If the attachment to Spartan basketball wasn't present, the following wouldn't appear because there would no reason to bother with posting. But take the following for what you will, spot on or just another messenger to either shoot or ignore.
Throughout the summer, Mountain West Conference and other schools have offered updates on their roundball student-athletes, features on the faces of the program, highlights of the 2013-14 schedule and the like. Most recently, this and this.
Yes, this SJSU item appeared on August 9 and that's what we're talking about.
But is there a comprehensive plan to roll out the Coach Dave Wojcik era? If so, where is it? Who is going to reach out, to who, where and in what manner? Does it have both media and financial components and a delineation of responsibilities and duties?
Because otherwise...
So where's continuing updates on hoops happenings?.
So where's the visible and viable efforts for growing the Spartan basketball tribe and the how will this be accomplished?
SJSU basketball didn't have its genesis in 2013 so why the longtime and continuing ignoring of previous generations of Spartan basketballers? In generality, there's overall major lip service paid to past glories but backing such up with inclusionary planning and efforts is apparently a nothing burger. Does anyone in the athletics department even have a list of former Spartan basketballers and how they can be contacted in order to be both acknowledged and brought back into the fold? Does anyone see that as beneficial?
Whose duty is it to reach out to former basketball contributors and make them feel welcome again? Has anyone dialed up Joe Gagliardi? Who has thanked George Clark for his previous financial largess? There are a number of those who, for good reason, self-selected to no longer contribute -- how many have been targeted in a personalized 'we want you back and here is how and why things will be different' campaign?
Plus, is a 2013 version of the Spartan Rebounders to appear or does anyone care, let alone have a better idea?
The question is begged: how can the men's basketball budget be grown in a void?
Because without any financial advancement, progress will be stunted, at best, and SJSU athletic annihilations commonplace. It's Mountain West Conference time folks, a league where hosts devour visiting basketball teams and also go out and dominate on the road.
Will it be the same old/same old where periodic contacts are attempted when donations are desired -- treatment as a 'hey old buddy' ATM and nothing more -- while the rest of the time is the sound of crickets?
Time will tell but some has already passed without visible we-get-it efforts.
Just how will tickets be sold, seats be filled and the athletic budget grown?
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