That's psychological. It can't be measured. Frankly I never understood it. Even as a child.
Being booed by an opposing crowd during warm-ups was a top 5 erection moment for me. During stretching, going back to Jr High, I purposely stretched as close to the opposing cheerleaders or pom squad, as I could. That's where I learned that telling a female exactly how badly you're going to skull fvck her boyfriend, then going out and doing it-- the primal cave woman in her emerges and her Darwin brain kicks in.
But yes Metcalf-- we do need to create a more imposing home environment.
I'm just not sure a "vegas style Cirque d'solay" light show is the way to go. I guess if the kids like it.......
I was in Brussels a few years back for Xmas and saw the LED light show at "Le Grande Platz" and it (kind of) reminds me of that.
100% psychological. Just the same as playing in front of 5000 fans in November at Kansas can be a drain on energy.
Essentially, if you find motivation from the external you will always perform up to or down to your opponent. If motivation is from the internal, crowd doesn't matter much.