META: Knock It Off (or how I learned to stop worrying and avoid the Twitter)

103 posts / 0 new
Login or register to post comments
Last post
July 6th, 2012 at 4:21 PM
#1
BiSB
BiSB's picture
Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 27887
META: Knock It Off (or how I learned to stop worrying and avoid the Twitter)

 

[WARNING: Mod abuse of power and unrequested opinion contained herein. Consider yourself warned]

Stop it. 

Twitter is great. Facebook is swell. MySpace is... maybe still a thing? But for the love of all things holy, and in the name of all that is non-douchy, I beg of you... Leave. Recruits. Alone. 

That's Me

This is about David Dawson, but it's not about David Dawson. It's about Kyle Kalis. It's about Shane Morris and Kyle Bosch and Yuri Wright. It's about 17-year-old kids. They're trying to decide where to go to college. They're deciding on a group of people with whom they want to spend 5000 hours per week for the next four to five years. (Attn: Mike Rosenberg, that's called 'hyperbole.' Put the pen down). This is a big-ass decision.

Remember when you debated this for 10 minutes? Yeah. Kind of like that.

The good news? You don't have to be involved. The recruits can do this ALL by themselves. In fact, your involvement is not welcomed. You're not helping. You're making it worse.

So, with that, I would like to propose that we come up with a few ground rules. 

  1. No tweeting @ recruits: It may be an NCAA violation, though I tend to think it's not. But it's creepy as hell. It does no good, and it can cause huge harm. 
  2. No Facebook friending recruits: They are not your friends.
  3. No commenting on recruits' Facebook walls: See #2 above
  4. No tweeting @ recruits: still no. 
  5. No following recruits on Twitter: This is a gray area, but the bottom line is that these are kids, so err on the side of not being creepy.
  6. No talking shit about recruits on the internet (MGoBlog or otherwise): what part of "these are kids" did you not get.
  7. No obsessing about recruits' every tweet: This is the toughest one, because even if you don't follow recruits, stuff gets retweeted or posted to MGoBlog. I struggle with this one as much as the next guy. But yeah.
  8. NO TWEETING @ RECRUITS: HOLY HELL STOP TWEETING RECRUITS.

/Rant

They no longer call me Bisbiño

Top
Tags:

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
July 6th, 2012 at 4:25 PM | Thank you (Score:5 Normal)
Sen. ClayDavis
Sen. ClayDavis's picture
Joined: 04/22/2009
MGoPoints: 740

Needed to be said. Even some of the more respectable posters on this board were getting way too tied up in this. Very embarrassing.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

 

July 10th, 2012 at 6:05 PM | That's not a very Clay Davis (Score:1)
Derek
Derek's picture
Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 2390

That's not a very Clay Davis thing for you to say. You think he has time to check who the tweets come from? You think he has time to think about where they got the material? Sheeeeeit.

E.T.A: Holy hell, I'm five days late to the party. Oops.

LSA, Class of 2009

July 6th, 2012 at 4:25 PM | Bless your soul. (Score:5 Normal)
Brown Bear
Brown Bear's picture
Joined: 01/10/2011
MGoPoints: 2623

Bless your soul.

I poop excellence
July 6th, 2012 at 4:25 PM | No need for a debate...it's (Score:5 Normal)
Schembo
Schembo's picture
Joined: 01/06/2011
MGoPoints: 913

No need for a debate...it's Shoney's everytime.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:29 PM | Oh? (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
BiSB's picture
Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 27887

Your move.

 

They no longer call me Bisbiño

July 6th, 2012 at 4:51 PM | Oh God, so good.  Now I have (Score:3 Normal)
ryebreadboy
ryebreadboy's picture
Joined: 12/02/2010
MGoPoints: 1786

Oh God, so good.  Now I have to get TBell for dinner.  You jerk.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

July 6th, 2012 at 5:39 PM | Overrated, the cool ranch one (Score:4 Normal)
the Glove
the Glove's picture
Joined: 07/01/2008
MGoPoints: 951

Overrated, the cool ranch one that's coming out later, on now that sounds intriguing.

July 8th, 2012 at 9:27 PM | Not overrated at all.  I (Score:2)
Nothing.But.10ve
Nothing.But.10ve's picture
Joined: 01/06/2012
MGoPoints: 138

Not overrated at all.  I could eat these all day.  Is the cool ranch taco actually happening?  I've been waiting a long time for that moment

I'm awesome.  Get over it

July 6th, 2012 at 8:02 PM | You're one of those guys that (Score:5 Normal)
Schembo
Schembo's picture
Joined: 01/06/2011
MGoPoints: 913

You're one of those guys that takes 10 minutes to order their food at 2:00am and backs up the line aren't you?

