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Drew said:
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Two announcements?? Randy’s on a roll boys!

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Guapo said:
It’s indicative of a program that doesn’t know what it’s doing

it’s amateur hour.

At other schools, this stuff is a big deal and big business. PR and comms etc are handled as such.

CBS released their schedules for all the other conferences and schools they work with and none of them handled it like this.
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I feel as if there was a solid plan in place. We just didn’t execute.
 
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I'd like to thank all of you for giving me a much needed laugh before I go to sleep. This thread was classic. I had seen the Tweet about game times today and while reading this thread, I was hoping that that was not it. All of your comments were amazing and I enjoyed each one. Thank you for this thread! Lol.
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The real news is tickets are not moving and this is a Hail Mary pass towards that goal of selling tickets.
Basketball tickets are more expensive and earlier than has been the historic case, hence crowding out football tickets sales. As if they needed another headwind.
 
As usual Chiefs football analysis lacks substance. Ticket sales will improve if and when the product improves, no one is under any other impression. This simply gives potential buyers a better ability to plan ahead, which wasn’t possible previously with game times announced in the two-week window prior. This also eliminates the possibility that casual fans see 11:11 as a placeholder in a TV schedule and get confused that it might be the actual kickoff time.
 
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CTMike said:
As usual Chiefs football analysis lacks substance. Ticket sales will improve if and when the product improves, no one is under any other impression. This simply gives potential buyers a better ability to plan ahead, which wasn’t possible previously with game times announced in the two-week window prior. This also eliminates the possibility that casual fans see 11:11 as a placeholder in a TV schedule and get confused that it might be the actual kickoff time.
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“Ticket sales will improve if and when the product improves.”

You literally just agreed with @Chief00’s point - the product hasn’t existed in over a year of course they can’t sell tickets.
 
I think ticket sales may be a little higher than some think simply because people want to get back to live sports. The ability to tailgate again and get into a stadium and cheer for football, live, will increase tickets a little. I'm not saying that were looking at a packed Rent or even 50%. However, for a team coming off abysmal years and no season last year, I feel like ticket sales might be higher than some here might think. People want to get out. Cheap tickets to a UConn football game and a chance to tailgate as well? Yes please.
 
UCFBfan said:
I think ticket sales may be a little higher than some think simply because people want to get back to live sports. The ability to tailgate again and get into a stadium and cheer for football, live, will increase tickets a little. I'm not saying that were looking at a packed Rent or even 50%. However, for a team coming off abysmal years and no season last year, I feel like ticket sales might be higher than some here might think. People want to get out. Cheap tickets to a UConn football game and a chance to tailgate as well? Yes please.'
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If they win against Fresno we will get 20K-25K vs. Holy Cross. Win that convincingly and 30K+ vs. Purdue is possible.
 
Pre season tickets sales are bound to be super weak. Have to play well at Fresno and then go from there. Beat Holy Cross like your supposed to and have some good weather for Purdue and maybe you get a good walk up. It’s going to take some time, let’s not be surprised the stadium is thinly attended in September. Got to play decent first.
 
Announcing the game times this early is a huge positive for fans. Now, you can ask your friends about what games do you want to attend because you know when the kickoff will be. I live in the Boston area and if I know the kickoff is at noon, I know that I can be home for any Saturday night activities.
 
The problem in Connecticut is that people are slow to come around. The baseball program has been great for years, there is a beautiful new ballpark and free tickets and we still can't get 1000 people to the game. A few things have to happen to get the train on the track properly again from an attendance standpoint:

Good early season wins, beat Clemson and the University focus on getting the word out about the program and players. Hand in hand with this is more positive media coverage.
 
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hardcorehusky said:
The problem in Connecticut is that people are slow to come around. The baseball program has been great for years, there is a beautiful new ballpark and free tickets and we still can't get 1000 people to the game. A few things have to happen to get the train on the track properly again from an attendance standpoint:

Good early season wins, beat Clemson and the University focus on getting the word out about the program and players. Hand in hand with this is more positive media coverage.
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All we have to do is beat Clemson to get the fans back? That should be relatively simple
 
CTBasketball said:
“Ticket sales will improve if and when the product improves.”

You literally just agreed with @Chief00’s point - the product hasn’t existed in over a year of course they can’t sell tickets.
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Chief was saying that announcing the times was a Hail Mary for ticket sales, like someone in the AD dreamed up this plan to finally sell more tickets. Our AD is incompetent for a lot of reasons, but the kickoff time announcement was a byproduct of our TV partner announcing their slate… no more no less… no one fooling themselves that this is going to sell thousands of more tickets. But being able to plan is nice.
 
