Hey FUT,

My Ilk? Ima Ilk....

Hmmmm don't know if that violates my name calling rule or not...

I looked it up

ImaTiger Wrote:As far as effort on giving my tickets away I try as much as I can.


Have a nice day.

Maybe this will help.


http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&q=...&oi=localr

Just trying to limit your excuses.

Boys and Girls Club of Memphis
620 S Lauderdale St, Memphis, TN
(901) 946-9222
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis: John Dustin Buckman Boys & Girls Club
1100 Vollintine Ave, Memphis, TN
(901) 527-7994
Boys & Girls Club of Memphis
990 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN
(901) 946-8213
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis: Central Office
189 S Barksdale St, Memphis, TN
(901) 278-2947
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis: Ira Samelson Jr Boys & Girls Club
894 Isabelle St, Memphis, TN
(901) 324-5763
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis: Southside Boys & Girls Club
667 Richmond Ave, Memphis, TN
(901) 774-1173
Wonder City Boys & Girls Club
412 S 25th St, West Memphis, AR
(870) 735-7592
Boys & Girls Club of Southaven
1320 Brookhaven Dr, Southaven, MS
(662) 393-0292
Boys & Girls Club of MS Delta
5 E South St, Hernando, MS
(662) 449-3339
United Way of the Mid-South
6775 Lenox Center CT, Memphis, TN
(901) 433-4300
United Way of the Mid-South...
... development through activities, education and professional guidance, in a safe environment to over 6,000 girls and boys ages 7-17 ...
uwmidsouth.org

1) We DO NOT have a basketball attendance problem

2) The only way to get a full house at "buy" games is to have a larger group of fans to draw from for live games.

3) Compliaining about attendance NEVER increases attendance

4) Our "buy" game attendance is has increased every game til tonight which was predictable

5) The school WILL NOT sell season tickets at this point of the year -- if you want tickets to all the games you must buy individual tickets to each game --I dont know if this is common but it seems a little counter productive

6) My opinion about those that do not come is I am glad the PAID their $$$ to the U, It is their choice what they do with their time, THEY ARE MISSING A GOOD TIME.




note ---we ONLY filled six of our eight tickets last night (and one was a cannabalized from the upper deck) We tried pretty hard to find takers for our tickets --they are pretty good seats -- and were turned down numerous times ( many expressed interest in specific future games)

Dear Season Ticket Holders,

Thank you for buying your tickets. We appreciate your financial support, whether you are able to have a fanny in your seats for every game or not.

R.C. Johnson and the TSF ;-)

FUT Wrote:Just trying to limit your excuses.

You miss the point, I am not making excuses, or apologizing. I did not want to go to last nights game. Watching it on TV was what I wanted to do.

mphsfan Wrote:Dear Season Ticket Holders,

Thank you for buying your tickets. We appreciate your financial support, whether you are able to have a fanny in your seats for every game or not.

R.C. Johnson and the TSF ;-)

Dear Season Ticket Holders,

Thank you for buying your tickets. We appreciate it and with your support and role as 6th man we plan on doing really special things this year.

15 Andre Allen
12 Antonio Anderson
10 Rodney Carney
42 Kareem Cooper
32 Joey Dorsey
3 Chris Douglas-Roberts
2 Robert Dozier
20 Travis Long
11 Chance McGrady
14 Simplice Njoya
30 Jared Sandridge
50 Almamy Thiero 0 Clyde Wade
35 Darius Washington Jr.
4 Shawne Williams
1 Waki Williams
John Calapari and staff

mphsfan Wrote:Dear Season Ticket Holders,

Thank you for buying your tickets. We appreciate your financial support, whether you are able to have a fanny in your seats for every game or not.

R.C. Johnson and the TSF ;-)

and for the flip side.....

Dear Memphis FANS,

Thank you for those that did show up for the game last night. Although it was not a marquee opponent we very much appreciate you taking your time and effort to actually come watch us play. We do feed off the crowd and wish every game could be well-attended. We will give our all-out effort for every single game regardless of who we play and where they are ranked. I wish more would come to watch US as opposed to watching who we are playing against.

Yours truly,
The Tiger Basketball Team & coaching staff

The one thing I've learned is b*tching about attendance isn't going to get more people to the games so why worry about it. It isn't something in our control.

