I have never seen the Bucks make such a push to entice people to renew their season tickets. I suspect that they are concerned, both at the rate of renewal (or lack there of) and at what I assume is a decline in the use of game tickets paid for in those packages.
While there are basketball reasons for getting a new GM on board, I think that it is interesting that word of a pending hiring leaks out just as the discount deadline for season tickets is upon us. Word is that the Bucks intend to hold a press conference on Monday April 14 to announce their new GM. Let's see... when is that season ticket renewal deadline? Wow. April 14th as well.
What an amazing coincidence!
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Timing of Hammond Hiring Tied to Ticket Push?
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Timing of Hammond Hiring Tied to Ticket Push?
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This is the time of year they always make a big push. They offer discounts to renew early. While the timing of the hire will certainly help they needed to get a new GM in asap regardless of their desire to get renewals. After all our off season begins next week.
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I won't even think about renewing until some changes are made. Hiring Hammond and presumably a guy like Carlisle/JVG is a good couple of first steps, but the makeup of the team still needs to be addressed. Regardless of having a lottery pick, I probably won't renew if it is basically the same core guys again.
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I was wondering when someone would put two and two together...
First we have that annoying banner in the end zone of the BC..."Have you renewed YET...???"
Then we get sacked with the silly RENEW commercials over the TV with Desmond and Yi and Charlie...Good stuff...
Finally...the hiring of Hammond is made to appease the wilted fanbase to assure next year will be all bright and cheery...
If you really want to get philosophical about strategies of the Kohl-Monster and what makes him tick...Bottom line...it's fans in the stands...
My guess is that nobody in their right mind would renew their seats after the appalling disater over the last couple of years...
Look for a new glorious bucks future to be the focus of the news conference at 4pm today...
If Hammond was smart...he would throw the dead stench of LK out of the picture immediately to gain some weight with the FAN BASE...
First we have that annoying banner in the end zone of the BC..."Have you renewed YET...???"
Then we get sacked with the silly RENEW commercials over the TV with Desmond and Yi and Charlie...Good stuff...
Finally...the hiring of Hammond is made to appease the wilted fanbase to assure next year will be all bright and cheery...
If you really want to get philosophical about strategies of the Kohl-Monster and what makes him tick...Bottom line...it's fans in the stands...
My guess is that nobody in their right mind would renew their seats after the appalling disater over the last couple of years...
Look for a new glorious bucks future to be the focus of the news conference at 4pm today...
If Hammond was smart...he would throw the dead stench of LK out of the picture immediately to gain some weight with the FAN BASE...
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Last year, Stotts was fired and Krstkowiak was hired right around the time that the season ticket renewal packets went out. Most fans on this board felt that replacing Stotts would be a good thing.
Obviously, we fans do not know as much as we think we know.
This year, most of the vitriol has been directed at Harris and Kohl.
I don't think that our fan knowledge has increased at all. We just know that the Bucks have been in the lottery three of the past four seasons.
I do, however, believe that the Bucks have strategized some of these moves (coach & GM) with an eye to ticket sales.
If you can't be good, sell hope.
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Obviously, we fans do not know as much as we think we know.
This year, most of the vitriol has been directed at Harris and Kohl.
I don't think that our fan knowledge has increased at all. We just know that the Bucks have been in the lottery three of the past four seasons.
I do, however, believe that the Bucks have strategized some of these moves (coach & GM) with an eye to ticket sales.
If you can't be good, sell hope.
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old school - don't sel l the fans short.
i knew hiring larry K would get the results we currently have. after all, he was the big ma n coach before being elevated, and our big men have done nothing the last 15 years.
i als o knew guys like haislip and traylor would be busts, and tha t M o is a lot better as a shooting guard, and tha t GADZ and Simmons wuld be terrible as well.
it's kind of obvious the timing of the announcement was aimed at ticket sales. the brewers do something similar. they have a very big banquet in December/january for their ticket holders and such. they usually pull off some big trade or signing a couple of days before that fanfest banquet to give people something positive to talk about.
i knew hiring larry K would get the results we currently have. after all, he was the big ma n coach before being elevated, and our big men have done nothing the last 15 years.
i als o knew guys like haislip and traylor would be busts, and tha t M o is a lot better as a shooting guard, and tha t GADZ and Simmons wuld be terrible as well.
it's kind of obvious the timing of the announcement was aimed at ticket sales. the brewers do something similar. they have a very big banquet in December/january for their ticket holders and such. they usually pull off some big trade or signing a couple of days before that fanfest banquet to give people something positive to talk about.
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The moves prompted by trying to please the fans aren't necessarily bad ones. Without the need to feed the fans, managements would be more complacent, and owners would be less generous with funds. The NBA would be a bureaucracy.
As with most things in American society, it isn't that you try to put your actions in a favorable light, timing them to have most effect - it's whether the actions are smart and the goals are laudable.
The lack of success in Bucksville, year after year, had me wondering not only whether Herb Kohl's actions have the potential for being consistently smart, but also just what his goals were. Was/is there a private agenda?
The Hammond hiring renews for me the possibility that the man just wants to win, and if we knew all the circumstances we would better appreciate his continuing efforts.
The relationship with the fan base is hanging by a weakening thread. So, as far as I'm concerned, he can time things any way he wants. He just needs to make Hammond not just the big step, but the first of many steps forward. I don't demand dreamworld steps - realistic ones will do if they are smart and if they are part of a coherent plan toward contention.
As with most things in American society, it isn't that you try to put your actions in a favorable light, timing them to have most effect - it's whether the actions are smart and the goals are laudable.
The lack of success in Bucksville, year after year, had me wondering not only whether Herb Kohl's actions have the potential for being consistently smart, but also just what his goals were. Was/is there a private agenda?
The Hammond hiring renews for me the possibility that the man just wants to win, and if we knew all the circumstances we would better appreciate his continuing efforts.
The relationship with the fan base is hanging by a weakening thread. So, as far as I'm concerned, he can time things any way he wants. He just needs to make Hammond not just the big step, but the first of many steps forward. I don't demand dreamworld steps - realistic ones will do if they are smart and if they are part of a coherent plan toward contention.
AFAIK, IDKM
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old school - don't sel l the fans short.
i knew hiring larry K would get the results we currently have. after all, he was the big ma n coach before being elevated, and our big men have done nothing the last 15 years.
i als o knew guys like haislip and traylor would be busts, and tha t M o is a lot better as a shooting guard, and tha t GADZ and Simmons wuld be terrible as well.
it's kind of obvious the timing of the announcement was aimed at ticket sales. the brewers do something similar. they have a very big banquet in December/january for their ticket holders and such. they usually pull off some big trade or signing a couple of days before that fanfest banquet to give people something positive to talk about.
i knew hiring larry K would get the results we currently have. after all, he was the big ma n coach before being elevated, and our big men have done nothing the last 15 years.
i als o knew guys like haislip and traylor would be busts, and tha t M o is a lot better as a shooting guard, and tha t GADZ and Simmons wuld be terrible as well.
it's kind of obvious the timing of the announcement was aimed at ticket sales. the brewers do something similar. they have a very big banquet in December/january for their ticket holders and such. they usually pull off some big trade or signing a couple of days before that fanfest banquet to give people something positive to talk about.