Who will be the next head Coach?

A level set: there are about 3,100 students and a number are doing junior years abroad. More than half are women and many of those have little interest in football.

There are about 34,000 living alums and they are scattered around the country and world. A lot of them are old and can’t travel.

That means to fill or semi-fill a 20,000+ seat stadium, you need a bunch of people like you and NAD from surrounding Worcester. As I understand it, the demographics of Worcester, like Providence, has changed dramatically over the years with many having little interest in American football and more into futbol.

My mother and her twin sister were born and raised Worcesterites and married two Holy Cross grads after meeting in the “Carol Club” in the late 30’s and early 40’s when Holy Cross men were considered “a catch” by the locals.

Sadly, those days may be gone forever.

As for the band, it has always been small but agree it is now borderline pathetic. At the last game, I struggled to recognize the Alma mater. I know one band member and her parents and she bemoans how they struggle to get more band members. I was told of a case of a great musician who refuses to join because he thinks it’s beneath his talents. I feel badly for the current band members who are trying their best. With the PPAC and the emphasis on performing arts, you would think there would be more in the band.

If I had a say, I would insist any student getting a scholarship or financial aid while a music major (do we have those? I think we do), would be required to be in the Good Time band. 🤷🏻‍♂️

No, it's not compicated: at all!

Didn't used to be a problem.

Said administrators made it a problem.

No, it is more complicated and tell us how the administrators made it a problem. I could probably list a bunch of stuff that the prior 2-3 administrators screwed up (yeah, the logo/mascot for one) but how did they deep six the band?

IMHO, it has a lot to do with the current generation of students brought up on social media and technology that has lured them away from eye-balling and personally interacting with others. To the administrators' credit, they emphasize things like going out and helping the Worcester community. I think our coaches do a great job of getting their players to band (no pun intended) with their fellow teammates, Coach Chesney is a great example in football.  Have any interaction with the players and they not only love him, they love their teammates. They are bound for life. 

Look, when I and many were at Holy Cross, if you weren't on a varsity sport, and most weren't, the social life was minimal, no women other than the occasional mixer, and we lived for the football and basketball games. No social media to distract us. In fact, little TV available. Not a criticism of us or the current students, just how life was/is. 

I see Vince Rougeau at football games all the time, less so at basketball games. I suspect you'll see provost Visconsi at some athletic events having been an alum. 

I just don't think we can hang this on the administrators alone. 

I realize that and maybe went a bit far in my response but tell us how the past administrations went astray beyond my one example.

“The Spire”? 🤷🏻‍♂️

In terms of squashing school spirit?

Thats a joke, right?

The students changed the name of the student-run newspaper, such as it is these days, because The Crusader name had been appropriated by the KKK. As can be seen below, even the KKK masthead type font is similar to the Holy Cross Crusader masthead.

www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/kkk-paper-crusader-backs-trump-campaign-rejects-backing-n676686

I remember when Syracuse used to come to Fitton in the 60's and they brought their marching band.

They were announced as "100 Men and a Girl".

The "girl" of course was a majorette all decked out in an orange sequin outfit and leading the marching band while tossing a baton.

Now I see their band numbers 200.

Well, the thread "Next Head Coach" has devolved into a HC band discussion. I shouldn't pick on this one but I am because of the uncertainty of the current situation and personally am not that involved with the forensics of how we got from a not particularly renowned band to it seems, no band. I respect all those involved in the band and it's followers.

In the '60's the UMass marching band was large & terrific. The HC fans at Fitton enjoyed the band immensely. At the end of the game we shouted "encore." And, the band stayed after the game and serenaded the HC fans with John Philip Sousa's famous "Stars and Stripes Forever." It was wonderful. A great memory to this day. Their Div. II team w/ QB Greg Landry & TE Milt Morin was pretty good, too.

Call Chris Smith, the Giants are a dumpster fire anyway.