[NU Sports] FW: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002 Season

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

NU's athletic department needs an aggressive PR department  to promote the football and basketball program.  Admittedly there is a lot more to work with with the football program than the BB one.  At this point NU doesn't even have a coach's program as far as I know.  There is no reason that we can't have one on the Big Ten Network, but it takes some work.  

John DeGroat
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jonathan Hodges" <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
> Good stat, but unfortunately the coaches don't have much to do with the
> attendance numbers outside of the final record.  And this year's 'Cats have
> a better record than 8 of the years listed there, so one may say that the
> coaches have been pulling their weight (at least relative to previous years'
> results).
> 
> This has been a problem that's been discussed for years - but now it must
> finally be coming to a head.  NU has won at least 50% of its games this year
> yet has the lowest attendance in a long, long time.  Something has to be
> done, and it has to start at the top of the athletics department (Murphy) or
> the university (Bienen).
> 
> We know the athletic dept. isn't running much of a deficit, but that's
> mostly thanks to the Big Ten TV/bowl revenue, of which there is a lot.  In
> any case a program can't flourish if the supporters aren't in the seats.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Nov 12, 2007 6:50 PM, Chris and Lori Patterson <cp2m at enterprisesw.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Here's one email from 2002. Don't ask me why I saved it. I suppose because
> > I
> > found it interesting.
> >
> > Maybe it's time to add to the stats. And after the season, we need to get
> > on
> > and help the marketing department. Big Ten football regardless of the team
> > should fill stadiums.
> >
> > Chris
> > Go CATS!
> >
> > It's been a good year. Go for TWO more wins. Keep the Sweet Sioux!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: charles.herron at exeloncorp.com [mailto:charles.herron at exeloncorp.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:11 PM
> > To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> > Subject: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002 Season
> >
> > It seems Mr. Rick Taylor left out one statistic from his 'vote of
> > confidence' e-mail on RW.
> >
> > Year     Coach     Avg attendance
> > 92        Barnett          32,989
> > 93                            30,965
> > 94                            34,382
> > 95                            38,230
> > 96                            42,310
> > 97                            41,868
> > 98                            40,907
> > 99        Walker          30,845
> > 00                            33,498
> > 01                            33,763
> > 02                            28,611   through 5 games
> >
> > It's anybody's guess how many fans will show up for the Illinois game -
> > two
> > 3-win teams, lousy weather, a few days before thanksgiving.
> >
> > Barnett      37,379 average
> > Walker      31,679 average  (DOWN 15%)
> >
> > I will bet that Mr. Rick Taylor is very acquainted with this statistic,
> > though.  We will probably finish with our worst attendance since the
> > Francis
> > Peay era.  And at $35 a ticket, we're down about $200,000 per game...down
> > $1.2 million per season...a deficit of $4.8 million rung up during the RW
> > era.  That can't be making Mr. Taylor very happy.  It can't be making
> > big-money guys like Pat Ryan very happy either.  And on the heels of a
> > 3-win
> > season, will we see more erosion in the season-ticket base ?
> >
> > Chuck Herron   Tech '85
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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