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Pacers Need Positive Results On Court, Not Survey, To Fill Seats

Pollster Frank Luntz discussed his Pacers' survey results with Kravitz & Eddie yesterday (audio link). It's easy to be skeptical of Luntz's results because he sounds like such a cheerleader and obviously, the Pacers are paying him plenty for his work with the team.

But the Pacers aren't paying him to make them feel good. Luntz has been at it for three and a half years so I guess, now that there's some good news to report, the team wants to highlight the improvement. Plus, there's no doubt the public view of the team has improved and now we're back to thinking about basketball when assessing the franchise. That's the feeling you get around town and this just confirms it with some strong evidence.

One area Luntz took to far was his assumption that the team's improvment on the court was mirroring its improvement off the court and ticket sales should expect to rise. The jury is still out for the on-the-court improvements which will have a big impact on ticket sales for the long term.

Luntz did mention that the Pacers' ticket sales are higher than at this time last year which halts a declining trend over the past few years. Nice to see it moving in another direction and there's no doubt that if the team gets off to a good start and wins more games than they lose in November then the crowds will rise quickly. But that could be a tall order considering all of the new faces and health issues. If the Pacers start slow attendance numbers will remain stagnant throughout the season.

After the jump, a few more links of interest with more stories about Tyler Hansbroughpracticing, the Pacers defense and fouling, as well as another shot at the Pacers by Peter Vecsey.

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Mel Daniels

There had to be a reason he was sent on his way. If you get rid of a legend, there’s a reason for it. You don’t just let Isiah Thomas hang around because he’s a legend. This Vescey Pacers witch hunt seems to be getting a little absurd.

I’m starting to get a little anxious about this year. All the season previews, the preseason games, the bad news, the good news, the news news, I’m just ready to get it tipped off.

by Nathan S. on Oct 23, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions  

Vescey

Who was it the other day making the argument that Vescey has a vendetta against the Pacers and Larry Bird? I laughed at the insinuation when I saw it (I’ve never been a big conspiracy theorist), but now I’m starting to wonder if it’s true.

by Hinrich10 on Oct 23, 2009 12:40 PM EDT reply actions  

not to rush to judgement but,

It sure is a sad that Mel got canned. I’m not on Vescey’s side, but I’m not sure the Pacers organization will be able to convince me this was a positive move. Of course I’m a biased homer as well.

by ottoprice13 on Oct 23, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions  

It sure stinks

but we only know one side of the story so far and may never know the whole story. Regardless, the handling was not good.

by Tom Lewis on Oct 23, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

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