Duke2017 wrote:

Can someone please explain to me why we play Dayton at Consul before ~5000 fans? Is there no other similar capacity arena nearby? 
Does the Duquesne AD actually make less (or lose) money on this game?

 

 
You mean apply a sound business model with our AD. My concern is losing him this summer when a few local High School AD jobs open up.

The campus gym is used for classes now. Maybe the secondary gym, the one with no space behind the backboard would be better.  If we're not drawing anyone, it doesn't matter where we play.

 

Iron duke II wrote:

duq81 wrote:

Those who think small are here again, and then they complain that local fans think of Duquesne as a rinky dink operation. Maybe we can return the old gym to it's original configuration, and play our games there like we did in the 30's. It'll be packed. What a home court advantage!!!

 
Stay on the Koolaid what 1500 Dayton fans 800 duquesne fans yeah big time! I see Pitt scheduled half their games @ the Consol.

Pitt has a modern 12,000 seat arena. They don't need to move their games away from Oakland. The Consol is on our campus. We will actually have some students at a game this weekend.
 

Probably 1000 here from Dayton n less than 100 studentsfrom DU.  If u lose they dont come. Go back to the Palumbo  it is less embarassing. GA

Last edited by FAM (2/22/2014 2:03 pm)

fjhryn wrote:

Actually, there were 6000 plus officially at the game. Many Dayton fans, but we expected that. What I didn't expect was the pathetic turnout of DU students. How many on this board were there? Don't take shots at attendance if you don't participate. Put personal agendas aside & support this team, regardless of how hard it may be!

Some perspective since you are the most recent addition to the board. Keep in mind this is my perspective. I don't pretend to speak for anyone.

Many of the folks who post here are long-time fans who have supported the program for 30-50 or more years, going back to our days as students. Most are season ticket holders. Some (as in my case) live some distance away and follow the team faithfully, including showing up at road games when games are played closer to us.

The only agenda we have is that we're tire of losing.

Last NCAA appearance: 1977.

We were told that the firing of Ron Everhart was necessary. To some of us, understanding why the only coach who has been able to overcome decades of the albatross that this program had become -- a coach who finished at or above .500 every year -- has been elusive, just as accepting that Jim Ferry represents a "next level" coach has been difficult to understand. Others, of course, agree with the AD on both counts.

Some of us look at the current roster and see two guys coming back next year who are proven A-10 players (McKoy and Mason), two returning starters who seem like mediocre players, and a bunch of question marks. Others think the composition of the roster is fine, at least. Those in category 1 are already sensing that the loss of Soko will mean fewer wins next year than this year. Others think we're still making progress.

Some of us see long-time fans leaving in droves, and are upset by it. Others shrug it off. 

Some of us are upset that Robert Morris has passed us by in basketball. Even though we have better facilities, more money, a better conference, and "finally, a guy who can beat Robert Morris." Others don't care if our nose is bleeding, both eyes are blackened, and we've failed to land so much as a blind swing. They still see us winning.

I do believe we all want to see this program win. I just think some of us in category 1 aren't going to live long enough to see it happen.