Spurs facing another non-sellout

[TheWriter]

So you think if they put up a new banner, Spurs fans will stop chanting Go Spurs Go.

Suns fans haven't stopped chanting Go Suns Go since I was a kid.

I don't know what would happen if Go Spurs Go was changed/gotten rid of but at least make an attempt at not settling.

[timvp]

I don't buy this matchup BS.

What great intrastate must-see rivalry did teams like the 2004 Grizzlies bring to the table that draw Spurs fans to the arena? I don't think people realize that it's never been anything close to like this during the playoffs. There were never 20 seats in a row that can be bought after like 48-72 hours of playoff tickets being on sale.

This is way beyond anything we've seen as Spurs fans. Yeah the Jazz aren't the Lakers, but the Spurs have easily sold out games versus the Grizzlies, pre-AI Nuggets, Blazers, etc. The Spurs also never had problems selling out the Dome for playoff games against the Jazz when the Spurs would get steamrolled back in the '90s.

And there's no advertising campaign the Spurs can launch to sell WCF tickets. Are you going to have the coyote run around the Dominion telling people tickets are available? Anything more than that and it makes more financial sense to just give the tickets away.

This is the WCF. It could be held in a gym on the southside with no air condition and $10 bud lights and $8 taquitos, and it should have still sold out. Blaming the Spurs because their fan base is getting worse and worse doesn't make much sense to me.

Sure, it could be cheaper or whatever but the prices haven't changed enough over the years for money to be the issue.

It's either Spurs fans suck, Spurs fans are lazy, this market sucks for pro sports or Spurs fans don't care.

I'm not sure which direction I lean.

[Kori Ellis]

I don't know what would happen if Go Spurs Go was changed/gotten rid of but at least make an attempt at not settling.

Most of the banners, signage, t-shirts, etc. say Get Ready. Get Loud. I'm not sure if you know that because on your own admittance you haven't been to a game in five years. But it's not like the Spurs themselves are just marketing Go Spurs Go.

[timvp]

So now the Spurs would be selling out WCF tickets if the crowd didn't chant Go Spurs Go?

Interesting.

[TheWriter]

Thanks. My MBA in Business Marketing didn't teach me anything. So I'm glad you are here to educate.

Catch Phrase -

a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used

That's Go Spurs Go!

Motto -

a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person, organization, city

That is Get Ready. Get Loud, One Team. One Goal. etc.

[TheWriter]

So now the Spurs would be selling out WCF tickets if the crowd didn't chant Go Spurs Go?

Interesting.

Did I say that LJ? You know I didn't, but you wanted to be cute.

I said the PR or advertising has nothing to do with this non-sell or anything. I said the PR of the Spurs was one of the worst in the NBA.

[Kori Ellis]

I guess what you aren't understanding is that the Spurs promote Get Ready. Get Loud. more than they promote Go Spurs Go, whichever one you want to call a catchphase doesn't matter.

(Just so you know, a catchphrase can be a motto and a motto can be a catchphrase)

[Kori Ellis]

Did I say that LJ? You know I didn't, but you wanted to be cute.

I said the PR or advertising has nothing to do with this non-sell or anything. I said the PR of the Spurs was one of the worst in the NBA.

How do you know they are the worst in the NBA. Have you been involved with the PR of other teams?

[ChumpDumper]

(Just so you know, a catchphrase can be a motto and a motto can be a catchphrase)

[timvp]

Did I say that LJ? You know I didn't, but you wanted to be cute.

I said the PR or advertising has nothing to do with this non-sell or anything. I said the PR of the Spurs was one of the worst in the NBA.

Okay then if Go Spurs Go doesn't matter that doesn't help us solve the problem of why San Antonio sucks.

Any ideas to actually sell tickets?

[TheWriter]

How do you know they are the worst in the NBA. Have you been involved with the PR of other teams?

It's my opinion. I think they're one of the worst in the NBA.

