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Every year thousands of kids graduate from DFW high schools with zero insight into our history, and with them potential partners/immediate family.
Do I think there is something to be said about DFW history and our liberal arts culture vs Mean Green fandom? Yes. Do I still believe we should expect reasonable crowds if we find our audience and connect with them? Yes.
I think we have an uphill battle, but I don't really buy into the cultural/historical excuses, maybe a little bit, but much moreso is a battle with technology and connectivity.. People, young and old, have hundreds of options to be entertained each and every weekend, nearly any hour of the day. In cafes, in air-conditioned mancaves with 4 flatscreens hanging on the walls. Over at their friend's Overwatch lan party with drinks of choice.
This is a complex issue, with no simple answer. But I think it can be solved. We only need a fraction of the actual Mean Green alumni to buy in. I choose to believe it can be done.
I dream of a S16 appearance. It's sooo. hard, but we are one or two possible recruits away from making that leap. And I know it would give our fanbase a jolt that is desperately needed. Still need our AD to figure things out, too.
Instead of 85 t shirt tosses at every timeout, maybe promote the other athletic programs/upcoming games. And stop scheduling Texas weselyn and Wayland Baptist cmon now we ain’t trying to see all that 😂 It’s really not that hard. Okay end rant back to getting our attendance up
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, there was literally 0 marketing on the basketball team until 5 home games left and that’s just dumb. We get 5K+ out to that game and shit the bed 🥲 it’s no surprise that we go back to 3-4K after that. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. It sucks, trust me I would love to see a consistent crowd and AD push - that this is the best program on campus, but it doesn’t get advertised as such. Mean green basketball has given us so much joy over the past decade. Maybe it’s just for us diehards and that’s okay. We all love the pit, but in Hodge’s postgame it struck me how he said he loved the small venues and he highlighted how Texas and SMU downsized their gyms lately to be a more compact environment. Idk, all we can do is drum up as much attention to our friends, family, and peers. Sometimes I feel like I could run the social media teams better than we do lol. There’s no engagement or anything just a hey we play at 8pm on Wednesday vs Tulsa, bring your Mavs gear. The minor league baseball events and advertisements needs to be studied like someone mentioned.
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