As a DePaul Alum, I am getting really sick of this. This is worse than being a loyal Cubs fan! At least the games are fun to go to with the Cubs!

It's so sad and pathetic how much of a joke of team we have become. To be honest I think OP cares, but not enough. Right not there is nothing redeeming about the DePaul basketball.

We have coach that imo just took this deal more for retirement than anything else.

We have an AD who is incompetent on what this program really needs.

We have players that seem to half ass in games.

We have zero audience. I mean the conference opener was last night, and I could count the number of people in attendance on one hand (well not literally). One of the saddest sights I have seen. I think my high school gets a bigger audience.

We are a joke of a team in the Big East and the NCAA. When I read comments in the ESPN section in regards to the Big East, the few times DePaul does pop up in a comment it is usually an insult on how much we suck.

Our marketing is terrible!

Our current logo is a POS. Looks lie we are an Arena Football team.

We play in the boonies, but thank God that will most likely change soon!

Really, I think this program has hit rock bottom and has been there for a while. I think we really need to clean house.

With us being in new conference soon (hopefully), I think it's the perfect time to reinvent the program and the brand. New conference, new stadium (hopefully), new logos, new coach, new AD and new marketing.

DePaul is such a good school in the way it markets itself and how it is continulously improving the DePaul academic brand, I just don't understand why it can't do that when it comes to it's sports.

I feel like starting a petition!

WindyCity76 wrote: I'm in. Tired of this as well. Don't think it would matter though. The JW season we went 0-18 a bunch of us wrote JLP and it didn't make a difference.

Honestly, I love this program so much that I even feel like putting together a marketing plan, logo change, rebranding plan etc for them. Maybe they are too imcopetent to do that and need our assistance.

I actually work in change management and company branding (internally), so this is my speciality in line of work. I basically work in helping the company I work for building a global identity and creating a solid infrastructure internally and extrenally.  

BIGBUBBATHEBLUEDEMON wrote: Stop it!!!! The fact that you guys come to this board and have stuck it out this long tells me none of you "are done" with DePaul. Sounds great in a post game meltdown. But as soon as the ball goes in the air for our next game you will be watching and pulling for DePaul. By the way loyalty above all. That's why I always say your born with it. You either got it or you don't.

bluedemon35 wrote:

BIGBUBBATHEBLUEDEMON wrote: Stop it!!!! The fact that you guys come to this board and have stuck it out this long tells me none of you "are done" with DePaul. Sounds great in a post game meltdown. But as soon as the ball goes in the air for our next game you will be watching and pulling for DePaul. By the way loyalty above all. That's why I always say your born with it. You either got it or you don't.

Bubba is right.  As much as we complain (and rightfully so), we will be back.....not all perhaps, but most of us.  ALL of us have basically had it with this program, but yet here we are.  We are like junkies who are hooked on poison....and much like poison, DePaul hoops makes us quite ill at times...yet we keep coming back for our fix.  So we make ourselves sick, get concussed from banging our heads agains the wall....Why??  Loyalty....just like Bubba said.  This is the price we must pay for being LOYAL DePaul fans.....and it is a HUGE price to pay

Yes, this might be a post game meltdown of sorts, however, the players, school and fans deserve MUCH better. There is no improvement and doesn't seem to be in the near or long term.

I'm in on the petition.

demonillini wrote:

bluedemon35 wrote:

BIGBUBBATHEBLUEDEMON wrote: Stop it!!!! The fact that you guys come to this board and have stuck it out this long tells me none of you "are done" with DePaul. Sounds great in a post game meltdown. But as soon as the ball goes in the air for our next game you will be watching and pulling for DePaul. By the way loyalty above all. That's why I always say your born with it. You either got it or you don't.

Bubba is right.  As much as we complain (and rightfully so), we will be back.....not all perhaps, but most of us.  ALL of us have basically had it with this program, but yet here we are.  We are like junkies who are hooked on poison....and much like poison, DePaul hoops makes us quite ill at times...yet we keep coming back for our fix.  So we make ourselves sick, get concussed from banging our heads agains the wall....Why??  Loyalty....just like Bubba said.  This is the price we must pay for being LOYAL DePaul fans.....and it is a HUGE price to pay

I think you and Bubba are confused. I never said I am done with the program or supporting DePaul. I am done with the status quo and want change! I will support DePaul no matter what, but doesn't mean we just sit here and put up with the status quo.

Bigbubba, my sentiments are much like demonillini.  I am not done supporting DePaul.  I want a change.  DPU has been an ongoing trainwreck for too long.

What we have in place is not working and there are no signs that anything will change for the next few years. 

I am not sure if it could be done from a financial standpoint.   If not we are in for a long, long ride.  One that is already around 20 years