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[QUOTE="A Clockwork Orange, post: 187068, member: 16"]
I think I agree with you but what it really comes down to is wins. If the team starts winning yearly the fans will come back. They didn't come back this past year, and they won't until SU consistently wins. Maybe the admin has said "doesn't matter how fan friendly we are, they won't come unless we win." When you say they have become less fan friendly, do you mean the Orange Club? Frankly that's such a small percentage of fans (and typically the most rabid) that it doesn't surprise me one bit if the thinking is "they'll be here because they are rabid, the only way we get back the fringe fans is to win." If that thinking is used, it's an easy jump to "recruiting events aren't important, doing everything to get prepared for spring ball is." In his mind, more prep, and more work means potentially a better team, which in turn means more fans down the road.
 
You're right it is a vicious circle, but they do offer $100 ticket packages at a BCS school that people still don't get. What people around Syracuse want is a winner, until then "fan friendly" doesn't really mean much because there are no fans to be friendly to.
 
Perfect example is the basketball team, they can treat fans like  and they'd still get 33,000 because they win, all the time. That's the only cure unfortunately, and it sounds like the administration believes that more time towards recruiting, prepping for spring ball, etc... is more important than talking to fans about the new recruits.
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