Life lesson.Quotes like the one below are very common on Twitter and other social media. Do you think this is a problem or the right way for coaches to recruit their athletes?
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Remember, these rare likely possible recruits.Quotes like the one below are very common on Twitter and other social media. Do you think this is a problem or the right way for coaches to recruit their athletes?
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Hey, if you get a scholarship offer to be part of Bryant & Stratton’s world class typing team you should be publicly grateful!There's a couple of different things to consider on this matter.
A) "Why do coaches care about social media enough to cut a kid from their target list?" -- Because the coach isn't there every single day with the recruit (impossible), and their social media offers the glimpse into what the kid does and is like everyday. A coach may not have even met a kid previously for the recruit to be on their radar. And the coach does, invariably, bear some responsibility for the behavior of the kids they bring onto campus.
B) "What are things that kids post resulting in them getting cut from recruiting?" -- So, I'm not aware of any kids getting dropped from recruiting for 'posting racism.' I'm sure a kid has been dropped for that, but I've never heard of this being a widespread problem with recruits and I'm inclined to think it really does not happen at the frequency the coach quoted is saying that it does.
Things that kids generally get dropped from recruiting for posting: photos of guns (in the context of street violence), photos of drugs (like marijuana), something that suggests the recruit associates with delinquents and/or gangs, photos and videos of fights, airing personal dirty laundry involving other students or women, talking trash to/about opponents, starting social media fights, talking trash about coaches or refs, referring to women as "b*tches", "h*es" or any other derogation, saying that someone should have an act of violence inflicted upon them.
C) "Are there instances or possibilities where a coach goes overboard or is unreasonable about social media reviews" -- Probably! I do recall an instance on Twitter, several years ago, where a hoops coach for some real low level school (may have been a community college) posted something along the lines of "if you receive an offer from a school then you should show your gratitude on it publicly." Took a few minutes for my eyes to roll back from the back of my head.
Like, c'mon... social media and recruiting publicly gets so kitsch & awkward with kids having to pretend that they're "blessed" to receive an 'offer' to play at places like UNOH (no disrespect intended to any alumni) or Bryant & Stratton.
And this is especially important (the point of dependability and trust), not just for football purposes but also because you have an iron in the fire as a coach to see to it that you're not bringing a bunch of kids to campus that fizzle out after a semester or freshman year.Happens all the time in the football world. Character matters. If I'm recruiting a kid for 4-5 years I want a kid who is dependable and who I can trust.
This is probably a good example of why it rubs me the wrong way. The coaches target certain players and would likely suggest in quiet that they delete something offensive or go to bat for them if it was borderline. The rest of the players are the fringe guys that are all one misstep away from being overlooked whether it is bad grades, bad review from HS coach, played at too many high schools, or didn't give the coach the right type of handshake.I would think it’s a bigger issue for the borderline recruits. We all know the true studs get a lot of free passes in life based on their rare athletic talents.
Quotes like the one below are very common on Twitter and other social media. Do you think this is a problem or the right way for coaches to recruit their athletes?
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Real easy way to trigger OSU fans right there.The University of Ohio State (more than once)
The University of West Virginia is also one that I've seen more than a few times.The whole "blessed to receive an offer" thing is ridiculous in my mind. I am fine with announcing a commitment, but to announce every offer....especially schools you have no intention of attending unless it was the last school on earth is pretty silly to me. BUT....if you feel the need to announce the offer.....PULLLLLEEEEZE get the name right....lol I have seen:
The University of Ohio State (more than once)
Iowa University
University of Texas Tech
......and a lot more that I can't remember right now.
Quotes like the one below are very common on Twitter and other social media. Do you think this is a problem or the right way for coaches to recruit their athletes?
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This is all about the "branding" crap that keeps getting brought up. I thought we finally determined that these universities don't have millions of dollars in their bank just sitting there. The covid pandemic proved that outside of about a dozen schools nationwide, most colleges try to just break even with athletics.The whole "blessed to receive an offer" thing is ridiculous in my mind. I am fine with announcing a commitment, but to announce every offer....especially schools you have no intention of attending unless it was the last school on earth is pretty silly to me. BUT....if you feel the need to announce the offer.....PULLLLLEEEEZE get the name right....lol I have seen:
The University of Ohio State (more than once)
Iowa University
University of Texas Tech
......and a lot more that I can't remember right now.
What exactly does a kid sign on "signing day" when going to a D3 school? What does a kid sign as a preferred walk on, whatever the heck that is?The one that continually gets me is the "signings" of kids going to D3, many D2's and NAIA schools. It's not a letter of intent, you're essentially walking on at all D3 schools.
My guess is if he's actually signing a piece of paper, it's blank. Now for preferred walk ons, that's normally a D-1 football thing, I'd guess there is some kind of letter of intent, although not sure how binding it is. I mean seriously, "yes we want you, but not that bad to offer you a scholly?"What exactly does a kid sign on "signing day" when going to a D3 school? What does a kid sign as a preferred walk on, whatever the heck that is?
You checked social lately? We have Signing Day events for U12 softball
My sons HS. Coach Told us in his sophomore year to make sure his social media was squared away. None of the stuff listed plus other things. No explicit songs on highlight videos. No cursing.Quotes like the one below are very common on Twitter and other social media. Do you think this is a problem or the right way for coaches to recruit their athletes?
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Great advice. It's a scary world out there. Of course we have people now who hold others to a higher standard than themselves.My sons HS. Coach Told us in his sophomore year to make sure his social media was squared away. None of the stuff listed plus other things. No explicit songs on highlight videos. No cursing.
This should be treated as a job interview. The majority of us on here didnt grow up on social media. As others have said this gives coaches an insight on a student athlete off the field of play
Usually it is a financial letter of intent, their financial aide package.....What exactly does a kid sign on "signing day" when going to a D3 school? What does a kid sign as a preferred walk on, whatever the heck that is?