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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 14, 2022 17:01:39 GMT -5
I'm not yet eligible for a booster (nor do I want it), and I wouldn't want to sit and scream and sweat into an N95 for 2 hours, so it doesn't look like this policy is moving at least one dubious Crossports poster any closer to seeing a game in person this year!
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 14, 2022 17:22:52 GMT -5
I'm not yet eligible for a booster (nor do I want it), and I wouldn't want to sit and scream and sweat into an N95 for 2 hours, so it doesn't look like this policy is moving at least one dubious Crossports poster any closer to seeing a game in person this year! Why would you take the vaccine and not the booster? 🤷♂️
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 14, 2022 17:35:58 GMT -5
The Hughes quote about "welcoming families back" yet no single game tix being sold is a huge swing & a miss. Yet aother guy in the athletic office who doesn't get that the Worc family demo are walk-up day of game tix buyers.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 14, 2022 17:49:06 GMT -5
The Hughes quote about "welcoming families back" yet no single game tix being sold is a huge swing & a miss. Yet aother guy in the athletic office who doesn't get that the Worc family demo are walk-up day of game tix buyers. But he is a "local" guy that is all I heard from you people.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 14, 2022 18:02:54 GMT -5
Would you please stop the nonsense?
Are you intentionally obnoxious or just clueless about how to interact with others?
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Post by Tom on Jan 14, 2022 18:03:23 GMT -5
I'm not yet eligible for a booster (nor do I want it), and I wouldn't want to sit and scream and sweat into an N95 for 2 hours, so it doesn't look like this policy is moving at least one dubious Crossports poster any closer to seeing a game in person this year! You bring up an interesting point. When the CDC went to that 5 day thing, they also changed the definition of fully vaccinated to getting the shot in the last 6 months. If I got my second shot a month ago, I am fully vaccinated and not eligible for a booster (since I don't need one). Might be worth a call to the ticket office for people in that boat
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 14, 2022 18:33:54 GMT -5
Would you please stop the nonsense? Are you intentionally obnoxious or just clueless about how to interact with others? I just like to use your own words against yourself. Plenty of people here were saying he was going to understand Worcester since he was a local Massachusetts guy.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 14, 2022 18:39:53 GMT -5
Find me a post where someone said that.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 14, 2022 18:47:12 GMT -5
Local/not-local, in this case it doesn't matter where the AD is from or his roots.
1. Right now, like it or not, Holy Cross is NOT trying to get a packed Hart Center from locals (or students, alums, benefactors, etc.) because of Covid so it doesn't matter if the local Worcesterites are walk-up patrons.
2. And more importantly in many ways, how many locals want to see this team even if Covid wasn't an issue? The number is miniscule. If the die-hard Crossporters and alums have mostly decided to watch on ESPN+, what makes anyone think the locals are going to trek up College Hill?
3. Oh, all a moot point because Holy Cross/Patriot League are postponing (cancelling?) games left and right. So, no tickets need be sold to a non-game.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 14, 2022 19:42:29 GMT -5
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 14, 2022 19:48:19 GMT -5
Find me the part where it says Hughes knows and understands the Worc market Einstein.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 14, 2022 19:52:18 GMT -5
Find me the part where it says Hughes knows and understands the Worc market Einstein. Last I knew Worcester was in New England and in Massachusetts Pros: - New England guy (Belmont Hill and Bowdoin alum)- Former coach and athlete -- I think the former is really important - Ostensibly knows how to connect with HC alums based on his background as a Mass. native
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Post by Crosser on Jan 14, 2022 20:04:07 GMT -5
Yaaaaaay! I'm now able to go to ..... wait for it ..... zero games before I leave for Florida. Not really nice to brag about going to Florida under the guise of complaining about not going to crappy HC games. Is bragging about going to Florida something that people actually do?😅
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 14, 2022 20:04:26 GMT -5
To Foley - last I know you have no clue again. Says nothing whatsoever in the post about understanding the Worc market. The local HC alums don't represent the casual locals that HC needs to engage and attract.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 14, 2022 20:44:23 GMT -5
Local/not-local, in this case it doesn't matter where the AD is from or his roots. 1. Right now, like it or not, Holy Cross is NOT trying to get a packed Hart Center from locals (or students, alums, benefactors, etc.) because of Covid so it doesn't matter if the local Worcesterites are walk-up patrons. 2. And more importantly in many ways, how many locals want to see this team even if Covid wasn't an issue? The number is miniscule. If the die-hard Crossporters and alums have mostly decided to watch on ESPN+, what makes anyone think the locals are going to trek up College Hill? 3. Oh, all a moot point because Holy Cross/Patriot League are postponing (cancelling?) games left and right. So, no tickets need be sold to a non-game. All facts which makes the ruling even more off the rails. They literally banned the student body from attending games even though they are in the testing protocols. The only way the policy makes sense is HC didn't want to refund tickets to the season ticket holders.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 14, 2022 23:42:29 GMT -5
