2200 days of Brad Edwards

[Pablo]

AD Edwards responded promptly to my only email to him.

 

[mkaufman1]

AD Edwards responded promptly to my only email to him.

care to share what you said and he wrote back?

im guessing it may have been short and sweet.

 

[Pablo]

care to share what you said and he wrote back?

im guessing it may have been short and sweet.

No, and I'll leave it at that!

 

[GSII]

AD Edwards responded promptly to my only email to him.

Same here.

Mine was about vcu fans sitting right behind our bench. Gave solid response.

 

[tblack33]

Brad wrote the generic answer back to you as well? That is good if so.

But yeah, everyone needs to speak up. I am encouraging even friends of mine who only go to a few games a year or are more casual fans to also speak up and talk about how the program is important to them, ties back to their college experience etc. Even if its a line of I am tired of losing and want to have fun at games again, that resonates. Doesn't matter if you have had tickets for 40 years like @Patriotsince81 or aren't even 40 years old.

We might think Mason doesn't go all in on athletics, but I don't think they are stupid. It worked when Hewitt was in the last year, and while that was already determined early on, the more we continue to speak up the better. I know they want it to be "fun to root for the program", so it obviously involves making decisions that try to make that happen.

Also, judging from the emails they are sending, they are already having trouble filling 200 seats this year with a pandemic. Imagine if they keep Paulsen next year post pandemic? Good grief.

Na no response from Brad, but did speak to a couple folks in the AD below him.

Agree though, not being able to sell 200 tickets when we are literally the only game in town right now does not look good....

 

[tblack33]

Think about it -- all the reasons we've said attendance sucked in the past. Other local colleges are playing better and people want to say them -- none of the other colleges in the DC area have fans at their games. Wizards - no fans. Watching games at bars - can't do it. And we still can't sell 200 tickets to our own base? Trouble is on the horizon next season if something doesn't change...

 

[Patriotsince81]

E-mail sent to Brad.

 

[mkaufman1]

E-mail sent to Brad.

Hopefully you get a response from him or the same folks we all have heard from.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Hopefully you get a response from him or the same folks we all have heard from.

Starting with Brad. It's his job. If I don't get a response from him then I move on to those above him including President Washington.

 

[mkaufman1]

Starting with Brad. It's his job. If I don't get a response from him then I move on to those above him including President Washington.

Understand, I emailed him and Pres Washington first, and unfortunately I did not receive anything and most likely wont'. My email was not that short and to the point so I suspect those get ignored as do most emails at this time. Hopefully youll get a response as you deserve one (as we all do).

 

[Patriotsince81]

Understand, I emailed him and Pres Washington first, and unfortunately I did not receive anything and most likely wont'. My email was not that short and to the point so I suspect those get ignored as do most emails at this time. Hopefully youll get a response as you deserve one (as we all do).

I don't think Washington really cares about basketball right now. He has much more important work to do. But, my approach with Washington will be that Brad did not fulfill his professional responsibilities by not responding to my concerns or at least not acknowledging them. That's an entirely different ball of wax than our team sucks. Hey, I have time to spare right now. LOL.

 

[mkaufman1]

I don't think Washington really cares about basketball right now. He has much more important work to do. But, my approach with Washington will be that Brad did not fulfill his professional responsibilities by not responding to my concerns or at least not acknowledging them. That's an entirely different ball of wax than our team sucks. Hey, I have time to spare right now. LOL.

Understand. When I emailed Dr. Cabrera I didn't get a response either back in the day, so I don't think president@gmu.edu is really monitored or whoever reads it just doesn't respond to most inquiries. I tried to find a different email but I haven't been able to.

 

[KAOriginal]

COVID is the excuse for everything.......it's why Washington has other concerns, why we cant sell tickets, why Paulsen's team sucks this year, why Paulsen wont be fired...blah blah blah....

And it's why Paulsen gets a "freebie" this year.

 

[gmujim92]

COVID is the excuse for everything.......it's why Washington has other concerns, why we cant sell tickets, why Paulsen's team sucks this year, why Paulsen wont be fired...blah blah blah....

And it's why Paulsen gets a "freebie" this year.

He’s not just being evaluated on this year so I wish people would stop bringing up COVID. This season is not at all an outlier for Dave’s 6-year tenure; the pandemic is irrelevant and he’s not getting a “freebie” from what’s left of the fan base.

 

[KAOriginal]

He’s not just being evaluated on this year so I wish people would stop bringing up COVID. This season is not at all an outlier for Dave’s 6-year tenure; the pandemic is irrelevant and he’s not getting a “freebie” from what’s left of the fan base.

I only bring it up because that's what would be "par for the course" with the University when it comes to athletics. Other than surprisingly joining the A10 (an outlier) there's not much else in the Mason AD's office for the past 10 years and more that shows me an aggressive let's get sh*t done way of operating.

For Washington, besides COVID, forming a committee to decide if the use of white copier paper is a micro aggression and offensive to students of color is the priority.

Our only other hope is that Mountain Dew gets classified as "code" for white supremacy....or we somehow can Photoshop Paulsen into pics from the riot at the Capitol.

 

[gmujim92]

I only bring it up (again) because that's what would be "par for the course" with the University when it comes to athletics. Other than surprisingly joining the A10 (an outlier) there's not much else in the Mason AD's office (past and present) that shows me an aggressive let's get sh*t done way of operating....

As for Washington, besides COVID, forming a committee to decide if the use of white copier paper is a micro aggression and offensive to students of color is the priority....

Then somebody should inform him that hiring Tony would kill two birds with one stone...

 

[mkaufman1]

COVID is the excuse for everything.......it's why Washington has other concerns, why we cant sell tickets, why Paulsen's team sucks this year, why Paulsen wont be fired...blah blah blah....

And it's why Paulsen gets a "freebie" this year.

If Covid is the excuse that we get without improvement on the court and why they end up lame ducking/extending Dave, then they are more tone deaf than we think. I highly doubt it will be used as an excuse, because I think those of us who have talked to people and expressed concerns, would have heard that. I honestly didn't hear any excuses.

They also can have a good time trying to get people to show up next year when we have home games against Maine, UNCW and Delaware State.

(slight exaggeration on the scheduling, but I'm sure everyone gets my point)

 

[JPgmuswim]

Our only other hope is that Mountain Dew gets classified as "code" for white supremacy....or we somehow can Photoshop Paulsen into pics from the riot at the Capitol.

Is it bad that a couple days ago I was wishing that there was footage of Dumpster Dave at the Capital last week?

 

[KAOriginal]

If Covid is the excuse that we get without improvement on the court and why they end up lame ducking/extending Dave, then they are more tone deaf than we think. I highly doubt it will be used as an excuse, because I think those of us who have talked to people and expressed concerns, would have heard that. I honestly didn't hear any excuses.

They also can have a good time trying to get people to show up next year when we have home games against Maine, UNCW and Delaware State.

(slight exaggeration on the scheduling, but I'm sure everyone gets my point)

I hope you are right and they aren't going to sit on their hands......

 

[tblack33]

If Covid is the excuse that we get without improvement on the court and why they end up lame ducking/extending Dave, then they are more tone deaf than we think. I highly doubt it will be used as an excuse, because I think those of us who have talked to people and expressed concerns, would have heard that. I honestly didn't hear any excuses.

They also can have a good time trying to get people to show up next year when we have home games against Maine, UNCW and Delaware State.

(slight exaggeration on the scheduling, but I'm sure everyone gets my point)

LOL the schedule you outlined is tougher than what Dave will put together.