Re: Wisconsin Hockey Vol. XXVI: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Tolerate The BTHC
Again, with a team that consistently wins, all the other issues will go away because people will be far more willing to pay to see wins and the games become a much better value. The only other thing that is an improvement for everyone is dropping the cost(s) of actually attending the games.
Every other option has a trade off: for the group who wants alcohol, you have another group who doesn't want to deal with drunken idiots. Crack down on the students for swearing and others will lament the decline in the atmosphere. Fewer early departures may help prevent some of the down seasons from being so low, but that elite talent also tends to be the most offensively gifted resulting in more exciting games (for the casual fans at least).
The AD can do some things related to the costs of attending the games, but Eaves needs to string together 4 or 5 seasons of 20+ wins and NCAA appearances (or just win the NCAA title next season and not fall off the cliff in 2014-15) before the results will convince people to start attending the games again.
Originally posted by Chuck Schwartz
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Every other option has a trade off: for the group who wants alcohol, you have another group who doesn't want to deal with drunken idiots. Crack down on the students for swearing and others will lament the decline in the atmosphere. Fewer early departures may help prevent some of the down seasons from being so low, but that elite talent also tends to be the most offensively gifted resulting in more exciting games (for the casual fans at least).
The AD can do some things related to the costs of attending the games, but Eaves needs to string together 4 or 5 seasons of 20+ wins and NCAA appearances (or just win the NCAA title next season and not fall off the cliff in 2014-15) before the results will convince people to start attending the games again.
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