At a time when being a fan of Georgetown basketball has become more of a chore than a joy to watch, Patrick Ewing Jr.'s critical comments about Hoya fans haven't been well-received.
Hey, Coach, instead of blaming the fans, you may want to catch a glance in your bathroom mirror. And one more idea - lobby the administration to provide FREE tickets to all undergrads. Right now, I'm expected to purchase a ticket, manage a shuttle schedule to/from the game, and cheer a team that's consistently losing by double-digits. A bit much to ask, IMHO.
Great article. There are also issues with poor home non-conference schedules, Fox pushing the team to play at 9pm, etc. Also, when the arena empty its not just the players that feel it. Fans do too - the biggest fans will feel flat cheering in that huge arena when its empty.
Of course there are thousands of reasons an on-campus arena would be nearly impossible to build, but the administration has seemed to just throw up their hands when faced with this problem. The biggest mistake was not buying the Mount Vernon Campus up the road. No, they wouldn't have been able to build an area there, but it could have been used to shuffle buildings around and make space for an arena. Of course, looking at long it took the football "stadium" to be more than a middle school field I don't expect an on campus area to be built in my lifetime.
Hey, Coach, instead of blaming the fans, you may want to catch a glance in your bathroom mirror. And one more idea - lobby the administration to provide FREE tickets to all undergrads. Right now, I'm expected to purchase a ticket, manage a shuttle schedule to/from the game, and cheer a team that's consistently losing by double-digits. A bit much to ask, IMHO.
Great article. There are also issues with poor home non-conference schedules, Fox pushing the team to play at 9pm, etc. Also, when the arena empty its not just the players that feel it. Fans do too - the biggest fans will feel flat cheering in that huge arena when its empty.
Of course there are thousands of reasons an on-campus arena would be nearly impossible to build, but the administration has seemed to just throw up their hands when faced with this problem. The biggest mistake was not buying the Mount Vernon Campus up the road. No, they wouldn't have been able to build an area there, but it could have been used to shuffle buildings around and make space for an arena. Of course, looking at long it took the football "stadium" to be more than a middle school field I don't expect an on campus area to be built in my lifetime.