(02-12-2018 12:59 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(02-12-2018 11:31 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(02-12-2018 11:18 AM)TU4ever Wrote:  I will repeat it again for the Tubby haters in the back with their fingers in their ears. While you may want to hamstring your program luckily your President and AD are smarter than that (maybe that's why they're in charge and you're not). No one worth a damn will touch this job if Tubby gets two years. Well no one who is a good coach. Tubby is there until the end of next year at least. Probably the year after that.

Probably so...hence why Memphis might "gamble" on someone without college experience like Penny.

Memphis attendance has dropped basically by 2/3 from just a few years ago...as they went from coming close to selling out the 18,000 plus seat FedEx Forum for many of their games (usually ranked Top 12 or so in Yearly Attendance), to now struggling to get 6,000 to show up for many of their games.

The need to sell tix might trump X's and 0's needs...especially if top candidates don't want to take this year....and thats where Penny could fit in (at least for 2 years).

Try again the Memphis attendance has been slipping since Pastner. . .and no Memphis will not be gambling with their program. They have a long view, if penny or the next coach fails they will be in a lot of trouble. Tubby getting them going the right direction is best. Barring that the next coach absolutely must succeed or a Houston like period of irrelevance is possible.


Here is an article about a one year drop of 15% in 2015 alone. Over all attendance at all sports is taking a dip. So some of the fall is their team, some is over all sports attendance decline.

https://m.memphisflyer.com/TigerBlue/arc...n-to-worry

As I noted..."from a few years ago".

In 2011-2012 (Pastner's 3rd season at Memphis), Tigers were #11 in College Hoop Attendance as they averaged 16,234 per game.

In 2012-2013 (Pastner's 4th season at Memphis), Tigers were #11 in College Hoop Attendance as they averaged 16,336 fans per game.

In 2013-2014 (Pastner's 5th season at Memphis), Tigers were #10 in College Hoop Attendance as they averaged 16,121 fans per game.

In 2014-2015 (Pastner's 6th at Memphis), Tigers fell to #21 in College Hoop Announced Attendance as they averaged 13,915 announced fans per game.

In 2015-2016 (Pastner's last in Memphis), Tigers fell to #30 in College Hoop Announced Attendance as they averaged 12,028.

Last year (Tubby's first season at Memphis), Tigers fell to #46 in College Hoop Announced Attendance as they averaged 9,622.

This year, (Tubby's 2nd), Tigers are now averaging just 6,208 in announced attendance average in the 18,119 seat FedEx Forum...which would knock them out of the Top 50.

NOTE: Heard a rumor that Memphis AD wants to move Memphis Men's Basketball from the cavernous NBA Arena which they don't need now to back-to-campus and play in the 2,500 seat Fieldhouse that the Women's team and Volleyball teams play in.