Number of 2019 season tickets
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I was sold on the Ash hire - I was hoping for a Schiano-like redux. Young DC with some pedigree, prior experience facing conference offenses, a big flashy ring to wave around on the recruiting trail.... just spend some money on a rockstar OC to take care of that side of the ball while he focused on building up the defense, and we'd be in business.
Then.... we didn't get that second part at all.
Even going big on the risk/reward with Mehringer, there was also no staid hand on the offensive side with prior playcalling experience as an "in case of emergency break glass" option, either. It was all neophytes - mostly guys who had never coached at that level in that capacity before, assistants promoted up to be the head guy at their position. It was the equivalent of a starting roster filled with freshmen, and they were completely out of their depth.... and Ash had no life preservers for them, because he had zero background on offense.
When the staff was finalized was pretty much when I started doubting... but the recruiting was still good with that flashy ring, and big talk, so I waited for the season to start. I traveled to see the Washington game.... and most glimmers of hope were extinguished. By the end of that season, I felt Ash had missed what small window he had to succeed here, and that he'd be gone by 2020.
This. And how some knucklehead Posters on this Board said we will only drop 2k-3k season ticketholders this upcoming season is beyond mind boggling.
Start anew with a new Staff in 2020 hopefully.
Flood took attendance to the top of the mountain! Get him back after his rehab stint with Nick and the Tide!For your perusal:
For your perusal:
Total BS news. Tickets distributed [ reported} are meaningless.
24,400 actual fans were the average at games in HPSS in 2017. We will see actual 2018 shortly. Your projectory is unfortunately true. Will be back at pre 2006 levels this season.
Will rebound when the RU Administration does the right thing for the Football program.
We've been at pre-2006 levels for two years already... well, we've been lower than any time since 2006 at least.
Interesting. Was this was the renewal rate of the 100 plus accounts or # of tickets renewed?
Thanks. When I was reading that thread I did not think it was this bad. I was actually a little surprised at how many were still renewing. This puts it in better perspective.
Me too. I would have guessed 20-25 percent based on that thread. 46 is shocking
$10million a year lost is a gross understatement for 20,000 lost season tickethoders. It’s a lot more than $500 per ticketholder. With lost ticket revenue, seat gift donations, Parking, Concession sales, Donations to the Program it has to be closer to $1000 per season ticket sold. Looking at $20 million lost per year with the base dropping by 20,000. OMG :cry:
But yeah, it was too big a financial cross to bear to eat Ash's contract and stanch the bleeding. [pfftt]
There is a financial impact from people cutting their ticket total, and another that is impossible to measure right now of people downgrading their tickets.
In my case I cut from 4 tickets to 2 which sounds simply like a 50% cut, but I also downgraded my tickets from 40 yard line to end zone to minimize the ticket price and seat donation, so I spent $1090 instead of $2985 (63.5% less).
The worst part about the drop is that those tickets aren't coming back at nearly the same rate that they were lost. Years of progress have been eroded and it's not being rebuilt short of a miracle.
For your perusal:
SELL! SELL!
Also, that's 46% of people that care enough to take the time to read and post on a Rutgers message board, ie. the hardcore fans.
Actually this problem goes all the way back to the hiring of Julie. I believe that we had the Assistant AD of Whisky as a finalist, someone who worked closely with Alvarez and understood how to run a P5 football program. Yet somehow we end up with two AD's with no experience running a football program or evaluating a football coach. This is how we got here.
Also probably the most disgruntled and whiny fans too.
Yes, because those are the only fans that bother to participate on a message board.
There are only two real choices with our results. Disgruntled or disinterested.
There are more. I am not disgruntled or disinterested.
I am actually interested to see how the season turns out. If it turns out well, then great. If it does not turn out well, will be interested to see if Hobbs cans Ash. If the latter happens, and there is no canned Ash, I may become disinterested for 2020.
There's also the head in the sand fans. Fans are whiney when team goes 1-11? SMH to that logic.
Doubt you will find many head in sand fans. We all know what we have in a coach. Just waiting for the shoe to drop sooner or later. Some don't whine about it. Some do.
Renewed today. Down from a high of 12 in 2012 to 8 last year to 5.
Interesting conversation with the ticket rep. They finally got back to me after 4 messages! I asked Jack why it took so long to get back and if they were busy? To be told not busy at all just don't have anyone left to answer the phone and return calls.
Can't make this up if I tried.
Interesting conversation with the ticket rep. They finally got back to me after 4 messages! I asked Jack why it took so long to get back and if they were busy? To be told not busy at all just don't have anyone left to answer the phone and return calls.
Can't make this up if I tried.
Those final numbers are going to be exceptionally ugly. I hope Barchi is pleased with himself.
On the website it said ‘phone sales until 9pm’. I tried to call after work a few times; my calls went directly to voicemail (1-866-GORU).
Joe P.
I left 2 messages on Friday. One to my reps number and one to the main number. Left 2 messages today and replied to a twitter post that was begging people to renew. I am thinking the only reason I received a return call is because of my twitter post.
While I'm confident even a geologist can do the math right (j/k), I'd have to say that that number is very unlikely to be correct - can't imagine more than a 10-15% drop off...
