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Post by learning on Mar 29, 2007 11:10:54 GMT -5
Haha. No way does that happen. Do you really think Pavan will not have their game?
Nebraska loves their volleyball first because there have no pro sports teams and second the players/JohnCook/Neb are so easy to love and follow. Fans make a huge difference there.
From a player's (real gamer's) perspective, would you rather play at a location where there is history, some love, a full gym, excitement, great games or would you rather find a place where none of that has been developed and may never be developed and it will only be you and dear old mom and dad?
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Post by OverAndUnder on Mar 29, 2007 15:06:54 GMT -5
Haha. No way does that happen. Do you really think Pavan will not have their game? Destinee Hooker already has hit over Pavan's block this year. I believe Klineman possesses the height and mechanics to potentially do the same.
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Post by gobigred on Mar 29, 2007 15:14:22 GMT -5
Haha. No way does that happen. Do you really think Pavan will not have their game? Destinee Hooker already has hit over Pavan's block this year. I believe Klineman possesses the height and mechanics to potentially do the same. Destiny and Alix can pad their individual stats all they want, Nebraska will still win.
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Post by lilred on Mar 29, 2007 19:09:28 GMT -5
Destinee Hooker already has hit over Pavan's block this year. I believe Klineman possesses the height and mechanics to potentially do the same. Destiny and Alix can pad their individual stats all they want, Nebraska will still win. No doubt about it, Hooker had a good individual season especially for someone with such limited experience. Texas as a team still lost though with the last being a suprising 3- sweep in Lincoln. So I agree give Hooker her 25 kills, give the Huskers the "W".
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Post by SaltNPepper on Mar 29, 2007 20:48:59 GMT -5
Haha. Nebraska loves their volleyball first because there have no pro sports teams and second the players/JohnCook/Neb are so easy to love and follow. Fans make a huge difference there. While it is true that fans can/do make a difference in the level of play (at times) in a match, the players from very good traveling teams often feed off the crowd too. I think players can really get pumped up when they know they'll be traveling to a hostile environment, so as a few have already mentioned, the HCA in a big match is often overrated.
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Post by doc on Mar 29, 2007 20:49:33 GMT -5
One reason Nebraska needs to look at a new facility in the 7,000 - 9,000 range is they are not growing a new fan base. The Coliseum is sold out to season ticket holders. I'm guessing 90% of those season ticket holders are empty nester's. The coliseum is great but if they want to have some vision and develop a new fan base then they need a new building. By the way, playing one exhibition match in Western Nebraska is not growing your fan base.
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Post by plm on Mar 29, 2007 21:10:55 GMT -5
One reason Nebraska needs to look at a new facility in the 7,000 - 9,000 range is they are not growing a new fan base. The Coliseum is sold out to season ticket holders. I'm guessing 90% of those season ticket holders are empty nester's. The coliseum is great but if they want to have some vision and develop a new fan base then they need a new building. By the way, playing one exhibition match in Western Nebraska is not growing your fan base. Nebraska doesn't need to grow a new fan base. The fan base is already there. As for the match in North Platte it is to show appreciation to the fans because most of them aren't able to make it to Lincoln to see a match because the tickets are so hard to get & also the distance from Lincoln. Also North Platte gives Houghtelling's family & friends a better chance to see her as Cambridge is much closer to North Platte than it is to Lincoln.
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Post by FreeBall on Mar 29, 2007 21:14:41 GMT -5
One reason Nebraska needs to look at a new facility in the 7,000 - 9,000 range is they are not growing a new fan base. . . . The coliseum is great but if they want to have some vision and develop a new fan base then they need a new building. By the way, playing one exhibition match in Western Nebraska is not growing your fan base. I think it depends on how you define the term "fan base". You appear to think that it is limited to people who are able to attend matches on a regular basis. I disagree. During recent volleyball seasons, I often talk to people who have rarely (or never) attended a match in person, but they are still big fans of the Huskers. Much of this is attributable to the excellent coverage that the sport gets in the Omaha and Lincoln papers, and also the number of matches that are televised statewide on the Nebraska PBS affiliate. I think it also reflects the large number of Nebraska athletes who have been and continue to be important contributors on the court. From a financial standpoint I would love to see the Huskers play in a venue with more seating capacity. However, I do not support a new facility or a move to the Devaney Center. I am still of the opinion that the Coliseum could be reconfigured to increase seating capacity to the 6,500-7,000 range without losing the intimate feel of the current configuration. Unfortunately this would cost a significant amount of money and is unlikely to happen as long as the recent football complex expansion is not paid off.
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Post by HOLIDAY on Mar 29, 2007 22:39:22 GMT -5
One reason Nebraska needs to look at a new facility in the 7,000 - 9,000 range is they are not growing a new fan base. The Coliseum is sold out to season ticket holders. I'm guessing 90% of those season ticket holders are empty nester's. The coliseum is great but if they want to have some vision and develop a new fan base then they need a new building. By the way, playing one exhibition match in Western Nebraska is not growing your fan base. Nebraska doesn't need to grow a new fan base. The fan base is already there. As for the match in North Platte it is to show appreciation to the fans because most of them aren't able to make it to Lincoln to see a match because the tickets are so hard to get & also the distance from Lincoln. Also North Platte gives Houghtelling's family & friends a better chance to see her as Cambridge is much closer to North Platte than it is to Lincoln. That was the general idea. What was mentioned earlier however is that many of those few thousand tickets were bought by bus loads of people in Lincoln and Omaha. It was sold out in less than an hour. Very few western Nebraska fans had the opportunity.
