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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Dec 1, 2022 13:00:28 GMT -5
Happy 4th anniversary to this thread...with still no definitive plan that has been broadly communicated
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 1, 2022 15:02:55 GMT -5
Happy 4th anniversary to this thread...with still no definitive plan that has been broadly communicated The La Salle way. |
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Post by big5explorer on Dec 2, 2022 22:04:45 GMT -5
When weekday home games get moved to 2PM starts, we only need a court with a few folding chairs on the sidelines.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Dec 3, 2022 17:24:55 GMT -5
When weekday home games get moved to 2PM starts, we only need a court with a few folding chairs on the sidelines. it's like they don't give a shit if people show up for games. would love to know the reason for the time change. i'm not taking off from work and sitting in rush hour traffic on the way home. will they refund me for the ticket? my guess is if i complain, they'll offer me a free ticket for another game which i can't even give away. it really can be torture being a la salle fan. |
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Post by big5explorer on Dec 4, 2022 12:29:18 GMT -5
When weekday home games get moved to 2PM starts, we only need a court with a few folding chairs on the sidelines. it's like they don't give a shit if people show up for games. And this is the problem. Whatever the reason, the perception can be that the school truly doesn't care about building/maintaining a fan base. Some constructive criticism for any school Admins reading: The decision is problematic in a few ways. First, the decision itself, and also how the decision was announced/conveyed. 1. Moving that home game to 2pm on a weekday is a move that is more like something a D3 program would do. Not a decision D1 program looking to get back to a Sweet 16 level would make. It also looks odd to other school alumni. Having a sibling who is a Lafayette alum, who was looking forward to the game, it looks like a ridiculous move. If the game was against Western Michigan, the decision may not be such bad PR locally. 2. An email should have been sent to season ticket holders who purchased a ticket, explaining the unusual move. My understanding is this has not happened. This isn't a weekend game. Most people actually have to work that day. The landscape of competing for fans, revenue, donations, and athletes is difficult enough. Decisions like this are a step in the wrong direction. Coming off how ticketing for the Temple game at the Palestra was handled, this has been even more frustrating for some fans who really care. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Dec 5, 2022 10:32:57 GMT -5
it's like they don't give a shit if people show up for games. Some constructive criticism for any school Admins reading: 2. An email should have been sent to season ticket holders who purchased a ticket, explaining the unusual move. My understanding is this has not happened. This isn't a weekend game. Most people actually have to work that day. They sent an email this morning: "After conversations between the two schools, it was mutually agreed by both institutions to change the start time of the men's basketball game against Lafayette on Wednesday, December 21. The game will now begin at 2 p.m."Hopefully you get a consulting fee for prompting them send this to season ticket holders... |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Dec 7, 2022 11:19:34 GMT -5
Some constructive criticism for any school Admins reading: 2. An email should have been sent to season ticket holders who purchased a ticket, explaining the unusual move. My understanding is this has not happened. This isn't a weekend game. Most people actually have to work that day. They sent an email this morning: "After conversations between the two schools, it was mutually agreed by both institutions to change the start time of the men's basketball game against Lafayette on Wednesday, December 21. The game will now begin at 2 p.m."Hopefully you get a consulting fee for prompting them send this to season ticket holders... and of course, they still never gave a reason for the change, just that the two schools agreed to it (a cya move so no one blames anybody). this school and athletic department never cease to amaze me. |
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Post by theneumann64 on Dec 7, 2022 11:57:37 GMT -5
They sent an email this morning: "After conversations between the two schools, it was mutually agreed by both institutions to change the start time of the men's basketball game against Lafayette on Wednesday, December 21. The game will now begin at 2 p.m."Hopefully you get a consulting fee for prompting them send this to season ticket holders... and of course, they still never gave a reason for the change, just that the two schools agreed to it (a cya move so no one blames anybody). this school and athletic department never cease to amaze me. (I'm going to steal my own joke from Twitter a few days ago) It was moved so it can air in Prime Time in France, given the two schools involved. |
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Post by sweat83 on Dec 8, 2022 9:38:25 GMT -5
They sent an email this morning: "After conversations between the two schools, it was mutually agreed by both institutions to change the start time of the men's basketball game against Lafayette on Wednesday, December 21. The game will now begin at 2 p.m."Hopefully you get a consulting fee for prompting them send this to season ticket holders... and of course, they still never gave a reason for the change, just that the two schools agreed to it (a cya move so no one blames anybody). this school and athletic department never cease to amaze me. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Dec 8, 2022 12:14:19 GMT -5
and of course, they still never gave a reason for the change, just that the two schools agreed to it (a cya move so no one blames anybody). this school and athletic department never cease to amaze me. there's a christmas ornament giveaway promotion that day. hopefully they'll remember to have them there for the 500 people that might show up. |
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Post by lscapcrus11 on Jan 6, 2023 21:04:03 GMT -5
Does anyone have any update on the facility project it has been over four years and all I have seen is that we are still in the “design” phase?
