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Zypher posted:As a fan that's completely removed from Austin now, I'm curious -- what's Patterson doing that's harming the gameday experience? At least from what I hear, most people are pretty supportive of Strong. The absurd oversaturation of advertising didn't start under Patterson, but he has hardly curbed it, and he continues to champion a vision of having a "pro sports" atmosphere at UT. Apparently that means jet packs and DJs and dot races and constantly drowning out the band/killing the crowd energy with various intrusive nonsense, most of it with advertising shoehorned in. It's lame. People are mad partially because the bad results on the field make it much harder to see past the annoying poo poo that was already going on, but also because many had hoped that the end of the Deloss era would mean a step back from overt whorishness, and instead Patterson is running toward it as fast as he can while jacking up ticket prices and talking about how we need to expand our brand in to China or some poo poo. If I had to guess, I'd say that this outreach to Dubai is a result of Patterson watching zillionaire oil sheiks stream in to town for the Formula One races and popping a giant misshapen money boner.
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Thermos H Christ posted:Chip Brown claims season ticket renewals are down over 20% from last year. Could be wrong but seems pretty believable. As it stands I don't know why anyone would subject themselves to a game at DKR when they could watch from home, which bums me out. It should feel like a cathedral erected to glorify all that is holy and good (i.e. Texas football), but it feels more like one of those lovely carnivals that's all ripoff midway games and vastly overpriced junk food. Det alt account spotted.
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Ugh. There's been some articles posted around the net talking about how Whit Babcock, thanks to having a pre-existing relationship with him, has definitely talked to Rich Rodriguez about the VT job in the recent past. Regardless of whether or not we ever end up hiring him, I just can't comprehend the sheer amount of bitching the VT fans on our fan sites are doing about the possibility. It's absurd. I know VT hates offense, but because he's a WVU alum and former coach, lots of folks have been saying they'd rather we hire a less competent coach just because they don't want RR. Others have been saying they'd stop supporting the team entirely if we hired him. Idgi. But I'd be pretty excited about the hire at this point if only to drive off those specific fans. And it's just a rumor about the two having talked!
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Apr 21, 2015 22:51
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As a Virginia fan I really hope VT does not hire Rich Rod, that's a home loving run of a hire
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Thermos H Christ posted:At least from what I hear, most people are pretty supportive of Strong. The absurd oversaturation of advertising didn't start under Patterson, but he has hardly curbed it, and he continues to champion a vision of having a "pro sports" atmosphere at UT. Apparently that means jet packs and DJs and dot races and constantly drowning out the band/killing the crowd energy with various intrusive nonsense, most of it with advertising shoehorned in. It's lame. People are mad partially because the bad results on the field make it much harder to see past the annoying poo poo that was already going on, but also because many had hoped that the end of the Deloss era would mean a step back from overt whorishness, and instead Patterson is running toward it as fast as he can while jacking up ticket prices and talking about how we need to expand our brand in to China or some poo poo. On top of all the things you said, word has it that he's also both an insufferable rear end, and a crazy paranoid gently caress who runs UT athletics like the Nixon administration. Which may or may not include wire-tapping his staff. Things have gotten so bad that Augie Garrido (our baseball coach) is considering retiring after the 2016 season, partly because he's so tired of all the bullshit going on in the athletic department right now. And supposedly, he isn't the only one thinking about leaving soon. Basically, things are a mess right now, and Patterson seems to be at the center of a lot of it. We might need to get his rear end gone fast.
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Ungratek posted:As a Virginia fan I really hope VT does not hire Rich Rod, that's a home loving run of a hire Yeah, that's my take. I'm hopeful with Whit there, but there's also been a whole lot of talk about Beamer sticking around multiple more years, and it's not like he's shown anything in the last three years that justifies keeping him... The thought is that they'd hire a coach like RichRod to run the team/offense and try to keep on Bud Foster. If we could get RR or a similarly competent offensive mind without having to adopt something stupid like his 3-3-5, I'd be all for it.
