Re: Why can't we consistently fill AZ Stadium?
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 4:07 pm
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He isn't really wrong, although I'd put facilities in for fan support. We have no history, local talent and meh facilities. Fan support is ok, and few programs have rabid support without success or history.ASUHATER! wrote:Jody Oehler is a massive idiot, just like machina.
We're the only P5 team without an IPF. Please. They just don't suck as bad as they used to, but aren't above average, even for the Pac.ASUHATER! wrote:Our facilities are actually the best thing going for us currently. They are good to pretty great.
The football facility is pretty darn nice if you've actually seen it. And we'll have an indoor facility within a few months. Our facilities are top quarter in the country.Spaceman Spiff wrote:We're the only P5 team without an IPF. Please. They just don't suck as bad as they used to, but aren't above average, even for the Pac.ASUHATER! wrote:Our facilities are actually the best thing going for us currently. They are good to pretty great.
How much do I owe you for all the space I own in your head? Goes for your brother alsoASUHATER! wrote:Bunch if empty seats at Michigan for their kick-off today. Wonder if machina will be upset.
We obviously are all you think about though since you always respond. You bring it on yourself y'know. Be less of an insufferable idiot and it won't happen.PHXCATS wrote:How much do I owe you for all the space I own in your head? Goes for your brother alsoASUHATER! wrote:Bunch if empty seats at Michigan for their kick-off today. Wonder if machina will be upset.
I saw thatprh wrote:Pac-12 just aired a commercial with the league's coaches saying the games are too long and there's not enough time for football in the day, so go watch P12 Football in 60.
NCAA football is not the same sport as those, just fyi.PHXCATS wrote:The game today was right at 3 hours. Same as an average NBA OT game and leas than the average MLB game and NFL game
You dont say geniusASUHATER! wrote:NCAA football is not the same sport as those, just fyi.PHXCATS wrote:The game today was right at 3 hours. Same as an average NBA OT game and leas than the average MLB game and NFL game
Certainly not in the 4th quarter. It looked barren.ASUHATER! wrote:It honestly looked more full than that on tv
I agree. I bought tickets for 2 family members and I. I told myself that the byu game was it. But I'm truly done. No way I spend another one of my hard earned money on a product that just sucks. I love UofA till the end but I can watch from home. PeriodKillerKlown wrote:It looked about only 4 to 3 thousand empty seats last night when i was there and that was mostly on the uper west side. I was surprised how many people showed up honestly. All the other sides looked 95% full.
Yeah. We've won more than 7 games 5 times in the last 19 seasons.CalStateTempe wrote:We’ve largely sucked since Penn St.
THATS the tradition your selling. For the majority of the fan base the desert storm era is a fun historical fact that most don’t have a connection to.
Jumping into flame suit.
I'm really just saying that USC was not a great product for 3/4 of it and it's hard to blame people leaving early.ByJoveByJingle wrote:Well timing the scoring sequence for the convenience of the customers is a tough pull. On the other hand, I remember attending day games in September when I was an undergrad. I suspect that might kill half the geriatric population around me, so I’m not too jazzed about having day games for at least another month. But we have zero control over any of this as a program. And again, I’m not criticizing people who don’t show up for games. I just think people should be more even-handed about the state of the program and why they really aren’t showing for the games.
I don't get this perception that head injures have long term effects on people is a new revelation. I was taught from my youth that head injuries have long term effects. To me it seems a lot like the whole smoking is bad revelation where people seemed to need extensive studies to know filling your lungs with carcinogens repeatedly is bad for you. I get the not supporting football because of the damage it does, but it is not some new thing that repeatedly knocking yourself out is not good for you.CalStateTempe wrote:Also somethings changed in me...knowing what we know about CTE, i can’t “celebrate” the big hit anymore. I see them play out during a game and I just cringe now. It won’t change anything but I can’t support a game that ruins young men’s brains.
I saw a big hit on JJ Taylor in the backfield around the 2nd quarter and his head went down my my first thought was to his health and safety. That’s new for me and been a constant all season. And now that I feel that way is challenges me as to what to do about it.
Getting very difficult for me to support this form of entertainment.
gronk4heisman wrote:I don't get this perception that head injures have long term effects on people is a new revelation. I was taught from my youth that head injuries have long term effects. To me it seems a lot like the whole smoking is bad revelation where people seemed to need extensive studies to know filling your lungs with carcinogens repeatedly is bad for you. I get the not supporting football because of the damage it does, but it is not some new thing that repeatedly knocking yourself out is not good for you.CalStateTempe wrote:Also somethings changed in me...knowing what we know about CTE, i can’t “celebrate” the big hit anymore. I see them play out during a game and I just cringe now. It won’t change anything but I can’t support a game that ruins young men’s brains.
I saw a big hit on JJ Taylor in the backfield around the 2nd quarter and his head went down my my first thought was to his health and safety. That’s new for me and been a constant all season. And now that I feel that way is challenges me as to what to do about it.
Getting very difficult for me to support this form of entertainment.
Tate's awful attitude?azcat49 wrote:There is a smell eminating from our program. Not sure what it is buy there is something wrong
Definitely part of it but there is more to it than that. Sumlin does not come across as a guy who is on a mission.he comes across as a guy who has 10m in the bank and another chunk locked into him long term.PHXCATS wrote:Tate's awful attitude?azcat49 wrote:There is a smell eminating from our program. Not sure what it is buy there is something wrong
Along with the perceived attitude that the patients are running the asylum.azcat49 wrote: Definitely part of it but there is more to it than that. Sumlin does not come across as a guy who is on a mission.he comes across as a guy who has 10m in the bank and another chunk locked into him long term.
