If you could tell Lasry and Edens (Edens calls Embiid-pg8)

[Licensed to Il]

I would tell them not to pander to dumb Wisconsonites (who have already determined that NCAA is better than NBA, hockey is better than basketball, Bo Ryan coaches the game how it is supposed to be coached, NBA players are thugs, the Bradley Center is a perfectly good arena, etc).

INSTEAD go after the next generation, as well as the international market. Rebrand the look, rebuild the roster, uncover a new fanbase (without pandering to the 40+ age non basketball fans)..

[Newz]

This is what I want to hear from them:

Lasry: You said, well the Bucks are a joke. Well, they're not. They're not some weird milky, ricey, watery goop that you feed infants and old people. Okay? Maybe, they would be if you added some CAYENNE PEPPAH! I wish I was a boring billionare, who had boring life and boring friends. But I don't! I'm not! I'm actually part of this weird wolfpack.
Edens: It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees...
Kohl: I've heard enough of this. Come here!
Lasry: Woh! Here's the deal, man. I got a dark side.
Edens: It's true. He has semen in him.
Lasry: I said, demon.
Edens: But you also have semen in you, remember?
Lasry: Not relevant. But thank you, Wesley.

[Newz]

STEP 1: Find Jimmy Chitwood
STEP 2: Convince Jimmy Chitwood to play
STEP 3: Dominance

But wouldn't Jimmy pull the "Coach Drew stays, I stay, Coach Drew leaves, I leave?"

Does it matter? We'd have Jimmy Chitwood.

[EastSideBucksFan]

Post your best ideas here.

I'll pass some on to Lasry & Edens tonight.

[jwalsh52]

Don't draft Parker

[bullox]

Guys with drafting advice:

1. They said they're letting their GM deal with that.
2. Even if they were telling the GM who to draft, they aren't going to draft a player 2nd overall based on what some guy in a bar said.

[Thunder Muscle]

Market the team to Madison by playing preseason games at the Kohl Center every year.

Honestly, the whole state save for Milwaukee has been ignored for far too long.

Tom Oates of the WSJ writes 4 articles at pre-ordained times:
* one on the eve of the season
* one at all-star break
* one at year-end
* one on the eve of the draft

Not sure if the GB-Madison-LAX-Fox Valley areas are ignored by the team's PR department, but coverage seems to indicate so. These areas need to be given reasons to cover the team, whether it's an event for its own sake like the Brewers' winter traveling cavalcades or playing up the human interest angles of players. Yanni's story is compelling whether a reader is a Bucks fan or not; there's angles to be played, but there's no indication this been attempted.

Bucks are kind of an afterthought up here BUT Green Bay's only sports radio station (The Fan) has noted that both of their Directors (Mark Haley and now Chris Terlop) have tried very hard to get Bucks players, etc on their show and its like pulling teeth --- especially to get a player. So take that for what its worth.

As far as my question to them, I'd ask in all honesty how difficult do you feel it will be to win back the dormant casual fans and if their target market will be the State or SE Wisconsin?

[BobbyLight]

I'm sorry the internet is full of stupid, horny men and probably made your daughter never want to be on TV again. Or be on TV all the time, one or the other. Basically, the non-pathetic members of the male gender are sorry that happened.

I'm not even kidding with that, btw.

Uh....she's hot. And I am not even kidding with that, btw......

Attractive females should be treated like NFL touchdowns. Act like you've been there before.

[Thunder Muscle]

I would tell them not to pander to dumb Wisconsonites (who have already determined that NCAA is better than NBA, hockey is better than basketball, Bo Ryan coaches the game how it is supposed to be coached, NBA players are thugs, the Bradley Center is a perfectly good arena, etc).

INSTEAD go after the next generation, as well as the international market. Rebrand the look, rebuild the roster, uncover a new fanbase (without pandering to the 40+ age non basketball fans)..

That fanbase attitude drives me insane. I agree they need to hammer home the younger generation though. This is the generation that will start to have kids and can lay the groundwork for an up & coming generation. As said, lay the groundwork to a new fanbase and if it produces wins you'll get some of the dormant fans to return most likely. They need a fresh product for sure.

