List small things (even aesthetically) that Greg Byrne...
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1. Make Bulldog Club membership have more advantages. Obviously ticket priority is the main perk but who in the hell needs that when tickets are a dime a dozen for many events. Little things like free passes to the Spring football game or a Bulldog Club appreciation day with T-shirt givaways or something. The Bulldog Club sends out a little membership card every year and I have no clue why since there is never a reason to use it.
2. Get new cups that don't smell like a monkey turd
3. Rename us "THE Mississippi State University" just to piss off Ole Miss fans
4. Get rid of the "Walking Bulldog" logo
5. Standardize the color maroon we use.
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One more: Fire Sharon Fanning.
2. Get new cups that don't smell like a monkey turd
3. Rename us "THE Mississippi State University" just to piss off Ole Miss fans
4. Get rid of the "Walking Bulldog" logo
5. Standardize the color maroon we use.
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One more: Fire Sharon Fanning.
1. Make every person in the athletic administration reapply for their job and tell him what they should be doing.
2. Tell Templeton to get out of the building and to get any tickets, he will have to join the Bulldog Club like the rest of us to have a priority.
3.Go down to Stansbury's office and tell him how much he is appreciated and see if there is anything that he can do to make sure he is happy.
4. Tell all coaches that their job is evaluated annually and wins and losses are important and they are expected to compete at the middle to top of the SEC on a consistent basis.
5. Sit down with the staff and make sure that everyone is fan friendly and treats the customers(alumni and fans) like they count.
6.Inform the ticket office that they have to work to sell tickets and give them the leadership and marketing ability to do so.
2. Tell Templeton to get out of the building and to get any tickets, he will have to join the Bulldog Club like the rest of us to have a priority.
3.Go down to Stansbury's office and tell him how much he is appreciated and see if there is anything that he can do to make sure he is happy.
4. Tell all coaches that their job is evaluated annually and wins and losses are important and they are expected to compete at the middle to top of the SEC on a consistent basis.
5. Sit down with the staff and make sure that everyone is fan friendly and treats the customers(alumni and fans) like they count.
6.Inform the ticket office that they have to work to sell tickets and give them the leadership and marketing ability to do so.
I could go all day, but here is one that's bothered me for years.
Kick Jim Ellis, and everyone else involved in marketing/selling "The Bulldog Radio Network," in the *** and tell them there had better not be a single square mile of Mississippi that isn't covered by the network by the start of football season. I don't even live in Mississippi anymore but it pissed me off to no end that I couldn't get games on the radio at my house and for about 15% of my drive to Starkville. It's inexcusible for fans of the largest University in the state to be in that position.
After the state is taken care of aggressivley pursue markets with large alumni populations in neighboring states.
Kick Jim Ellis, and everyone else involved in marketing/selling "The Bulldog Radio Network," in the *** and tell them there had better not be a single square mile of Mississippi that isn't covered by the network by the start of football season. I don't even live in Mississippi anymore but it pissed me off to no end that I couldn't get games on the radio at my house and for about 15% of my drive to Starkville. It's inexcusible for fans of the largest University in the state to be in that position.
After the state is taken care of aggressivley pursue markets with large alumni populations in neighboring states.
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for all the big 3 sports. Spice up SBW, get more fan friendly. Generate more interest in the program.
He is already out bullshittin' with alumni all the time. Embrace our traditions: Simplify the baseball uniforms, get them back to the old school ones. Incorporate the cowbell into everything. You have to keep the M-State for now, but eventually I'd like to see the interlock MS (baseball caps) the permanent logo.
Another is try (and I don't know how he'd do it) to negotiate some sort of trial deal with Nike, UnderArmour, whatever) like Oregon does for football and basketball unis, since we have no real tradition in those anyway. Contact some alumni with connections, something.
The main one, is create a committe to lobby to pro athletes from MSU. See that they're taken care of, and that they visit the campus often and donate/spend their money here. Let them get stuff named after them.
He is already out bullshittin' with alumni all the time. Embrace our traditions: Simplify the baseball uniforms, get them back to the old school ones. Incorporate the cowbell into everything. You have to keep the M-State for now, but eventually I'd like to see the interlock MS (baseball caps) the permanent logo.
Another is try (and I don't know how he'd do it) to negotiate some sort of trial deal with Nike, UnderArmour, whatever) like Oregon does for football and basketball unis, since we have no real tradition in those anyway. Contact some alumni with connections, something.
The main one, is create a committe to lobby to pro athletes from MSU. See that they're taken care of, and that they visit the campus often and donate/spend their money here. Let them get stuff named after them.
Standardise the color of Maroon on stuff.
Get on the ball with our Basketball practice facility
and I like the idea of calling us: "THE Mississippi State University"
ban the phrase, "Step into the Maroon" and "Bulldog Nation" or anything else reminiscent of Snoopy Fogeldork.