The malaise seems to be from the top down and the fans I talk to have noticed it. Many have said if they don't care, why should I.
Agreed Merk. Just a weird situation and fans are taking notice and giving AZ football a passMerkin wrote:Along with the perceived attitude that the patients are running the asylum.azcat49 wrote: Definitely part of it but there is more to it than that. Sumlin does not come across as a guy who is on a mission.he comes across as a guy who has 10m in the bank and another chunk locked into him long term.
The malaise seems to be from the top down and the fans I talk to have noticed it. Many have said if they don't care, why should I.
Tate's distaste for Niumatalolo is well known, along with Tate seemingly faking injuries just so he doesn't have to run the ball.
The players also wanted Yates for head coach, leading many to think the Sumlin kept him just to being popular with the players, since he is a terrible DC.
I really like Sumlin, and hope he turns it around, but he really needs to start asserting control.
I don’t blame anybody for leaving early. It’s a late night for older people, and students obviously have their partying to get to.prh wrote:I'm really just saying that USC was not a great product for 3/4 of it and it's hard to blame people leaving early.ByJoveByJingle wrote:Well timing the scoring sequence for the convenience of the customers is a tough pull. On the other hand, I remember attending day games in September when I was an undergrad. I suspect that might kill half the geriatric population around me, so I’m not too jazzed about having day games for at least another month. But we have zero control over any of this as a program. And again, I’m not criticizing people who don’t show up for games. I just think people should be more even-handed about the state of the program and why they really aren’t showing for the games.
Jesus. And the worst part is that everyone with direct influence over the program thinks they have time to just dodder around--in a sport bleeding fans, in a conference historically weak in said sport.azcat49 wrote:Agreed Merk. Just a weird situation and fans are taking notice and giving AZ football a passMerkin wrote:Along with the perceived attitude that the patients are running the asylum.azcat49 wrote: Definitely part of it but there is more to it than that. Sumlin does not come across as a guy who is on a mission.he comes across as a guy who has 10m in the bank and another chunk locked into him long term.
The malaise seems to be from the top down and the fans I talk to have noticed it. Many have said if they don't care, why should I.
Tate's distaste for Niumatalolo is well known, along with Tate seemingly faking injuries just so he doesn't have to run the ball.
The players also wanted Yates for head coach, leading many to think the Sumlin kept him just to being popular with the players, since he is a terrible DC.
I really like Sumlin, and hope he turns it around, but he really needs to start asserting control.
azcat49 wrote:Agreed Merk. Just a weird situation and fans are taking notice and giving AZ football a passMerkin wrote:Along with the perceived attitude that the patients are running the asylum.azcat49 wrote: Definitely part of it but there is more to it than that. Sumlin does not come across as a guy who is on a mission.he comes across as a guy who has 10m in the bank and another chunk locked into him long term.
The malaise seems to be from the top down and the fans I talk to have noticed it. Many have said if they don't care, why should I.
Tate's distaste for Niumatalolo is well known, along with Tate seemingly faking injuries just so he doesn't have to run the ball.
The players also wanted Yates for head coach, leading many to think the Sumlin kept him just to being popular with the players, since he is a terrible DC.
I really like Sumlin, and hope he turns it around, but he really needs to start asserting control.
You're exaggerating. But if he is hurt he does need to take a seat.Gladiator Cat wrote:Then appease us absolutely ridiculous ass fans and sit his ass down if he's injured and let him heal.
Me personally I'm not interested in watching our QB gimp around on the field every week and throw nothing but 50 yard bombs that have zero impact and a 20% hit rating.
One second the guy looks perfectly fine and then on another play Tate acts like he needs a wheel chair just to get back to the huddle. Which is it?
People that are pretty damn close to the program are insisting that Tate is not injured to the extent that he is letting on. Most of the time I watch his body language Tate looks like he's completely disinterested with not the slightest interest in being in a game atmosphere.
To finish this bitch session, I don't even blame Khalil Tate and I'm being serious. This is 100% on the coaching staff. Period end of story.
Sometimes Sumlin looks as disinterested as Tate does.
Nobody has lost their mind. That's literally what is happening. You're free to believe whatever you want though.Carcassdragger wrote:azcat49 wrote:Agreed Merk. Just a weird situation and fans are taking notice and giving AZ football a passMerkin wrote:Along with the perceived attitude that the patients are running the asylum.azcat49 wrote: Definitely part of it but there is more to it than that. Sumlin does not come across as a guy who is on a mission.he comes across as a guy who has 10m in the bank and another chunk locked into him long term.
The malaise seems to be from the top down and the fans I talk to have noticed it. Many have said if they don't care, why should I.
Tate's distaste for Niumatalolo is well known, along with Tate seemingly faking injuries just so he doesn't have to run the ball.
The players also wanted Yates for head coach, leading many to think the Sumlin kept him just to being popular with the players, since he is a terrible DC.
I really like Sumlin, and hope he turns it around, but he really needs to start asserting control.
Tate faking injuries? I've seen some absolutely ridiculous takes on this board, but this might be the single stupidest thing ever put here. You guys have lost your minds.
ByJoveByJingle wrote:There is the faintest whiff of hysteria in this thread. I would sit Tate because he isn’t performing. End of story. These rope-a-dope antics aren’t new. He was doing the Jim Brown thing last year, too. And he did it during the big 5 game Heisman run . . . but nobody seemed to mind much then. As far as Sumlin’s demeanor, many hated Stoops’ fiery demeanor {raises hand}, and eventually people realized RR wasn’t far from Stoops’ volcanic level. Now we aren’t happy because Sumlin is too sanguine and not feisty enough? Let’s hire the next coach based on sideline videotape!![]()