(02-28-2018 08:39 AM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  

(02-28-2018 08:06 AM)NIUfrank Wrote:  

(02-27-2018 10:26 PM)62423dp Wrote:  

(02-27-2018 10:09 PM)armour248 Wrote:  

(02-27-2018 09:57 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  STF is my least favorite AD and that is going back 40 years.

Monty doesn't need thanks for his effort. He's been paid handsomly and had a great opportunity to be a NCAA head coach. He's awful. STF is no better. He's done as little as Monty.

^^^^this. I’ve personally grown tired of STF’s leadership. State budget or not adapt and overcome. Develope new revenue streams (granted they are trying with Convo naming rights). Better communication. Web based coaches shows. Think outside the box. Hell I don’t know and maybe the entire athletic department hasn’t a clue either.

Get out in front of the “common people” make them feel wanted. Form the family.

Anything.

Rant over. Where’s the Tylenol?

I agree the whole department sucks. For a school with a reputable marketing college, they suck at marketing their teams. The new logo is cartoonish and for fu,cks sake can we get on the same page and push "NIU" not northern Illinois.

Second that and have thought that for a long time. I almost never see anything for NIU within 30 minutes of campus but continually see ads for other MAC schools. NIU has almost no presence right now in its own backyard. Sending out a couple tweets to a 100 fans on game day is not marketing. I think it is an athletics and university issue.

This is very true. The NIU marketing area (whatever marketing is done) is extremely local. And Athletics also forgets that they have fans beyond the far western suburbs. They seem to cater to the fans living close by. And most events are held on weeknights when only the locals can attend. They seem to forget that they have fans in further suburbs, Rockford area (and beyond), and central Illinois. Their marketing push and catering to fans should cover a much wider area. Maybe they could even win some fans (a novel idea).