I see it didn't take Tanner long to use the basketball momentum as an opportunity to pass the plate
- Thread starter Rod Dangerfield
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Yes, but it had facility tours and other perks included. Do you think Tanner is supposed to sit by and do nothing with a Sweet-16 run?
Never let a good thing go to waste. Strike while the iron is hot.
Well, it has been fun watching Tanner haul ass out of the CLA so he could make it to Greenville in time. So, he is cheering the team.
His job is to be the AD, and it appears that he is doing just that. Also, this promotion was likely the idea of Eric Nichols or some other Associate AD, not Ray Tanner.
So, you are pissed at them for asking? Just ignore it and don't give. You can't fault them for capitalizing here. It's just smart to cash in on historic success.
Put up pictures of your house and car. WE'LL decide whether you are tapped out or not?
Put up pictures of your house and car. WE'LL decide whether you are tapped out or not?
Pics must include a lady. It's a requirement.
Put up pictures of your house and car. WE'LL decide whether you are tapped out or not?
On top of the car in front of the house.
We should follow all the blue bloods' lead and never ask our fanbase for money.
I agree - tacky email. Especially when it comes after several emails saying I didn't qualify for tickets through the GCC.
Luckily, I'm taking the StubHub approach to watching our teams from now on.
Luckily, I'm taking the StubHub approach to watching our teams from now on.
Wait...You bought tickets for ONE basketball game out of a potential 40 home games between the men and women and you are TAPPED OUT???
And, there were no picts from the one SAID purchase... so it didn't happen either.
Picts or....
Rod is a great Gamecock fan...But he will never understand Capitalism..
Just doing this job. Fanbase is sky high so any fool knows to go for the jugular.
Where have I ever said I bought tickets to one basketball game?
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I did say that, but it isn't the only basketball game I've seen this season. I just posted that to show lawcalcock that I was going, given the grief he gives me over how I perceive the status of women's basketball.
Lots of building projects (athletic and academic) under way at USC and many more on the drawing board. Gotta keep up with the Joneses or get outta the game.
Btw, anybody got 50 million $$$$ to donate for the new Medical School?
Btw, anybody got 50 million $$$$ to donate for the new Medical School?
We had someone that was on the board actually and they Removed her
We have some fans on this board who love to complain about anything and are very cheap. I got the email (and donated) and thought it was brilliant. USC needs to do more of this kind of strategic business marketing. They offered nice perks with the donation and its appropriate timing. We have a good thing going with both our bball programs so NOW is the time to invest more $$ to keep the momentum. Glad to see Under Armour deal (or was it a media deal) included replacement of the over the court scoreboard at CLA and installment of ribbon boards around the area plus other graphic upgrades. As nice as the arena is it desperately needs these kinds of upgrades. The arena is now 15 years old and due for $$ investment from the athletic department.
Just remember our football program....we started having really nice success under SOS and started coasting. USC athletic department and marketing efforts need to hit the accelerator in marketing and PR for the court Cocks.
GO COCKS!!! BEAT BAYLOR!!!
Just remember our football program....we started having really nice success under SOS and started coasting. USC athletic department and marketing efforts need to hit the accelerator in marketing and PR for the court Cocks.
GO COCKS!!! BEAT BAYLOR!!!
We (S.C.) already have a medical school in Charleston. That should be enough.
Get rid of those sorry ass vendors first . The ones in there now are to damn slow . I wish they put Rush's on the CLA
I usually don't have a problem at the concessions in the CLA. It's baseball that makes you miss an inning or two. I end up just going to a cart, where the product is usually better anyway.
I agree with Ward, cup holders should be next. It would be a cheap addition and greatly enhance the seating. WiFi as well.
What's most impressive is how they were able to wait until after we made the Sweet 16, bring all of that together in a matter of days, including the tours, etc. and specifically target Rod.
A REAL AD would have a team working to plan such things across a calendar year, with windows of release set ahead of time. He may have to shade the tone of the communications depending on the state of the programs at the time of the window.
Actually, that's probably incorrect. I'm just a poor guy with a liberal arts degree, and that's how I would do it. What would I know about how a real AD would handle things... for that matter, what would Ray know about how a real AD would handle things, right?
I agree about Rush's. But cup-holders should be irrespective of who the vendors are. They are a minimal enhancement.
Snark. That was my intended point. Failed snark is apparently the results.
Rod's comment seemed to imply that Tanner had eureka moment & said to himself & staff something like, "Hey, the basketball team is winning now, people will be in a better mood, quick let's send out an email asking for money before we loose again." Given the number of people who think that Tanner is not AD material, and may assume that he would run the athletic department in just such a manner... no planning ahead, no business plan, just stumbling from one point to the next.
I am no businessman at all, but I would imagine that there would be a plan in place for an early spring campaign to highlight certain areas, encourage giving, and set up some sort of vision for future endeavors. I would imagine it would come with a tentative launch window... "We know that we want to do this between date A & date B."
Thought that I would wrap it up with a nod to the narcissism that most sports fans exhibit (myself included), by implying that this giving campaign was all about Tanner hitting up Rod for money.
This is just the reader's digest version of what ran through my mind reading Rod's original post
Tell me what he has done so far other than bring Elmer Fudd in as head baseball coach so Pastides could make him AD. This is Elmer's 5th year, how's that working for you/us? Go Cocks!!