Classes don’t re-start until 1/25. I suspect students will be allowed at games shortly after their return.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 15, 2022 1:16:28 GMT -5
Classes don’t re-start until 1/25. I suspect students will be allowed at games shortly after their return. Well the policy clearly states no students right now....I know when I was on campus a few weeks ago fellow student athletes were attending games to support their friends. Now they can't.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 15, 2022 9:28:42 GMT -5
Classes don’t re-start until 1/25. I suspect students will be allowed at games shortly after their return. Well the policy clearly states no students right now....I know when I was on campus a few weeks ago fellow student athletes were attending games to support their friends. Now they can't. And two days ago the policy clearly stated no one could attend. My prediction is HC will start allowing students once they get though all the testing and resulting isolation that will come with the return to campus. First or second week of February. We shall see.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 15, 2022 10:36:59 GMT -5
On top of that, many experts (OK, "experts") believe that omicron cases while being the dominant COVID strain will plummet by the end of January or beginning of February. If cases drop and HC continues to test, I would put money that attendance at Hart events will open up significantly, if not totally.
P.S. You still might see many in attendance but that'll be because of the quality of the product on the court, not the pandemic.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 15, 2022 13:45:09 GMT -5
Classes don’t re-start until 1/25. I suspect students will be allowed at games shortly after their return. Well the policy clearly states no students right now....I know when I was on campus a few weeks ago fellow student athletes were attending games to support their friends. Now they can't. Its total bull. Heinous policy. Very sad.
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Post by gks on Jan 15, 2022 13:56:09 GMT -5
Find me the part where it says Hughes knows and understands the Worc market Einstein. Last I knew Worcester was in New England and in Massachusetts Pros: - New England guy (Belmont Hill and Bowdoin alum)- Former coach and athlete -- I think the former is really important - Ostensibly knows how to connect with HC alums based on his background as a Mass. nativeI don't know the new AD at all....does seem like a nice guy. I can tell you that Belmont Hill and Bowdoin might as well be as far away from Worcester as Nepal is. Those two places do not make you a local when it comes to Worcester and CMass.
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Post by trimster on Jan 15, 2022 14:18:45 GMT -5
Last I knew Worcester was in New England and in Massachusetts Pros: - New England guy (Belmont Hill and Bowdoin alum)- Former coach and athlete -- I think the former is really important - Ostensibly knows how to connect with HC alums based on his background as a Mass. nativeI don't know the new AD at all....does seem like a nice guy. I can tell you that Belmont Hill and Bowdoin might as well be as far away from Worcester as Nepal is. Those two places do not make you a local when it comes to Worcester and CMass. Winning teams against good competition goes a long, long way towards filling the seats regardless of how connected the people in charge are with locals. Before the lockdown on fans, HC probably couldn’t get a thousand people in the Hart Center if free admission was offered with two complimentary hot dogs and a soda.
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Post by hc87 on Jan 15, 2022 17:10:38 GMT -5
I would think there have been a fair amount of Belmont Hill alums at HC ovah the years....does that make ADKH intimately aware of all things HC? No, but I'd bet he has a much bettah understanding and feel for the school than our last 2 ADs combined.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 15, 2022 18:39:39 GMT -5
I would think there have been a fair amount of Belmont Hill alums at HC ovah the years....does that make ADKH intimately aware of all things HC? No, but I'd bet he has a much bettah understanding and feel for the school than our last 2 ADs combined. The last AD literally went to college an hour away and his previous three jobs before HC were at far off schools in Chestnut Hill and Providence, RI.
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Post by hc87 on Jan 15, 2022 19:02:59 GMT -5
I would think there have been a fair amount of Belmont Hill alums at HC ovah the years....does that make ADKH intimately aware of all things HC? No, but I'd bet he has a much bettah understanding and feel for the school than our last 2 ADs combined. The last AD literally went to college an hour away and his previous three jobs before HC were at far off schools in Chestnut Hill and Providence, RI. Missing my point, Blossom didn't grow up in this state and probably had very little connection to Holy Cross before he came East, same with Pine. Hughes has grown up in Massachusetts and probably knows family, friends etc that have matriculated at HC. Does that make him bettah suited at HC than Mssrs. Blossom and Pine? We shall see....but I think he has a far better feel for Holy Cross than those guys did when they came to Mt St James.
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