We see in this thread the many tired themes of the blame everyone but those in charge cadre.
- Blame the fans. People are just supposed to show up because it is somehow a civic duty, like honoring the draft or paying taxes. Nope. MU sports is a BUSINESS. To get CUSTOMERS' money, it is CS job to convince people that they will receive value for what their money. He has not done that.
- Rah Rah superfanism. "Don't you realize that if A beat B and B beat C and C beat D and we win out... we can go to the pre-Christmas Happy Hooligans Pub and Piano Bar Bowl, presented by Kia." Nope. No one cares. MU has a VERY SOPHISTICATED fan base. It knows what good, and great, football is, and what is not. THE FANS, and not CS, nor keyboard warrior superfans, nor sportswriters, decide how important each game is, and how much each matters. MU, in the opinion of most who follow it, has ended the important part of the season. They cannot be fooled. They are not buying the snake oil that CH and CS are selling. That simple.
- "Why don't they...?" The typical Huntington attitude, wanting to give away other people's money (never defined, just a "they" that is some combination of big companies, rich people, the state, and whatever.) Nope. The price of tickets is what is needed to pay the freight for a I-A program. Don't want to pay, then don't come. You cannot give away unsellable tickets for $X and still expect the remnant few to pay full price. It cost what it costs. And every empty seat is a testimony about one man. CS.
- Demographics is destiny. Blame the state's economy. You do realize that all of the states below WV in all those bad statistics are in the SEC, right? Put a program out there that the FANS perceive as worthy and we sill sell every seat. They don't.
