Dave Paulsen

[tblack33]

Maybe not strip clubs, but this is actually a really good idea. The appeal of the school would drastically increase by having a restaurant and bar district within a short walking distance from campus.

Tear down the catholic campus ministry! Replace it with a tiddie bar!! Home game attendance skyrockets!

 

[sleeperpick]

Tear down the catholic campus ministry! Replace it with a tiddie bar!! Home game attendance skyrockets!

That’s not gonna be taken well with our 500 year old fan base

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Tear down the catholic campus ministry! Replace it with a tiddie bar!! Home game attendance skyrockets!

I wonder if you know CCM used to be the Kappa Sig house...in essence, it was

 

[Patriotsince81]

I wonder if you know CCM used to be the Kappa Sig house...in essence, it was

Exorcisms were done on the grounds after the sale.

 

[tblack33]

I wonder if you know CCM used to be the Kappa Sig house...in essence, it was

Yep the stories got passed down back in our undergrad days. Missed opportunity not having Greek life closer to campus, but I guess that doesn’t fit with Masons vision for the school anymore.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Yep the stories got passed down back in our undergrad days. Missed opportunity not having Greek life closer to campus, but I guess that doesn’t fit with Masons vision for the school anymore.

Yeah the big one was a plan to make University a fraternity row, but it was never very realistic. Property owners with skyrocketing value alone...

Imagine driving down University, parties and grilling in the yards, etc. as you enter Mason. Part of the last major football push...

Then they just sealed University. Cant blame 'em though.

Masons problem in general is zero tradition. Mason Day almost might as well be a county fair now.

Same story, University doesn't like something, changes it constantly, net no tradition achieved.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Exorcisms were done on the grounds after the sale.

I remember a lot of Hairy Buffalo parties there.......

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Yep the stories got passed down back in our undergrad days. Missed opportunity not having Greek life closer to campus, but I guess that doesn’t fit with Masons vision for the school anymore.

It doesn't fit with a lot of schools - pressure related to liability in many universities has clamped down on that.

 

[Patriotsince81]

I remember a lot of Hairy Buffalo parties there.......

South Pacific was epic as well.

 

[Pablo]

I care because this is my school (shockingly 50% of these boards can’t say that)

Do you seriously believe that 50% of the posters on this board are not Mason alums?

 

[sleeperpick]

Do you seriously believe that 50% of the posters on this board are not Mason alums?

Someone just did a post like a month ago about “how we became fans of mason basketball and our origin stories” and over a bunch of responders to that board went to other schools. Just going off of the facts of that post. Some were either from nova and went elsewhere or moved to nova during their adult life post college. I was shocked as hell. More than half the people I’ve talked to in gold room attended other schools and mason is their local team but not their favorite.

I was told you weren’t a mason brad either but I’ve never heard that come from your mouth just from others on the board. It doesn’t make you any less of a fan but I understand not getting as upset over crap when it isn’t your school

 

[Falco]

That’s the problem with 90% of our fan base. Living in the past off of glory or mishaps. Probably fine if we were still in CAA and EVERYONE would think paulsen is a decent coach because he coaches and recruits at about that level. But to those of us that don’t give a shit about the Mason Final 4 last (I was 13-14) we need to move on. The fact that over 75% of our season ticket holders (my estimation) are over 40 also proves that people love the glory days (one tournament) that made Mason legit. Move the f on. Who cares that TOC and Merten blew it. It’s done and over with move on. It’s also crazy that the people with the opinions that Mason totally screwed up and people should be held in low regard are the same ones that love the mediocrity we currently are faced with. We aren’t this lowly CAA team that needs to win the conference tournament each year to make the tournament and win a game or too. We are far passed that (whether we should have moved up conferences nonwithstanding). Go get a coach that can actually coach to the talent of the team and one that can recruit better. The future monetary support will come to Mason grads that make a lot more today post grad than they did in in the early 2000s. People of my age demographic don’t support the team because they are horrible to watch most of the time and because the basketball team was mostly horrible when they were in school. “But sleeperpick why do you even care if you hate the state of the program so much And bitch about everything ” -probably jim or the failed high school coach on this board. I care because this is my school (shockingly 50% of these boards can’t say that) and because I see the potential in a talent rich area with a college that is no longer up and coming. We are here and hopefully with some winning and some university support (praying this new president gives a f*ck about basketball) we will turn into a vcu level of support. If not I will probably stop paying to watch garbage and save some money. If they do turn it around I guarantee we see an uptick in donations. Donations have gone down 2 straight years. Covid and the state of the program are not going to help changing that next year. I love the school and I love Mason basketball. Just because I don’t think everything is rainbows and butterflies when we are mediocre or flat out suck does not mean I don’t support the program. My dad donates quite a bit to Providence College and not everyone supports Cooley but we damn sure respect how well he does in a situation considerably worse than the largest public school in Virginia that resides in one of the richest counties in America. Their arena is sponsored by Dunkin Donuts and we got ours sponsored for pennies by a regional bank. It makes 0 sense. I personally think the entire athletic department should be put out to pasture. This school needs a change and rebirth to get to the potential I and many others think it could have.