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Post by hykos1045 on Jan 7, 2023 0:29:58 GMT -5
it's like they don't give a shit if people show up for games. And this is the problem. Whatever the reason, the perception can be that the school truly doesn't care about building/maintaining a fan base. Some constructive criticism for any school Admins reading: The decision is problematic in a few ways. First, the decision itself, and also how the decision was announced/conveyed. 1. Moving that home game to 2pm on a weekday is a move that is more like something a D3 program would do. Not a decision D1 program looking to get back to a Sweet 16 level would make. It also looks odd to other school alumni. Having a sibling who is a Lafayette alum, who was looking forward to the game, it looks like a ridiculous move. If the game was against Western Michigan, the decision may not be such bad PR locally. 2. An email should have been sent to season ticket holders who purchased a ticket, explaining the unusual move. My understanding is this has not happened. This isn't a weekend game. Most people actually have to work that day. The landscape of competing for fans, revenue, donations, and athletes is difficult enough. Decisions like this are a step in the wrong direction. Coming off how ticketing for the Temple game at the Palestra was handled, this has been even more frustrating for some fans who really care. I was going to give the benefit of the doubt which is that maybe the student athletes wanted to have enough time to travel home for Christmas and still make it back to the next practice before heading down to DC to beat Howard. Yes, it was inconvenient to find out about the switch so late, and yes, our comps from that day will likely expire worthless. I was just pleased to avoid the whole mess of getting blown out by a 1-10 team while I was at the office that afternoon, so I'm not complaining. |
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Post by hykos1045 on Jan 7, 2023 0:30:29 GMT -5
Does anyone have any update on the facility project it has been over four years and all I have seen is that we are still in the “design” phase? |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jan 10, 2023 8:15:36 GMT -5
But if you write a check for $100,000 and you trust they will get the rest of the money to match the Glaser gift after 10 years (not), and you pay 7500 for two court side seats you might get to see where they take your order for a free beer and then tell you they ran out (this has happened to me) to watch a game in a new bowl with 600 seats behind each basket and less capacity than what we currently have. Oh and the plan is secret and only for those who write big checks with no promise that they can deliver a building or any functional service staff in the future who can get you popcorn or a hotdog in less than 40 minutes wait time. If you wrote a check for 100 G's, nice work. You've earned the privilege to bitch about whatever you want concerning La Salle, 23...just no more Chambers talk. Moved this to Facilities since it is on topic for that. You must've received the same email I did asking for 60 alumni to make a $100K donation over 4 years. I applaud the effort to raise the money, but again...there was no plan announced in the email, no renderings, no proposed schedule. Just an ask for $$$ on the hope that they will raise enough to move forward. That should have started Day 1 of the announcement of the Glaser gift. |
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Post by theneumann64 on Jan 10, 2023 14:18:44 GMT -5
I'll respond to some of the stuff that was in the URI thread here since it's more of a facilities topic (original I know).
The stuff with like the concession stands and the temperature is even more infuriating to me than the bigger picture arena issue. Our building is horrendous and is a joke to other fan bases, but I get that its a complicated, expensive thing to fix. Stuff like having an operational concession stand is not. Most High Schools in the country manage to have some sort of functional concession stand for their basketball games. And it's not like the food at Gola is any more advanced than what they served at my High School basketball games 20 years ago- hot dogs, popcorn, bottled soda, etc.
