I think the energy/vibe has gone down somewhat. I think there tend to be a few head-scratcher song selections, like when the opponent goes on an 8-0 run and we call a rare timeout and the band plays "You don't Wanna Go to War." I don't recall Ryan making the mistake of playing the wrong song for the moment. By the end of the Ryan-era, it was getting to where I think it had run its course. I think the Green Machine at gmu has run its course too. About the most pleasure, aside from the energy/better song selection was hearing other teams' fans say "that's disgusting." Nah, it's VCU and it's what we do.
I think a lot of other things have run their course too - including big heads, very lame games played during timeouts, those long skinny balloons in the student section, throwing rolls into the stands, etc. This is VCU. We're better than this. Where's the creativity?