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re: What happened to USC baseball and their fans?
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:58 pm to roadGator
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:58 pm to roadGator
I was at the game yesterday and I'll give the fans the benefit of the doubt. The weather was horrible. It was raining, cold and gray. SC baseball fans will turn out for a rainy game but add cold (a blustery cold at that) and people start thinking twice.. fast.
SC vs. Vanderbilt is a big series in the SEC so attendance is typically good but I don't expect attendance to be great at all this weekend. Simply put, fans have had enough of Holbrook. This year is a culmination of Holbrooks failings the past few years but even then, the fans still showed up. They've had enough now and unfortunately attendance is the only way to show our AD (a big fan of Holbrook and our former baseball coach) that we are not satisfied with the direction this program is going in.
We take all of our sports seriously here at SC.. but baseball (along with football) is one of those sports here that we will not accept losing in.
SC vs. Vanderbilt is a big series in the SEC so attendance is typically good but I don't expect attendance to be great at all this weekend. Simply put, fans have had enough of Holbrook. This year is a culmination of Holbrooks failings the past few years but even then, the fans still showed up. They've had enough now and unfortunately attendance is the only way to show our AD (a big fan of Holbrook and our former baseball coach) that we are not satisfied with the direction this program is going in.
We take all of our sports seriously here at SC.. but baseball (along with football) is one of those sports here that we will not accept losing in.
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Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:04 pm to roadGator
Had 7,000 tickets sold for the game (6,905) despite the bad season and the poor weather. That's 84% of the total 8,242 capacity. Had a decent crowd to start the game despite the weather, but when we took out our starting pitcher, and our bullpen opened the floodgates and Vandy jumped out with 5 runs, the crowd started leaving. They know how bad our hitting has been during the collapse, and that we'd have little to no chance of regaining the lead.
I think by the time it was 8-0 Vandy there were hardly anyone left that didn't have to be there...
On a good-weather day with the team playing well, the balance of the 1.3K+ available seats would've been snapped up by walk-in traffic, and we'd be looking at another full house like we typically do. But can't blame the fans with the product we're now putting on the diamond. It's pretty sad right now.....
I think by the time it was 8-0 Vandy there were hardly anyone left that didn't have to be there...
On a good-weather day with the team playing well, the balance of the 1.3K+ available seats would've been snapped up by walk-in traffic, and we'd be looking at another full house like we typically do. But can't blame the fans with the product we're now putting on the diamond. It's pretty sad right now.....
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:12 pm to nicholastiger
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I said it when the hire was made, LSU made the same mistake. Do not groom an assistant for the job to replace a legend. South Carolina could have had a number of sitting head coaches that would have crawled to that job. They still can.
While this is a logical post, I wonder. I am hearing that Carolina has begun losing recruits.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 4:31 pm to CocknDawg
Bertman is to Laval as
Tanner is to Holbrook
Tanner is to Holbrook
Posted on 4/18/15 at 11:48 am to theGarnetWay
Sensitive and stupid. Awesome.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 4:37 pm to CockInYourEar
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55 degrees, raining, our weekend starter is out for JH Surgery and we've got a losing SEC record.
So naturally we're all gathered around the 2 CWS trophies from a few years ago and eating BBQ.
It was really good BBQ, so then we came back on Friday and Saturday and beat #4 Vandy to win the series.
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