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I received a mostly personal email from someone in the athletic department yesterday inviting me to "coffee" in the next couple of weeks. I'm not a big donor and don't have the resources to ever become one. The only thing I have is longevity as a season ticket holder for basketball and very modest donations. It seems like they are reaching pretty deep if they are calling me for input.

Anyone else in similar circumstances getting a similar invite?
 

I received a mostly personal email from someone in the athletic department yesterday inviting me to "coffee" in the next couple of weeks. I'm not a big donor and don't have the resources to ever become one. The only thing I have is longevity as a season ticket holder for basketball and very modest donations. It seems like they are reaching pretty deep if they are calling me for input.

Anyone else in similar circumstances getting a similar invite?

Order The Grande with extra sprinkles
 

I received a mostly personal email from someone in the athletic department yesterday inviting me to "coffee" in the next couple of weeks. I'm not a big donor and don't have the resources to ever become one. The only thing I have is longevity as a season ticket holder for basketball and very modest donations. It seems like they are reaching pretty deep if they are calling me for input.

Anyone else in similar circumstances getting a similar invite?
Did you already renew your tickets? If so, maybe they will just ask for your prayers...
 










Order The Grande with extra sprinkles
When I get the free birthday drink at Caribou, I for sure get something that would come to over ten dollars if you added it all up. Extra this, half & half instead of milk, extra that, so big you need a stepladder to drink it. That's how we live, man.
 

When I get the free birthday drink at Caribou, I for sure get something that would come to over ten dollars if you added it all up. Extra this, half & half instead of milk, extra that, so big you need a stepladder to drink it. That's how we live, man.
If they are giving, you take.
 

When I get the free birthday drink at Caribou, I for sure get something that would come to over ten dollars if you added it all up. Extra this, half & half instead of milk, extra that, so big you need a stepladder to drink it. That's how we live, man.
That’s how takers live.
 




I received a mostly personal email from someone in the athletic department yesterday inviting me to "coffee" in the next couple of weeks. I'm not a big donor and don't have the resources to ever become one. The only thing I have is longevity as a season ticket holder for basketball and very modest donations. It seems like they are reaching pretty deep if they are calling me for input.

Anyone else in similar circumstances getting a similar invite?
Do you have coaching experience?
 





Wow! More HC experience than the guy they hired 2 years ago. Make sure the buy out offer is huge.
Overstated. Only assistant. But I could be ready for the move for the right price.
 



I received a mostly personal email from someone in the athletic department yesterday inviting me to "coffee" in the next couple of weeks. I'm not a big donor and don't have the resources to ever become one. The only thing I have is longevity as a season ticket holder for basketball and very modest donations. It seems like they are reaching pretty deep if they are calling me for input.

Anyone else in similar circumstances getting a similar invite?
What are you planning on telling them?
 

I renewed season ticket for next season and have not received an invite. Pretty sure I would respectfully decline the coffee meeting, if asked. In the end, all it's likely to be is a request for more of my money.
 

I renewed season ticket for next season and have not received an invite. Pretty sure I would respectfully decline the coffee meeting, if asked. In the end, all it's likely to be is a request for more of my money.
Or at least, asking HM to renew or why he hasn't renewed, what would it take to renew, etc.
 

I renewed season ticket for next season and have not received an invite. Pretty sure I would respectfully decline the coffee meeting, if asked. In the end, all it's likely to be is a request for more of my money.
I renewed as well, and would LOVE a chance to meet for coffee and air some gripes.

My complaints would have more to do with the stale in-game atmosphere, and easy improvements that could be made there.
 



I have had a few of these calls over the years and I have taken them up on the invite twice that I can recall. The calls have typically been from development people and, yes, they want to discuss with you the different ways that you might be able to donate or increase your donations, but there wasn't any hard sell. I found the people I met with to be engaging and willing to give a little "peak behind the curtain" and share some information that wasn't public knowledge. No state secrets, but interesting nonetheless.

Anyone with a connection to the program--season ticket holder, donor, etc.--who feels like they might enjoy the experience should reach out, they would probably welcome the opportunity to meet with someone who is proactively seeking the contact rather than trying to connect with prospects who are usually trying to avoid them.
 


So this guy is a head hunter?;)

Eighth grade soccer, and basketball, specializing in free throws. Maybe they need that?
Will you promise to work in free throws immediately, even before the Holidays?
 




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