The House of Blue

For the love of everything f**king Holy. If you people are so mad/pissed off/disappointed with the football team.. Do us all a favor and STFU already. It's old, played out, and INCESSANTLY IRRITATING. My God, I come here to get information about the football and basketball teams, and give an opinion once in a while. I DO NOT come here to listen to (i.e. read) senseless argument from 4th grade. "My idea is better than yours!! "No, Mine is better". Grow the fkcu up already people. Minter, Jeffries, your schtick is getting very old, and I'm almost convinced the only reason you do the crap you do (i.e. be notoriously negative, argumentative, etc) is to get a rise out of people, and for the attention it brings you. Jeffries, you admitted to "trolling" - If you have nothing else better to do, well, that's a sad state of affairs. /done.

I love how Minter is once again allowed to start a baiting thread and then gradually creep over out of the room. The guy flames people and then walks off like nothing happened. How he continues to be able to post here I'll never understand.

And that is why I am growing tired of this site. Time to take out the trash.

In that, I mean getting rid of Minter.

ticket sales are little behind but I am sure if we beat UofL they will get better, UK has have alot experience dealing with these kind of situations

ticket sales are little behind but I am sure if we beat UofL they will get better, UK has had alot of experience dealing with these kind of situations

I simply posted a link to a Lexington Herald Leader article. How the heck is that baiting?

These numbers aren't a "little behind"... They are pitiful.

First off, this is a REAL new topic based on a current newspaper article that deserves discussion. It is not a "FAAAAAR_______" thread. If this topic were started by Chris, Matt or Jeff it would have gone an entirely different direction with civil discourse. What is stale with this particular message board is folks typecast posters and whack-a-mole each other.

Now, onto the subject...

The shortfall on football revenue is going to be significant with the stadium's upper deck half full. This is where UKs administration loses sleep...when they lose money. Here on this message board, we (posters) lose sleep before big games and after losses. We care about one aspect, they care about the other. This was the death blow to the Bill Curry regime...when season ticket sales hit rock bottom. I was a season ticket holder in those days.

By breaking up ticket packages into 3-packs... That's a start. But you don't solve the root problem of failing ticket sales by selling tickets. (Mr Eskimo, I'll sell you tinier ice cubes because they're cheaper.) my post earlier had other suggestions, but got no consideration because there was a poster who had a typo to pounce on.

Once again, the UK administration and Athletics department HAVE to be creative and inject excitement, INVEST major revenue, reach out to the fanbase and reinvigorate the football program now.

The economy excuse is just that...an excuse. All things being equal, I doubt South Carolina ticket sales are off 30+%.

I point out that football programs are like ocean liners. They take a lot of engine power to move, but once out at sea they coast on little to no power in the direction set by the captain. In UKs case, PaPaw took to the wheelhouse, fired up the engine and left. Right now, with no certainty, can anyone point to what befalls us this season.

Money wise, during the Brooks era I believe the football program was neglected by UKs admin in terms of keeping up with the conference standards for facilities, revenues, marketing and on-field product. All the while the other sports were being built on the shoulder pads of the FB tv cash.

The real question is, how to fill the revenue shortfall that this article suggests? Can we have a BOT that will INVEST in a program that is losing money? Do they think that a new coach will stem this trend? OR Should they finally realize that it is an inherent cultural issue caused and propagated by their own action/inaction?

As stated- we are going to see something because of these numbers. It is unavoidable.

Kentucky fans make Kentucky Athletics far less enjoyable than they should be.

I'm to the point where I'm actively rooting for the success of the football program and the head coach not because of any loyalty or ingrained devotion to the school or sport but I just want to see certain posters and fans be miserable. I suppose it's a lot like the current political climate in this country; it's not about doing things that are right or necessary but about scoring points and putting one over on the other guy.

Which explains why you're stuck playing online poker for a living, I guess.

I gotta be honest, OB, if you are the same poster from CI, this is probably the most benign post I've ever seen you make.

I have no problem with differing opinions be they positive or negative. I have a problem with poorly constructed opinions or people who love to trumpet one factor or one bit of data and run online and say "See, look! I was right along!".

UK Football's problems are systemic and changing or altering one factor or variable will not solve or even change the equation all that much.