greenminer

haha I guess I'm alone in that, I think it's endearing. A sense of small town (not Old Denton), community involvement. Keep (New) Denton weird.

Not necessarily a confidence issue.

Oh man, my bad. I thought you were trying to highlight the price being too much. Complete misread on my part.

Was that an error, or are the prices inflating in the name of a fundraising effort? Do you know? I like the idea of keeping the HS kids involved somehow.

UTSA round 2 will be in Denton, Feb 18 @ 2pm

https://meangreensports.com/news/2024/1/31/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-falls-to-utsa-in-overtime-75-67

Maybe, but don't jump to conclusions. Most HS kids are signed with the assumption - in any sport - that they are going to grow/fill out/whatever. It's just not going to happen for 100% of them. Every now and then you have a misfire: a kid that is already maxed out, or doesn't want to put in the work, or something else. not sure what the case is with Morgan. His dad was a Mean Green great in the late 1980s. The genes are there.

Morgan will never play. Heard he lacks strength for the college game.

baller

I mean, we're all gonna be fine, but does it really help your position when you are saying things like Let me help you out Grandpa 75% of your assumptions are 100% wrong Pitiful if you asked me Nothing like the lazy, loud mouth, never attend a road game, no it all while knowing nothing message board fan! back to your shuffleboard game. Hopefully I get a ribbon or participation trophy at season’s end I knew your support was limited to your WiFi range in the bunch of sillies, lunatics, and geriatrics. Grow up

Here was the original statement I was thinking of. you said it, then said CRH said as much. Quote or paraphrase? Call it whatever you want. hoos, years ago I created a website for the Mean Green Moniker, because I felt 1) strongly about the correct information for our history be out there 2) it could be a platform to help rid us of some "Old Denton" hurdles. I had an exchange with Randy Galloway (he was wonderful) and he gave me approval to put one of his articles online. As to objective 2, I also use the Twitter/X platform to try and build our brand, with extra effort and focus on our high school relationships/recruiting. A lot of it is, in a way, trying to amplify Coach O's efforts. It may not be in line with your idea of support, but man! I think this is important for our teams and our future. I have this wild belief that it is actually helping. But it's just minuscule changes right now. I think the benefits could be more obvious down the line. I also felt like, to a lesser degree, there was a need for live in-game chat for those of us that are not able to make games. The GMG.com mods won't let me link it here, but there is a Discord server available for anyone who wants real-time chat about any and all Mean Green Sports. This wasn't around when I was your age, but gosh! I think it could reach at least some 20-somethings in today's video game era. Anyone is welcome, not just the folks that are out of town. Anything to build this base up and amplify the Mean Green brand, ya know? It's not much, I wish I had help making the website better, but it's a start! You are welcome to swing by the website, the Twitter, or the Discord (link on Twitter profile) server and hang out. Let me know what you think. I get that you are trying to call people out for being keyboard warriors and not actually (per your definition) supporting the teams, but I think you have wrongly jumped on several posters here who ARE supporting the team in every way they can. And you are alienating people. That's not helpful, IMO. Your efforts seem less about building our base, and more about making you feel like you have the highest horse. Leave that approach to the political realm. I don't think it works in our sports case. (I am not the one giving downvotes to you, FYI)

You're exact statement was "I would think a loyal, and in person supporter would make me more important than a keyboard only “supporter”. And that CRH said as much. Is that exactly what that implies, that if one group is more important, than the other is less important?

Man, you are really struggling with some of this. Is this what you're doubling down on, that you cannot call yourself a fan unless you attend? When you WANT people to join you for supper, you make sure everyone knows their tastes are important to you. I may not have a seat at the high dollar table, but I like to think that if I gave Jared a call and expressed a concern, he would try and make time to hear me out. And if I asked for it, he'd do it in person! Because my views are just as important as the high dollar donors. We want more people at games! Telling sub groups that they aren't important, that their sports views are wrong, or frowning on certain folks when they cannot attend (but clearly love the Mean Green) is not how you build a base. It's not how you lead.

Trying to tell people that attending in-person is needed and important is one thing, and we'd all agree But that is NOT AT ALL what you have been posting in this thread about.

When did CRH say that some fans are less important than others? That would be an awful statement from our leadership.

Also doesn't make your views on Mean Green sports wrong, or less important.

Okay. You attend games. Great! I just mean to say, doesn't mean you're more important, or you're more right.

We have a ton of loyal, active, loud mouth fans here who attend lots of games and know nothing about what they are seeing.

They are promoting it. I think there is a disconnect between what yall think they should be doing, and what they are doing. If I had to guess, they put a ton of weight into SM, and less into the emails/texts.

Coach speak. I think he’s humble and learning, but that presser stuff is full of coach speak.

I've seen enough to expect this team to perform way above expected lol

Still wouldn't have a true PG.

What was DFW sports and entertainment like? I know Cowboys had already won a couple SBs. I imagine there were not as many options like there are today.

I don't follow TT, except glossing over to see Mac's success, but I'm assuming he has 2-3 guys that can score unlike what he (and Hodge) ever had in Denton.