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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5639838, member: 173"]
Syracuse not playing in March doesn’t have a huge impact on my life.  But what has happened over the last decade is my “getting on with my life” happens earlier and earlier.  At this point, it’s before the season - I don’t spend money on ticket to go to games, and don’t watch often on TV either.  I forgot we had a game yesterday until I saw the “Fire Red” thread at the top and knew we’d lost.  There’s not much gap between getting on with my life and not needing to since Syracuse basketball is irrelevant.

I don’t think much concern is required that people won’t be able to get on with their lives when the season ends.  I think the real concern - at least for leaders at Syracuse University - is people keep getting better and better at “getting on with their lives” in ways that will have lasting negative revenue impacts.

And I know the argument -“All they need to do is win and everyone will come back!”  I’m skeptical.  I know no amount of winning is going to get me back to spending money and time supporting the program the way I did.  With my young kids, other activities have taken over what could have been spent watching Syracuse basketball and going to games.  They are not going to get interested just because a team they have no connection to starts winning.  That means I’m not going to get that invested either.  It’s been a decade of mediocrity, so I suspect a decent amount of people are like me and are gone forever.   If the replacement of Red isn’t a slam dunk success, I think we’re essentially done as a viable high level program.  Might be able to cash checks like DePaul does from the Big East - but that’s all.
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