PHXCATS wrote:CalStateTempe wrote:Huh, that's an interesting take...
asu basketball has never been #1. Hasn't had the all americans like UA Football. Doesn't have the big wins. Arizona football is much better than asu basketball. Much Much Much better.
But the general fans are not showing that. Arizona needs an indoor facility so desperately. Fans showing up helps with that greatly.
While I would certainly agree that our FB program has enjoyed more success than ASU BB, the gap is not as wide as you would suggest,.. while the gap between our FB program support & their (lack of) support for Hoops is a chasm that is significantly wider than you acknowledge.
Hanging your hat on a pre-season #1 ranking 23 years ago as evidence that we have a better FB program speaks volumes. Since you seem to like going back decades, don't sleep on Fat Lever, Byron Scott, & James Harden (Only Gronk or C-Mac would compare)... or Alton Lister, Ike Diogu Kurt Nimphius, or Sam Williams either.
Our program under RR has been pretty comparable ASU BB in Sendek's first 5 years... and our fan support has been SIGNIFICANTLY better. In THIS millennium... ASU BB = UA FB
The last 2 years (when we have SUCKED) our attendance figure for FB (whether measured by actual attendance or % capacity) has been in the upper 1/2 of the conference (and maybe upper 1/3). In the few years when we have had legit contenders, our fan support has been as good as anywhere not in Eugene or Seattle.
But keep chirping that our coaches are great and our fans are to blame for the failures of the current regime. Your belief that fans owe blind devotion to any coach or program is misguided at best.
Oh, and tell Machina I said Hi.