Wrestling Scholar Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, bbulldog152 said: But it's not just an hour gain for them it's a 2-3 hour gain. In fact. Theres schools in Evansville Semi-state that are closer to Purdue than Evansville. The fact is majority of the state gets a "bad deal" going to Evansville over Purdue. This Changes when compared to Fort Wayne. Of the 3 Purdue is the the closest to being centrally located. The Indiana Geographical population center is in a corn a mile North of Sheridan. Purdue win's big in that category only a half hour away. Think of it this way. The average drive of fans, coach and contestants on average is 3 hours closer to Purdue. Lets calculate: 13K people traveling 3 hours less there and back or 6 hours in total will save 78,000 hours of travel. Think how much fuel saving we'll have that we can throw back into local school districts budgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Scholar Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) On 3/1/2023 at 10:03 AM, jets said: SO - sounds as if it is down to Purdue or the Ford Center? Pros/Cons of each?? Obviously the first one everyone will cite is the geography. Being from Southern Indiana I was pumped to hear the Ford Center...but if it is up in Lafayette, more than likely won't make the trek up. Who has more seating? Parking? Hotels? Places of interest in the downtown area?? Evansville has a ton of restaurants, bars, and even a casino. I have to imagine that would be hard to top...but I know nothing of the Lafayette area - being a college town, I imagine there is some night-life as well. (Not that this should factor into any kid of decision) The Scholar's analysis continues with the comparison of Mackey to the Ford Center with the hotel analysis: Per Booking.com West Lafayette and Lafayette have 31 hotels with an average Booking.com score of 7.746 points. For full disclosure purposes, I did not include the "Lincoln Lodge Motel" as that is in the village of Clarks Hill, and would have brought the average score down. Evansville, as far as i can tell has 29 hotels with an average Booking.com score of 7.690. Based on those numbers, the hotel scene is pretty even and quality of hotel is close but with a slight edge to the Greater Lafayette area. Mackey has within walking distance the prestigious Purdue Student Union Club, the brand new Hampton Inn and the Purdue Hilton Garden Inn. The Ford Center has within walking distance, the Hyatt Place, Doubletree, Holiday Express downtown, Bally's casino and the Downtown quality Inn. Edited March 2, 2023 by Wrestling Scholar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Wrestling Scholar said: The Indiana Geographical population center is in a corn a mile North of Sheridan. Purdue win's big in that category only a half hour away. Think of it this way. The average drive of fans, coach and contestants on average is 3 hours closer to Purdue. Lets calculate: 13K people traveling 3 hours less there and back or 6 hours in total will save 78,000 hours of travel. Think how much fuel saving we'll have that we can throw back into local school districts budgets. Lets's just have it in that corn field north of Sheridan so no one gets butt hurt. SWINfan, Alex Skipper and MUSKEEWRESTLER 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbulldog152 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, jets said: I don't think it would be "good business" for the IHSAA to get into a pis#$ing match with the local PRO sports team that has been willing to schedule games around a weekend of events (not just wrestling, but basketball as well). Our kids are fortunate to be able to play at such venues like Lukas and Gainbridge. This all-star thing sucks...but I'm not sure how you could have avoided it. (I'm actually in favor of moving the State Series, but I know it's not that simple) So it basically all comes down to being more "centrally located?" - If that is the parameters, then Evansville should probably never be in the conversation. As far has hosting State, yes. State should be located to lower the over all amount of travel as possible. By having it in Evansville you'll be asking a good chuck of the state to increase traveling to state by anywhere from 1 to 3 hours more than they already travel. The fact is State should be in Indy but if it can't the goal should be to keep it as close to Indy as possible. As stated theres a hand full of teams that compete in the Evansville Semi-State that are close to Mackey than the Ford Center. jonah7474 and indypharmd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jets Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, bbulldog152 said: As far has hosting State, yes. State should be located to lower the over all amount of travel as possible. By having it in Evansville you'll be asking a good chuck of the state to increase traveling to state by anywhere from 1 to 3 hours more than they already travel. The fact is State should be in Indy but if it can't the goal should be to keep it as close to Indy as possible. As stated theres a hand full of teams that compete in the Evansville Semi-State that are close to Mackey than the Ford Center. That brings up another thing I've always thought was interesting to think about...does the proximity to the State Finals favor the Indy-area teams ?? Being able to sleep in their own beds, lack of travel time?? You've heard the term "didn't get off the bus" etc.... I don't think I really buy into that ....to me it is just excuses - but it is something to chew on/think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbulldog152 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 21 minutes ago, jets said: That brings up another thing I've always thought was interesting to think about...does the proximity to the State Finals favor the Indy-area teams ?? Being able to sleep in their own beds, lack of travel time?? You've heard the term "didn't get off the bus" etc.... I don't think I really buy into that ....to me it is just excuses - but it is something to chew on/think about. My guess is it would be more of a mental mind set than anything. Your elite wrestlers are so used to traveling and sleeping in hotel rooms it probably doesn't matter where they compete. MUSKEEWRESTLER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS MUSKEEWRESTLER, Wrestling Scholar, aoberlin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aoberlin Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, TripleB said: NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS 