MUH FAKE SPORTS!

(01-14-2022 07:30 PM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 07:27 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  tigers rent a room from the grizzlies

i think the city made their decision a long time ago

#boom

no doubt.

I forgot about the Tigers playing UCF the other day. Right now, the Grizzlies are getting the light. If you watched ESPN this week, Ja and the Grizzlies were talked about a lot.

However, credit to the Grizzlies. The defense has improved. The offense is a physical offense that has flow and they can shoot the 3, yet pound the paint. They also have a coach and a culture.

Tigers defense has taken a step back. Offense doesn't have enough flow due to high turnovers and inability to shoot the three.

The Tigers are averaging 17.9 turnovers a game in 40 minutes. The Grizzlies are averaging 12.7 turnovers in 48 minutes.

If there's an option between a Saturday matinee featuring Tiger basketball or a Saturday night game featuring the Grizzlies, I'll go with the Grizzlies.

(01-14-2022 09:44 PM)GoDownSwinging Wrote:  I forgot about the Tigers playing UCF the other day. Right now, the Grizzlies are getting the light. If you watched ESPN this week, Ja and the Grizzlies were talked about a lot.

However, credit to the Grizzlies. The defense has improved. The offense is a physical offense that has flow and they can shoot the 3, yet pound the paint. They also have a coach and a culture.

Tigers defense has taken a step back. Offense doesn't have enough flow due to high turnovers and inability to shoot the three.

The Tigers are averaging 17.9 turnovers a game in 40 minutes. The Grizzlies are averaging 12.7 turnovers in 48 minutes.

If there's an option between a Saturday matinee featuring Tiger basketball or a Saturday night game featuring the Grizzlies, I'll go with the Grizzlies.

(01-14-2022 05:26 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 11:00 AM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 10:25 AM)Dynamos Wrote:  The Grizzlies passed the Tigers years ago and it would take a lot for that to switch back around. I barely even watch tiger games anymore and sometimes even forget to check the score after they play. I dont even know why I still post on this board now that I think about it. I guess because of football

The grizz haven’t passed the Tigers at all. Maybe for you but not for the masses. Not at all.

You’re wrong. Grit and grind era Grizzlies passed them up and the gap is only going to get bigger with Ja Morant. There’s a lot of Grizzlies fans that weren’t even alive the last time the tigers made the tournament

Keep dreaming.
Not. Even. Close.

There are a lot of Griz fans who weren’t born when the Tigers were last in the tournament. You’re right. But they don’t have any money.

The Griz are great and great for the city but the fan base for the Tigers is much larger and has more expendable income.

The NBA has alienated a massive part of their audience with non-basketball stuff and marketing efforts. They’re marketing themselves to a target audience who really doesn’t have the expendable income. And a much smaller segment of the population.

(01-14-2022 10:50 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 05:26 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 11:00 AM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 10:25 AM)Dynamos Wrote:  The Grizzlies passed the Tigers years ago and it would take a lot for that to switch back around. I barely even watch tiger games anymore and sometimes even forget to check the score after they play. I dont even know why I still post on this board now that I think about it. I guess because of football

The grizz haven’t passed the Tigers at all. Maybe for you but not for the masses. Not at all.

You’re wrong. Grit and grind era Grizzlies passed them up and the gap is only going to get bigger with Ja Morant. There’s a lot of Grizzlies fans that weren’t even alive the last time the tigers made the tournament

Keep dreaming.
Not. Even. Close.

There are a lot of Griz fans who weren’t born when the Tigers were last in the tournament. You’re right. But they don’t have any money.

The Griz are great and great for the city but the fan base for the Tigers is much larger and has more expendable income.

The NBA has alienated a massive part of their audience with non-basketball stuff and marketing efforts. They’re marketing themselves to a target audience who really doesn’t have the expendable income. And a much smaller segment of the population.

I’m pretty sure the Grizzlies generate more money than the Tigers do

You can cheer for both, get out of here with that nonsense

(01-14-2022 08:37 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 07:30 PM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 07:27 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  tigers rent a room from the grizzlies

i think the city made their decision a long time ago

#boom

no doubt.

Yep. City fricked the Univ. Just like in football.

Maybe this will help the Univ figure out the City is not their friend.

Frick the Griz.

(01-15-2022 12:26 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 08:37 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 07:30 PM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 07:27 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  tigers rent a room from the grizzlies

i think the city made their decision a long time ago

#boom

no doubt.

Yep. City fricked the Univ. Just like in football.

Maybe this will help the Univ figure out the City is not their friend.

Frick the Griz.

