Basketball is dead

[CajunVic]

. . . I guess you calling the 20 or so who post here the fan base . . . those are generally the cheese eaters, not the fan base . . .

[Turbine]

. . . I guess you calling the 20 or so who post here the fan base . . . those are generally the cheese eaters, not the fan base . . .

The "silent" majority never grew a fanbase.

I ran the numbers in January of this year and in 2022:

A total of 367 registered RP members posted at least once.

3,125 members logged in and visited.

Many many more just visited but I have no way of knowing who were registered and not logged in, or never registered and just visiting.

[CajunVic]

. . . I would guess that 20 posters post about 80% of the posts here . . . posting once is not much better then not posting at all . . .

[tdncz]

Wake me up/ ring the bell/ sound the alarm when MARLIN is replaced.
Until then I am ALMOST UNINTERESTED in UL Basketball.
Any progress that was made last year was ABSOLUTELY in spite of NOT because of Marlin!

[ULvictory]

You need to quit reminding the folks about his meh career here. They prefer to believe his two NCAA and one NIT teams are the norm.

The 2 NCAA appearances and NIT appearance are accomplishments to appreciate. But when the other 10 years consist of average finishes, it’s not a natural surprise that people don’t jump on board.

Build off of this past season, and you’ll see an increase in support. Go back to average finishes, and you’ll see the Cajundome fairly empty.

[Turbine]

. . . I would guess that 20 posters post about 80% of the posts here . . . posting once is not much better then not posting at all . . .

With your proclivity to post I can see your view.

And is probably partially true, but leaving viewers out, or discounting them as non fans comes across as agenda driven.

Earlier in the week you were claiming UL only had 7,000 fans and today that RP only has 20 participants.

Agenda sounding.

[CajunEXPRESS]

With your proclivity to post I can see your view.

And is probably partially true, but leaving viewers out, or discounting them as non fans comes across as agenda driven.

Earlier in the week you were claiming UL only had 7,000 fans and today that RP only has 20 participants.

Agenda sounding.

Vic is certainly in the 20 or so posters. Hey he’s probably in the top 10.

[Turbine]

... Build off of this past season, and you’ll see an increase in support.

That is the key.

[CajunVic]

With your proclivity to post I can see your view.

And is probably partially true, but leaving viewers out, or discounting them as non fans comes across as agenda driven.

Earlier in the week you were claiming UL only had 7,000 fans and today that RP only has 20 participants.

Agenda sounding.

Where did I ever say there were only 7,000 fans . . .

Where did I say that RP had only 20 participants . . .

Neither is true and both show your proclivity for word mining with no goal towards veracity . . . and you are good at it . . .

[CajunVic]

Vic is certainly in the 20 or so posters. Hey he’s probably in the top 10.

. . . one is not the same as the other 19 or so posters . . . at least 15 or so need a barrel of cheese . . . the others are varied . . .

[SlickRick]

Basketball isn’t dead. People just watch less TV. Ratings are down massively for EVERY sport.

The NBA’s CBA is based on revenue. The salary cap is based on Players get paid about 50% of total revenue. So if they are getting paid more, it’s only because the league is making more money.

And our crowd size is not an indictment of Marlin. It’s an indictment of our fan base.

Well, this article disagrees with you, bigly. Check it out.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nba-...-supposed-know

[Turbine]

Where did I ever say there were only 7,000 fans . . .

Where did I say that RP had only 20 participants . . .

Neither is true and both show your proclivity for word mining with no goal towards veracity . . . and you are good at it . . .

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and when they don’t, they are in a bind . . . that is where we are now . . . lots of smart Asses in this thread and I would suspect that some of them don’t have a pot to pee in . . . but they think they are smart . . . that football game attended by 7,000 ain’t going to get very much bonding . . .

. . . I guess you calling the 20 or so who post here the fan base . . . those are generally the cheese eaters, not the fan base . . .