Twittercruitin' - Social Media in the Recruiting process

[MZTERRY]

Good Ole Sab! The Gift that won't stop giving!

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[LynxVol]

lol:loco::lolabove:

It's nice to see you still posting and giving us a different side (the parent's/player's side) of situations.

I haven't heard anything recently on Jason, but I hope he makes a speedy recovery.

It seems he's playing/practicing really well, and it will be pretty cool to see him catch his 1st TD in the checkerboards on August 30th.

 

[velovol]

I think its ok to follow and retweet them, but if you aren trashing Bama, Gators, Vandy/Franklin,..... etc Then you shouldnt be talking to them.

kidding of course

 

[ob79]

I've read half this thread and want to address bcarter on something. Brian, I don't know you nor your motives. I don't think you're a creep or a bad person. I'm only giving my opinion because you asked in the original post.

I don't believe you (or anyone else) "twittercruiting" is doing anything inherently wrong. I don't believe you're hurting the program. My stance is that just because it isn't wrong doesn't mean you should do it. You are looking at this in a fandom vacuum. "It's helping us show love to recruits!" This is a true statement, but it's complete fandom. For me, AS A MAN, I think it's incredibly creepy for me to tweet incessantly to 16-18 year old boys just because they're good at football. That doesn't make me less of a fan than you. It's a priority thing. You have a wife and child, which I know are a bigger priority. I would never assert otherwise. However, if I was "twittercruiting," I'd be embarrassed to tell my girlfriend. Why? Because in the real world, it's creepy as piss. And guess what? What you're doing is the real world, too. I feel like the culture of sports is the problem, which is an entirely different discussion. But to make it quick: people think because it's sports, that the rules are different. They aren't. A 40-year-old man tweeting as much as you do to teenagers, regardless of intent or content, is flat out, unarguably creepy.

Quite possibly the best, well put together post I've seen that explains this side of the debate.

I can certainly understand your point. I just vehemently disagree that, because of age, it is creepy to use the tools at a fans disposal to encourage a potential student athlete to attend UT. It would be creepy to "chat" with them about day to day events, or life, like friends, but to help promote the University I disagree strongly. I do talk with several of their parents on a more personal level fairly regularly on Twitter and none of them think its creepy. Most of them appreciate the support their kids are getting. I just think a blanket statement that it is creepy is just being a little too judgmental, it could be creepy but that is on a case by case basis.

Thanks for being mature enough to agree to disagree without being disagreeable! Emotionally charged issues like this, which flat out surprised me that it was, separate the mature from the immature. I appreciate your tact.

I think you have to look at it in a much broader context than just "to encourage a potential student athlete to attend UT" to understand the opposing argument. Perhaps it is a little judgmental to say its creepy to actively converse with teenage kids who plan to play collegiate athletics--that's not my intent--but I feel its a little naive to simply dismiss as completely innocent. Again, not throwing accusations at anyone, but it is inherent to the career I am actively pursuing and taught in the career field I am presently in, to think that way. Like it or not, that's the world we live in.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

I've been playing nicely in the sandbox in my own lil' corner, but since you asked me to come out and play...

Me personally, as a parent, I love twitter.

Using my son as and "playson" Myles as the examples, they appreciate the show of affection and passion from the fans. It makes them feel like they're truly being recruited.

There are always a select few fans that go overboard in all situations. Social Media has a block feature for anybody a recruit believes is excessive, and most recruits have been taught or talked to about these types of obsessive fans. If anyone remember me flipping on one August 18th 2011 when I revealed to you all who I am??? PRIME FREAKIN' EXAMPLE of crazed fan...... and he's still doing it to others.

As a parent, I follow my son(s) to keep an eye on who those fans could potentially be or become. I'm not offended by the people who follow me, here or on twitter. I'm a very private person believe it or not.. lol, and I don't allow ANYONE on my FB page.

So my point is everything has its limitations and there are control methods, by fans, parents and recruits.

Thank you for that perspective, and to be honest it is guys like the one you mentioned that make me so adamently against fans that tweet recruits. Sab has made every Vol fan a laughing stock and that hurts the program. I take that personal. Probably the main reason I incorrectly labeled BCarter. Because it only takes one guy to take it too far.

 

[bcartervol98]

I've been playing nicely in the sandbox in my own lil' corner, but since you asked me to come out and play...

Me personally, as a parent, I love twitter.

Using my son as and "playson" Myles as the examples, they appreciate the show of affection and passion from the fans. It makes them feel like they're truly being recruited.

There are always a select few fans that go overboard in all situations. Social Media has a block feature for anybody a recruit believes is excessive, and most recruits have been taught or talked to about these types of obsessive fans. If anyone remember me flipping on one August 18th 2011 when I revealed to you all who I am??? PRIME FREAKIN' EXAMPLE of crazed fan...... and he's still doing it to others.

As a parent, I follow my son(s) to keep an eye on who those fans could potentially be or become. I'm not offended by the people who follow me, here or on twitter. I'm a very private person believe it or not.. lol, and I don't allow ANYONE on my FB page.

So my point is everything has its limitations and there are control methods, by fans, parents and recruits.

Thanks for the perspective. I met Jason a couple weeks ago and he seems like a very genuine and hard working student athlete. I expect he will emerge this year and look forward to seeing it unfold. Thank you for everything you do for the program!

 

[bcartervol98]

Thank you for that perspective, and to be honest it is guys like the one you mentioned that make me so adamently against fans that tweet recruits. Sab has made every Vol fan a laughing stock and that hurts the program. I take that personal. Probably the main reason I incorrectly labeled BCarter. Because it only takes one guy to take it too far.

Thanks for this man. I think maybe this thread taught everyone a couple things. I know it opened my mind to all sides.

 

[MZTERRY]

Thank you for that perspective, and to be honest it is guys like the one you mentioned that make me so adamently against fans that tweet recruits. Sab has made every Vol fan a laughing stock and that hurts the program. I take that personal. Probably the main reason I incorrectly labeled BCarter. Because it only takes one guy to take it too far.[/QUOTE]

SOOOOOO TRUE!

 

[MZTERRY]

Thanks for the perspective. I met Jason a couple weeks ago and he seems like a very genuine and hard working student athlete. I expect he will emerge this year and look forward to seeing it unfold. Thank you for everything you do for the program!

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