eat all day.
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Post by zai on Sept 11, 2022 13:57:48 GMT -5
When has the city of Greensboro, as a whole, ever supported A&T? is getting the support of the community that hard? Have we ever actually tried to get support? In my 22 years I haven’t seen any attempts of A&T actually trying to establish themselves a serious athletic market. We shii have a standard and it should be a high one, ain’t nobody stopping us from creating a market but ourselves at this point.
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Post by DOOMS on Sept 11, 2022 14:07:32 GMT -5
I'm waiting for the Conference play. I DID like BT running the ball and breaking tackles. I didnt like how we passed the ball. Our QB position is still being settled. Maybe Fowler plays better against the conference pass rushers. Our Linebackers had to eat all day. I believe our qb coach has the ability to properly prepare our qbs to play at the top of their skill set. I don't believe he can do it when he also has to coordinate the offense. Therefore, our qb position is still being settled.
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Post by Gator on Sept 11, 2022 14:36:07 GMT -5
When has the city of Greensboro, as a whole, ever supported A&T? is getting the support of the community that hard? Have we ever actually tried to get support? In my 22 years I haven’t seen any attempts of A&T actually trying to establish themselves a serious athletic market. We shii have a standard and it should be a high one, ain’t nobody stopping us from creating a market but ourselves at this point. While a student in the early 80's, A&T has always tried to get the community to support athletics. Seeking support from local media and car dealerships was a start. Like a lot of locations where HBCUs exist, the makeup of these cities proved to be challenging when seeking support. By this I mean putting people in the stands that don't look like you. Even now and after all of the winning over the years, it's still a challenge. This is why we need alumni near and far being in the stands. I really don't think you'll get the support from many of the locals due to economic and social concerns. But that doesn't mean we don't keep trying. I'm of the belief, you put a winning product out there, they'll come eventually.
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Post by zai on Sept 11, 2022 18:35:08 GMT -5
is getting the support of the community that hard? Have we ever actually tried to get support? In my 22 years I haven’t seen any attempts of A&T actually trying to establish themselves a serious athletic market. We shii have a standard and it should be a high one, ain’t nobody stopping us from creating a market but ourselves at this point. While a student in the early 80's, A&T has always tried to get the community to support athletics. Seeking support from local media and car dealerships was a start. Like a lot of locations where HBCUs exist, the makeup of these cities proved to be challenging when seeking support. By this I mean putting people in the stands that don't look like you. Even now and after all of the winning over the years, it's still a challenge. This is why we need alumni near and far being in the stands. I really don't think you'll get the support from many of the locals due to economic and social concerns. But that doesn't mean we don't keep trying. I'm of the belief, you put a winning product out there, they'll come eventually. I believe if we make people feel welcomed and enhance the stadium atmosphere to a D1 atmosphere people will come. Simple things like a high school day could put butts in the seat. Make the games entertaining beyond what’s going on between the yard lines. Promote the games better I know for fact they do a terrible job at that. It’s so much they can do and I’m not one to settle for bull shii, I have high expectations and I believe these can be achieved. Hell we on the doorsteps of becoming a R1 HBCU.
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