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Date Posted: 10:34:58am 12/01/05 Thu,
Author: Jahidi Hoya
Subject: Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere
In reply to: Jahidi Hoya 's message, "The Crowd and Atmosphere" on 10:48:51am 11/29/05 Tue,

If I am not mistaken they have the internet and video games at every single college campus. I simply do not see that as a valid defense of the deplorable turnout on Monday night.

What further stings is the fact that the team sent out an email to the students asking for their support. This issue has more to do with overall support of the unveristy community than it does a game of Madden 2006.

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[> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Frank F, 11:26:15am 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

Gentlemen you can 'cry' all you want about student support but when you have a good turn out (like St Joes) you cannot play basketball the way we did and blame students (or anyone) for not coming back.
A friend of mine was in a local bar recently and a guy was giving away Fairfield/ Providence tickets for nothing (he had 20 of them, and his friends, etc weren't interested!).
When you play like we did against St. Joes and when you field a team without a player over 6'4" against Big East competition, people are not going to come.

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[> [> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Clam Jammer, 12:26:26pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

Winning and the importance of the game is what brings students out. We lost our first 2 games and Providence game was meaningless to a student. The height of the players have nothing to do with it, and if it did, we would have averaged 5000 when Ajou and Gai were here with Robbie.

Students have shown up for Manhattan games, first place games, senior nights, and meaningfull Lacrosse and Soccer games.

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[> [> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Frank F, 12:50:41pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

"The height of the players have nothing to do with it"

I couldn't disagree more. When you field a team that doesn't have sufficient height or bulk to win Div I basketball games, people will not take your program seriously and will not pay or inconvenience themselves to come watch you play.

The reverse, of course, is not true. Just because you field a team with appropriate height does not mean they are necessarily going to win over fans. They may have no athletic skills.

Do you think the Celtics or Pistons would be selling basketball tickets if they fielded a starting lineup that was 6-6, 6-5, 6-4 up front? Its very sad to see us play a game well, as we did against Providence, and watch them get layup after layup and rebound after rebound simply because our players are too small. That is not conducive to producing big crowds.

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[> [> [> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Running Man, 02:24:09pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

Students who come to Fairfield do so not for basketball but for a host of other reasons. It is simply something that does not command student interest. Most of these kids weren't born the last time Fairfield had a very good team. The years of mediocrity have not helped. Had Fairfield acquired the reputation of having a consistently above average squad, there would not be these problems. Many of us who are hoop fans cannot understand this mentality. Under the circumstances, I cannot fault them for not coming.

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[> [> [> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Clam Jammer, 02:44:09pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

Almost everyone that came out of the Providence game was excited about the game and how the team played. Your crazy to think otherwise. The reason that students did not show was that we were 0-2 and played poorly against St Joes. I think you are the only one that has a fascination of watching players taller than 6-4.

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[> [> [> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Red Rugger, 03:17:58pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

Frank "Height Challenged" F - You need to get off this height issue. Everyone of your posts continues to lament this to the point of adnauseam. It is what it is. No one on FFLD is going to grow 4-5 inches this semester. Sure, the situation is not good but FFLD will do fine when the MAAC games start. Who knows maybe they would have lost by 15 to PC if they started 2 6'8 guys. The small line-up moved the ball well, played aggressive defense and didn't commit a lot of turnovers.

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[> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Jahidi Hoya, 02:53:42pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

So if I am following this thread correctly... Fairfield students would come out in droves to see a 6'11" man play video games?

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[> [> [> Re: The Crowd and Atmosphere -- Frank F, 03:25:57pm 12/01/05 Thu, [1]

Doesn't Fairfield still have courses in Logic? Jahidi- you might want to look into that.

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