July 6th, 2012 at 4:25 PM | Agreed. (Score:2 Normal)
Bryan
Bryan's picture
Joined: 07/10/2009
MGoPoints: 8085

Just get off the twitters and other social media all together, you'll be happy you did.

I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge

July 6th, 2012 at 4:30 PM | I got a Twitter account to (Score:0 Normal)
July 6th, 2012 at 4:36 PM | To promote a business or a blog (Score:3 Normal)
Bryan
Bryan's picture
Joined: 07/10/2009
MGoPoints: 8085

Or something of that nature would be acceptable, but I was going for the more personal side of things.

I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge

July 6th, 2012 at 7:38 PM | I thought you got on twitter (Score:1)
bluenyc
bluenyc's picture
Joined: 06/25/2010
MGoPoints: 7029

I thought you got on twitter because some fans wanted to know what boxers you wear when you go to sleep.

July 7th, 2012 at 12:47 AM | I'd say commando. (Score:3 Normal)
M-Wolverine
M-Wolverine's picture
Joined: 10/04/2009
MGoPoints: 38778

But I can't confirm, since I don't have twitter.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

July 6th, 2012 at 4:45 PM | Twitter has some great utility if not used as social media (Score:3 Normal)
Leaders And Best
Leaders And Best's picture
Joined: 09/09/2009
MGoPoints: 1561

I use mine to get real time news from reporters, opinion from columnists you trust, features from journalists, and humor from comedians you want to follow. I barely ever send out a tweet unless I am commenting on their work or asking questions.

If you use it like Facebook, well you still have no reason for following a 17 yo high school kid.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:26 PM | Great job, SB!!  However, I (Score:1)
markinmsp
markinmsp's picture
Joined: 10/18/2011
MGoPoints: 493

Great job, SB!!  However, I am not sure where you stand concerning recruits and twitter, can you clarify?  (kidding)/s

                                          

July 6th, 2012 at 4:29 PM | Agreed. (Score:5 Normal)
Leaders And Best
Leaders And Best's picture
Joined: 09/09/2009
MGoPoints: 1561

But I also suggest adding another:

Out the people who violate these rules. Unfortunately, there are overzealous fans who need to be put in their place, and even worse, rival fans trying to pose as Michigan fans to stir up trouble. These people should be exposed.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:30 PM | Worst part is, even after (Score:3 Normal)
HttV Wolverine
HttV Wolverine's picture
Joined: 08/02/2010
MGoPoints: 7360

Worst part is, even after this post, people will still do the Twitter and Facebook and talk to recruits. But I agree, just cut it out and let them be.

“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo 

][V][

July 6th, 2012 at 4:28 PM | Hello BiSB (Score:5 Normal)
CRex
CRex's picture
Joined: 09/28/2009
MGoPoints: 8727

Despite the fact every football program out there suffers attrition every year, I firmly believe this year the class of 18 year olds we have recruited will not.  Yes I know that we suffer attrition from enrolled athletes.  Guys who see the coaches everyday to talk about their issues, guys who have to sit a year of they go elsewhere, they leave.  However 18 year olds who do not see the coaches very often and do not have to sit when they decommit are sure to never ever ever leave.  We will never have another Demar Dorsey failure to qualify or a Caleb Stacey deciding to go elsewhere.  

If we ever do, this decommit or even rumors of a decommit on Twitter will RUIN EVERYTHING.  I will be forced to run naked down the street in July because of this rumor and the destruction it has wrought upon the team.  It's July and signing day is just around the corner on Febraury.  We shall never have time to recover from this terrible blow of one possible decommit to our 80 person plus roster.  

I must go now because the nice nurse is here to give me more pills and I have drooled quite heavily on the keyboard.  However I wished to make my opinion known and let you know your attempts to instill calm are neither logical nor welcome.  

Hugs and kisses (and remember I know all your email addresses),

CRex

July 6th, 2012 at 4:46 PM | Don't be ridiculous (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
BiSB's picture
Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 27887

I will be forced to run naked down the street in July because of this rumor and the destruction it has wrought upon the team

That's just crazy. It's way too hot to run outside.

They no longer call me Bisbiño

July 6th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | Well of course I'll have my (Score:3 Normal)
CRex
CRex's picture
Joined: 09/28/2009
MGoPoints: 8727

Well of course I'll have my phone out and be on Twitter, so I'll only make it half a block before I trip.  I can handle that much running in the heat.