Mic drop

 

[Falco]

Yeah the big one was a plan to make University a fraternity row, but it was never very realistic. Property owners with skyrocketing value alone...

Imagine driving down University, parties and grilling in the yards, etc. as you enter Mason. Part of the last major football push...

Then they just sealed University. Cant blame 'em though.

Masons problem in general is zero tradition. Mason Day almost might as well be a county fair now.

Same story, University doesn't like something, changes it constantly, net no tradition achieved.

Spot on.

Unfortunately Mason is still seen as a commuter school. I have a simple solution to help shed that that reputation. Freshman residents should not be allowed to have cars on campus. My freshman roommate was from Mclean and went home every weekend. He wasn’t the only one either.

Imagine if Mason forbid freshman residents from having a car. They would be “stuck” on campus and hopefully become more involved in campus life.

This would improve the parking problem, and hopefully less drinking and driving related incidents

 

[JPgmuswim]

Spot on.

Unfortunately Mason is still seen as a commuter school. I have a simple solution to help shed that that reputation. Freshman residents should not be allowed to have cars on campus. My freshman roommate was from Mclean and went home every weekend. He wasn’t the only one either.

Imagine if Mason forbid freshman residents from having a car. They would be “stuck” on campus and hopefully become more involved in campus life.

This would improve the parking problem, and hopefully less drinking and driving related incidents

Mason will always be a commuter school, too much money not to be. It was gotten much better though since my freshmen year in 98-99. If they want kids to stay on campus there just needs to be a reasons on the weekends to stay on campus.
I loved my time at Mason but in being part of the swim team we were in our own little “athlete” bubble, when we weren’t training we were hanging out and partying with the other teams. If I didn’t have that I probably would have wanted to leave campus too and my experience would have been much less enjoyable.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Thats interesting if a lot of the people on these boards/gold room aren't alumni. IDK I think a lot of people just sell tix and bring friends to the gold room though.

Good thing I suppose although probably also an indictment on how we entertain/bring along young alumni/students. I do think Mason AD dept. has done a pretty good job of community outreach though...maybe?

Sure commuter school explanation above has something to do with it as well.

 

[mkaufman1]

I mean mason will be whatever you make it to be. If you want to be a party animal you most likely won’t like it. I had a roommate who did mason for academics and thought radford was the best. He left every weekend and couldn’t wait to transfer. I worried about everything regarding campus life before 2003 because of what I heard and I quickly learned I wasn’t the only one from far and wide. In fact most of my freshman floor was from a distance away so we made our own fun and trouble.

I suspect it’s only improved since then too. I mean this is 17 years ago already.

 

[GSII]

I wonder if you know CCM used to be the Kappa Sig house...in essence, it was

Sure was. We made bank on that sale . However, the subsequent rumors of exorcisms were really nightly orgies with AOPies and Alpha Phi's.

 

[Mason32]

Imagine if Mason forbid freshman residents from having a car. They would be “stuck” on campus and hopefully become more involved in campus life.

Imagine not being the largest university in VA anymore....

You should be on the BOV!

 

[Falco]

Imagine not being the largest university in VA anymore....

You should be on the BOV!

Grow up

 

[gmujim92]

Grow up

He’s not wrong. Get rid of commuters and Mason’s enrollment would plummet.