People who go to these games are generally highly motivated to do so. It's generally bad basketball, in a less than energetic environment, in the middle of winter, and usually at least a decent drive from where you live (obviously this is a variable but I'd imagine its a half hour drive for almost all of our alumni who go to games), in an area where there's not much to do before or after.
The school can't control most of that (talking the Athletic Department and Administration), but the least they can do is not further exacerbate the feeling of "why did I come to this game" by having a functional concession stand, having it NOT be 300 degrees in there (I'm sure there's a lot of reasons given for why it's so goddamned hot- figure it out), finding a way where you can hear the PA announcement, etc. We're not being delusional or bad fans to expect the school to figure at least that stuff out.
I live 3 hours from La Salle, so I'm not saying I'd be at every game or anything close to it, no matter what happened. And of course when the team is better, I make more effort to go. But the difference between me going to 1-2 games a year and 3-4 games a year often comes down to the days like last Saturday where I theoretically could have gone (and would've seen a win!) but I ultimately decide against it because the game day experience isn't just not a net positive, it's often a deterrent.
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Post by walkon on Jan 10, 2023 20:40:06 GMT -5
I'll respond to some of the stuff that was in the URI thread here since it's more of a facilities topic (original I know). The stuff with like the concession stands and the temperature is even more infuriating to me than the bigger picture arena issue. Our building is horrendous and is a joke to other fan bases, but I get that its a complicated, expensive thing to fix. Stuff like having an operational concession stand is not. Most High Schools in the country manage to have some sort of functional concession stand for their basketball games. And it's not like the food at Gola is any more advanced than what they served at my High School basketball games 20 years ago- hot dogs, popcorn, bottled soda, etc. People who go to these games are generally highly motivated to do so. It's generally bad basketball, in a less than energetic environment, in the middle of winter, and usually at least a decent drive from where you live (obviously this is a variable but I'd imagine its a half hour drive for almost all of our alumni who go to games), in an area where there's not much to do before or after. The school can't control most of that (talking the Athletic Department and Administration), but the least they can do is not further exacerbate the feeling of "why did I come to this game" by having a functional concession stand, having it NOT be 300 degrees in there (I'm sure there's a lot of reasons given for why it's so goddamned hot- figure it out), finding a way where you can hear the PA announcement, etc. We're not being delusional or bad fans to expect the school to figure at least that stuff out. I live 3 hours from La Salle, so I'm not saying I'd be at every game or anything close to it, no matter what happened. And of course when the team is better, I make more effort to go. But the difference between me going to 1-2 games a year and 3-4 games a year often comes down to the days like last Saturday where I theoretically could have gone (and would've seen a win!) but I ultimately decide against it because the game day experience isn't just not a net positive, it's often a deterrent. I agree Neumann. As I said in the Rhode Island post, it’s more frustrating that these things are easy fixes. Even trying to buy merchandise on game days. You can’t get anything at the bookstore because it’s always closed, and the small amount of items they have at the games is a joke. We could go on..simple things. We have certainly made progress, but improvements could be made. |
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Post by theneumann64 on Jan 10, 2023 21:42:55 GMT -5
I don’t want to only focus on the negative- some progress has been made. I liked how a homecoming was done this year a lot. And I’m glad they’re in general doing some kind of pre-game thing where you can hang out and have a drink and sit down, as opposed to trying to get there as close to tip-off as humanly possible.
