Big East tournament- DePaul loses

[SFP]

T it is ONE year of not doing so well! He is a final 4 coach multiple times and he is in So. Cal which means nice days translates to why not head outside for most of the year. There are so many things to chose from in So. Cal and fans are a bit fair weather that if you are not vying for a national trophy and your venue is no longer the place to be seen well they do not show up. The AD knows that and I'd be shocked if Ben Howland gets the boot. I mean real shocked! It's a different culture down there even from SF. You can't use the same logic about So. Cal as you would Peoria.

 

[tornado]

T it is ONE year of not doing so well! ...

I know...but really, really not doing so well...and don't forget that attendances really dipped last year then again this year...so for some reason, fans just haven't been pleased for a couple seasons..

But you have made my point for me, and I fully agree with you....as I am using Howland of an example where a bad year or two do not mean the guy should be fired...

 

[BradleyBrave]

UCLA IS ONE OF THE PREMIER basketball schools in the country, has a massive following and their fan base is all of southern California...
so honestly, how is there even a remote reason why they shouldn't sell out or pack 13,000 in every single night??

Instead...they drew home crowds as tiny as 5900 vs. NMSU, and even drew abysmally small crowds of
-7500 for conference rival Oregon State
-and 6503 for conference rival Washington back in January when Washington was still in the top 25!!!
-Their home average crowd of just 8081 (down 2000 per game from last year) is only about 60% capacity!!!!
-they barely filled 11,000 seats for their fierce rival USC, and didn't a single sellout this season...not even close!
They didn't have a sellout last year either and haven't had one since 2007-2008 (1/19/08)

Let me ask a question -- if a new coach came in to BU and by his 6th or 7th year had the team at all time worst levels of play...going 14-17 with a roster full of 5-Star and 4-Star Blue-chippers....
and, driving 30-40% of the fan base away, leaving the arena more than 40% empty, and turning the program (in UCLA's case, it's one of history's TOP THREE programs ever!) into a mediocre program losing home games to Fullerton State, and going on losing streaks of 6 games at a time to teams as soft as long Beach & Portland...
then wouldn't his job be in jeapordy??????

If the guy had taken us to several Final Fours and national title games, then I would say no. A pretty silly question really.