Anyone else dissapointed at the crowd support?

[Aussie 2point0]

How did my post get deleted and yet I agree entirely with was being said??? If it pop's back up then I will shut my neck and apologise..... The truth is tho, Basketball is a city sport.... Not a state sport! My point is we have 3.5 million population (city of melbourne, Victoria)... yet we support 10 Aussie Rules teams .... And all will survive due to our tv contracts..... I'm just saying I think it could of been done in Jersey..... But truth be told we were just a New York Franchise when New York may not have been big enough.... Now New York is more than big enough... Well, here we come...

[Aussie 2point0]

Bottom line, its the product on the floor...our numbers in NJ have never been through the roof, even during the Kidd years, but you have to remember its all about the die hard fan...

To have die hard fans you need to have a consistent product...you know our franchise history...

I would say the Nets die hard fan has always been more of a cult following...we may have picked up a few more fans through the Kidd years, but as I have always said, there are more Knick and Sixer fans than Nets fans in the State of New Jersey...

I really don't believe The Rock/Newark have been given enough time to show what they can get done there...It has nothing to with do with Jersey NOT being a basketball state...Even with some of the promos the Nets have done this year trying to slash ticket prices, the avg. basketball fan isn't interested in going to a game...

(side note: HDTV and the increasing TV population that is getting to view a basketball game in HD doesn't help...)

I do think there is validity to the smaller city population of Newark, but over time if the product on the floor is attractive to watch in person ticket sales will only go up...you are only going to sell so many tickets to fans who are more interested in watching the opposition...

I truly believe this organization has always deserved better support and Brooklyn will provide that...I'm extremely anxious to finally see the Nets fans base grow via Brooklyn and ultimately put real fans in those seats...

However, with that said, how much of a difference can a new identity make...The Rock/Newark should at least be in the mix of a potential expansion franchise destination for the NBA...that is if the Devils/Prudential Center can find investors and financial backing when the Nets are gone...Its not going to be easy surviving on hockey/college basketball/WNBA + concerts/other...

Well said... Brendan Byrne arena ( yeah I know my net history) was never a viable arena.... It was built with the New York People in mind..... You know just across the river.... But New yorkers never warmed to it unless we had some talent.... Which is something I Know your fully aware of.... The move to Newark should of been made right after the Lakers finals.... Agreed we had a lengthy lease but we had an owner with deep pockets.... He was still clinging to the belief that fans would come... Hence the sale to RATner, the Nets where always treated as a commODDity (buy low, sell high). The franchise/ fans are then gutted. until Proky comes and takes over.... Then all of a sudden we are out of the long term IZOD lease....
My Long Point is... Money talks and bull walks