What is biggest cause of Husky Stadium fan apathy?
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Husky Football Circa 2002- 15Huskies at Earl's
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Write-in OptionI would say the biggest problem, to channel DDY, is our marketing.
We do shit like move the student section out of relevance.
We do shit like fucking over long term tailgate fans who have invested in helping create a game day atmosphere.
We do shit like fucking over long term season ticket holders.
In summary, our AD and marketing is too focused on "growth of new fans" who won't be that invested unless we are winning instead of supporting and listening to an already rabid and long established core fan base.
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Husky Football Circa 2002- 15I'd probably change my vote to moving the student section. They can't see what is going on for at least half of the game, and they are what directs the rest of the stadium to cheer. Also, the Go Huskies chant sucks now because it's starting from an end zone.
Even before the interception, a UW-Arizona game from 2009 is way louder than any game outside of a handful since the renovation.
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Maple Valley Starter Jacket hicks defected to the SeahawksNeeds moar maple valley inbreds and south sound rednecks.
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Write-in OptionWe seem to have people in marketing whose experience either 1) must not exist or 2) have no sports experience or 3) are trying to copy the NFL model for college.
I'm waiting for the chinevitable "If we start games at 7am pacific that will be 10am Eastern and will improve our ratings" to come from PAC12 headquarters and for our AD to meekly acquiesce. -
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TLDR we are sacrificing long term growth and "customer" loyalty for short term gains in revenue. This ALWAYS works out for firms that engage in it...UW_Doog_Bot said:I would say the biggest problem, to channel DDY, is our marketing.
We do shit like move the student section out of relevance.
We do shit like fucking over long term tailgate fans who have invested in helping create a game day atmosphere.
We do shit like fucking over long term season ticket holders.
In summary, our AD and marketing is too focused on "growth of new fans" who won't be that invested unless we are winning instead of supporting and listening to an already rabid and long established core fan base. -
Write-in OptionAll of the above. There is no single culprit, this is overall systemic neglect.
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Too much cash grab sponsor gimmickry and horrible music- e.g., "Purple Rain"The correct answer is abundance. That being said, it feels like a corporate stadium now. The in-stadium experience is pretty much that of an NFL game.
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Husky Football Circa 2002- 15
We need to send a crack team of expurts to places like Wisconsin, tOSU, Georgia, etc and observe what their game day experience is like. I feel that perhaps Seattle has changed too much since the early 90's for our? ever to truly get Husky Stadium back to 1990's form. But to your points, better marketing + mor winning can help.UW_Doog_Bot said:I would say the biggest problem, to channel DDY, is our marketing.
We do shit like move the student section out of relevance.
We do shit like fucking over long term tailgate fans who have invested in helping create a game day atmosphere.
We do shit like fucking over long term season ticket holders.
In summary, our AD and marketing is too focused on "growth of new fans" who won't be that invested unless we are winning instead of supporting and listening to an already rabid and long established core fan base. -
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But it really is all of it. Night games, Crazy Larry, shit product for 15 years, Seachickens getting good, old logger Seattle > new hipster faggy Seattle, traffic, parking/tailgating challenges, the changing demographic of the student body (I swear only half the kids grew up in WA and even those are mostly the super smart nerds of their schools), and 70" HD TV's. Everything all culminated over the last 20 years to make much of this not worth fooling with.YellowSnow said:
Yes, abundance is the easy answer, but still...pick one damn it.UW_Doog_Bot said:Abundance.
