dgrind65
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Yes, marginalize and divide further. That'll definitely fix our problem.
Are you in politics?
Nope.... don't have the stomach for politics. How is calling a spade a spade going to further divide our fanbase? Those that want to pontificate and share their truths about players and coaches shortcomings but find a way to logically dismiss that their individual or collective rants in public forums can cost us recruits can earn no respect from me, and I SUSPECT many others.... but to put it in perspective add up all the screen names involved and subtract from say just 102,455 and that will put things back in perspective. My objective was to encourage those who will not sell out the program by venting about the current results. Those that trust in their deductive reasoning about the proper solution path do scare me just a little, Arrogance is definitely in play and is rarely a virtue. It is often easily identified by presence of declarative statements and the absence of questions. There also SEEMS to be an impact on these boards, it APPEARS that many folks are staying off the boards not willing to wade thru the crap to get to real info about the program and the kids who play. I miss those folks that have real info they shared in the more active forums. The fan quality coefficient has definitely suffered.
Subdividing and naming groups of fans, and defining their worthiness to the program is what I was referring to.
I do find the assertion that anonymous remarks on a fan forum (hardly the venue that teenagers and twenty-somethings choose to communicate on) costs us recruiting capital to be a stretch at best. I have been reminded through my years here, many times, that nothing we say on these boards matters, that we are spitting in the wind. You would seem to have information that runs counter to that. I would love to see your evidence.
If you expect to come to a fan forum and not have fans "venting about the current results", than I would submit you have woefully misunderstood what goes on here. Whose deductive reasoning should we pay attention to...yours?
I would suggest that a downward spiraling season, no real hope of a coaching search anytime soon, and a rapidly growing sense of apathy may be responsible for your perceived sense that people are vacating the boards...not the "crap" they have to wade through. I mean, you're here, and you seem far more bothered by it than anyone else.
It is good though, that we have you here to bump the curve a little on the fan quality coefficient. Keep up the good work.
God bless.
Not in any appreciable amount...certainly not in a capacity that would effect recruiting. The fact that you say "I find that hard to believe" rather than posting proof shows me what orifice that statement was pulled from.So you do not believe that prospects, and especially family members and mentors jump on these boards to get a feel for the school or at least the fanbase? I find that hard to believe..... we have actually had prospect and then players parents post on the boards I concentrate pn.....