Statman wrote:Re: 1st MVC Coach to Get Shitcanned
Postby rlh04d » March 11th, 2015, 4:53 pm
Also, anyone that wants to judge Lansing as being anything other than a major success at ISU should look at these numbers:
Average ISUb attendance:
5,946 (2014)
5,726 (2013)
5,433 (2012)
5,602 (2011)
--Lansing's Arrival--
4,807 (2010)
4,009 (2009)
4,289 (2008)
4,328 (2007)
4,278 (2006)
3,781 (2005)
Average attendance under Lansing: 5676.75. Average attendance in the six years prior to Lansing: 4248.67. He's averaged an increase of nearly 1500 fans a game since taking over.
Indiana State basketball revenue has responded accordingly:
$2,082,617 (2014)
$1,445,143 (2010)
I wonder how many other coaches in the Valley have overseen an increase in basketball-related revenue damn near twice their own salary?
Wasn't 2010 the last season of Kevin McKenna prior to his return to the benck as Dana Altman's led assistant? Frankly, it was McKenna who righted the sails and set ISU on a positive nautical course, NOT Lansing.
As far as the "economics" of ISU Basketball, do you recall the massive collapse of the American financial markets & restructuring? Strangely, this parallels the #'s you present. Not unusual, given the blue collar nature of the Terre Haute economy. A 2nd major factor in the HC attendance increase is ISU enrollment, which has jumped 25%+ since 2010. The new student group, "The Forest," has almost 500 members, and has undoubtedly impacted the increase. In a nutshell, your "fiscal figures" re misleading.
Did you attend ALL of the ISU games @ home this season? What % of season ticket holders generally failed to fill the lower bowl, yet accounted for final #'s? What about the two (2) top MVC opponets, UNI & Wichita State, who were filling the stands at all other MVC venues. UNI was lucky to attract 5,000 & the Shox just barely topped 6,000. You actually think that this reflects a Lansing "deity image" in Terre Haute?
Since you touched the issue of "finance,"I was curious why First Financial Bank in TH withdrew their Hulman Center logos this season? Haven't First Financial & the Hulman Family had close ties since Hulman Center opened in '73? You don't see this estranged relationship as hampering the flow of ISU progress, athletically?
As a program, Lansing has reached his crossroads @ ISU. The talk on the ISU message board is for no less than three (3) schollies going down the tubes in the near future as he frantically attempts to plug the holes in his sinking "motion offense" concept ship. The loss to Loyola was the WORST -ever in MVC Arch Madness history, and Lansing teams in the past few years have simply failed to get better and SUCK terribly when it matters most, not the type of tradition that Indiana historically cuddles up to during the Spring
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