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The size of our home basketball stadium

Deacfreak07 said:
I think it’s fair to be honest that the Joel is too big for us. Even when we are good. It’s also dishonest to suggest that having a smaller arena would somehow make us better. Hire a good coach. Any money that would spent to build a new arena can just go to a new coach’s salary over 5 years. Our facilities are competitive. Our coaching is not.
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We disagree about that. And you are now calling me dishonest. No problem. Life has scoreboards.
 
donaldross said:
No points. Just wins. Unlike Wake Forest. Life losers. Alums like you cause us to suck. No wonder we aren't a top 25 school. Old, broke folks.
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How do you explain 2013, when we were a top 25 university (ranked #23)?
 
I don't even care whether we get a bigger, smaller, better or worse arena or even basketball team and I can see as clear as day that the Joel is way too dang big for WFU basketball. Also, I was there in the Duncan, Paul, and other times when we were a top 10 school and we ONLY sold out a few games a year, and even then the place had many opposing fans helping us fill out those seats. Stop saying we'll fill it up if we just have a good enough team. It won't happen regularly and even when it does it willl be because State, UNC, or Duke fans are showing up in droves.

This is like buying a freaking huge SUV or pickup truck for the 2 days per year you might use it.
 
WhatUTalkinBout Willis said:
I don't even care whether we get a bigger, smaller, better or worse arena or even basketball team and I can see as clear as day that the Joel is way too dang big for WFU basketball. Also, I was there in the Duncan, Paul, and other times when we were a top 10 school and we ONLY sold out a few games a year, and even then the place had many opposing fans helping us fill out those seats. Stop saying we'll fill it up if we just have a good enough team. It won't happen regularly and even when it does it willl be because State, UNC, or Duke fans are showing up in droves.

This is like buying a freaking huge SUV or pickup truck for the 2 days per year you might use it.
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Then hiring Keith Richards to drive it.
 
WhatUTalkinBout Willis said:
I don't even care whether we get a bigger, smaller, better or worse arena or even basketball team and I can see as clear as day that the Joel is way too dang big for WFU basketball. Also, I was there in the Duncan, Paul, and other times when we were a top 10 school and we ONLY sold out a few games a year, and even then the place had many opposing fans helping us fill out those seats. Stop saying we'll fill it up if we just have a good enough team. It won't happen regularly and even when it does it willl be because State, UNC, or Duke fans are showing up in droves.

This is like buying a freaking huge SUV or pickup truck for the 2 days per year you might use it.
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not true, when Paul was playing we were selling out exibition games against WSSU.
 
wfu22fan said:
Stop talking about Duke. They have a good coach and 4-5 NBA first rounders every year. Coaching and players outweigh arena size.
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Yup and add to the fact that Duke has had an impressive 30 year run. That kind of helps bring people out to the games.
 
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