July 6th, 2012 at 5:44 PM | Careful (Score:5 Normal)
Gulo Gulo Luscus
Gulo Gulo Luscus's picture
Joined: 12/18/2009
MGoPoints: 404

You can do some serious damage to your "twitter" if you trip and fall during a naked run.

"Hey Now!"

July 6th, 2012 at 11:25 PM | That was cruel (Score:1 Overrated)
ChopBlock
ChopBlock's picture
Joined: 12/11/2011
MGoPoints: 1502

I can count on one hand the number of times that I literally laughed out loud on MGoBlog. This was one of them, Now everyone's looking at me strangely

"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"

"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"

~George Walden

July 6th, 2012 at 4:30 PM | (No subject) (Score:5 Normal)
carlosspicyweiner
carlosspicyweiner's picture
Joined: 09/29/2010
MGoPoints: 399

"Tears are salty.  Sweat is salty.  One gets you pity, the other gets you results"  

 

-Former Michigan soccer coach Steve Burns

July 6th, 2012 at 4:31 PM | Finally,an excuse to use the Dr Strangelove GIF I've been saving (Score:5 Normal)
mgordoblue
mgordoblue's picture
Joined: 12/02/2011
MGoPoints: 167

My username is spelled "mgordoblue", but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

July 6th, 2012 at 4:35 PM | Around here I often feel like yelling (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
BiSB's picture
Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 27887

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room."

They no longer call me Bisbiño

July 6th, 2012 at 4:47 PM | Interesting.  Because (Score:5 Normal)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
MaizeAndBlueWahoo's picture
Joined: 07/02/2008
MGoPoints: 11808

Interesting.  Because whenever a mod makes a threat of some kind, what I usually hear is "you'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."

/pleasedon'ttakeawayallmypoints

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<

July 6th, 2012 at 4:32 PM | Now we can watch all the people who rushed to tell us Dawson (Score:5 Normal)
LB
LB's picture
Joined: 09/26/2009
MGoPoints: 5059

was leaving telling us not to worry, he is staying.

May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift

July 6th, 2012 at 4:32 PM | Thank you. (Score:1)
Craze for Maize
Craze for Maize's picture
Joined: 11/11/2011
MGoPoints: 763

Very well said.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:32 PM | Can we add match.com and (Score:5 Informative)
edventure008
Joined: 07/19/2010
MGoPoints: 456

Can we add match.com and eHarmony to the list?

July 6th, 2012 at 4:34 PM | In the spirit of Wimbledon (Score:2)
Bryan
Bryan's picture
Joined: 07/10/2009
MGoPoints: 8085

Game, set, match.



http://www.kfc.com/doubledown/



Damn iPhone and not posting pictures

I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge

July 6th, 2012 at 4:34 PM | How about Telegrams? (Score:2 Normal)
powhound
powhound's picture
Joined: 11/28/2010
MGoPoints: 356

How about Telegrams?

 "gonna twist the cap off a green lizard" - Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich 

July 6th, 2012 at 4:41 PM | But, but what else are we supposed to freak out about? (Score:2)
hart20
hart20's picture
Joined: 05/25/2011
MGoPoints: 3706

But, but what else are we supposed to freak out about?

Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:41 PM | Well said! (Score:1)
KMV Blue
KMV Blue's picture
Joined: 06/25/2011
MGoPoints: 40

Take note people!

July 6th, 2012 at 4:44 PM | It's magnus's fault. He got (Score:0 Overrated)
July 6th, 2012 at 4:46 PM | Sadly, yes. (Score:4 Normal)
Brown Bear
Brown Bear's picture
Joined: 01/10/2011
MGoPoints: 2623

Sadly, yes.

I poop excellence
July 6th, 2012 at 4:43 PM | Well said! Take note people! (Score:0 Redundant)
July 6th, 2012 at 4:47 PM | Take double notes (Score:3 Normal)
America
America's picture
Joined: 09/19/2009
MGoPoints: 458

Take double notes

July 6th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | My pen ran out of ink. (Score:2)
Brown Bear
Brown Bear's picture
Joined: 01/10/2011
MGoPoints: 2623

My pen ran out of ink.

I poop excellence
July 6th, 2012 at 4:50 PM | Very Well Said... (Score:3 Normal)
LSAClassOf2000
LSAClassOf2000's picture
Joined: 01/07/2011
MGoPoints: 8729

I completely agree with these ground rules, and thank you for formalizing them.

The only thing I would suggest is that you make it into a formal video proclamation. Here is some inspiration:

 

 

As for the exit sign, KFC orginal recipe and some biscuits.

