Pitino To St. John’s

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Originally Posted by Final4

You really shouldn't place much stock in what this buffoon has to say. I'm rather certain you would be hard-pressed to find any reference on this board where someone was complaining about ticket and/or seat license increases. This is an intelligent group of people and I'm quite certain that everyone here understands that prices go up.

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Oh no.....there are folks on this board that have complained mightily about it

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Originally Posted by Masterofreality

Uh huh.
And *some* on this board are mad that they were “allegedly” *promised* 12 years ago that there would NEVER be a ticket price or seat license increase. And *some* are upset that their seating applecart is getting overturned due to the need for increased revenue. Wah, Wah.
The old men yelling at cloud meme fits perfectly here.
(What ever Sean gets paid is worth every Penny)

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Where did anyone say on this board that ticket prices would never increase? You just don't get it. It's been said by me and others that Xavier would create fewer problems for people if they just raised prices or seat license costs if they need more money. Doing a reseating is both incredibly inefficient and risks creating a situation where the fans get broken up. It's NOT necessary to increase revenue!! Get it now, MOR??

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Originally Posted by bleedXblue

this is EXACTLY it

people being upset b/c they cant sit with all of their friends vs 4 years of hell watching a coach in over his head.

I want to watch WINNING basketball first and foremost

if that costs a little more and we have to move seats every 4-5 years I am all in for that

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Why do you have to move seats every 4-5 years if all Xavier needs is more revenue? makes no sense.

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Originally Posted by X-man

Why do you have to move seats every 4-5 years if all Xavier needs is more revenue? makes no sense.

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They reconfigured the seats. I am so confused why it is hard to understand that they would need to go through a reseating process if some seats no longer exist.

It isn't like they decided to just randomly make everyone reseat for more revenue. They made a decision about the seat configuration to improve Cintas and it eliminated certain seats.

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Originally Posted by bleedXblue

Oh no.....there are folks on this board that have complained mightily about it

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I don't think so. I recall, and participated in, quite a bit of discussion regarding the reseating process and having to move to new seats. I don't recall anyone ever complaining about price increases. You're obviously welcome to prove me wrong but until then I think we'll have to agree to disagree.

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Originally Posted by Final4

I don't think so. I recall, and participated in, quite a bit of discussion regarding the reseating process and having to move to new seats. I don't recall anyone ever complaining about price increases. You're obviously welcome to prove me wrong but until then I think we'll have to agree to disagree.

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That won't happen because no one complained on this board about price increases.

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Originally Posted by X-man

That won't happen because no one complained on this board about price increases.

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You complained that “The AD came into my office and said that this would never happen again”. Supposedly that was when Chris Mack was Coach.
And the discussion thread was about the reconfiguration of Cintas with the need to increase revenue. Those two things are intertwined/related
You claimed that Greg Christopher lied to you.
I’ll claim that is a thing that never happened.
Sean Miller is making over $2 million less/year than Ed Cooley is making. Stating that an Athletic Director at a major University would say that something would never happen again is ludicrous on its face.
Sorry.

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Originally Posted by Masterofreality

You complained that “The AD came into my office and said that this would never happen again”. Supposedly that was when Chris Mack was Coach.
And the discussion thread was about the reconfiguration of Cintas with the need to increase revenue. Those two things are intertwined/related
You claimed that Greg Christopher lied to you.
I’ll claim that is a thing that never happened.
Sean Miller is making over $2 million less/year than Ed Cooley is making. Stating that an Athletic Director at a major University would say that something would never happen again is ludicrous on its face.
Sorry.

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The discussion was about reseating only. More revenue was never part of our conversation. You can claim whatever you want, but I was there and you weren't. Sorry.

Anytime that there are physical changes to a venue, and a number of seats are eliminated or the location of seats is changed, someone is not going to be happy. When seat prices go up, someone is not going to be happy. In other words, you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people, any time. Someone is always going to be unhappy. The trick is to reduce the number of people that are unhappy down to the lowest level possible, while trying to make everyone happy, and realizing that you can’t. I don’t envy him that job.

I don't know anybody that is happy about it. If they are not happy, they must be either ambivalent or unhappy. That doesn't mean they don't understand or are willing to go through the process for the good of the program and the university in general.