Sea Turtle Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 What kind of a cheap program do we have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_iu_bb Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Oh, look, it's Sea Turtle here after a loss making a negative post. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Turtle Posted December 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, go_iu_bb said: Oh, look, it's Sea Turtle here after a loss making a negative post. Don't hate the messenger for posting reactions from fans who were at the game. I would be salty too if I was those fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Our band was probably not invited. I dont recall a sporting event where both bands were present. We dont have a mascot. Do I care about dance squads? No, I do not. No cheerleaders. I'll concede the point that the cheerleaders maybe should have been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy1987 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Was at the game. IU may have had more fans but it was close. Having their band and cheerleaders sure made it feel more like an Auburn home game though. It was definitely an advantage for them. I'm sure Dolson(who was there) will use money, distance or finals as his excuse. It was a bad look and yes the IU fans there noticed long before we collapsed after 10 minutes. Our fans that come to see these destination/neutral site games spend a lot of money to attend. Most have come to expect our cheerleaders, the pep band, all the flags and pregame pep rallys. We got nothing and a terrible performance by the team. No we probably still lose this game no matter but still... it just seemed like a half ass'd effort all around by IU. Sorry but we should be all in for IU basketball in every facet. Go Hoosiers!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Why is this thread here? There is a post game thread. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IUCrazy2 Posted December 11, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, rico said: Why is this thread here? There is a post game thread. I think it is worth being here. It may have happened at one game but it also kind of signals some discontent with the University's approach on the whole. The game is THE most important thing for these travel events. I think the biggest impact to how much "fun" someone has at one of these events is how the team performs. Even close losses involve quite a bit of "fun" as a competitive team gives quite a bit to cheer for during the game. We haven't been close in the vast majority of these destination games for awhile. That is the biggest issue. Much less significant is the aesthetics around the game. Auburn approached the game like it was in March and Indiana appeared not to give a crap. When you have that many fans show up at a game that is an 8 to 10 hour drive away from most points in your home state, along with all the expenses related to doing at least an overnight stay on top of the game, it helps if the school looks interested in that support. The team laid an egg and was getting knocked for effort. To the people there, I saw social media posts saying it looked like fans cared more than the team. Once that thought kicks in, then all the other stuff the University didn't do starts to take on a bigger significance. That is just psychology. Bottom line, college sports expect a larger and larger investment from fans to support the school's teams. From season tickets, to traveling to these events, to regular donations to maintain points for tickets, to NIL donations to fund the actual players, all the way down to needing to invest in an ever growing package of multimedia options to see games. Quite a bit is asked of a fans pocketbook these days. You HAVE to look like you respect your customer. Auburn delivered for their fans from team performance on down. Indiana appears to have failed on everything they had input in. Not a good look. Edited December 11, 2023 by IUCrazy2 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy1987 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, rico said: Why is this thread here? There is a post game thread. The thread has nothing to do with X's and O's, players or coaches. Why would you derail a post game thread debating cheerleaders and the band? Go Hoosiers!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_iu_bb Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, rico said: Why is this thread here? There is a post game thread. Sea Turtle wanted to make sure his negative post didn't get lost in the mix. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuswingman Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, 5fouls said: Our band was probably not invited. I dont recall a sporting event where both bands were present. We dont have a mascot. Do I care about dance squads? No, I do not. No cheerleaders. I'll concede the point that the cheerleaders maybe should have been there. Back when I was at IU (20 years ago), both bands were usually at tournament games (big ten / ncaa) and at least some neurtal site games because IU band used to go to Rupp Arena when we used to play Kensucky. Edited December 11, 2023 by iuswingman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUCrazy2 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, iuswingman said: Back when I was at IU (20 years ago), both bands were usually at tournament games (big ten / ncaa) and at least some neurtal site games because IU band used to go to Rupp Arena when we used to play Kensucky. It costs money to get all that other support there. Auburn could put them on some busses and we probably would have to fly them and their equipment down. The University probably felt it was more cost effective to not send all them down there. An accountant could probably make that argument. Someone doing PR would probably argue differently. Also, just want to add that if we had won the game, none of this other stuff would be talked about at all. When things go bad on the court it tends to accentuate the negatives everywhere else. "I spent several thousand dollars to see my team get blown out by nearly 30, look like they gave up, and the school couldn't even send the $#@$%&^ cheerleaders to the game?" That sentiment takes hold really quick when you have 50 to 60% of the people at the game with you whooping it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Could this simply be distilled to Auburn is 90 minutes from Atlanta..? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inequality Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: Could this simply be distilled to Auburn is 90 minutes from Atlanta..? That seemed common sense to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Cheerleaders should have been there. Band, I can understand the why nots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Sea Turtle regurgitation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUCrazy2 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 37 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: Could this simply be distilled to Auburn is 90 minutes from Atlanta..? For the schools, yes. For the fans it is simply this: the team got their @$$ kicked and that made for a bad event (from an IU fan perspective). Once that narrative starts to play then everything else you had a problem with that day gets amplified exponentially. If we won or the game was a hard fought and close loss, nobody is talking about cheerleaders. Negativity tends to compound. Edited December 11, 2023 by IUCrazy2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 It's wild to me that anyone is talking about cheerleaders or the band, but then I remember we're a bunch of 30-70 year old men ignoring work, so it all makes a bit more sense 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: It's wild to me that anyone is talking about cheerleaders or the band, but then I remember we're a bunch of 30-70 year old men ignoring work, so it all makes a bit more sense I'm not ignoring work. I'm multitasking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy1987 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said: For the schools, yes. For the fans it is simply this: the team got their @$$ kicked and that made for a bad event (from an IU fan perspective). Once that narrative starts to play then everything else you had a problem with that day gets amplified exponentially. If we won or the game was a hard fought and close loss, nobody is talking about cheerleaders. Negativity tends to compound. We're you at the game? I was. Believe me, IU fans were talking about no band and no cheerleaders well before tip off and long before we started getting our asses handed to us. If you were there you would have seen the advantage Auburn had with the home court feel. I'm sure that didn't show on TV. The band was literally behind the basket and did a hell of a job distracting our free throws in the first half. I guarantee you UK, UNC or Kansas would have had cheerleaders at least. I get a school like Tulane wouldn't bring theirs but we are IU. And it was a bad look for us. Even the Auburn fans noticed. The guy behind me commented that we couldn't afford to send them down. I chuckled and turned around and said "well we did just fork out 15 mil to fire our football coach". Money is not an issue when it comes to IU basketball. This was just another dumb IU mistake. Go Hoosiers!!! Edited December 11, 2023 by Indy1987 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Turtle Posted December 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 And I get that we don't have a mascot. But why? Doesn't like every other school in the big ten have one? Bring back the Bison! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, HoosierFaithful said: It's wild to me that anyone is talking about cheerleaders or the band, but then I remember we're a bunch of 30-70 year old men ignoring work, so it all makes a bit more sense Priorities man, priorities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUCrazy2 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Indy1987 said: We're you at the game? I was. Believe me, IU fans were talking about no band and no cheerleaders well before tip off and long before we started getting our asses handed to us. If you were there you would have seen the advantage Auburn had with the home court feel. I'm sure that didn't show on TV. The band was literally behind the basket and did a hell of a job distracting our free throws in the first half. I guarantee you UK, UNC or Kansas would have had cheerleaders at least. I get a school like Tulane wouldn't bring theirs but we are IU. And it was a bad look for us. Even the Auburn fans noticed. The guy behind me commented that we couldn't afford to send them down. I chuckled and turned around and said "well we did just fork out 15 mil to fire our football coach". Money is not an issue when it comes to IU basketball. This was just another dumb IU mistake. Go Hoosiers!!! No, I watched a bit into the second half from home (I gave up when it was clear the game was over.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Turtle Posted December 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Indy1987 said: We're you at the game? I was. Believe me, IU fans were talking about no band and no cheerleaders well before tip off and long before we started getting our asses handed to us. If you were there you would have seen the advantage Auburn had with the home court feel. I'm sure that didn't show on TV. The band was literally behind the basket and did a hell of a job distracting our free throws in the first half. I guarantee you UK, UNC or Kansas would have had cheerleaders at least. I get a school like Tulane wouldn't bring theirs but we are IU. And it was a bad look for us. Even the Auburn fans noticed. The guy behind me commented that we couldn't afford to send them down. I chuckled and turned around and said "well we did just fork out 15 mil to fire our football coach". Money is not an issue when it comes to IU basketball. This was just another dumb IU mistake. Go Hoosiers!!! Winning and having a first class program is more important to UNC, UK, KU, and Duke. It's unfortunate. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 25 minutes ago, Sea Turtle said: Winning and having a first class program is more important to UNC, UK, KU, and Duke. It's unfortunate. I don't see how anyone can really disagree with this comment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Since some folks seemed to not like the message because of the messenger, here ya go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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