 

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3

July 6th, 2012 at 4:46 PM | I don't have a problem with (Score:2)
MilkSteak
MilkSteak's picture
Joined: 04/18/2011
MGoPoints: 456

I don't have a problem with people following recruits on twitter. I personally don't, mostly because high school kids are ridiculously annoying on twitter, but if they leave their feeds unlocked and encourage people to follow them, go for it.

That being said, do not tweet at them, do not read into their tweets, and above all, do not judge them for what they say on there. If twitter was around when I was 17 I would have some really embarrassing things on there. 17 year olds don't have the same sort of restraint and impulse control as they will when they are adults, or even in a year.

"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."

 

July 6th, 2012 at 4:47 PM | Why don't you just remove all (Score:3 Normal)
Callahan
Callahan's picture
Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 1958

Why don't you just remove all board posts that begin with a recruit's tweet? (OPs only. Obviously, you can't patrol all posts. Or can you?)

The obsession with recruit tweets is crazy. However, many of the recruiting reporters are as guilty as anyone for fanning the flames. I won't mention the name of the reporter who best handled himself today, but let's just say he used to work here and is now on a pay site for a large network based in Bristol, Connecticut. All he did was call Tom Wilcher for a comment when the thing started. There's a lesson to be learned about professionalism.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:55 PM | It's tough (Score:5 Normal)
BiSB
BiSB's picture
Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 27887

Some stuff recruits tweet is actually news. If Kyle Bosch tweets, "I'm enrolling early," that's actual news and worth discussion. But if he tweets "damn, that sucks," we don't need a thread to discuss whether or not that tweet meant that he has decided to give up football and take up needlepoint.

They no longer call me Bisbiño

July 6th, 2012 at 5:00 PM | FWIW (Score:3 Normal)
BiSB
BiSB's picture
Joined: 08/15/2009
MGoPoints: 27887

Another example of a recruiting guy who has done things correctly, I point you to Aquman/Tremendous/Steve Lorenz/Batman (oops, I've said too much), who of late has had several scoops that he has not shared publicly because they weren't the kind of things that were for public consumption. Case in point: 

http://www.michigantremendous.com/2012/06/shaky-commitment.html

Those who speak don't know, and those who know don't speak.

They no longer call me Bisbiño

July 6th, 2012 at 5:48 PM | No doubt. Steve Aquamendous (Score:4 Normal)
Callahan
Callahan's picture
Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 1958

No doubt. Steve Aquamendous did a, uh, Tremendous job of not adding to the controversy to get some cheap site hits. He deserves a mention. If only the same could be said for guys like MSpeedKills and Kyle Meinke.

July 6th, 2012 at 6:45 PM | I've already commented, once, but I'm going to add another. (Score:3 Normal)
LB
LB's picture
Joined: 09/26/2009
MGoPoints: 5059

There was a long series of tweets from a lot of people who typically don't do anything but repackage something they have learned elsewhere. Every one of them walked their comments back, without any thought to an apology to young Mr. Dawson. I am happy that the folks around here were not part of that.

Many of the comments I saw seemed to assume that the coaching staff locks the doors and pulls the shades after the last game. In short, those people have demonstrated a lack of faith in the staff, and by extension the athletic department and the university. I would submit that the fact that the staff isn't bleating on twitter or a blog doesn't mean they are not on top of their game. 

May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift

July 6th, 2012 at 4:49 PM | This is a pretty legit rant. Well done. (Score:1)
BlueNation
Joined: 02/21/2012
MGoPoints: 285

And Taco Bell. And I'm getting like 6 things.

July 6th, 2012 at 4:51 PM | People on the internet will (Score:5 Normal)
brandanomano
brandanomano's picture
Joined: 09/05/2009
MGoPoints: 4400

People on the internet will believe anything. In fact, just yesterday I pretended to be Laquon Treadwell and said I was close to committing.

Special Teams means special times!

July 6th, 2012 at 4:51 PM | Message received, loud and clear (Score:5 Normal)
InterM
InterM's picture
Joined: 01/16/2009
MGoPoints: 1101

I just tweeted all the Michigan recruits so they'd know about your new ground rules.

July 6th, 2012 at 5:09 PM | Ahh, order restored to (Score:2)
Bombadil
Bombadil's picture
Joined: 01/22/2011
MGoPoints: 689

Ahh, order restored to mgoblog. BISB thanks for protecting us from total anarchy (unlike many message boards that I won't name).

Theme provided by Roopletheme; sidebars adapted from Chris Murphy.