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Post by plm on Mar 30, 2007 21:49:34 GMT -5
Nebraska doesn't need to grow a new fan base. The fan base is already there. As for the match in North Platte it is to show appreciation to the fans because most of them aren't able to make it to Lincoln to see a match because the tickets are so hard to get & also the distance from Lincoln. Also North Platte gives Houghtelling's family & friends a better chance to see her as Cambridge is much closer to North Platte than it is to Lincoln. That was the general idea. What was mentioned earlier however is that many of those few thousand tickets were bought by bus loads of people in Lincoln and Omaha. It was sold out in less than an hour. Very few western Nebraska fans had the opportunity. I really doubt that there are bus loads of people from Omaha & Lincoln going to North Platte. As a Match Club member I'm going on the Match Club bus to North Platte. That is the one & only bus going for the Match Club. I wasn't even going to make the trip as I was just going to let the people in the North Platte area go since seating is so limited. When the Match Club came up with their bus trip I decided to go since you knew that much seating was going to be allowed for the Match Club anyway.
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Post by HOLIDAY on Mar 31, 2007 0:58:53 GMT -5
When their is a few thousand tickets only plm a busload of people is quite a bit , don't you think? Isn't the whole point of this trip west to accomodate the fans at the western end of the state? Couldn't that be the one game a year that matchclub and season ticket holders let the fans who live 6 to 7 hours away finally watch a match? Is their any venue in western Nebraska that holds more than a few thousand? ........................and yes....I do think its a bit selfish, matchclub or not, to take up seats for the one match in the other end of the state.
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Post by SaltNPepper on Mar 31, 2007 7:23:47 GMT -5
When their is a few thousand tickets only plm a busload of people is quite a bit , don't you think? Isn't the whole point of this trip west to accomodate the fans at the western end of the state? Couldn't that be the one game a year that matchclub and season ticket holders let the fans who live 6 to 7 hours away finally watch a match? Is their any venue in western Nebraska that holds more than a few thousand? ........................and yes....I do think its a bit selfish, matchclub or not, to take up seats for the one match in the other end of the state. While I agree in general that it is great to allow more fans from western Nebraska to have a chance to attend an NU match, 40 to 50 Match Club members attending on a bus trip out of 2400 available tickets does not seem to me to be any big deal, especially since these are the people that support the a volleyball program with additional donations, plus many of whom spend a lot of volunteer time to the organization/program. Many of these volunteers spend much of the regular season matches working their tables selling t-shirts, media guides, etc, and miss a significant portion of the matches themselves even though they have tickets, so I'd be the last to criticize them for wanting to watch a spring match where they don't have to work. There could have been a half dozen bus loads of Match Club'er and don't think that would have warranted a complaint from us everyday fans. Lincoln to North Platte is about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Lincoln. I'm not quite sure where you get the 6 to 7 hours away unless you're talking about up in the Alliance area. And since that would still be significant drive down to North Platte, I'd be surprised if a bus load from there would have wanted to go if the tickets were available - but guess it is possible.
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Post by HOLIDAY on Mar 31, 2007 7:49:22 GMT -5
North Platte is still fairly mid state. I love Nebraskans from the eastern end that think Nebraska ends at North Platte. Alliance , Chadron, Scottsbluff, etc are all huge Husker supporters. They are also very strong volleyball programs . Why would you also assume that a bus load of fans would not make the trip from the Alliance and Chadron area's to North Platte. It is a 4 hour trip from North Platte to Chadron. That would add up to 8.5 hours to a Lincoln match . Correct? If you expect me to feel sorry for those poor overworked volunteers who slave over those jobs and rarely get to watch a match? Give me a break. The people in the western end of the state are also doing their part running club teams, etc to grow Nebraska volleyball. Your sense of entitlement it laughable.
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Post by SaltNPepper on Mar 31, 2007 8:36:42 GMT -5
North Platte is still fairly mid state. I love Nebraskans from the eastern end that think Nebraska ends at North Platte. Alliance , Chadron, Scottsbluff, etc are all huge Husker supporters. They are also very strong volleyball programs . Why would you also assume that a bus load of fans would not make the trip from the Alliance and Chadron area's to North Platte. It is a 4 hour trip from North Platte to Chadron. That would add up to 8.5 hours to a Lincoln match . Correct? If you expect me to feel sorry for those poor overworked volunteers who slave over those jobs and rarely get to watch a match? Give me a break. The people in the western end of the state are also doing their part running club teams, etc to grow Nebraska volleyball. Your sense of entitlement it laughable. If the people volunteering to help run the club teams you mentioned were having trouble getting into a tournament where the club teams they supported were playing, then I think that they should receive priority in getting tickets rather than an average fan wanting to watch those teams play - which is the same principal I referred to. Obviously, we can only hope that volleyball progresses to that level of support at the club level where this would become an issue. . . . and for what it is worth (which isn't much), I am not a Match Club member nor did I try to get tickets to this match in North Platte.
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Post by huskervbfan on Mar 31, 2007 10:30:43 GMT -5
The people in the western end of the state are also doing their part running club teams, etc to grow Nebraska volleyball. Your sense of entitlement it laughable. Surely you aren't suggesting this makes sense. This is like saying that because I support Nebraska Volleyball, I should get a break on getting Olympic tickets over those who actually work for that level of volleyball. I am a Husker Match Club Member and I certainly feel I have every right to go as much as any Western Nebraska fan. I do work at the Match Club booth where I pay to go to a match and don't get to see and I do think that does give me some entitlement. I also work for the club in several other ways such as being a board member, handling my specific responsibilities, and helping other board members with their events. Many of us will also be helping to set up the Match Club sales booth and selling merchandise so will miss some of the match again. Incidentally, I just heard that the AVCA Showcase at the Qwest is not quite sold out so any of those western Nebraska fans who do want to see the Huskers play against even better competition have had ample opportunity to take advantage of this tournament.
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