UTEP vs SHSU
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The vendors have quit coming because the fans aren’t there. No point in spending money to get in there if the customers aren’t there. Sad how the city doesn’t support this team. In terms of the halftime performance, what were you expecting ?
This comment is sad. UTEP leads the conference in attendance. NMSU had 4,004 fans at their game last night. They won a NCAA tournament game 3 years ago.
UTEP fans have suffered for too long and some expect 8k just because we’ve beaten a bunch of bad or mediocre teams.
Delicious is no longer the sponsor - but stopped when Barbie arrived- or it could’ve been that people started reporting food poisoning- I don’t know. I thought it was a good promotion myself and would rally the crowd…. Better than the canes and Peter Piper do now.- but I partly blame that on the yapping lady and her annoying voice throughout the game…#nomoreyap
They win 20+ and the tourney win and NCAA appearance…he’s gone, and we all know it…let’s hope, not for his departure, but good for UTEP overall.
Look, I had donor seats for many years. I paid $3200 for 4 seats. That price included the donation part which for a long time, was tax deductible. At that time, the face value of my seats was $18. Yes, it pissed me off to have some random clown buy tickets at the ticket center for $18 + fees and sit in row 2. $50 for those seats now is just stupid.
Several things that need to happen:
1. Season ticket prices need to be reduced. With the schedule Senter provides, $875 per seat in donor seats for 18 mainly crappy games, is ridiculous. (Basically $48 per ticket.) The business model is broken. What NEEDS to be done is price those season tickets so you can sell them to Joe Fan and not just corporations that leave the seats empty 90% of the time. Sell the hell out of the "good seats" and limit available seats for joe blow to buy on game day.
2. Reduce the donor seats by about 10-12 rows. Lower prices and fill that crap up.
3. Marketing, while improved, still sucks. You MUST use digital billboards you can change on the fly on the freeway and the loop, going BOTH ways. Give free tickets to youth teams, and I don't mean in the rafters. Decent seats like behind the basket. MUST be on local TV damn near every day. Casual fans aren't taking the time to look for the game. TELL THEM IT'S COMING UP!
4. Increase vendors. Have them walk up and down selling stuff. Sell T-shirts, Mining helmets, etc. Shit, give away cool shit....make people WANT to be fans...
5. Get out in public more. ALL the coaches should be visiting schools during their practices and connecting. Even grad assistants.
6. Get rid of the dumb DJ and horrible Monica. Get some entertainment.
7. Take ownership of the ticket center. You MUST be customer friendly.
I'm a firm believer in the Wal Mart business model. Sell low, sell a shitload, and make more money. (My sales are up 20% YOY WITHOUT increasing any prices)
I can/am a dumbass and do/say a lot of dumb shit. However, I've been doing ok as an owner for 12 years. Unlike Senter, I am NOT trying to be your friend. I want your money and for you to feel you got value. I'm known as an asshole. I fire people that don't do the job right. I change vendors to maximize profit/service.
Nothing will change until Senter is fired and we get a forward thinker.
I WANT to go Saturday, but I WON'T because $50 is stupid and I am spoiled and refuse to sit in the rafters.
Whew...rant over....LOL
Have a great Sunday, and as a Cowboys fan, GO REDSKINS!
Several things that need to happen:
1. Season ticket prices need to be reduced. With the schedule Senter provides, $875 per seat in donor seats for 18 mainly crappy games, is ridiculous. (Basically $48 per ticket.) The business model is broken. What NEEDS to be done is price those season tickets so you can sell them to Joe Fan and not just corporations that leave the seats empty 90% of the time. Sell the hell out of the "good seats" and limit available seats for joe blow to buy on game day.
2. Reduce the donor seats by about 10-12 rows. Lower prices and fill that crap up.
3. Marketing, while improved, still sucks. You MUST use digital billboards you can change on the fly on the freeway and the loop, going BOTH ways. Give free tickets to youth teams, and I don't mean in the rafters. Decent seats like behind the basket. MUST be on local TV damn near every day. Casual fans aren't taking the time to look for the game. TELL THEM IT'S COMING UP!
4. Increase vendors. Have them walk up and down selling stuff. Sell T-shirts, Mining helmets, etc. Shit, give away cool shit....make people WANT to be fans...
5. Get out in public more. ALL the coaches should be visiting schools during their practices and connecting. Even grad assistants.
6. Get rid of the dumb DJ and horrible Monica. Get some entertainment.
7. Take ownership of the ticket center. You MUST be customer friendly.
I'm a firm believer in the Wal Mart business model. Sell low, sell a shitload, and make more money. (My sales are up 20% YOY WITHOUT increasing any prices)
I can/am a dumbass and do/say a lot of dumb shit. However, I've been doing ok as an owner for 12 years. Unlike Senter, I am NOT trying to be your friend. I want your money and for you to feel you got value. I'm known as an asshole. I fire people that don't do the job right. I change vendors to maximize profit/service.
Nothing will change until Senter is fired and we get a forward thinker.
I WANT to go Saturday, but I WON'T because $50 is stupid and I am spoiled and refuse to sit in the rafters.
Whew...rant over....LOL
Have a great Sunday, and as a Cowboys fan, GO REDSKINS!