Just enjoy going to the games and be thankful for the 8-10 thousand that DO go to the games (come to think of it I never see threads thanking those diehards).

ImaTiger Wrote:

FUT Wrote:Just trying to limit your excuses.

You miss the point, I am not making excuses, or apologizing.

So you are not sorry your tickets went unused? I am not trying to get you to come. You obviously are not that interseted and no apology is needed. You said you tried to give them away and couldn't. Now you can unless you are not really concered about that either. Have a nice day.

Jeez...folks....

Have you not gotten it yet??!?! We are mid-major fans in a mid-major conference. There are only about 8,000 die-hard, true blue tiger fans for basketball. The rest are only fans when we play somebody that is of national notarity otherwise known as the "social" games. It took me awhile but I finally grasped the fan situation and will no longer complain about it. Ned is right. It does no good because these people really don't care in the end.

We are a national basketball program with a mid-major fan base. Once we all accept this, life on the board will be much easier....

SCConway Wrote:The one thing I've learned is b*tching about attendance isn't going to get more people to the games so why worry about it. It isn't something in our control.

Just enjoy going to the games and be thankful for the 8-10 thousand that DO go to the games (come to think of it I never see threads thanking those diehards).

Bingo --

AND

It give our enemies something to hang their hats on

"sure the have a top rated team for now but they really have NO fans support --even their own fans know it --just look at their message boards and listen to their call in shows"

AND

We are growing in attendance EVERY game (all things being equal)

MemphisKitten Wrote:Jeez...folks....

Have you not gotten it yet??!?! We are mid-major fans in a mid-major conference. There are only about 8,000 die-hard, true blue tiger fans for basketball. The rest are only fans when we play somebody that is of national notarity otherwise known as the "social" games. It took me awhile but I finally grasped the fan situation and will no longer complain about it. Ned is right. It does no good because these people really don't care in the end.

We are a national basketball program with a mid-major fan base. Once we all accept this, life on the board will be much easier....

Kitten,

"thanks for saying what we all have been thinking. We could not have said it better our selves"

Yours truly.

Every Tiger-hater out there

BinghamptonNed Wrote:

SCConway Wrote:The one thing I've learned is b*tching about attendance isn't going to get more people to the games so why worry about it. It isn't something in our control.

Just enjoy going to the games and be thankful for the 8-10 thousand that DO go to the games (come to think of it I never see threads thanking those diehards).

Bingo --

AND

It give our enemies something to hang their hats on

"sure the have a top rated team for now but they really have NO fans support --even their own fans know it --just look at their message boards and listen to their call in shows"

AND

We are growing in attendance EVERY game (all things being equal)

Quote:

The truth hurts sometimes. Growing in attendance every game? Gonzaga - 18,200, Purdue -16,000, Texas - 18,000, and MTSU 13,500 The Gonzaga, Purdue, and Texas figures are pretty accurate, the rest are tickets sold not actual attendance.

mstiger Wrote:

BinghamptonNed Wrote:

SCConway Wrote:The one thing I've learned is b*tching about attendance isn't going to get more people to the games so why worry about it. It isn't something in our control.

Just enjoy going to the games and be thankful for the 8-10 thousand that DO go to the games (come to think of it I never see threads thanking those diehards).

Bingo --

AND

It give our enemies something to hang their hats on

"sure the have a top rated team for now but they really have NO fans support --even their own fans know it --just look at their message boards and listen to their call in shows"

AND

We are growing in attendance EVERY game (all things being equal)

Quote:

The truth hurts sometimes. Growing in attendance every game? Gonzaga - 18,200, Purdue -16,000, Texas - 18,000, and MTSU 13,500 The Gonzaga, Purdue, and Texas figures are pretty accurate, the rest are tickets sold not actual attendance.

I know your reading comprehension is low so I will spell it out for you ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL means like games have seen an increase in attendance --people WANT to see OUR team --just MORE want to see OUR team play quality opponents ---

BTW -- exactly where are YOUR season tickets..

BinghamptonNed Wrote:

MemphisKitten Wrote:Jeez...folks....

Have you not gotten it yet??!?! We are mid-major fans in a mid-major conference. There are only about 8,000 die-hard, true blue tiger fans for basketball. The rest are only fans when we play somebody that is of national notarity otherwise known as the "social" games. It took me awhile but I finally grasped the fan situation and will no longer complain about it. Ned is right. It does no good because these people really don't care in the end.