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Post by gymrat67 on Jan 23, 2023 12:53:45 GMT -5
If you wrote a check for 100 G's, nice work. You've earned the privilege to bitch about whatever you want concerning La Salle, 23...just no more Chambers talk. Moved this to Facilities since it is on topic for that. You must've received the same email I did asking for 60 alumni to make a $100K donation over 4 years. I applaud the effort to raise the money, but again...there was no plan announced in the email, no renderings, no proposed schedule. Just an ask for $$$ on the hope that they will raise enough to move forward. That should have started Day 1 of the announcement of the Glaser gift. Assuming that the University Administration will not / cannot allow the $6 million+ Glaser Life Insurance Trust bequest to lapse by default through inaction, then actual construction of the long - proposed TGA / Trumark Arena Renovation must commence this calender year, 2023. This would appear to require La Salle to play at least all of its MBB and WBB home games for the 2023 - 2024 basketball season off - campus, e.g., at the U of P Palestra, Temple University Liacouras Center, Drexel University's Daskalakis Athletic Center ( DAC ) or somewhere else. Given the lead times typically involved in making, scheduling and announcing such rental arrangements, vis-a-vis both the A-10 Conference teams and our scheduled OOC opponents, IMO one would have expected the University's Administration and Athletics Department to have made some form of formal announcement on these subjects by now. The silence thus far has been deafening. |
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Post by Gnocchi on Jan 23, 2023 14:48:02 GMT -5
Assuming that the University Administration will not / cannot allow the $6 million+ Glaser Life Insurance Trust bequest to lapse by default through inaction, then actual construction of the long - proposed TGA / Trumark Arena Renovation must commence this calender year, 2023. This would appear to require La Salle to play at least all of its MBB and WBB home games for the 2023 - 2024 basketball season off - campus… Could the athletic administration be thinking outside the box with a plan to go the NHL Winter Classic route and play all home games next season on the dorms’ outdoor basketball courts? |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jan 23, 2023 15:26:27 GMT -5
Belfield Rec Center
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Post by walkon on Mar 4, 2023 14:25:14 GMT -5
Is today the last game in the attic until renovations? I Heard games will be at palestra next year?
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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Mar 4, 2023 14:48:48 GMT -5
Is today the last game in the attic until renovations? I Heard games will be at palestra next year? From your fingertips to Gods ears. On another note, a friend toured the school recently and was told a Planet Fitness was going in where that little gym was behind Neumann (dorm). Anyone hear about that? |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Mar 4, 2023 18:01:03 GMT -5
Is today the last game in the attic until renovations? I Heard games will be at palestra next year? I would hope that the school would control this message if what you’re saying is true. |
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Post by festushagan on Mar 4, 2023 18:54:55 GMT -5
Still no announcement when or if renovations will occur, and team looks like ashley howard still coaching.
Palestra option if true, I'm out as a season ticket holder.
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Post by walkon on Mar 5, 2023 6:58:25 GMT -5
Still no announcement when or if renovations will occur, and team looks like ashley howard still coaching. Palestra option if true, I'm out as a season ticket holder. Do you ever post anything positive? You b**** and moan about a crappy facility on one post, the next minute complain if they do renovate the palestra for a year doesn’t suit you. What facility suits you? Your local YMCA? Man, this forum is toxic. |
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Post by Shout out to my Cousin Bern on Mar 5, 2023 8:38:50 GMT -5
Actually a season at the palestra would be fun! They might even end up with more students at the games if they did a good job with organizing buses.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 5, 2023 8:47:57 GMT -5
Actually a season at the palestra would be fun! They might even end up with more students at the games if they did a good job with organizing buses. students barely go now and there were hardly any students at the Palestra game against Temple. I dont see this generation of students hopping on a bus to get to a game. Paying $20 a pop for parking also doesn't sound like a lot of fun. |
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Post by explorer88 on Mar 5, 2023 8:54:37 GMT -5
If they are renovating Gola there is not much we can do except play at the Palestra.
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Post by las71 on Mar 5, 2023 9:17:37 GMT -5
If we want a facilities upgrade we have to expect some inconvenience while the work is in progress. There aren't many options available. Maybe with Dunphy as our coach we could make a deal with Temple to use McGonigle (sp) hall if it's still open. I understand Palestra rents are high but other than that and McGonigle there's not much available. Textile/Jefferson has a decent facility that might meet our needs for a season but they have their own programs so dates and times available to us would be problematic. It seems our options are limited so if we want an upgrade we're going to have to deal with the ancillary issues. My hope is that they haven't announced the upgrade because they're trying to work out where we will practice and play once the project begins.😁
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Mar 5, 2023 15:35:19 GMT -5
Still no announcement when or if renovations will occur, and team looks like ashley howard still coaching. Palestra option if true, I'm out as a season ticket holder. Do you ever post anything positive? You b**** and moan about a crappy facility on one post, the next minute complain if they do renovate the palestra for a year doesn’t suit you. What facility suits you? Your local YMCA? Man, this forum is toxic. hes a troll not a La Salle supporter |
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