[WBB fan]

GoStanford.com has a new feature called GameDay, which was referenced on the FBC today. It is a welcomed addition to the Cardboard, FBC, and the usual WBB coverage on GoStanford. GameDay provides a comprehensive set of game-day scheduling, player profiles, video clips of key plays, and a host of other team and game references. It is professionally done and clearly a result of considerable labor. Let’s hope that this service can continue throughout the season. Someone is directing serious resources to provide this service.
https://admin.gostanford.com/gameday/wom...ball/1198/

I find myself wondering if the dreadful attendance for a spectacular team is somehow linked to the drop-off in coach/player involvement with fans as well as the what, for me, is the deterioration in the Stanford women's BB site. This trend to go to a packaged product and adopt it, with its totally non-intuitive way to get information is not a good thing. We used to have a media guide. Then it went to on-line version only, but at least it was there and available. Now we don't even have that, with all the history easily available. Who's making these decisions to drop so much? Or is there something out there that's available that I've not found? If so, it's hard to find on the Stanford info sites, since I search pretty diligently. My solution has been to create my own history stats, update it from what I can unearth, and take it to the game with me. As for "Gameday," I'm not a fan of that.

And for me, another decision that Stanford has made that is a mistake -- not to have printed rosters available at games. Yes, it saves paper, and that's the reason given. You can just get it on your phone, they say. True, but I don't want to look at a tiny screen while I'm trying to watch a game. So I wind up printing out rosters and opponent stats at home before the game and taking them with me. Does this save paper? Nope. It just saves Stanford's paper. Stanford should be working to make the games welcoming, easy to come to an enjoy, rather than taking the easy way out for themselves.

I also still long for the days decades ago when the Fast Break Club was a real thing, with after game meetings after every game, players came out and talked to, with, fans, pre-season events with fans. . . And so on. The team that's doing the FBC website is doing a terrific job, but it can't replace the live interaction we used to have, that made fans feel really involved and encouraged to bring in new fans. I felt a part of things then, don't now, though I still love the team and never miss a game. I suspect that both Oregon and Oregon State have an approach to fans that is more like what we used to have, though I really don't know if that's the case -- they certainly have better attendance.  For me, there's just a different atmosphere now than there was in the late 80s, early 90s, and it makes a difference. Those were the days when the stands were often full. Certainly no the case today.

[WBB fan]

GoStanford.com has a new feature called GameDay, which was referenced on the FBC today. It is a welcomed addition to the Cardboard, FBC, and the usual WBB coverage on GoStanford. GameDay provides a comprehensive set of game-day scheduling, player profiles, video clips of key plays, and a host of other team and game references. It is professionally done and clearly a result of considerable labor. Let’s hope that this service can continue throughout the season. Someone is directing serious resources to provide this service.
https://admin.gostanford.com/gameday/wom...ball/1198/

I find myself wondering if the dreadful attendance for a spectacular team is somehow linked to the drop-off in coach/player involvement with fans as well as the what, for me, is the deterioration in the Stanford women's BB site. This trend to go to a packaged product and adopt it, with its totally non-intuitive way to get information is not a good thing. We used to have a media guide. Then it went to on-line version only, but at least it was there and available. Now we don't even have that, with all the history easily available. Who's making these decisions to drop so much? Or is there something out there that's available that I've not found? If so, it's hard to find on the Stanford info sites, since I search pretty diligently. My solution has been to create my own history stats, update it from what I can unearth, and take it to the game with me. As for "Gameday," I'm not a fan of that.

And for me, another decision that Stanford has made that is a mistake -- not to have printed rosters available at games. Yes, it saves paper, and that's the reason given. You can just get it on your phone, they say. True, but I don't want to look at a tiny screen while I'm trying to watch a game. So I wind up printing out rosters and opponent stats at home before the game and taking them with me. Does this save paper? Nope. It just saves Stanford's paper. Stanford should be working to make the games welcoming, easy to come to an enjoy, rather than taking the easy way out for themselves.

I also still long for the days decades ago when the Fast Break Club was a real thing, with after game meetings after every game, players came out and talked to, with, fans, pre-season events with fans. . . And so on. The team that's doing the FBC website is doing a terrific job, but it can't replace the live interaction we used to have, that made fans feel really involved and encouraged to bring in new fans. I felt a part of things then, don't now, though I still love the team and never miss a game. I suspect that both Oregon and Oregon State have an approach to fans that is more like what we used to have, though I really don't know if that's the case -- they certainly have better attendance.  For me, there's just a different atmosphere now than there was in the late 80s, early 90s, and it makes a difference. Those were the days when the stands were often full. Certainly no the case today.