Get on the ball with our Basketball practice facility
and I like the idea of calling us: "THE Mississippi State University"
ban the phrase, "Step into the Maroon" and "Bulldog Nation" or anything else reminiscent of Snoopy Fogeldork.
he should come in and alienate everybody that works for him. Let's go from one AD that dept employees feared approaching to another.
What he ought to do is make every effort to foster loyalty within the dept. He should welcome all the good ideas that never surfaced during the autocratic regime of the past. As with any organization, I'm sure they are people that stagnated in their positions. A good boss can reinvigorate these people and bring the best out of them without fear tactics. If he wants to be successful, that's what he must do.
Most has been mentioned, but I'll still list:
1. Standardize maroon. Went to UK for the football and was amazed at how everyone, and I mean everyone in the stadium wore the same color blue.
2. Fix the Scott Field game day experience: bathroom renovations/ventilation, concession stands fully stocked for a four quarter game, the smelly *** cups, tv monitors in the walkways and concourses, someone with half a brain to run the jumbotron and pick the music
3. Decapitate the walking bulldog logo and get our bulldog into the 21st century.
4. Use all your connections to find a qualified marketing director.
5. Tell Sly Croom to put all the pro-style socks in a box and then have Phil Silva burn that box.
1. Standardize maroon. Went to UK for the football and was amazed at how everyone, and I mean everyone in the stadium wore the same color blue.
2. Fix the Scott Field game day experience: bathroom renovations/ventilation, concession stands fully stocked for a four quarter game, the smelly *** cups, tv monitors in the walkways and concourses, someone with half a brain to run the jumbotron and pick the music
3. Decapitate the walking bulldog logo and get our bulldog into the 21st century.
4. Use all your connections to find a qualified marketing director.
5. Tell Sly Croom to put all the pro-style socks in a box and then have Phil Silva burn that box.
With Templeton out, I would hope and expect knowing Greg, that he will start to send a lot of correspondence to Alumni. Templeton has never sent anything out. The only info. we've gotten in the last 2 years has been from Greg or by calling Strat. to see "what's goin' on?". He definately needs a "state of the University" address.
Go down to his office?... Byrne needs to pick up the phone and let Stansbury's receptionist know he should report for a meeting at 9am the following morning. In that meeting he should let Stans know he is the boss, Stans reports to him and that's the way it is. While also telling him that should he ever go behind the AD's back again to raise funds then he would be out the door. Then ask if there is anything he needs to be more successful and respond to Stansbury's answer in a way that makes him believe he'll be supported.
....at least, that's what LT should have done.
....at least, that's what LT should have done.
I live on the coast and have to run around my house like an idiot to keep reception of the AM station. I can listen to Ole Miss, Bama and Auburn events clear as a bell, but no MSU.
While I have no real opinion on everything posted, they are relatively quick, cheap, and easy things to fix and would be generally helpful for the image of the athletic programs at MSU. These ideas may not lead directly to on the field success, but they certainly make it easier to promote the programs to fans which is (at least indirectly) important to on the field success.
A few things I'd like to see:
- Specific fund drives. For instance doing a drive for expanding the Dudy Noble grandstands to the foul poles. This way we can still raise money when, say, football sucks and people know where their money is going.
- Increasing our efforts to add BC members. We've definantly made more of a grass roots effort lately, but we need to do that much more. Also, we need to give some real perks to people who give. Send out a report saying how much their money helped. Have some kind of get together for them. Make BC members feel really appreciated. I don't need these things to give, but it would be nice to get a thank you, particularly in those years when things aren't all peaches and cream.</p>
- Specific fund drives. For instance doing a drive for expanding the Dudy Noble grandstands to the foul poles. This way we can still raise money when, say, football sucks and people know where their money is going.
- Increasing our efforts to add BC members. We've definantly made more of a grass roots effort lately, but we need to do that much more. Also, we need to give some real perks to people who give. Send out a report saying how much their money helped. Have some kind of get together for them. Make BC members feel really appreciated. I don't need these things to give, but it would be nice to get a thank you, particularly in those years when things aren't all peaches and cream.</p>
Byrne should raise the price to have a LFL spot to $2000 a year. I feel sure that anyone that protested and moved their contraption out would have 5 people waiting for the spot (me included).
He could nicely let everyone know that this is being done so that we pay our coach more than 50% of the other schools do, hence, the expectation that we win more games than 50% of the other schools do.
BTW, how much is it to rent a spot right now?
He could nicely let everyone know that this is being done so that we pay our coach more than 50% of the other schools do, hence, the expectation that we win more games than 50% of the other schools do.
BTW, how much is it to rent a spot right now?
