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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1153746, member: 40"]
I've always belived that the University does a poor job of connecting to the community, and that alienates a significant portion of townies.  Even when I lived in CNY back in the 90s, you could see that there was a substantive generation gap, where we had an older portion of the fanbase but a younger portion that wasn't that interested.  And then having a 10 year stretch of incredibly poor play for the most part caused a lot of younger fans to never really get behind the program.
 
Of course, there are always going to be those who are die hards, who are going to raise their children to be die hards.  They're not the problem, and never have been.  It's the casual fan who could go either way--who would support a winning program, and possibly develop into a die hard, but who also will lose interest pretty quickly in a dud.
 
I know, I know--Cantor did a bunch of BS community outreach stuff.  But those token efforts don't change my opinion.  The majority of townies aren't alums, and are increasingly becoming more fair weather.  And there is a generation gap.
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