What keeps you coming back to the Warriors?

They’re the Bay’s pro hoops squad and I love the Yay!

What are some main weaknesses of the Warriors franchise? (ex: anything from player personnel, Oracle Arena, uniform design, etc.)

• Chris Cohan aka Mr. Lawsuit is the worst owner in all of sports. Undereducated, incompetent, unprofessional, and cheap. Silver Spoon is a terrible business man.
• Robert Rowell is completely unqualified, undereducated, and unprofessional to be the President of a half a billion dollar corporation.
• Chris Mullin doesn’t know what he’s doing. Nice guy and really respectable human being, but he’s made some horrendously bad moves as the GM of the Warriors. Nellie’s saved him. His promotion to VP/ GM was a publicity stunt on par with Sarah Palin getting nominated the GOP VP candidate.

Uhh, that little thing called winning would be nice too. Missing the playoffs for 13 of the past 14 years (going on 14) in a big hoops starved market is a complete joke.

What are the key strengths of the Warriors franchise? (ex: long-standing tradition, zealous fan base, etc.)

An amazing fan base that this (mis)management lucked into and doesn’t deserve.

How long have you been a fan?

Over 15 years.

Suggestions for the Warriors to maintain and grow current fan base?

How about… winning and making the playoffs in a league where over half the teams qualify for post-season action more than once every decade+? Also stop the consumer fraud.

Here’s what I wrote a few days back:
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“I just want some of my damn money back”
No doubt. It’s consumer fraud. In 07 Cohan and Rowell forced people to buy season tickets for 07-08 just to get We Believe playoff tickets. Then they spent the offseason cutting costs (JRich trade) after misleading us into thinking the organization actually cared about putting the best product out there possible. We paid for We Believe 08-09, but instead got all this wasted talk about how this 10 million dollar exception was going to make that cheap and silly move worth it.

This past spring we had to renew our season tickets BEFORE the Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs. Then this offseason they went cheap on Baron and Monta screws up so badly doing something that he thought it was worth lying about.

That’s 2 seasons in a row with price hikes and paying in advance for a product that this sorry organization didn’t deliver on. Monta’s injury isn’t their fault of course, but investing in an immature liar who they ran Baron and JRich out of town for is a joke.

Warriors season ticket holders aren’t exactly getting their money’s worth or being treated fairly. And yes I think Warriors season ticket holders should get some money back. It’s a joke.
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Any other opinions you wish to share of the Warriors…

Great fans, for the most part good guys and gals playing on the court and throughout the organization, BUT a terrible management team is destroying this organization and reflecting poorly on the NBA in one of its biggest markets.

The Warriors don’t have a marketing problem. They have a ownership and management problem.

Jswis2- Good luck at USF! We need smart folks like you working in the NBA instead of the guys “running” the Warriors.

Alexis keeps me coming back!

To me, the Warriors marketing strategy should be done with the fans as the centerpiece. So much has gone wrong in the past 14 years. The only positive constant has been the fans. Best fans in the NBA. I’d like to see the Warriors marketing strategy move from the players to the fans – a yearlong “fan appreciation day”.

That We Believe slogan was started by a fan – not the Warriors marketing department. The Warriors capitalized on it with the yellow shirts, but it could not have been done without the craziness of the fans that happened at the Arena

 Make the tickets reflect the local community, seat them according to their residence distance from the arena instead of their bank balance, closest neighborhood gets closest seats, all for same price.. I’d also require a test of basketball history for the first few rows so the folks that truly love the game have the best view.
 One good thing about a losing team is it finds out who the true fans are but when they make the playoffs the freaks show up so I’d keep crappy players as much as possible.

USC!

What keeps you coming back to the Warriors?
I am from Oakland, I love and play basketball, I guess it just makes sense. They play a really entertaining form of basketball that anyone who plays can appreciate.

What are some main weaknesses of the Warriors franchise? (ex: anything from player personnel, Oracle Arena, uniform design, etc.)
Uniform design is awful, long history of poor personnel decisions, and high ticket prices that do not necessarily match the vast majority of the fan base’s income.

What are the key strengths of the Warriors franchise? (ex: long-standing tradition, zealous fan base, etc.)
Oracle Arena is an amazing environment, the team has young and exciting players, the ownership looks amazingly competent compared to the football team across the street (and I’m a raiders season ticket holder for 12 years…)

How long have you been a fan?
All of my life (22 years).

Suggestions for the Warriors to maintain and grow current fan base?
Lower ticket prices to represent the community and fan base, evaluate talent before you draft.

What keeps you coming back to the Warriors?
They are my local team, period.

What are some main weaknesses of the Warriors franchise? (ex: anything from player personnel, Oracle Arena, uniform design, etc.) They have one of the weakest Marketing Departments I have encountered in a sports franchise. The players are not used anywhere near enough outside of the court (great ..Dris is going to be at Walmart in blah blah) great!!!!!!!!! Get them on local news channels more, get them to do local interviews, champion more local events. Stephen Jackson has been by far the most visible in the community and he gets by far my greatest respect as a result. Also I have to mention the Oracle. It is a great arena from an atmosphere perspective, but the facilities suck. Concession stands that sell hotdogs with lines that take a whole quarter of the game to get served, is simply not acceptable. Solution MANY MANY more mobile carts,that sell beer and hotdogs, pretzels and popcorn, that way the stands are left for the food that requires more cooking. Not rocket science just simple stand management. Also the players themselves are extremely “unaccessable” by the fans. I was fortunate enough to have a media pass for game 38 last year and got to chat with a lot of the guys in the bar after the game and sat in the media conference which was superb. But aside from the one or two events a year, they could easily offer the ability for say groups of 20 people (season ticket holders) to go along to a training session, where they can learn a bit more about the game and the plays and get to know their players better. Also get a “HYPE” man who actually gets on the mic and starts truly pumping the crowd up rather than having to rely in players waving their arms to get the crowd going. “Bin Franco Finn!”
Completely revamp the shop and merchandise. Get some decent quality products, most is pretty good, but they are STILL selling JRICH shirts….c’mon now…MOVE on, if you cant sell them REALLY cheap, give the stuff to local kids homes and hospitals, start spreading the brand. Season ticket holders gift…..lol As you will see I was not impressed with the locker, so I really do not think they have given long consideration the types of gift that could be offered, give me a free VIP parking pass for one game rather than a piece of tat! The WARRIORS have a great brand, its a real shame it is not truly being marketed to it’s full potential. if you want to chat further I have been in Sales and Marketing for over 12 years and happy to go into countless other ideas.

What are the key strengths of the Warriors franchise? (ex: long-standing tradition, zealous fan base, etc.) THE UNDERDOGS!!!! style of play, Nellie, etc. They have an ability to stand out from the crowd and this can only improve.

How long have you been a fan?
Since I moved to the Bay Area from the UK.

Suggestions for the Warriors to maintain and grow current fan base? Too many, happy to discuss many ideas over a beer!