Yurachek Update

[Captain Kangaroo]

Echews big office, for now.

[johnnyzip84]

Echews big office, for now.

Smart move on his part. As an aside, this position is a great fit for him. The Coastal program would probably have continued to rise anyway, but I look for big (relatively) things out of them in the coming years.

[GP1]

Nice story.In South Carolina, people don't care as much as you might think about football. Clemson has a loyal following as long as they are winning, but that following is somewhat isolated to the upstate. Clemson is not easy to get to and once you get there the stadium is even more difficult to get to. Not to mention it full of a bunch of a-holes. The part when the team runs down the hill is not that impressive also...it takes too long. The leg room in the stands makes the JAC seem like a luxury suite. The music they play over the PA is too loud and reminds me of going to a Cavs game. The only good thing they have going for them is...you guys aren't going to believe this....you can leave at halftime (you have to get a hand stamp), go to your tailgate, drink a couple of beers and then return to the stadium.The Gamecocks are an ACC school pretending to be an SEC school. They stink, but the expectations are not very high and the results are usually poor to average. Horrible position for any coach. They should beg the ACC to take them back...they would immediately be one of the best teams in the league. Going to a basketball game at USC is like watching paint dry.The point is, in a state where not many care about their D-1A football teams, it will be difficult for Hunter to get people to care about Coastal. He does have a really nice stadium being built next to a main highway, but can he convince the people pull themselves away from the beach or shrimping in the last few weeks of warm weather to go to many games? The other issue is many of the people there are transplants from somewhere else so they really don't care much about Coastal. He has a bit of a fight on his hands, but I think it is doable.

[Z.I.P.]

Yurachek also made several other announcements Tuesday:Coastal will offer a football season ticket package for the first time that won't require a donation on top of the price of tickets. Fans will be able to purchase a four-ticket family package for seating in the bleachers that will be added in front of the new fieldhouse this offseason.The school was concerned that many families were unable to afford to cost of tickets and a donation to the athletic foundation."I want to introduce our football product to as many people in this community as we can," Yurachek said. "In this tough economy we've got to find ways to infuse new blood into our football program. Young families are always looking for entertainment on the weekends. By creating that family zone, we can introduce this campus to people that haven't been here to test drive our product."Coastal also plans to raise the price of single-game preferred (teal) seats to $25, Yurachek said. He felt some of those seats lost their integrity last season at $20, because people were able to buy them for several games without making a donation.Those South Carolinians must make more money than what I've heard (Right-to-Work laws and all that), if they can charge $25 for Coastal Carolina vs Wofford. Good luck Hunter!