Lyke makes another easy and smart decision
TV in 2 years will show the Zoo instead of the suites
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How are they going to flip it? Maybe he meant that the cameras will be on the opposite side so they face the Zoo.
Finally! and the opposing bench won't have quiet time next to the media farts anymore!
but again, money!
but again, money!
The Zoo will be behind the benches, which is awesome. Not sure when I never thought of that before.
I thought that should have happened when the Pete opened. Get those loud fans right behind the visiting team. I also thought they should be the view on TV. Good job on both accounts.
The "Pitt" at center court is currently facing the Zoo and the tv camera. They will flip the Pitt so they can move the TV cameras so they will face the Zoo and so Pitt will not be upside down.
It's been talked about on this board since the first season of the Pete. The current camera side along with the Courtside boxes were both major bonehead decisions.
Back in the heyday of the Pete, I took a guest (a few rows behind of the Zoo) who had only watched on TV. They were blown away by the atmosphere compared to what it looked like on TV.
A sold out Pete looks like a morgue on TV.
Lyke seems to get the details better than her predecessors ever did.
Back in the heyday of the Pete, I took a guest (a few rows behind of the Zoo) who had only watched on TV. They were blown away by the atmosphere compared to what it looked like on TV.
A sold out Pete looks like a morgue on TV.
Lyke seems to get the details better than her predecessors ever did.
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This is awesome. Pack the Pete... Will go a long way toward helping Capel get elite level recruits.
I don't have much new to add, but I will definitely echo the sentiment that this decision is a win every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Bring back the days of people talking about the Zoo as one of the most raucous student sections in the nation. Hail to Pitt!
Bring back the days of people talking about the Zoo as one of the most raucous student sections in the nation. Hail to Pitt!
She hinted the court design would change. Retro colors coming???
I think back when the Pete opened the idea of having suites court side was a unique and novel idea they wanted to show up on TV as something to make the Pitt identifiable immediately from any other Venue. That being said, I think it will be cooler with them at the bottom of the screen now and all the crazies shown in full effect. Great decision by our amazing athletic director. I love how she is all about tradition and the fans. So nice to have someone in that spot who gets it for once.
this isn't rocket science but another easy win for lyke
previous 6 or so AD's hands tied?
previous 6 or so AD's hands tied?
This is great news, but you're correct in that this is not a new idea. I think someone (maybe Paco) quoted how expensive (and it was close to 7 figures, if I recall correctly) it would be to make this change and that's why it hasn't been done up until now.
I wonder if there was prodding from Capel to make the change and make the "home court advantage" an advantage? He knows what Cameron is like, and maybe it prompted him seek out a way to get the Zoo back at courtside and more involved. Don't know really, just wondering.
don't forget any of the other recruits.. football, baseball, soccer, etc...
Some things are so obvious that you feel the need to bang your head against the wall because it wasn't done sooner. Low hanging fruit but at least Lyke picked it
I want to amend that statement.
Heather makes it look easy.
The other part of this is that a project such as this takes not just money but time and effort.
I'm just glad there's an AD here who gets the whole picture and is willing to put in the work.
I'm just glad there's an AD here who gets the whole picture and is willing to put in the work.
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To be fair, this is like 300 or so seats, isnt it? Still good news because we never sold all those suites
two years? I can get three buddies and move a couple cameras and unscrew a couple seats to place them and be done by the end of this weekend (and that includes drinking while doing it)....
Heather is so good that she is even a better at smiling than our former AD that was nicknamed "Smiley".
every seat in the arena is sold? I mean how many seats are we talking about to reposition a few cameras and would that not free up spots where the camera locations used to be?
ok, I plead ignorance here but aren't they just changing camera angles and moving the bench from one side of the court to the other? The ticketed zoo seats for the remain the same. The ticketed seats on the suite side remain the same. I do not know what you mean by "lower bowl and suites". I'm thinking you are correct, but I do not get it..
It really is amazing how simple, common sense decisions can be made by perfectly rational people. I consider Miss Heather to be perfectly rational.
Guy Smiley was a control freak jagoff.
She did say that both of the new head coaches brought it up.
Along the lines of "you know the court is backwards, right?"
Nit picky but I don't like the lighter color used for the court outside of the three point arc. Go dark, give the wood some character. Think: old Boston Garden (not that you can literally replicate that without tearing apart some house from the 19th century)
