Status of '14 NYC Mustang Club Event
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:22 pmI'm curious if the Mustang Club will have its annual alumni event in New York City this year. It usually coincides with the National Football Foundation Awards, which is on Tue. Dec. 9 this year.
Looking back at this post from last year and my email, they sent out the invites to the 2013 edition on Oct. 30. The 2013 event was on Wed. Dec. 11. But so far, I haven't seen or heard anything about this year's event.
There was pretty low turnout last year, which I think had a lot to do with June not making an appearance. (He also skipped the 2011 event when the ASU debacle was happening, but that time he was scheduled to appear.)
I don't see them schlepping Mason up here when the consensus seems to be that he's a lame duck. And while I do think Hart (and Orsini before him) have done a decent job of fielding questions that at times could get a little antagonistic, I can't help but wonder if they won't just not have the event, given how bad the football season was and how much uncertainty there is around the program.
Even if they do have it, what's Hart going to do? Fans are no doubt p.o.-ed about this year's fb campaign, and the only questions anyone's going to have are going to be about the coaching staff, which he's not going to be in a position to discuss. The point of the event is to encourage Mustang Club participation and boost morale, but it just seems like there's too much angst among the fan base to justify the expense of putting it on.
That said, the last game of the season versus UConn is the Saturday before the National Football Awards, and East Hartford is only 3 hours away driving. So since they'll all already be up here, maybe they're still having it and all my tweeting from the event over the years has gotten me banned!
Looking back at this post from last year and my email, they sent out the invites to the 2013 edition on Oct. 30. The 2013 event was on Wed. Dec. 11. But so far, I haven't seen or heard anything about this year's event.
There was pretty low turnout last year, which I think had a lot to do with June not making an appearance. (He also skipped the 2011 event when the ASU debacle was happening, but that time he was scheduled to appear.)
I don't see them schlepping Mason up here when the consensus seems to be that he's a lame duck. And while I do think Hart (and Orsini before him) have done a decent job of fielding questions that at times could get a little antagonistic, I can't help but wonder if they won't just not have the event, given how bad the football season was and how much uncertainty there is around the program.
Even if they do have it, what's Hart going to do? Fans are no doubt p.o.-ed about this year's fb campaign, and the only questions anyone's going to have are going to be about the coaching staff, which he's not going to be in a position to discuss. The point of the event is to encourage Mustang Club participation and boost morale, but it just seems like there's too much angst among the fan base to justify the expense of putting it on.
That said, the last game of the season versus UConn is the Saturday before the National Football Awards, and East Hartford is only 3 hours away driving. So since they'll all already be up here, maybe they're still having it and all my tweeting from the event over the years has gotten me banned!