There is no rule of measurement, nor grading system for a PR department when it comes to whether they pass or fail.

[ChumpDumper]

It's my opinion. I think they're one of the worst in the NBA.

There is no rule of measurement, nor grading system for a PR department when it comes to whether they pass or fail.

Which is the best?

What is their catchphrase and motto and chant?

[Kori Ellis]

It's my opinion. I think they're one of the worst in the NBA.

There is no rule of measurement, nor grading system for a PR department when it comes to whether they pass or fail.

But you'd have to have some knowledge of other teams PR departments to conclude that. So what criteria did you use and which other teams have you accessed?

[TheWriter]

Okay then if Go Spurs Go doesn't matter that doesn't help us solve the problem of why San Antonio sucks.

Any ideas to actually sell tickets?

Yeah, one game doesn't sell out by 300 and things need to be fixed? The world is suddenly without gravity? You as well as many others are looking for something to criticize for the sake of criticizing. For the sake of being cynical.

[TheWriter]

Which is the best?

Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Suns.

[ChumpDumper]

Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Suns.

And Seattle is better because....




....they're moving out of Seattle?

[Kori Ellis]

See, I only know about a couple teams PR departments.

Seattle last season tried to giveaway some of these to fans last season.



But they were of Desmond Mason.

He hasn't been on the Sonics since 02-03.

Now that's an example of a bad PR department.

[TheWriter]

But you'd have to have some knowledge of other teams PR departments to conclude that. So what criteria did you use and which other teams have you accessed?

From simple things like websites to things like handing out the jersey of a suspended player to handing out shirts to color coordinate the entire arena.

[timvp]

Yeah, one game doesn't sell out by 300 and things need to be fixed? The world is suddenly without gravity? You as well as many others are looking for something to criticize for the sake of criticizing. For the sake of being cynical.

Uh there are still 1000 tickets available to a playoff game that went on sale 64 hours ago. When tickets that usually sell out in a matter of minutes are still available nearly three days later, then yes there is a problem.

San Antonio is laying an egg of epic proportions. Do you know how many cities would kill for an NBA team half as successful as the Spurs have been? Even if it means drinking beer at home and riding the bus to a game if you need to keep the pocket change.

[timvp]

handing out the jersey of a suspended player

No team has done that. You are speaking of rich season ticket holders who buy bulk jerseys and give them away.

If you don't know, ya betta ax somebody.

And that's neither a catch phrase nor a slogan.

[TheWriter]

Uh there are still 1000 tickets available to a playoff game that went on sale 64 hours ago. When tickets that usually sell out in a matter of minutes are still available nearly three days later, then yes there is a problem.

So why isn't the Cavs Piston game 2 sold out yet? It has Lebron!!

San Antonio is laying an egg of epic proportions. Do you know how many cities would kill for an NBA team half as successful as the Spurs have been?

Epic proportions? Do the Spurs have you on the pay roll?

So because one game didn't sell out the franchise is in desperate times?

For christ sakes, you and about how much Holt makes in SA with this team and spends very little but the fans don't buy 300 tickets the team can't survive.

[Kori Ellis]

So why isn't the Cavs Piston game 2 sold out yet?



Epic proportions? Do the Spurs have you on the pay roll?

So because one game didn't sell out the franchise is in desperate times?

No one is saying it's a desperate time.

But it's embarrassing to have every national media outlet talking about how the Spurs can't sell out.

[ChumpDumper]

The only playoff games of a decent team I can remember not selling out is New Jersey -- what is happening with them again?

[TheWriter]

The only playoff games of a decent team I can remember not selling out is New Jersey -- what is happening with them again?

Didn't someone just mention the Mavs and their dip owner having to buy remaining tickets of a playoff game? What's happening with them again?

[timvp]

I guess Spurs fans like The Writer will get it when the St. Louis Spurs make the Western Conference Finals and sell out their games within seconds in the year 2015.