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    45 minutes ago, BradTU said:

    I attended TU from 2009 - 2013.

    When I arrived, people did not give a shit about Towson athletics. Apathy at its highest. We were terrible at football/basketball. I wanted to get involved as a fan and attend games, but my roommates were die-hard Penn State fans and I couldn't pay them to come to a game. All they wanted to do was drink at the tailgate, then go back to the dorms/apartments and hang out with girls. It's not until T-West came to town and we started winning and garnering some regional/national attention, did people finally say, "Hey, Towson is pretty good at football." Then Grant Enders and Jerrelle Benimon came along. Friends of mine were finally willing to go into the stadium/arena and watch a game. We regularly talked about the team, kept an eye on the score for away games, and talked about upcoming seasons. We started going to lacrosse games as well. It slowly started becoming cool to go to the tailgates and games. Even the girls wanted to go, which was unheard of. Then we had our blunders and couldn't capitalize:

    • Tailgating fiasco
    • Losing to Lehigh in the playoffs in-front of a sold out crowd (the hype for this game was insane btw and wow was it a bummer when we lost)
    • Missing the playoffs with our best team ever in 2012
    • Getting blown out in the Natty
    • NCAA basketball tourney ban
    • etc

    Kids want to be "cool" and feel like they are a part of something greater. Going to a boring tailgate to watch a bad product is not "cool."

    You can do all the marketing, promotions, staff changes, facility upgrades you want, but if you don't win, students will not care about TU sports. Just f****** win. It's that easy.

    I attended TU about the same years you did. I was also apart of that marketing team. We definitely had the tools that made it easy to market sports but we also put in work work. We contacted every football alum with letters and calls to assure they attended the Lehigh game. We were miles better than what we have now. We hit endless community events, had a social media plan, and put docs page to use. We had a presence on campus with posters, fliers, and player participation. Sports had a slight increase in attendance before the winning. We had great leaders too, Mike Hollis was an engine. It shows because he’s worked in the NBA with the nets and is now working in the NHL. As soon as he left I started to see marketing decisions that made zero sense. Waddell came and we went into overdrive, he didn’t play around but was great. He once sent an intern home for wearing Terp gear and I loved it. The Waddell & Hollis combo was unmatched.

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    4 hours ago, Blazer49 said:

    I am glad that they are doing what they can to try and promote the opener, but Marketing has to get on the same page to 1) Not look foolish and 2) not frustrate/insult anyone who want to take advantage of a ticket deal.  I was in ticketing for over 20 years and the one thing I know is that you can have as many different ticket promotions you want but whatever you do the cost needs to be the same.  Earlier on this thread there was an offer for alumni to get $5 tickets and now they drop this "promotion" offering a ticket deal that is actually double the cost.  Sure the "Alumni" promotion is supposedly for alumni only but ANYONE can use the code to get $5 tickets.  Now what happens if a supportive alum wants to go to the game and uses "Four" promotion instead.  Whether it is $5 a ticket of 4 for $40 all promotions at the end need to cost the same.

    I think the 4 for $40 allows for center seats. The $5 are side seats. 

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    39 minutes ago, TigersTigers said:

    Well, shows what I know. I thought this weekend was going to be one of the most difficult of the whole season. I certainly did not expect two stone-cold ass-kickings.

    Day 1 was a somewhat sloppy and defensive affair. Several of Towson's players did not have good offensive performances, but it didn't particularly matter since Delaware couldn't score on them to save their lives. What really tipped the scales in Towson's favor was their ability to not just contain Lani Mason, but to completely shut her down. She did lead her team with 10 kills, but it took her 12 errors to do it. In fact, Delaware's entire team hit a combined -.019. It is a very rare occurrence for a team (let alone a Top 100 team) to hit negative in a match. That just illustrates how thoroughly Delaware's offense was outclassed by Towson's defense on Saturday.

    Day 2 was tactically not at all the same as Day 1, but the result was the same: a 3-0 slaughter. Instead of stifling the Blue Hens, Towson blew right by them with a monstrous attacking performance. The Tigers hit .400 as a team, with every single offensive player in the lineup having a good game. Very quickly, this match turned into a straight-up highlight reel, with every player taking huge swings, almost as if they were in a competition to see who could hit the ball the hardest. It still is true that Delaware is good enough to catch Towson out and beat them on a bad day. But Sunday's match was proof that when Towson is playing well, nobody in this conference can touch them. 

    One final note on Nina Cajic: She raised her hitting percentage again, to finish the weekend at .445. This should move her up to 2nd in the nation, only behind a middle. As previously stated, middles should always have higher percentages than pin hitters, as they attack the ball less often and in more advantageous circumstances. Basically, Michigan's Jess Robinson is leading the nation with a percentage of .483, but due to their positions, Cajic's .445 is actually more impressive.

    Do you think we finally crack top 25 this week?

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