After watching the Houston/Tulsa game i had to check the conferences stats. Even with things as bad as many say they are. The Tigers are STILL leading the AAC in attendance. One of only two teams with an average over 10,000 and the only one with an average over 11,000

That post really sums you up.

(01-27-2016 10:47 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  After watching the Houston/Tulsa game i had to check the conferences stats. Even with things as bad as many say they are. The Tigers are STILL leading the AAC in attendance. One of only two teams with an average over 10,000 and the only one with an average over 11,000

Replace "attendance" with "tickets sold". We have no idea where we stand with regard to actual attendance.

(01-27-2016 10:51 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  That post really sums you up.

Don't it doe


I like to see the capacities for all the AAC arenas. We average more than Duke. I guess that means their fans and coach suck

there are only really two schools in this conference that we should even be comparing ourselves to when it comes to attendance

Based on last year's final numbers we have dropped but only from 21st to 34. Still among the national leaders in attendance.

(01-27-2016 10:47 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  After watching the Houston/Tulsa game i had to check the conferences stats. Even with things as bad as many say they are. The Tigers are STILL leading the AAC in attendance. One of only two teams with an average over 10,000 and the only one with an average over 11,000

Perhaps if you actually ever went to a game you would appreciate the dropoff and not make silly posts trying to equivocate a close to 30% drop over the past two years.

(01-27-2016 11:22 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(01-27-2016 10:47 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  After watching the Houston/Tulsa game i had to check the conferences stats. Even with things as bad as many say they are. The Tigers are STILL leading the AAC in attendance. One of only two teams with an average over 10,000 and the only one with an average over 11,000

Perhaps if you actually ever went to a game you would appreciate the dropoff and not make silly posts trying to equivocate a close to 30% drop over the past two years.

If they did the count they way they did in the "infamous" 2004-05 season it would be about 6000 avg at best

(01-27-2016 11:10 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  Based on last year's final numbers we have dropped but only from 21st to 34. Still among the national leaders in attendance.

DROPPED is the key point. We are on a downward trend. Would you suggest that we wait until we drop out of the Top 100 before making a change? Top 200? The program is heading in he wrong direction and there is little to indicate that it will reverse course under Pastner. We gotta make a change before we drop into an/the abyss.

(01-27-2016 11:22 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(01-27-2016 10:47 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  After watching the Houston/Tulsa game i had to check the conferences stats. Even with things as bad as many say they are. The Tigers are STILL leading the AAC in attendance. One of only two teams with an average over 10,000 and the only one with an average over 11,000

Perhaps if you actually ever went to a game you would appreciate the dropoff and not make silly posts trying to equivocate a close to 30% drop over the past two years.

Read this post over and over.

It's bad. Those of us with season tickets who go to every game know it's bad we've seen the drop firsthand.

Traffic and lines are great though.

You can't sugar coat this.

There are maybe 5,000 butts in seats at the forum this year.

(01-27-2016 10:51 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  That post really sums you up.

not being a worthless miserable is a good thing...

Maybe the Tigers should play more "regional powers" that might get few more to show up. I'm sure the Grizz are so happy with the numbers. Bright side is maybe a couple of years of this and the Tigers get a "right" sized venue on Campus like those you see at Ole Miss and Auburn.

(01-28-2016 08:34 AM)WaywardMemphian Wrote:  Maybe the Tigers should play more "regional powers" that might get few more to show up. I'm sure the Grizz are so happy with the numbers. Bright side is maybe a couple of years of this and the Tigers get a "right" sized venue on Campus like those you see at Ole Miss and Auburn.

UPigg is 10-10...bright side is...um, yeah...there is no bright side to that

TROLL harder!!

This actually is a positive though. We've evidently sold a good number of season tickets despite the angst against the coach. That becomes a great base for increasing when the new coach starts in March. Times are not dire as many would lead you to believe.

(01-27-2016 10:54 PM)hsvtiger Wrote:  

(01-27-2016 10:47 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  After watching the Houston/Tulsa game i had to check the conferences stats. Even with things as bad as many say they are. The Tigers are STILL leading the AAC in attendance. One of only two teams with an average over 10,000 and the only one with an average over 11,000

Replace "attendance" with "tickets sold". We have no idea where we stand with regard to actual attendance.

The correct term for announced attendance is "tickets distributed", which includes tickets sold, Univ owned tix, Athletic Dept owned tix, Industry trade-outs, plus free actual student attendance.

(01-28-2016 09:39 AM)fsquid Wrote:  This actually is a positive though. We've evidently sold a good number of season tickets despite the angst against the coach. That becomes a great base for increasing when the new coach starts in March. Times are not dire as many would lead you to believe.

Easy to say sitting in a Barcalounger in the Sunshine State.

Again, feeling the absolute void at a game is incredible. Eight straight years of 16k+ attendance to 13k to 11K in two short years.

Talk radio treats Memphis as an afterthought. NO buzz about recruiting. The CA can't get clicks on articles.

Shaq has a career night and the general consensus the next a.m. is still just about if this means Boy Wonder might stick around another year.