Every year thousands of kids graduate from DFW high schools with zero insight into our history, and with them potential partners/immediate family.
I think we have an uphill battle, but I don't really buy into the cultural/historical excuses, maybe a little bit, but much moreso is a battle with technology and connectivity.. People, young and old, have hundreds of options to be entertained each and every weekend, nearly any hour of the day. In cafes, in air-conditioned mancaves with 4 flatscreens hanging on the walls. Over at their friend's Overwatch lan party with drinks of choice.
I dream of a S16 appearance. It's sooo. hard, but we are one or two possible recruits away from making that leap. And I know it would give our fanbase a jolt that is desperately needed. Still need our AD to figure things out, too.
A S16 appearance, IMO, would change the culture of our school. I can't overstate the media frenzy that surrounds a community that has a basketball team in it. It is wild. It would be bigger than any postseason win our football program has ever seen, and maybe we'd actually be a basketball school, and @NorthTexasWeLove could move on to his next bit. Maybe #TripleOptionFootball