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Pretty Sure You are Wrong
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As I was brushing my teeth this morning at 6:40, Sid Joined Dave Lee for his morning ritual. I don't listen to this closely and I don't hear every sports segment on the Elderly Neighbor. However, it caught my attention this morning when Dave placed a Gopher football related topic on the tee for Sid to swing at.
Of course it was the new WCCO Gopher Football talking point: Attendance. Dave's point was basically "What in the world, why weren't there any people at the game on Saturday?"
Sid started to mumble some sort of response. When it wasn't along the lines of what Dave was looking for, he pressed "What about marketing?" Sid was confused and responded "Marketing? The attenance issue starts with the students and there were more students in the band on Saturday than in the stands." He continued on that theme with a comment that there aren't younger people at the games and someone told him the average age of an in-stadium gopher fan is 65. But Dave also continued to steer him with "Yeah, but what about the new marketing program they started last year?" Sid responded "Marketing?..." Then Dave launched his punch line: "Yeah, I thought that marketing change... to a different radio station... was supposed to attract a younger demographic." Sid just got more confused at that point and they moved on. The idea that the switch in radio broadcast prior to a 3-9 season would somehow fill the stands with 20-something aged maniacs is a funny one to me. Connecting the dots between radio broadcast and attendance on Saturday? I think this was an incredible reach on Dave Lee's part.
Like I said, I don't hear a ton of Dave Lee or his segments with Sid but from what I have heard of them... I get the feeling the loss of Gopher football really pisses him off. Nothing a little Tommy Football or an interview of a Hamline coach can't cure.
Of course it was the new WCCO Gopher Football talking point: Attendance. Dave's point was basically "What in the world, why weren't there any people at the game on Saturday?"
Sid started to mumble some sort of response. When it wasn't along the lines of what Dave was looking for, he pressed "What about marketing?" Sid was confused and responded "Marketing? The attenance issue starts with the students and there were more students in the band on Saturday than in the stands." He continued on that theme with a comment that there aren't younger people at the games and someone told him the average age of an in-stadium gopher fan is 65. But Dave also continued to steer him with "Yeah, but what about the new marketing program they started last year?" Sid responded "Marketing?..." Then Dave launched his punch line: "Yeah, I thought that marketing change... to a different radio station... was supposed to attract a younger demographic." Sid just got more confused at that point and they moved on. The idea that the switch in radio broadcast prior to a 3-9 season would somehow fill the stands with 20-something aged maniacs is a funny one to me. Connecting the dots between radio broadcast and attendance on Saturday? I think this was an incredible reach on Dave Lee's part.
Like I said, I don't hear a ton of Dave Lee or his segments with Sid but from what I have heard of them... I get the feeling the loss of Gopher football really pisses him off. Nothing a little Tommy Football or an interview of a Hamline coach can't cure.