Where were all the "WVU fans" telling us that this is a mediocre program and an undesirable job...

[5150]

I wouldn't show up either...........

Maybe you can catch Doc as he "sweeps across the state, looking for great, young unheralded talent"


remember that one? Classic

 

[5150]

The golf events have been slowly dying for years....can't really blame that on Luck. I agree they were fun and I loved them but they don't raise the money like the used to. It tied up the coaches to much for the amount of return.

it was great PR for the University.

I wouldn't show up either...........

Maybe you can catch Doc as he "sweeps across the state, looking for great, young unheralded talent"


remember that one? Classic

Yea and he found a walk on long snapper that will start for him next year from Hedgesville. I understand people from the high school couldn't get anyone from WVU even call them back. Now, Dana has done a better job recently of recruiting the state but it took him awhile to understand.

Btw, nice way to get off topic, Ollie did do way with the golf tourneys and the one in the Eastern Panhandle raised a lot of cash plus was used to help recruit students(with a lot of out of staters moving here most of them never had interest in wvu).

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

We have a golf outing here in Atlanta sponsored by the Peach State Alumni Chapter. Always gets a good turnout and attendance by MAC and AD staff and coaches.

Maybe someone over there pissed somebody off royally.

 

[5150]

We have a golf outing here in Atlanta sponsored by the Peach State Alumni Chapter. Always gets a good turnout and attendance by MAC and AD staff and coaches.

Maybe someone over there pissed somebody off royally.

no, they had them statewide, and Ollie stopped doing it...rumor has it that Dana said it was to much work and Ollie didn't play golf, but I have no idea why it was stopped but I can promise you the one in the EP made money. Replaced it with a dinner

 

[Low Mountains Drifter]

Perhaps, they were more trouble than they were worth in terms of immediate gratification in terms of bottom-line revenue on the quarterly balance sheets, but this is just one of the kind of things I was talking about how Luck's actions rubbed many, and I do mean many, relatively low level, but long-term and loyal supporters the wrong way.

In the long range picture, investing in satisfying the customer base is good business. I would also point to the decree that long-time ticket holders would either have to fork over more or lose seats and passes they had held for years. Maybe that increases the short-term income, but it's not a sound practice because you not only lose some of those people, you might lose their children down the road because they won't grow up cherishing the experience of outing with Dad to see the Mountaineers. You probably also take a hit as far as first-time younger alums becoming season-ticket holders and regular attendees if you price the tickets beyond the point a person embarking on a new career with a young family to support can bear. As younger people are apparently already less fervent about attending games than were previous generations that makes a difficult situation even more difficult.

That he was only here a few years means he didn't take the long-view. Establishing and reestablishing these connections is now something Lyons needs to do.

 

[5150]

Perhaps, they were more trouble than they were worth in terms of immediate gratification in terms of bottom-line revenue on the quarterly balance sheets, but this is just one of the kind of things I was talking about how Luck's actions rubbed many, and I do mean many, relatively low level, but long-term and loyal supporters the wrong way.

In the long range picture, investing in satisfying the customer base is good business. I would also point to the decree that long-time ticket holders would either have to fork over more or lose seats and passes they had held for years. Maybe that increases the short-term income, but it's not a sound practice because you not only lose some of those people, you might lose their children down the road because they won't grow up cherishing the experience of outing with Dad to see the Mountaineers. You probably also take a hit as far as first-time younger alums becoming season-ticket holders and regular attendees if you price the tickets beyond the point a person embarking on a new career with a young family to support can bear. As younger people are apparently already less fervent about attending games than were previous generations that makes a difficult situation even more difficult.

That he was only here a few years means he didn't take the long-view. Establishing and reestablishing these connections is now something Lyons needs to do.

This is a very good post. Everything is not about money. Some things are about the giving back to the tax payers. Remember, WVU is a land grant University and land grant schools were put in place to serve the people.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

[QUOTE="5150, post: 434840, member: WVU is a land grant University and land grant schools were put in place to serve the people.[/QUOTE]

I don't think the golf outings qualify under the Land Grant terms as serving the people.

 

[5150]

[QUOTE="5150, post: 434840, member: WVU is a land grant University and land grant schools were put in place to serve the people.

I don't think the golf outings qualify under the Land Grant terms as serving the people.[/QUOTE]
When the University decided to use the golf events to coordinate recruitment of students from the local high schools it did.