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PSYCHO(thesis)DEFENSE
Is money the priority or winning? And how does one affect the other? Would a respectable home environment increase revenue? Do people value premium seating in a C- environment over nice seats in an A+ environment? Idk the answers so feel free to set me straight.
These threads always end up with ?well win & ppl will show up? but the problem is we aren?t giving ourselves the best chance to win in order to get those ppl in their seats. The ones with the seats in a position to affect the environment don?t attend unless we have a top 25 team & then only when the matchup is right and we haven?t blown a game in the past week and it?s sunny & 65 etc etc. I?m not criticizing their form of support. They want to give to the university and come see a winner but having the students behind one basket on the opposite end of the court when the game is on the line significantly hamstrings that second part.
The students + candyman are the heart of our environment and can do nothing in the second half but yell at players 80 feet away & hope the family crowd joins in which happens for a total of 5 minutes and only when the game is on the line. I truly believe fans impact games and Davis Wade proves weekly that MSU fans are ready and willing to do so. Home field means even more in basketball, and instead of taking the poor old MSU approach to all our disadvantages, we should be grasping at any possible advantage we can get.
It makes me sick to see Ole Miss & Auburn, the 2 schools I hate the most, taking advantage of this & obviously benefiting from it. The best atmosphere in MS college basketball is in Oxford (just threw up) & it?s not cause they got fast food chicken & fresh paint it?s cause the fans most willing to affect the game are put in a position to do so.
As Brandon Walker has pointed out the renovations appear to be geared primarily towards adding more premium seating, (hopefully not at the expense of our acoustics) so unless the students are moved I only see the atmosphere getting worse & Howland?s job harder.
Last question- does this all fall on Cohen?s plate or should I be addressing my complaints about seating to someone else?
