Hoops

Blaze crack the "500 barrier"!!

For a sold out game it's strange that you can still buy tickets quite easily on Ticketek.com.au. Seats available in nearly all the price brackets too.

Very strange.

I wouldn't say it's doom and gloom as such but still concerning, even for thr Tomlinsons themselves, remembering that at the end of last season after pissing away nearly M$3 before the end of the season and nothing to show for it, they pleaded with the NBL and media, saying they had to remortgage their homes and if they weren't in for this season, they'd end up on the verge of bankruptcy.
They do however, need to get real, because they're just not bringing in enough to justify their spending, particularly if they themselves can see that.
If they don't change their spending habits until they can at least start bringing money in, then that's when their fate will be pretty much sealed.

Well said.
Every smart business (particularly one that has some ground to cover in terms of regaining previous support) knows that sometimes to appeal to customers you have to think like them and put yourself in their shoes of how THEY perceive your product being value for money and providing adequate choices etc.
You can't tell customers what they are allowed to want and pay for- they tell you, and if the organisation isn't listening to that feedback, then they're slowly shooting themselves in the foot.

That's pretty much the point I was making.
Tomlinson will need to figure out more than just wanting to sell tickets to get customers to justify doing so.

No, sorry.
As much as I don't like the Tigers, I have to admit there's a certain amount of expectation and previous form to go on to perhaps justify the price unlike Blaze?

I think Blaze should've sold a lot more season tickets by now, keeping in mind they finished last and crowds were down all year.
Considering poor on court performance ties in with poor crowd turn out, Tomlinson should've known he has some ground to cover with existing and potential fans to convince them to fork out an exorbitant amount of money for a season ticket and hasn't done anything to make up any ground between the two.
Their prices are steep, even for a club that would've performed well, so I think he and his family need to understand and admit that just because they want the money and tickets sold, it doesn't necessarily mean the public will jump on the idea without anything to justify it with and no appeal.

I wouldn't have thought that any guest speaker, particularly not one who represents the entire NBL, would have said "the Blaze will be shit this year, might as well give them the spoon now."