I’m not making excuses. I’m disgusted by it. It is a hell of a product and I can’t believe people aren’t showing up to see it. They are missing out.
There are a lot of creative ideas you could try to fill that place up. I’ve been pretty pro-Jared since his hire, but this is a pretty embarrassing flaw and ultimately he is the one getting paid the most to make the athletic program succeed. And good attendance is part of that success.
Yeah, it's been downright pathetic marketing. Jared should be questioned about this on a public forum, like X. It's not even a team thing anymore. This PROGRAM deserves 5k a night. It doesn't matter if they're playing Denton High. The program has earned my respect. I love everything they do, the pace they play, the players they're able to nab. We're basically running the double flex in basketball and it's working and has been working for almost a decade.
As for your idea, I like it. Also, students and old folks love free stuff. Buy 5K worth of $400 TV's and give one away every home game via drawing. And for the love of me, will SOMEONE get the greeks actually interested in UNT athletics?!?!
Students like free tuition.
A diehard would love to 'cup a coffee with coach'
A diehard would like 'lunch with a player'
The problem as I have observed over the years will always be the problem. To my knowledge, there is not a good % of UNT people working for UNT. Get UNT people back to UNT. And UNT might be the best version of itself. Until then, we are a revolving door for people trying to stepping stone us.
Another little tidbit: Starting July 1, 2025, schools will be allowed to directly pay players, the infancy of collegiate revenue sharing. Therefore, Jared Mosley will have no barrier to hide behind about doing a piss poor job of funding UNT's NIL initiatives. However, given how little he has done or how no facilities have been built, etc, I don't expect much. Truly, I expect nothing more than what we are and have been doing. Someone stated, sort of conspiracy based, that something deep in its core must be/has to be holding UNT back from being what UNT can be. Forgot who sort of threw that out there, but maybe that guy was onto something. Needless to say, we suck. Our fans suck. Our administration sucks. Our school, gulp, sucks.
The last 7 seasons (not including this probable 20+ win season) have seen us go 154-80. NIT and CBI trophies. NCAA win. Conf reg season champs. Conf Tourney Champs. etc. And we are out here still farting around in our athletic department getting sub 3k attendances for home conference games. It's laughable at this point. We have fans still saying wE aRe NoT a BaSkEtBaLl sChOoL because they so badly want to see UNT football not live in infinite suckitude as it inevitably will.
Back on topic... Eric Morris aint it. Nobody can convince me he is better than Seth Littrell.
I am no longer local. When I was local/semi-local, I went to countless games. I've traveled to see us play in OK, AR, LA, TN and Vegas. I'll throw my stones.
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