If the AD reports tickets sold, then it stands to reason the reported attendance will never be less than the # STHs. Genuinely curious what that actual # is based on the ~12k tickets sold for St Joes (and we had maybe half that in the building for the late start making this even worse). I think this STH number alone is going to do Red in. We're at the point where cracking 20k is now considered a big night. We should also consider tarping off the 300s under the basket and generate some ad revenue up there if it's going to be consistently empty.
Hopefully come ACC time, this take is going to age poorly. If you were at the Tennessee game, you would have felt the energy in the building and for Red. The students filled up three sections.
Last night was almost predetermined there would be no energy. Even though it was supposedly the last day of classes, it was the worst support from the students all season. And the same with the paying fans. First off, it was a snow day where every school was canceled. Second, it was a 9 pm work night where some people have to get up at 6 am the next day, and maybe even earlier if they had to shovel. And third, it was a non-conference opponent that was not putting fannies into the seats.
Same thing next week. Even though Mercyhurst is a 7pm game on Wednesday, if its a snow day, how many people would rather sit home in their warm living room watching on their 55+ inch TV.
There are five home games in a 12 day stretch leading up to Xmas. A couple are fairly new D1 teams that were playing a D2 schedule until 5 minutes ago, plus people have work events and family events, and friends event, plus this is one of the worst Decembers as far as weather in a while.
I give anyone credit if they hit up all five of these home games. No one knows how they determine the announced attendance, but it's going to be bad for Mercyhurst and it's going to be bad for Stonehill.
I don't know the criteria the powers to be will use to determine Red's fate, but I really doubt that the STH number alone will do him in.
But, let's let the season plays out before anyone's fate is determined. That's the least that any real fan of this team would do.
