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Similar to his “you have to be a certain height to speak about basketball”. When he is wrong, he makes pointed remarks to take the attention off himself. People then start talking about the comments instead of the performance or what the real issue is.

He doesn’t like being wrong or people insinuating the game has passed him by. He is still the smartest man in the room and no one can have any other opinion. He is such a thin skinned man.
 
Sth forever, both sports. Work at a job that allows me to keep the finger on the pulse of the general public, see, talk to many many folks each week giving a good check stick on current community perceptions that I think are a pretty accurate reflection of the current state of community thought.

90/10 feel it’s time for a change. God bless him but he’s delusional right now, this because he’s basing his reality on his bubble, a bubble filled with well intentioned yes men/woman and supporters.
 
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Second qualifier: a STH that attends games?
Were 4 empty STH seats in front of us Saturday, and saw others
 
Red Holzman said:
Second qualifier: a STH that attends games?
Were 4 empty STH seats in front of us Saturday, and saw others
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What if they are making a statement by not attending?
 
Post got delete for… language? I guess.

Gotta type it all over again. Ugh.


Anyway, I’m generally in favor of coaches and players telling fans to shut up. Since anybody can say anything about anything, I’m taking Jim’s comment to mean that for your opinion to matter to him you need to be a season ticket holder (which also often means you’re a donor).

His take is honestly more lenient than mine. I’d be of the opinion that only the people I report to and those who report to me (players included) have opinions that matter to me. Maybe my wife. And that’s a hard maybe. Everybody else can kick rocks. Is there a good chance they know anything about anything? Probably not.

Like, if you’ve been a fan for 50 years, since birth, attended the university, raised your kids as fans, go to every game, lose sleep over losses and cry tears of joy over wins… that’s great but why should your opinion matter to the coaches or players? They’re not doing this for you. They’re doing it for themselves and their teammates. You get to derive entertainment from that. That’s the benefit you get. You don’t get the benefit of input. Sure, you can shout all you want, but idk why there would be an expectation for them to listen.

The AD’s job is to listen to that stuff. If he or she isn’t listening, go after them.
 
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Brooky03 said:
Anyway, I’m generally in favor of coaches and players telling fans to shut up. Since anybody can say anything about anything, I’m taking Jim’s comment to mean that for your opinion to matter to him you need to be a season ticket holder (which also often means you’re a donor).

His take is honestly more lenient than mine. I’d be of the opinion that only the people I report to and those who report to me (players included) have opinions that matter to me. Maybe my wife. And that’s a hard maybe. Everybody else can kick rocks. Is there a good chance they know anything about anything? Probably not.

Like, if you’ve been a fan for 50 years, since birth, attended the university, raised your kids as fans, go to every game, lose sleep over loses and cry tears of joy over wins… that’s great but why should your opinion matter to the coaches or players? They’re not doing this for you. They’re doing it for themselves and their teammates. You get to derive entertainment from that. That’s the benefit you get. You don’t get the benefit of input. Sure, you can shout all you want, but idk why there would be an expectation for them to listen.

The AD’s job is to listen to that stuff. If he or she isn’t listening, go after them.
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I have a question for you:

Does the basketball program produce an entertainment product that should be consumed and critiqued for quality?

You have consumers (fans) that SU wants to sell tickets to and get watching their product on TV and online.

To put it another way, if you were the VP of product development for say... Frito-Lay... and you came up with a new teriyaki flavor of Funyons, would you only care about what the CEO and your product team thought about the new flavor or would also care what your customers thought of it??

After all, you are selling a product... and what your customers think of it will make or break it.
 
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huh. For 28 years I was allowed to have an opinion on Syracuse University athletics. For the last three years that hasn't been the case.

I don't subscribe to the print or online versions of the Sub-Standard. Permissible or not, I do have an opinion: the Axe-man's righteous indignation isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
 
I know b-ball season ticket holders that know little to nothing about SU basketball or basketball in general. But they live in Syracuse, have money, and like going to games as a night out.

JB has acted like an absolute moron this year.

Axe is Axe. I’ll leave it at that.
 
kingtidge said:
I have a question for you:

Does the basketball program produce an entertainment product that should be consumed and critiqued for quality?

You have consumers (fans) you want to sell tickets to and get watching your product on TV and online.

To put it another way, if you were the VP of product development for say... Nabisco... and you came up with a new teriyaki flavor of Funyons, would you only care about what the CEO and your product team thought about the new flavor or would also care what your customers thought of it??

After all, you are selling a product... and what your customers think of it will make or break it.
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Now I’m hungry for a delicious snack that doesn’t exist.
 
Brooky03 said:
Post got delete for… language? I guess.

Gotta type it all over again. Ugh.


Anyway, I’m generally in favor of coaches and players telling fans to shut up. Since anybody can say anything about anything, I’m taking Jim’s comment to mean that for your opinion to matter to him you need to be a season ticket holder (which also often means you’re a donor).

His take is honestly more lenient than mine. I’d be of the opinion that only the people I report to and those who report to me (players included) have opinions that matter to me. Maybe my wife. And that’s a hard maybe. Everybody else can kick rocks. Is there a good chance they know anything about anything? Probably not.

Like, if you’ve been a fan for 50 years, since birth, attended the university, raised your kids as fans, go to every game, lose sleep over losses and cry tears of joy over wins… that’s great but why should your opinion matter to the coaches or players? They’re not doing this for you. They’re doing it for themselves and their teammates. You get to derive entertainment from that. That’s the benefit you get. You don’t get the benefit of input. Sure, you can shout all you want, but idk why there would be an expectation for them to listen.

The AD’s job is to listen to that stuff. If he or she isn’t listening, go after them.
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I speak for many others as well. As a Veteran, 1966-1972, and AMERICAN, I have a right to say anything I want, makes no difference if I'm a season ticket holder or not. We should not have to only give an opinion to those that believe we are wrong and they we oppose they are right. The blood of many protected that right.
 
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