Stormrider81 said:
People will give a lot more money if you just ask them and especially if they know where the money is going to be used. Every one of us should be contacted once or twice a year with a request for money to fund a specific purpose, in addition to the regular Bulldog Club membership drive.</p>
Remove ALL authority to change uniforms from the coaches and reassign that authority to a newly founded marketing staff or board of directors, which includes Greg. It is my understanding that Croom chooses the football unis, Polk the baseball, so on and so on. Why? WTF do these guys know about designing a uniform to maximize marketing revenue? Do you think Less Myles could get the LSU logo removed from their helmet? Could Urban Myer change the UF helmets to blue? Why does it seem like we're the only team in the conference that gives it's coaches the ability to approve any uniform style and color combination they want? This should be restricted by the Athletic Department. It's not a coaching issue and they shouldn't have this authority.
The Bulldog Club is too hard to find online. And when you do find it, the information there is vague.
In any revenue-conscious organization, your target audience shouldn't have to take pains to find you. Your presence, your image, your brand, your mission should be as familiar to them as what they just ate for lunch.
In any revenue-conscious organization, your target audience shouldn't have to take pains to find you. Your presence, your image, your brand, your mission should be as familiar to them as what they just ate for lunch.
The whole point was quick and easy fixes. Something that could be done to improve the university but won't take a while to get it done.
that EVERYONE, from the staff in the Bryan Building, to the game day management crews, to the ushers and ticket takers at the ballgames, are 100% FAN FRIENDLY!! Only at Mississippi State are we rude, unfriendly, and downright mean to our own fanbase, and this has got to change!
I had a friend of mine walk in the door on the ground level of the Hump the Saturday of SuperBulldog weekend to show his wife where the post game interviews and where the locker rooms are located, and he said he ran into a staff member who works under our director of game management. This staff memeber yelled at he and his wife and told them to "get the hell out of here you have no business being here."
Memo to Bobby T: Tell your staff that not everyone is a crook with criminal intent!
I had a friend of mine walk in the door on the ground level of the Hump the Saturday of SuperBulldog weekend to show his wife where the post game interviews and where the locker rooms are located, and he said he ran into a staff member who works under our director of game management. This staff memeber yelled at he and his wife and told them to "get the hell out of here you have no business being here."
Memo to Bobby T: Tell your staff that not everyone is a crook with criminal intent!
from the university licensing dept:
The problem is it's never enforced. Unfortunately the color maroon is not a common color and merchandisers just go with the closest available. However, they're is no excuse for having 10 shades of maroon in the bookstore. Also the problem with the football jerseys is the material not the color -- it has a shimmer that makes it look lighter in daylight.
Do you really think an AD at an SEC school would be worried about a logo on the first day of his new job?
Do you really think an AD at an SEC school would be worried about a logo on the first anniversay of his new job?
NO and NO!
There's nothing wrong with the walking bulldog logo anyway.
Do you really think an AD at an SEC school would be worried about a logo on the first anniversay of his new job?
NO and NO!
There's nothing wrong with the walking bulldog logo anyway.
1) wrap the scoreboard columns at DNF in real brick instead of using that fake stuff.
2) Do somethings with the outfield to generate more interest amongst students.
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2) Do somethings with the outfield to generate more interest amongst students.
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Beg people to join. Offer perks and do whatever it takes to keep them happy. We can demand excellence all we want- but in the SEC that takes money. We can not demand consistant first rate performance from coaches with salaries and facilities that aren't equal to their competition. You get what you pay for in the SEC.
I agree with all the radio coverage comments. There shouldn't be a spot in MS that cannot pick up an MSU broadcast. That's priceless marketing and in a way recruiting that MSU misses out on. You can pick from multiple stations anywhere in AL to listen to AU or Bama- and those broadcast are all day affairs.
Gameday- refine gameday from campus to pregame to post game. Half-a##ing things doesn't instill pride in a fan base. We may not always be able to win the game, but we sure as hell don't have to look like amateurs.</p>
I agree with all the radio coverage comments. There shouldn't be a spot in MS that cannot pick up an MSU broadcast. That's priceless marketing and in a way recruiting that MSU misses out on. You can pick from multiple stations anywhere in AL to listen to AU or Bama- and those broadcast are all day affairs.
Gameday- refine gameday from campus to pregame to post game. Half-a##ing things doesn't instill pride in a fan base. We may not always be able to win the game, but we sure as hell don't have to look like amateurs.</p>
that they can't devote themselves to any idea that has a chance of raising a few thousand dollars, I agree with you on this one. The LFL and the accompanying atmosphere is a huge source of publicity for our athletic program. Really doing Dudy Gras up right would be great publicity, and if it raises $20,000 or so, all the better.
Now, that probably means that you and your cronies lose control of the event.
Now, that probably means that you and your cronies lose control of the event.
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