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Augie is 76; he's been rumored to retire since I was in school. Thermos H Christ posted:At least from what I hear, most people are pretty supportive of Strong. The absurd oversaturation of advertising didn't start under Patterson, but he has hardly curbed it, and he continues to champion a vision of having a "pro sports" atmosphere at UT. Apparently that means jet packs and DJs and dot races and constantly drowning out the band/killing the crowd energy with various intrusive nonsense, most of it with advertising shoehorned in. It's lame. People are mad partially because the bad results on the field make it much harder to see past the annoying poo poo that was already going on, but also because many had hoped that the end of the Deloss era would mean a step back from overt whorishness, and instead Patterson is running toward it as fast as he can while jacking up ticket prices and talking about how we need to expand our brand in to China or some poo poo. Gotcha. Like you said, a lot of that started under Deloss (hello, taking all the excitement out of Godzillatron with ads) so I'm surprised anti-Patterson is already so high when he's doing a great job at hiring coaches.
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Stanford Fullback Patrick Skov is taking a graduate transfer to Georgia Tech, where he'll play B-Back. He has a very good chance at being the starter. This comes as a relief to Tech fans as offseason injuries have devastated our depth at the position as of late.
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Zypher posted:Augie is 76; he's been rumored to retire since I was in school. Announcing season ticket prices increasing while the product on the field is still bad and the program posts record profit has a little to do with it. And yeah the game day experience inside DKR blows now. Loud rear end commercials basically all the time when plays aren't running.
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Oh and Patterson had the nerve to declare that season ticket holders can no longer sell their tickets on the secondary market if they are only giving the required annual donation that was in effect when they first signed up for the tickets, instead of this year's jacked-up rate. We haven't sold out a game in years, nobody was even getting face value for their unused tickets. It screams of contempt for anyone who might be enough of a sucker to show some loyalty.
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I don't know how to link this as a video but go watch it anyway. It's 29 seconds of Eric Legrand moving his upper body fully on his own. It's awesome and I'm sure my room is just dusty. https://twitter.com/EricLeGrand52/status/590639686294642688
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Thermos H Christ posted:Oh and Patterson had the nerve to declare that season ticket holders can no longer sell their tickets on the secondary market if they are only giving the required annual donation that was in effect when they first signed up for the tickets, instead of this year's jacked-up rate. We haven't sold out a game in years, nobody was even getting face value for their unused tickets. It screams of contempt for anyone who might be enough of a sucker to show some loyalty. How do they prevent someone from selling their tickets? Are they all electronic and tied to the main donors drivers license or something?
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Thermos H Christ posted:Oh and Patterson had the nerve to declare that season ticket holders can no longer sell their tickets on the secondary market if they are only giving the required annual donation that was in effect when they first signed up for the tickets, instead of this year's jacked-up rate. We haven't sold out a game in years, nobody was even getting face value for their unused tickets. It screams of contempt for anyone who might be enough of a sucker to show some loyalty. I hear Dave Brandon is still looking for a job...
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Thoguh posted:How do they prevent someone from selling their tickets? Are they all electronic and tied to the main donors drivers license or something? As a practical matter I don't know how they could prevent you from selling at all, but StubHub is a partner with UT so it will no longer be possible to sell on there and the license on the ticket says you can't sell it.
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Thermos H Christ posted:Chip Brown claims season ticket renewals are down over 20% from last year. Could be wrong but seems pretty believable. As it stands I don't know why anyone would subject themselves to a game at DKR when they could watch from home, which bums me out. It should feel like a cathedral erected to glorify all that is holy and good (i.e. Texas football), but it feels more like one of those lovely carnivals that's all ripoff midway games and vastly overpriced junk food. Sounds like you need to get somebody that really knows what they are doing in terms of business and marketing the game day atmosphere. I am pretty sure David Brandon would come to UT and help you guys out.
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Hey, we hate you, how's about you donate some money?
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Now I'm wondering why sports stadiums don't have rip-off carny games under the stands... I mean, that kind of crap seems like something that baseball stadiums would be full of for some vague "tradition" reason. But that marriage never happened in the late 19th/early 20th century, against all reason.
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Sash! posted:Its my understanding that Penn State had its spring game on Saturday. I was there! It was a real shitshow. Blue was the first string for both offense and defense which is okay I guess but it seems like a lot of the second stringers were on blue too so white was in many cases a bunch of nobodies. Said nobodies proceeded to sack Hackenberg multiple times and keep the score to 7-17. Our backup QB did not play at all despite the original plan being to use him for most of the game (on blue, with white's being some freshie) so who knows if he is injured, has grade problems or is on the coach's shitlist.
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Speaking of stadiums in Texas, Kyle Field might be the only university sponsored construction project I've seen to actually finish on time.