57 minutes ago, Ahawkeye said: Lets's just have it in that corn field north of Sheridan so no one gets butt hurt. These 2 things go together. Will Sheridan have chairs with cushions? If so I vote for it and that will help my butt. TripleB and Ahawkeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 minute ago, aoberlin said: These 2 things go together. Will Sheridan have chairs with cushions? If so I vote for it and that will help my butt. Let's GOOOOOOO.... Ahawkeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Scholar Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 59 minutes ago, Ahawkeye said: Lets's just have it in that corn field north of Sheridan so no one gets butt hurt. I get it, EMD loses the homefield advantage. But we can make offset that disadvantage by agreeing to have the EMD table workers work the clock and scoreboard. Y2CJ41 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisionQuest87 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 54 minutes ago, TripleB said: NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS No one wants to sit in a car for 4 - 5 hours to see their kid lose to the #1 kid in the State on Friday. And then sit in a car for 4-5 hours again on Saturday. Wrestling Scholar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog89 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Believe me I would rather drive 10 minutes to the Fort Wayne Coliseum, but if it means more comfort while watching the state series, I would rather go to the Ford Center than sit on wooden benches at Mackey. I think Mackey would be a neat venue but I can not imagine sitting on wooden benches for 3 sessions of wrestling!! TripleB, awill0352 and KLH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 7 hours ago, AJ said: only 22 more days until we find out... hopefully The decision is in March? Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 33 minutes ago, Bulldog89 said: Believe me I would rather drive 10 minutes to the Fort Wayne Coliseum, but if it means more comfort while watching the state series, I would rather go to the Ford Center than sit on wooden benches at Mackey. I think Mackey would be a neat venue but I can not imagine sitting on wooden benches for 3 sessions of wrestling!! The facility has half of the seating , individual seats. Only some will ride the pine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 hours ago, TripleB said: NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS That is what you get for loosing all that butt weight! I won’t bother me! TripleB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, Disco said: The decision is in March? Right? During the March meeting in March, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silence Dogood Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 47 minutes ago, Bulldog89 said: Believe me I would rather drive 10 minutes to the Fort Wayne Coliseum, but if it means more comfort while watching the state series, I would rather go to the Ford Center than sit on wooden benches at Mackey. I think Mackey would be a neat venue but I can not imagine sitting on wooden benches for 3 sessions of wrestling!! Opportunity for Indianamat to sell some branded gorilla cushions... Ahawkeye, Wrestling Scholar, TripleB and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 hours ago, TripleB said: NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS I went ahead and purchased 300 of these and made a proposal to our school board to change our mascot to the Beavers for next season. Bring on the wooden bleachers TripleB and infowrestling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julio Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I'd buy a Indianamat seat cushion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Scholar Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Bulldog89 said: Believe me I would rather drive 10 minutes to the Fort Wayne Coliseum, but if it means more comfort while watching the state series, I would rather go to the Ford Center than sit on wooden benches at Mackey. I think Mackey would be a neat venue but I can not imagine sitting on wooden benches for 3 sessions of wrestling!! You got options in Mackey: 1. Use the gas money saved to buy tickets in Purdue Club section and get stadium seats and near the action. 2. If they go general admission, then used that saved driving time to get their early and get club stadium sheets. 3. Use saved gas money to buy Goriila cushion from Indianamat. I heard Joe's marketing dept is putting this together. 4. Buy a Beaver cushion from Rookie78 with saved gas money. 5. Buy a boiler cushion at gift store with saved gas money. Edited March 3, 2023 by Wrestling Scholar Bulldog89 and rookie78 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog89 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Wrestling Scholar said: You got options in Mackey: 1. Use the gas money saved to buy tickets in Purdue Clib section and get stadium seats and near national action. 2. If they go general admission, then used that saved driving time to get their early and get club stadium sheets. 3. Use saved gas money to buy Goriila cushion from Indianamat. I heard Joe's marketing dept is putting this together. 4. Buy a Beaver cushion from Rookie78 with saved fas money. 5. Buy a boiler cushion at gift store with saved fast money. And set up chiropractor sessions for the next 2 months with gas money saved!! KLH, Mitchell1993, Ahawkeye and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinedad Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I just got to drive and stay in a hotel, my seat will be on the floor as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silence Dogood Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Trinedad said: I just got to drive and stay in a hotel, my seat will be on the floor as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinedad Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Just now, Silence Dogood said: It goes well. I just gotta buy a few more loud golf shirts so I stand out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 16 hours ago, VisionQuest87 said: No one wants to sit in a car for 4 - 5 hours to see their kid lose to the #1 kid in the State on Friday. And then sit in a car for 4-5 hours again on Saturday. I drive 3 hours to Evansville every February and my kid is only in 7th grade! IU89 and Rugger44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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