I wouldn’t be so sure about that. No school who pays more than UTEP, will want a coach who took 4 years to be “successful”. A lot of you seem to have recency bias and forget that UTEP was 13-15 on Feb 24th last year.
Golding will need to do a lot more than just making the tournament for someone to pry him away.
I agree. I was all in on Golding. Last year, while I knew he’d be back, I was all for him getting the “pick” axe.
Without getting too far ahead of myself, aside from a couple games, I’ve enjoyed watching this team. They are more stable, solid than last year.
Here’s what we knew coming in. CJG “built” ACU into a solid team. It took time. Even though times are different now, if he’s still using the old model and has built this into a solid program with player retention, and he gets us into the tourney, I’m all for considering an extension…if that’s an option.
AmenLook, I had donor seats for many years. I paid $3200 for 4 seats. That price included the donation part which for a long time, was tax deductible. At that time, the face value of my seats was $18. Yes, it pissed me off to have some random clown buy tickets at the ticket center for $18 + fees and sit in row 2. $50 for those seats now is just stupid.
Several things that need to happen:
1. Season ticket prices need to be reduced. With the schedule Senter provides, $875 per seat in donor seats for 18 mainly crappy games, is ridiculous. (Basically $48 per ticket.) The business model is broken. What NEEDS to be done is price those season tickets so you can sell them to Joe Fan and not just corporations that leave the seats empty 90% of the time. Sell the hell out of the "good seats" and limit available seats for joe blow to buy on game day.
2. Reduce the donor seats by about 10-12 rows. Lower prices and fill that crap up.
3. Marketing, while improved, still sucks. You MUST use digital billboards you can change on the fly on the freeway and the loop, going BOTH ways. Give free tickets to youth teams, and I don't mean in the rafters. Decent seats like behind the basket. MUST be on local TV damn near every day. Casual fans aren't taking the time to look for the game. TELL THEM IT'S COMING UP!
4. Increase vendors. Have them walk up and down selling stuff. Sell T-shirts, Mining helmets, etc. Shit, give away cool shit....make people WANT to be fans...
5. Get out in public more. ALL the coaches should be visiting schools during their practices and connecting. Even grad assistants.
6. Get rid of the dumb DJ and horrible Monica. Get some entertainment.
7. Take ownership of the ticket center. You MUST be customer friendly.
I'm a firm believer in the Wal Mart business model. Sell low, sell a shitload, and make more money. (My sales are up 20% YOY WITHOUT increasing any prices)
I can/am a dumbass and do/say a lot of dumb shit. However, I've been doing ok as an owner for 12 years. Unlike Senter, I am NOT trying to be your friend. I want your money and for you to feel you got value. I'm known as an asshole. I fire people that don't do the job right. I change vendors to maximize profit/service.
Nothing will change until Senter is fired and we get a forward thinker.
I WANT to go Saturday, but I WON'T because $50 is stupid and I am spoiled and refuse to sit in the rafters.
Whew...rant over....LOL
Have a great Sunday, and as a Cowboys fan, GO REDSKINS!
That's fine. But if they really have turned a corner, they need to win conference games on the road. Those have been few and far between.
I agree and I would be ok with this. Sadly that's probably the best he thinks he can do at UTEP. He needs better recruiting to get any further.
Had to adjust to the NIL situation along with the transfer portal- and they kept everyone together from last year for the most part. Yeah - I’d say he earned it - if you include the tourney run last year. - his assistant too.
Typical UTEP, no common sense. What do they pay the ticket clerk, 15 an hour?
They can’t afford 3 more?
They can’t afford 3 more?
And there’s people that wonder why most of El Paso doesn’t trust UTEP or leave with a favorable experience after a game.
It’s just mind boggling how Senter still has a job at UTEP.
The tickets are sold on-line. Once you have a ticketmaster log in it only takes a few minutes to get a ticket on your phone.
Now it IS UTEP's fault for now being ready for the ticket surge after years of mediocrity, poor marketing and poor situational awareness. It like dumb and dumber over there.
Next up is why there aren't any pay phones inside the DHC. LOL
No reason for the Don to not be full. Don’t care what other CUSA teams are doing
The ticket master website is just as bad. I was trying to find seats for myself and wife( need a wheelchair space). Maybe just me couldn’t find it.
I ended up going with a friend who had an extra ticket. Was looking for a ticket on his row, ticket master shows none, he told be the entire row has been empty all season.
It's very easy to use. Just click on the wheelchair icon on the top next to "reset filters".
Some companies buy tickets and don't use them.
I was so happy when Stull retired. Senter has been equal at best.
If those two ever found themselves in some type of negotiation (in their underwhelming prime), Stull would eat him alive.
What I do is go to the UTEP athletics website and then go to the team's schedule. I go to the game I want to attend and the click on 'tickets'. It will take you to an interactive map of the DHC and you can zoom in and pick your seats. When you are ready to check out it will route you to Ticketmaster. Once you have paid, Ticketmaster will email your e-tickets. You can use those or transfer them from there.
P.S. I just tried it and I couldn't find any wheelchair spaces using the accessible filter. Frustrating for sure...
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Fvckng Senter has to go. He is so bush league. What a clown!! Jeezuz Kryst!
How about a preference for neither? Do you think that one ticket window open is acceptable? That IS absolutely on Senter.
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