CTMike said:
Chief was saying that announcing the times was a Hail Mary for ticket sales, like someone in the AD dreamed up this plan to finally sell more tickets. Our AD is incompetent for a lot of reasons, but the kickoff time announcement was a byproduct of our TV partner announcing their slate… no more no less… no one fooling themselves that this is going to sell thousands of more tickets. But being able to plan is nice.
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His casual knowledge of TV partners and scheduling times is well documented.
 
Drew said:
All we have to do is beat Clemson to get the fans back? That should be relatively simple
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It is a one time event versus the slow grind over years to get people back. Not saying we will beat them, but if we do then people will come back.
 
hardcorehusky said:
The problem in Connecticut is that people are slow to come around. The baseball program has been great for years, there is a beautiful new ballpark and free tickets and we still can't get 1000 people to the game. A few things have to happen to get the train on the track properly again from an attendance standpoint:

Good early season wins, beat Clemson and the University focus on getting the word out about the program and players. Hand in hand with this is more positive media coverage.
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Honestly I think the baseball example isn’t great. I agree with what you are saying in general but for the whole season baseball was friends and family only Then they opened it up for the final series without much notice or fanfare. Plus 2 weekday games and after graduation but before summer session. Not exactly prime conditions for drawing a crowd
 
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CL82 said:
I feel as if there was a solid plan in place. We just didn’t execute.
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Thought I was the only one who keeps thinking of that HCRE2.0ism. Along with eye discipline. Guess others see similar excuses/comedy in UConn football failure. Well at least we cut down the number of loses in 2020, that was "exciting news".
 
It's almost as if every school in America doesn't know it's exact kick times for all games prior to the season and they manage.

It's almost as if other schools just announce their game times without masquerading behind some cryptic surprise.

But of course we're UConn. Everything we've done turns to gold.
 
hardcorehusky said:
The problem in Connecticut is that people are slow to come around. The baseball program has been great for years, there is a beautiful new ballpark and free tickets and we still can't get 1000 people to the game. A few things have to happen to get the train on the track properly again from an attendance standpoint:

Good early season wins, beat Clemson and the University focus on getting the word out about the program and players. Hand in hand with this is more positive media coverage.
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Actually by not great I meant not very good...FWIW I took the post as a shot at the fans, not the Athletic Department. I don’t really think either one deserves it given the circumstances in this instance. I do think UConn fans can be pretty myopic. I know more than a couple who prefer the current arrangement over Big Ten or ACC membership 1 actually said we have more in common with Providence than with the ACC schools) but again this was not a case of not being supportive. And the AD was making decisions on the fly as Covid rules were changing . Finally there is the simple fact that college baseball has a modest following. I doubt there are 3 teams in the northeast that had their games broadcast on a local commercial station or had multiple games carried on a local tv station as the Huskies did. That suggests at least some level of local following and a decent job by the AD to put things together.
 
CTBasketball said:
“Ticket sales will improve if and when the product improves.”

You literally just agreed with @Chief00’s point - the product hasn’t existed in over a year of course they can’t sell tickets.
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Exactly. Lately the Board has really dumbed down for whatever reason. My other point was with basketball tickets deadlines being moved up 2 months from 2-3 years ago - it crowds out football from disposable $’s. Football sales should be prior to MBB - since there’s only so much cash most will spend on UConn Athletics - and if they happen at the same time - the cash on hand, if limited - will go to MBB.
 
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Chief00 said:
Exactly. Lately the Board has really dumbed down for whatever reason. My other point was with basketball tickets deadlines being moved up 2 months from 2-3 years ago - it crowds out football from disposable $’s. Football sales should be prior to MBB - since there’s only so much cash most will spend on UConn Athletics - and if they happen at the same time - the cash on hand, if limited - will go to MBB.
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Right. Kind of like when I posted on the hockey board that if Cav wins the NCAA title, the first question from the Connecticut media will be does he know Hurley and question 2 will be what is Geno like in person...
 
ConnHuskBask said:
It's almost as if every school in America doesn't know it's exact kick times for all games prior to the season and they manage.

It's almost as if other schools just announce their game times without masquerading behind some cryptic surprise.

But of course we're UConn. Everything we've done turns to gold.
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Any toddler can announce game times.
 
Chief00 said:
Exactly. Lately the Board has really dumbed down for whatever reason. My other point was with basketball tickets deadlines being moved up 2 months from 2-3 years ago - it crowds out football from disposable $’s. Football sales should be prior to MBB - since there’s only so much cash most will spend on UConn Athletics - and if they happen at the same time - the cash on hand, if limited - will go to MBB.
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Every single season ticket holder i know treats their outlay as 1 purchase, yearly. The club donations sort of force it that way. I really doubt you have too many people picking and choosing the way you describe.

Football adds in an outdoor component, which makes it less desirable to the casual fan. Hopefully, having confirmed kickoff times helps some ticket sales along - planning is always nice.
 
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