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To the IU fans good game
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Jazen Feb 23 2009, 12:40 AM Post #31
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lol, nothing's irrelevant here, Zoomie, that's the good thing about it. I promise you'll have fun if you stick around. If you don't post much, I can assure you you'll have fun reading.

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What's the thinking on Crean? I don't get much about the Big Ten Here (in Denver). I suspect the general thinking is at least one more year before the fans start to call for his head (a little too soon, I think.).
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I think he gets a 3 yr honeymoon. The first year, he gets a pass for obvious reasons. Next year year he gets a pass also, again with good reason. The year after that, people up their expectations. If he has a bad year after that, calls for his head.
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What's the thinking on Crean? I don't get much about the Big Ten Here (in Denver). I suspect the general thinking is at least one more year before the fans start to call for his head (a little too soon, I think.).
Not sure if you've been able to catch any games or not, but Assembly Hall has been sold out all year. The entire fan base realizes what he's had to endure, and despite the lack of talent here, the support has been tremendous. I'm sure everyone knew before hand what he was faced with, and are standing behind him 100%.

As you know, he has next to nothing to work with, and has actually been 'in' a lot of games, but really doesn't have the talent to pull it off.

Hoosier fans believe Crean is our man, and so do I. I believe the next few years will prove that signing Crean was well worth it.
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Thanks for the update. I can get the BTN here and have seen a number of IU games. I have concluded the team is not very good this year, and have seen the dismissal of a number of players, so, that's why I asked.
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Not sure if you've been able to catch any games or not, but Assembly Hall has been sold out all year. The entire fan base realizes what he's had to endure, and despite the lack of talent here, the support has been tremendous.
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Student attendance was down almost 3,000. The use of 5 dollar tickets and other gimmicks have raised it a bit but its still down from normal.

http://www.insidethehall.com/2009/01/16/and-now-we-shall-discuss-the-low-attendance-inside-assembly-hall/


Summed up in this quote from the above article;

"Here’s my overriding point: fair-weather fans exist in the Indiana fanbase, especially in the student body when it comes to ticket sales. This is not some new revelation this season under Crean. It was like this from 2003-07 when I was a student.

And it’s hit all areas of Indiana fandom this year: there’s been less discussion on ITH this year, because less people are watching the games and less people are enthused about the team."
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i could care less who coined the term...all i know is that it took a whole new meaning yesterday. lol

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81-67.

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wasn't expecting it to even be within 25 points. lol.

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Congratulations on your moral victory.
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Not sure if you've been able to catch any games or not, but Assembly Hall has been sold out all year. The entire fan base realizes what he's had to endure, and despite the lack of talent here, the support has been tremendous.
False---- False----- and False


Student attendance was down almost 3,000. The use of 5 dollar tickets and other gimmicks have raised it a bit but its still down from normal.

http://www.insidethehall.com/2009/01/16/and-now-we-shall-discuss-the-low-attendance-inside-assembly-hall/


Summed up in this quote from the above article;

"Here’s my overriding point: fair-weather fans exist in the Indiana fanbase, especially in the student body when it comes to ticket sales. This is not some new revelation this season under Crean. It was like this from 2003-07 when I was a student.

And it’s hit all areas of Indiana fandom this year: there’s been less discussion on ITH this year, because less people are watching the games and less people are enthused about the team."
with that said, IU still sold more student tickets than any school in the big ten.
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After my post I lost track of what happened - must be the Corona.
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Not sure if you've been able to catch any games or not, but Assembly Hall has been sold out all year. The entire fan base realizes what he's had to endure, and despite the lack of talent here, the support has been tremendous.
False---- False----- and False


Student attendance was down almost 3,000. The use of 5 dollar tickets and other gimmicks have raised it a bit but its still down from normal.

http://www.insidethehall.com/2009/01/16/and-now-we-shall-discuss-the-low-attendance-inside-assembly-hall/


Summed up in this quote from the above article;

"Here’s my overriding point: fair-weather fans exist in the Indiana fanbase, especially in the student body when it comes to ticket sales. This is not some new revelation this season under Crean. It was like this from 2003-07 when I was a student.

And it’s hit all areas of Indiana fandom this year: there’s been less discussion on ITH this year, because less people are watching the games and less people are enthused about the team."
with that said, IU still sold more student tickets than any school in the big ten.
Because most schools put a limit on the amount of student tickets being sold because they are cheaper and gain less money for the school. Schools like Purdue and UI for some reason put a limit on student seats because if they expand on better seasons they would be loosing the $250 a pop they get for lower level "club" seating or even $175 for B level seats.

It always makes me laugh when i sit in the student section of any stadium and you can tell how a school feels about the students being at the games. Purdue's ross ade is a good example, 1/2 the student section is good seats and 1/4 decent the other 1/4 is total crap angle and view. Duke puts their kids right on the floor and are rewarded with the one of the hardest environments to play basketball in college. At most big ten schools they treat their alums to better seating because they have more $$, what i don't get is why not treat the students better who will be alums eventually and we all know the $$ dished out for undergrad degrees keeps the university world going. I had one professor who was chair of the Board at UoI and he threw another professor out of a meeting because he had referred to undergrads as "university meal-tickets" but that is what they really are. Now depending on how you are treated as an undegrad or in some cases prestigious the university is (see ivy league schools, NW, Standford) makes the students willing to attend your university or not.

My whole point being most university have caps on the amount of student tickets that can/will be sold where as IU does not because that is part of their pull to the university. On good team years undergrads are lucky enough to get on rotating schedules for games at other universities if your not a Soph, JR or SR with around $200 to drop on season tickets your shit out of luck.
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i dropped $275 on my season tickets this year, dropped $250 last year, doesn't bother me a bit. i'm glad that IU gives every student the ability to get tickets, even one year after you graduate.
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i dropped $275 on my season tickets this year, dropped $250 last year, doesn't bother me a bit. i'm glad that IU gives every student the ability to get tickets, even one year after you graduate.
I think BTFU agrees. But that also skews the numbers in IU's favor in regards to student tickets.

I'd love the Paint Crew to be bigger, Mackey would be even louder than it is now. Limiting student tickets is a financial move by the athletic department, not a sign of the program not having student support.
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yes, why?
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It's so late and tomorrow is a workday (?), I just wondered. I'm retired.
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