(01-10-2020 09:56 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  

(01-10-2020 09:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  

(01-10-2020 09:41 AM)jmudukes001 Wrote:  Looking around and counting last night, there were no more than 400 people there, including the players.

That is no surprise.......students still gone, football is in texas, many fans were either in Texas, enroute to Texas, or leaving this morning.

But you are correct, very light crowd.

I am going to call my Duke Club Rep (Scooter) next week some time to discuss tickets and ticket prices at the new arena......I have been a season ticket (4) holder for years and now the price point has moved dramatically........You really want me and expect me to pay this much more for this. I mean I have been supportive through a lot of bad basketball and my thanks is to pay more for worse seats. Come on, really.

If they don't make a coaching change, I won't be surprised if in year one at the new arena we get that same number. If they decide to keep Rowe, they will lose money. They will lose fans and it will take a long, long time to bring fans back. It's disgusting what the admin is doing to MBB.
I was planning on going to several games in the new arena, but I refuse to give this program any of my money or time as long as Coach Rowe is head coach.

I feel bad for the players and also Coach Rowe. You know they are all working their tails off every day to try to be successful. Coach was hired into a bad situation and after year two it was clear there was little chance for success. Sure, Coach needs to be replaces but how about Bourne? He's the one who hired Coach Rowe, pretty much setting him up for failure. What's to keep Bourne from another bad hire? If football wasn't contending for a NC the past years, would he still be here?

Since Bourne isn't going anywhere, the next MBB search needs to be done by outside consultants, use their recommendations and don't allow CK to have any say in the decision other than salary cap pre-determined.