PantherU wrote:I have heard a few people bring up that Milwaukee's attendance is an issue, so I want to address that and end any worry about it right here, right now.
Several months before the 2015-16 season, our Director of Ticket Sales, Brian Morgan, left to go to Marquette. We were left with our assistant ticket manager, Eric Becker. He was running the office until August, when he took a similar job at Pitt.
The reason Morgan has not been replaced yet is because the athletic department is currently in a reshuffling to prepare for growth as a program. In short, they're currently trying to model the program after elite mid-majors and the spot just hasn't been filled yet.
So if you're wondering how attendance was bad this year, just know that Milwaukee Basketball was having tickets sold by student workers. That won't be the case moving forward.
UNI has had students selling tickets for decades.
The person taking the money for the ticket has zero impact on ticket sales. That's a bad excuse of an excuse.
Also, we shouldn't be concerned that it's taking over. A year to fill an important associate AD role at UWM? We should t be concerned that they haven't replaced the assistant that left after nearly 9 months after they left?
I've heard s bunch of stories about how messy the athletic department in a Milwaukee is. Stories like that don't help your case for "we are growing and will be great"