Horizon League fan survey
Nov 24, 2015 0:40:25 GMT -6
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Post by SRT4driver on Nov 24, 2015 0:40:25 GMT -6
The Horizon League fan survey is out. Take it here... uwm.scoutware.net/dev/cgi/router.pl?mailID=8574M2310440001_505&playerID=163&linkID=M2310474301_206
The "select an option" questions are basically a waste of your time and can be zoomed through with a "somewhat" answer. But there were two parts where they, surprisingly, asked for direct input. If you have a few minutes, and care about the future success of the Milwaukee program, I strongly suggest sharing your feelings with them. Because we are stuck in this sh*tshow of a D-I conference for the time being.
For your amusement, here's what I wrote (in all seriousness) when asked "If you were speaking with someone unfamiliar with the Horizon League, how would you describe it in one phrase." (yes, I chose to use my own definition of "phrase" lol....
Answer:
Without fail, the Horizon League's leadership is great at "fixing" what isn't broken, which makes it harder to be a fan, and constantly moves them further and further away from their once stated goal of being a Top 10 college basketball conference (throwing away decades of name and brand recognition changing from MCC to HL; refusing to institute or enforce firm MBB scheduling guidelines like the MVC, A-10, and other quality mid-major leagues; giving us a terrible ESPN TV deal and doing away with HLN; taking the perfect conference tournament format for students/fans/alumni and instead going to a tried and failed format which they already knew students/fans/alumni would despise - so they simply didn't seek any input from them - all for the convenience of a few and to get a quick payday). I could go on.
Here's what I wrote later when asked for suggestions...
Answer:
Please stop doing everything you've been doing, and take a moment to learn from history. Please stop thinking you're so much smarter than any and every die hard, knowledgable fan who posts on a fan forum or message board, simply because they are posting their thoughts and ideas on a fan internet forum. Because based on the backsliding this league has done in relation to it's peer NCAA conferences, you're obviously not any smarter than Joe Blow. Otherwise member schools would not be willing to jump ship at the first opportunity to a conference like the Missouri Valley. And let's not kid ourselves, every league member would have, just as Loyola did. Why is that? Because most other conferences have leadership which operates with foresight, and makes decisions based on history and empirical evidence to improve their conference (like a MBB scheduling guideline/mandate), instead of shortsighted reasons (ahem all of your reasons for moving the conf tournament to a neutral site). I won't even get into the incompetence and possible corruption and greed that factored into making that conf tourney deal and signing it for 5 years without even a trial run. It's no wonder this conference is considered a stepping stone by even its least competitive and least well-off members.
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Too much lol? Show no mercy haha
The "select an option" questions are basically a waste of your time and can be zoomed through with a "somewhat" answer. But there were two parts where they, surprisingly, asked for direct input. If you have a few minutes, and care about the future success of the Milwaukee program, I strongly suggest sharing your feelings with them. Because we are stuck in this sh*tshow of a D-I conference for the time being.
For your amusement, here's what I wrote (in all seriousness) when asked "If you were speaking with someone unfamiliar with the Horizon League, how would you describe it in one phrase." (yes, I chose to use my own definition of "phrase" lol....
Answer:
Without fail, the Horizon League's leadership is great at "fixing" what isn't broken, which makes it harder to be a fan, and constantly moves them further and further away from their once stated goal of being a Top 10 college basketball conference (throwing away decades of name and brand recognition changing from MCC to HL; refusing to institute or enforce firm MBB scheduling guidelines like the MVC, A-10, and other quality mid-major leagues; giving us a terrible ESPN TV deal and doing away with HLN; taking the perfect conference tournament format for students/fans/alumni and instead going to a tried and failed format which they already knew students/fans/alumni would despise - so they simply didn't seek any input from them - all for the convenience of a few and to get a quick payday). I could go on.
Here's what I wrote later when asked for suggestions...
Answer:
Please stop doing everything you've been doing, and take a moment to learn from history. Please stop thinking you're so much smarter than any and every die hard, knowledgable fan who posts on a fan forum or message board, simply because they are posting their thoughts and ideas on a fan internet forum. Because based on the backsliding this league has done in relation to it's peer NCAA conferences, you're obviously not any smarter than Joe Blow. Otherwise member schools would not be willing to jump ship at the first opportunity to a conference like the Missouri Valley. And let's not kid ourselves, every league member would have, just as Loyola did. Why is that? Because most other conferences have leadership which operates with foresight, and makes decisions based on history and empirical evidence to improve their conference (like a MBB scheduling guideline/mandate), instead of shortsighted reasons (ahem all of your reasons for moving the conf tournament to a neutral site). I won't even get into the incompetence and possible corruption and greed that factored into making that conf tourney deal and signing it for 5 years without even a trial run. It's no wonder this conference is considered a stepping stone by even its least competitive and least well-off members.
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Too much lol? Show no mercy haha