The total melodrama with this program is what I don't understand and am sick of. They look like they have everything needed to be successful, except a decent point guard. Totally the coaches fault. Which was super stupid. the aau ball is miserable. The players don't seem to learn or care. We don't need the headlines, we want a well coached team, that learns and improves. I guess that is asking to much! And they have lost some of us. No doubt. Every year it some kind of craziness. Be angry but it is true.

(01-14-2022 11:26 AM)mairving Wrote:  Plenty of room for both. If the Grizzlies were losing and the Tigers were winning then the buzz would be on the Tigers.

Leave to Debbie Downer to try to make something of nothing.

Well, when he starts from the RIDICULOUS standpoint of wrasslin' being fake, you know there is only going to be illogical jibberish to follow.

(01-14-2022 05:36 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Tigers are the only threat the Tigers face right now.

^^^^ This ^^^^

(01-14-2022 11:10 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 10:50 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 05:26 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 11:00 AM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 10:25 AM)Dynamos Wrote:  The Grizzlies passed the Tigers years ago and it would take a lot for that to switch back around. I barely even watch tiger games anymore and sometimes even forget to check the score after they play. I dont even know why I still post on this board now that I think about it. I guess because of football

The grizz haven’t passed the Tigers at all. Maybe for you but not for the masses. Not at all.

You’re wrong. Grit and grind era Grizzlies passed them up and the gap is only going to get bigger with Ja Morant. There’s a lot of Grizzlies fans that weren’t even alive the last time the tigers made the tournament

Keep dreaming.
Not. Even. Close.

There are a lot of Griz fans who weren’t born when the Tigers were last in the tournament. You’re right. But they don’t have any money.

The Griz are great and great for the city but the fan base for the Tigers is much larger and has more expendable income.

The NBA has alienated a massive part of their audience with non-basketball stuff and marketing efforts. They’re marketing themselves to a target audience who really doesn’t have the expendable income. And a much smaller segment of the population.

I’m pretty sure the Grizzlies generate more money than the Tigers do

It's not even close.

Ask anyone who runs a joint on or near Beale.

Related to competing with the Grizz, the Tigers would be well served to build an OC arena & play there. That would likely more clearly define the fan base & fan- game experience.

(01-14-2022 03:22 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(01-14-2022 07:22 AM)Tigerx3 Wrote:  

(01-13-2022 11:52 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  With the Griz now winning 11 in a row the Tigers are starting to lose some of their fanbase.

The average basketball fan, with no ties to the school, is now more excited about the Griz than they are the Tigers.

The team has to do something to get the energy and excitement back or they could be relegated to the number two spot in town for basketball.

Both can share top billing but to stay in the hearts of the casual fan you must win. Grizz are winning big right now and the Tigers are not. Grizz have a superstar and the Tigers don’t. That can be flipped in a year.

What it is not is Grizz vs the Tigers. It is Grizz vs Grizz and Tigers vs Tigers. Win and either or both teams are fine and have full arenas.

All of this.
Go Tigers, & Go Grizz!

Agreed! While both play the same game, the product is totally different.

No reason NOT to support any sport that provides entertainment for folks living in and around the 901.

(01-15-2022 08:43 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  Related to competing with the Grizz, the Tigers would be well served to build an OC arena & play there. That would likely more clearly define the fan base & fan- game experience.

Not this again

It’s hard for the university to compete. College stars are 1 & done… by the time a fan gets to know them, they’re gone… so that turns the focus on the coach. The NBA is different. Ja Morant might be in this market for 10+ years & the people of this city identify with him.
I’m not really sure what the answer is… I hope it’s a hometown legend leading the Tigers to national prominence… but I know the Grizz are taking a chunk of interest from young people who used to be locked in only to Tiger basketball. My children don’t really know a player on the Tigers team, but they sure as hell know who Ja is.

(01-15-2022 10:25 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-15-2022 08:43 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  Related to competing with the Grizz, the Tigers would be well served to build an OC arena & play there. That would likely more clearly define the fan base & fan- game experience.

Not this again

If topics like fan base loyalty are being discussed, this would surely be a contributing factor for the Tigers to develop a more loyal fanbase & grow them from the local student body - like it or not there are advantages to OC facilities. And greatly reduce any competition with the Grizz.

FFS

(01-15-2022 11:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(01-15-2022 10:25 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-15-2022 08:43 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  Related to competing with the Grizz, the Tigers would be well served to build an OC arena & play there. That would likely more clearly define the fan base & fan- game experience.

Not this again

If topics like fan base loyalty are being discussed, this would surely be a contributing factor for the Tigers to develop a more loyal fanbase & grow them from the local student body - like it or not there are advantages to OC facilities. And greatly reduce any competition with the Grizz.

Yeah but if too many young professionals start following the tigers where will our blue hairs sit?