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SuperJon wrote:RocketFan, I agree Coach McKay would be great to get in front of the students, etc. However, I saw let him do it once the season starts. Coach McKay is getting out in front of people now. He's spoken at Flames Club meetings. He's speaking at the Game Changers devotional night on Thursday that's free for anyone on campus. Remember the hype last year regarding Brew and how it never panned out? We don't need to hype this team up as they greatest in the world before they even play a game.
He needs to get sports fans on board and your average student if at all possible.....your not reaching a lot of kids at flames club nor at a devotional night. If you want to change the perception of our team, you need to be the face of the program to start....don't hype the kids just let us see a little athletism and desire.
The perceptions of coach McKay will not be defined by having a Midnight Madness or not. People won't even care or be looking for it if it is not planned. If he had big ads all over campus for it and then canceled it, then it would be a PR hit. I think he is doing the right thing by not having it. When he has a team that he is comfortable with, he will have a big time New Mexico like Midnight Madness that we all will enjoy. Until then, he will have plenty of opportunities to shape public opinion.
You got one thing right scar " people won't care" - and there will be zero buzz and few fans at the games. I can't believe you of all people would think it was RIGHT to not have it.....im dumbfounded. Mckay needs to shape student opinion, not public opinion and this is a key oppurtunity missed.....
I think it would be better to have a midnight madness, but I can see mckay's point...lets just see how this plays out before we jump all over mckay....
I think we will see a much better following this year...students just did not like Coach D
Rocketfan wrote:
He needs to get sports fans on board and your average student if at all possible.....your not reaching a lot of kids at flames club nor at a devotional night. If you want to change the perception of our team, you need to be the face of the program to start....don't hype the kids just let us see a little athletism and desire.
The perceptions of coach McKay will not be defined by having a Midnight Madness or not. People won't even care or be looking for it if it is not planned. If he had big ads all over campus for it and then canceled it, then it would be a PR hit. I think he is doing the right thing by not having it. When he has a team that he is comfortable with, he will have a big time New Mexico like Midnight Madness that we all will enjoy. Until then, he will have plenty of opportunities to shape public opinion.
You got one thing right scar " people won't care" - and there will be zero buzz and few fans at the games. I can't believe you of all people would think it was RIGHT to not have it.....im dumbfounded. Mckay needs to shape student opinion, not public opinion and this is a key oppurtunity missed.....
All I am saying is that there will be plenty and I mean plenty of opportunities to create buzz about this team and it will be done by the Athletic dept. There will be folks in the Vines especially if football finishes strong. In a month, no one will look back and say, man I wish they had done a midnight madness because that would have had a huge impact on attendance.
That even adds to my point.....what if we are not good right off the bat but you believe in the coach because you were able to see the fire with which he speaks. I mean if you like a coach we all know we give those guys a lot more slack than the ones we dont like. If that picture hasn't been painted clearly on this board, nothing has.[/quote]
If we are not good right off the bat students won't come...regardless of whether or not we had midnight madness. Students are like that.
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