We are a national basketball program with a mid-major fan base. Once we all accept this, life on the board will be much easier....

Kitten,

"thanks for saying what we all have been thinking. We could not have said it better our selves"

Yours truly.

Every Tiger-hater out there

Sometime the truth hurts...If you don't like it, then do something about it.

FUT Wrote:So you are not sorry your tickets went unused?

Yes, you are correct.

FUT Wrote:I am not trying to get you to come.

Good, thanks.

FUT Wrote:You obviously are not that interseted

hmmm, no I am that instested, I watched the entire game on TV, helped my girl with her homework, and finished a report I was working on for work.

FUT Wrote:and no apology is needed.

Good.

FUT Wrote:You said you tried to give them away and couldn't.

Yes, called 4 people around lunch time. Got no responses.

FUT Wrote:Now you can unless you are not really concered about that either.

Ah empowering me, I love it. I will try it.

FUT Wrote:Have a nice day.

Always do when the Tigers win.

ImaTiger Wrote:I think Derby has the correct view on this.

Hey, I live in Connecticut. What do I know? lol

BinghamptonNed Wrote:

mstiger Wrote:

BinghamptonNed Wrote:

SCConway Wrote:The one thing I've learned is b*tching about attendance isn't going to get more people to the games so why worry about it. It isn't something in our control.

Just enjoy going to the games and be thankful for the 8-10 thousand that DO go to the games (come to think of it I never see threads thanking those diehards).

Bingo --

AND

It give our enemies something to hang their hats on

"sure the have a top rated team for now but they really have NO fans support --even their own fans know it --just look at their message boards and listen to their call in shows"

AND

We are growing in attendance EVERY game (all things being equal)

Quote:

The truth hurts sometimes. Growing in attendance every game? Gonzaga - 18,200, Purdue -16,000, Texas - 18,000, and MTSU 13,500 The Gonzaga, Purdue, and Texas figures are pretty accurate, the rest are tickets sold not actual attendance.

I know your reading comprehension is low so I will spell it out for you ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL means like games have seen an increase in attendance --people WANT to see OUR team --just MORE want to see OUR team play quality opponents ---

BTW -- exactly where are YOUR season tickets..

[quot

All things being equal?? The attendance is not growing . as far as my season tickets 3 of them are in the Upper deck and 5 are in one of the suites. Where are yours? we are what we are. we announcetickets sold of around 13, 500, with actual attendance of 8-8,500, but you think we should be quiet so no one else notices. Where are your tickets??[/quote]

MemphisKitten Wrote:

BinghamptonNed Wrote:

MemphisKitten Wrote:Jeez...folks....

Have you not gotten it yet??!?! We are mid-major fans in a mid-major conference. There are only about 8,000 die-hard, true blue tiger fans for basketball. The rest are only fans when we play somebody that is of national notarity otherwise known as the "social" games. It took me awhile but I finally grasped the fan situation and will no longer complain about it. Ned is right. It does no good because these people really don't care in the end.

We are a national basketball program with a mid-major fan base. Once we all accept this, life on the board will be much easier....

Kitten,

"thanks for saying what we all have been thinking. We could not have said it better our selves"

Yours truly.

Every Tiger-hater out there

Sometime the truth hurts...If you don't like it, then do something about it.

The haters DO LIKE your post ----your post is pointless other than to empower them--

Hmm, let me see if I understand.
We supposed to be ok w/ mediocre fan performance but not ok with mediocre team performance. That's a double standard wouldn't you say?
Teams FEED off crowds. Home court advantage is contingent on large night in, night out crowds. We have to have that to reach the pinnacle of this sport.
I don't know if this analogy works but it came to mind. Let's say you're a kid that plays a sport. Your parents pay for your equipment, they buy tickets, and tell you how great you are. But they don't show up for the game. Would you feel good because you know they support you or disappointed they didn't show? Half of life is showing up, 75% of support is showing up. It's that simple.
Put yourself in a player's shoes for a minute. You play #15 Texas at home on Monday and lose. Then the next game there is not even half that in the stands the next game. Do you feel that the fans were there to see Texas or do you feel they only support me when I win?
My biggest ***** is with the students. The fact that more than half of these "die hard" Tigers fans gave the perception that they only care about big name opponents and getting face time on ESPN.