I have mentioned this problem several times. The students behind the basket...

Nov 15, 2019
11:10:43am

COACHdrn All-American

... are great. But the shooter can't even see the students behind the basket. All the shooter can see is a big huge blue tarp that's above the tunnel.

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Fill in ends of MC with temp bleachers to increase student intimidation

Samuel Hall Society

11/15/19 11:08am

I have mentioned this problem several times. The students behind the basket...

COACHdrn

11/15/19 11:10am

For visual reference, here are some photos:

COACHdrn

11/15/19 11:17am

I think it could be at least 2-6 points a game

Samuel Hall Society

11/15/19 11:23am

The pic you chose did happen to be during a game we were getting our butt kicked

IronPotato

11/15/19 8:10pm

The energy in that pic is fine. The shooter only sees the blue tarp over tunnel.

COACHdrn

11/15/19 9:31pm

The fourth one has t shirts that say y-B-u. It’s from Ogden.

StalwartBraveTrue

11/15/19 10:42pm

RE: For visual reference, here are some photos:

Wear Blue

11/16/19 2:31am

Exactly. And the students used to hit that blue tarp to make it wave, but they

andrewg3

11/15/19 4:47pm

MC lost it’s magic when they moved the student section.

allaboutthegainz

11/15/19 11:12am

Taking out the bouncy floor was the beginning of the end

CaliWG

11/15/19 11:18am

One of my jobs working at the Marriott Center during the summer was to slowly bounce the basketball

Indy Coug

11/15/19 11:28am

I think that’s one of the coolest jobs I’ve ever heard of!

antiyewt

11/15/19 11:30am

It was better than getting on top of the concession stands at LES and vacuuming out the dirt

Indy Coug

11/15/19 11:33am

It was also fun going up on the MC catwalk and then getting up on a small ladder changing out light bulbs

Indy Coug

11/15/19 11:36am

Reminds me of changing the light bulbs in the Richards Building racquetball

kmcougar

11/15/19 12:10pm

You couldn’t pay me enough.

Brigham

11/15/19 12:26pm

Eww

lightmann

11/15/19 11:48am

Duke hasn't moved it's student section

djbryant79

11/15/19 4:55pm

I'm absolutely convinced this has made a difference. It was awesome before.

Mitty

11/15/19 8:11pm

Physically there is no room to do that

Indy Coug

11/15/19 11:27am

Why, because of fire codes? Seems temporary bleachers could go in

Samuel Hall Society

11/15/19 11:33am

Where are you going to put it?

Indy Coug

11/15/19 11:34am

Hang a cage from the ceiling right behind the hoop. Put the nerds with the

InterglutealCleft

11/15/19 11:41am

I would double my donations if they did this! 😆

GangstaLean

11/15/19 2:57pm

also don't they use it for its intended purpose as well. An exit to the locker

Mayor of Cougartown

11/15/19 12:10pm

There are exits to the locker room in each of the 4 corners. there is no real...

COACHdrn

11/15/19 12:29pm

You can get there from the corner exits

Indy Coug

11/15/19 1:15pm

well now I'm annoyed

Mayor of Cougartown

11/15/19 1:17pm

I mentioned this to Tom Holmoe once & he brushed me off & said it wasn't possibl

CougarBack

11/15/19 1:54pm

Well, he's right

Indy Coug

11/15/19 2:00pm

Nothing is impossible. They just don't care about it enough to explore it.

COACHdrn

11/15/19 2:53pm

I'm a structural engineer and know it could happen

Samuel Hall Society

11/15/19 2:44pm

Shouldn’t have asked him so close to Halloween

LifelongAP

11/15/19 2:47pm

Its possible. It would be a great improvement.

Orem58thBall

11/15/19 3:29pm

You could sell it as Inner-ROC and raffle the seats each game

Samuel Hall Society

11/15/19 3:12pm

Our students are numerous. But intimidating is not

UNHuskerCoug

11/15/19 6:06pm

Distraction is what we need, not intimidation. We can do that.

Zooropa

11/16/19 1:40am

Which was what made them so intimidating for years on the sideline

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