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It's amazing what nearly unlimited money can do.
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Raku posted:How does an army cosplay club that keeps all their seed in jars manage to populate a stadium that big When they hear "pull out" they think it means to yell slightly differently.
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Jet fuel can't melt wooden bonfioh way no it definitely can, it definitely definitely can
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It's more like "it's amazing what can happen when you have an absolute deadline where failure to meet it would result in loss of revenue and fines in the millions if not tens of millions of dollars range". If you're upgrading a stadium there's a due date and it doesn't matter if you need to fly in migrant slaves from Qatar to finish building it, it's for drat sure getting done.
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Cliff Racer posted:I was there! It was a real shitshow. Blue was the first string for both offense and defense which is okay I guess but it seems like a lot of the second stringers were on blue too so white was in many cases a bunch of nobodies. Said nobodies proceeded to sack Hackenberg multiple times and keep the score to 7-17. Our backup QB did not play at all despite the original plan being to use him for most of the game (on blue, with white's being some freshie) so who knows if he is injured, has grade problems or is on the coach's shitlist. Hrm, so Morelli comes out and looks like the unholy genetic coupling of Montana, Marino, Elway, and Tecmo Montana and its an 8-4 season...so by this logic...15-0 here we come
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 quote:"A week before was my buddy’s birthday and we went and got a cake. We met a dude inside Publix and he said, ‘Hey, anytime you come in, I got you.’ [With the crab legs] he just gave them to me and I walked out. Someone from inside the store had told security I didn’t pay for them and that’s how the whole thing started."
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Does this count as impermissible benefits? FSU should get the death penalty IMO.
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Pakled posted:Does this count as impermissible benefits? FSU should get the death penalty IMO. Well, he did admit to getting them for free because he was recognized, so it really depends on how much of a boner you want to be with the rules. Burn FSU to the ground and take their championship away, but don't give it to Auburn either.
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You can't set Florida State on fire, that's how they get their power!
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That would also prevent us from watching them lose a bunch. Keep them alive but give them a 30 scholarship penalty for the next three decades. Also make them play the previous year's FCS champion as their season opener every year.
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VDay posted:That would also prevent us from watching them lose a bunch. Keep them alive but give them a 30 scholarship penalty for the next three decades. Also make them play the previous year's FCS champion as their season opener every year. Imagine a boot labeled NDSU, forever.
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Nur_Neerg posted:Yeah, that's my take. I'm hopeful with Whit there, but there's also been a whole lot of talk about Beamer sticking around multiple more years, and it's not like he's shown anything in the last three years that justifies keeping him... Then you don't want Rich Rod.
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As soon as the story broke I assumed it was something like this where a manager or other higher up store employee was doing this kinda stuff for certain players. Tough to prove, too, since it's the player against the store.
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Crotch Bat posted:It's more like "it's amazing what can happen when you have an absolute deadline where failure to meet it would result in loss of revenue and fines in the millions if not tens of millions of dollars range". You'd think that, but then you've got no Wrigley field bleachers for half the season and and people pissing in cups on opening day. Although you can probably chalk a lot of that up to being stupid enough to piss off the mayor of Chicago.
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Thermos H Christ posted:Hey, we hate you, how's about you donate some money? "Also Swoopes is gonna start again."
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Thermos H Christ posted:many had hoped that the end of the Deloss era would mean a step back from overt whorishness, and instead Patterson is running toward it as fast as he can while jacking up ticket prices and talking about how we need to expand our brand in to China or some poo poo. UT hired a professional sports GM and went public with the expectation said GM would run the Longhorns like a professional franchise; why do UT fans expect another outcome than "UT is even more like pro sports"? dirty shrimp money fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Apr 22, 2015 |
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Korranus posted:UT hired a professional sports GM and went public with the expectation said GM would run the Longhorns like a professional franchise; why do UT fans expect another outcome than "UT is even more like pro sports"? Yeah, I'm a bit confused by this as well. Seems like he's doing exactly what he was hired to do. I don't think this was the best time to jack up prices -- gotta wait for a few good seasons to do that.
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computer parts posted:Speaking of stadiums in Texas, Kyle Field might be the only university sponsored construction project I've seen to actually finish on time. $500 million or whatever ridiculous $Texas amount we're spending could've built a majestic new stadium, but let's just pour more money into the pre-WWI concrete pile with awful sight-lines and a bat colony living inside because TRADITION
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