Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
Scrooge-"Are there no prisons?". "Plenty of prisons..."
Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
Scrooge- "If they would rather die," "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
Agreed 100% on the atmosphere. However, changing that requires either catching lightning in a bottle with a couple recruiting home runs or completely changing our offense to something more fast paced. Again though, that usually takes a different level of athlete so we're back to square one. Our best chance to start packing the SHAC again is likely with Jory's club . SDSU and USD have proven that you can put a top 25 program together in women's basketball and compete nationally while in the Summit. With our women's basketball pedigree, finally having a legit coach in place post transition, along with the average North Dakotan's love for punching above our weight, I like where we are headed there.
Why do we have to wait for other schools and follow their lead then. NDSU should be setting the standard for the league and propelling it forward, just like football did. SDSU and USD on the women's side have not sat back and waited to see what of Summit teams did. They went out and did it and now we are all chasing them. If you are not the lead dog your view never changes.
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The first step towards improving the atmosphere in the SHAC is to schedule better home games. Do whatever it takes to get a P5 in there... the K-State game from the 2005 timeframe I believe was a 2 for 1 and they had to have Big 12 referees in the game in Fargo. Offer that to anyone that would take it it. Do a 3 for 1 if that's what it takes. Just one of those games could have a monster impact on student section involvement and overall fan involvement in the game.
Or get Thundar to do stuff like this:
Rip the seats out and start from scratch or renovate the Civic center and play downtown
They could just eliminate every other row of seats. Plenty of leg room and still plenty of seats..........sad but true.