[Kerb Hohl]

1. Read this board over the coming month.
2. Wait for LittleCleo's draft tiers.
3. Follow them.
4. Draft a tier 1 stud like Michael Cobbins.
5. Reap rewards.

[dedned]

I'm sorry the internet is full of stupid, horny men and probably made your daughter never want to be on TV again. Or be on TV all the time, one or the other. Basically, the non-pathetic members of the male gender are sorry that happened.

I'm not even kidding with that, btw.

Uh....she's hot. And I am not even kidding with that, btw......

Attractive females should be treated like NFL touchdowns. Act like you've been there before.

[Chapter29]

I'm sorry the internet is full of stupid, horny men and probably made your daughter never want to be on TV again. Or be on TV all the time, one or the other. Basically, the non-pathetic members of the male gender are sorry that happened.

I'm not even kidding with that, btw.

Uh....she's hot. And I am not even kidding with that, btw......

Attractive females should be treated like NFL touchdowns. Act like you've been there before.

Before or after the drooling stops? JK

[Treebeard]

Make the red jerseys our primaries. Ignore everyone who says we need something different.

**** ALL Y'ALL HATERS. RED JERSEYS FOREVAH.

No Sir! Burn ALL the F******* red jerseys. They make the Bucks look like the old Washington Generals

[Treebeard]

I would tell them not to pander to dumb Wisconsonites (who have already determined that NCAA is better than NBA, hockey is better than basketball, Bo Ryan coaches the game how it is supposed to be coached, NBA players are thugs, the Bradley Center is a perfectly good arena, etc).

INSTEAD go after the next generation, as well as the international market. Rebrand the look, rebuild the roster, uncover a new fanbase (without pandering to the 40+ age non basketball fans)..

Yes to all of the above (and I'm a part of the old fart group too)

My youngest daughter became a Bucks fan, in part because she thinks it's really neat that the players come from all over the world.

[paul]

Do not, under any circumstances, sacrifice the development of our top pick for the goal of making the playoffs next season the way we did with Bogut.

Seriously, under any humanly imaginable circumstances. If I see one f'ing trade for a former allstar to help out at the kids position while he matures I'm coming over and bringing a big F off cricket bat with me.

[Newz]

Yeah, not joking around I think I would tell them that at one point I heard you say you want to use the "OKC model" or the "San Antonio model" of building through the draft. Please stick to that strategy and try to build the team the right way.

[Matches Malone]

Post your best ideas here.

I'll pass some on to Lasry & Edens tonight.

Need new colors, logo, uniforms. Whole new identity.

[[MIKE C]]

I'm not going, but if I were there I would by them each a pint of whatever Sprecher beer the bar has on tap, I'd raise a glass, and say "Cheers!"

Oh, and I'd be wearing a t-shirt that says "We won't define success as making the 8th seed and getting knocked out of the playoffs." - Lasry and Edens, 2014

[jakecronus8]

This is what I want to hear from them:

Lasry: You said, well the Bucks are a joke. Well, they're not. They're not some weird milky, ricey, watery goop that you feed infants and old people. Okay? Maybe, they would be if you added some CAYENNE PEPPAH! I wish I was a boring billionare, who had boring life and boring friends. But I don't! I'm not! I'm actually part of this weird wolfpack.
Edens: It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees...
Kohl: I've heard enough of this. Come here!
Lasry: Woh! Here's the deal, man. I got a dark side.
Edens: It's true. He has semen in him.
Lasry: I said, demon.
Edens: But you also have semen in you, remember?
Lasry: Not relevant. But thank you, Wesley.

[Newz]

This is what I want to hear from them:

Lasry: You said, well the Bucks are a joke. Well, they're not. They're not some weird milky, ricey, watery goop that you feed infants and old people. Okay? Maybe, they would be if you added some CAYENNE PEPPAH! I wish I was a boring billionare, who had boring life and boring friends. But I don't! I'm not! I'm actually part of this weird wolfpack.
Edens: It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees...
Kohl: I've heard enough of this. Come here!
Lasry: Woh! Here's the deal, man. I got a dark side.
Edens: It's true. He has semen in him.
Lasry: I said, demon.
Edens: But you also have semen in you, remember?
Lasry: Not relevant. But thank you, Wesley.

It's a scene... from a movie that you hate.