Team 133 and social media
Not super significant, but I think it's an inidication that it's gonna be a good season. Many of my friends on the team have been posting Facebook statuses stating they're going to be off Facebook from now until the end of the season because they're on a mission. Twitter is beginning to look like that too:
https://twitter.com/TreezyUM21/status/232175458526056449
We'll see how many more players pick this trend up, and if it effects their play at all.
Hopefully this decision will also eventually include staying off of car hoods and staying in a taxi instead of behind the wheel after indulging in the sacrament. Go Blue!
it all comes down to the coach. he is quality, and his players notice.
But how do you expect to be apart of the live chat?
Anyone who doesn't sign in will be apart from it.
You think Shane Morris could handle doing that?
No, it's a very important recruiting tool.
Ha, I'm not saying right now. I mean while he is playing football at UM. I'm assuming you could, it was just a funny comment. I am not oblivous to the fact that twitter has helped us gain some commitments.
I see what you mean, and i think it would be hard for him to give up, but he'll do it.
Do we need to "recruit" the guys who are already enrolled and who are part of the program? Do the guys who are enrolled and who are part of the program need social media for recruiting, particularly during the season? Shouldn't there be basically no contact between current student-athletes and serious recruting targets?
Shane Morris can contact his fellow recruits all he wants, given his status as a mere oral-commit to Michigan. He'd better not contact recruits after he's enrolled.
"Do we need to "recruit" the guys who are already enrolled and who are part of the program?"
I don't understand why this would even be a question.
It is my question, and I don't even understand it. Other than as a question that is obviously self-answering.
Of course the current members of the football team don't need Twitter or Facebook for "recruiting." And any use of Twitter or Facebook for recruiting, if it ever existed on the side of the University, is a nullity in the cases of the guys already, uh, on the team. Twitter and Facebook, as used by members of the team with respect to recruiting, are therefore irrelevancies. Good riddance.
August 6th, 2012 at 10:02 AM ^
My comment was specific to Shane, not any current player or such. He does a lot of good recruiting through social media, so I said he couldn't give it up because it is too important to recruiting.
Obviously current players and such cannot do recruiting through it, since that would be a violation.
It might even save the program money, if we didn't have to pay outside contractors to monitor the stupid stuff being posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Who knows; it might save Hoke eight or twelve or twenty or thirty headaches. And might keep Michigan out of the newspapers.
And when Michigan stays out of the newspapers, you stay off this message board.
Not super significant, but I think it's an inidication that it's gonna be a good seasonThis is the biggest stretch I've ever seen. Staying off Facebook and Twitter isn't going to help us against Bama or MSU. I like that we have a focused mature team, but this is a nonfactor
The mission is to win the B1G Championship. I'm glad they are doing away with these distractions.
What is The Twitter?
Is it the same thing as the Facebook?
Jerald Robinson's feed hinted at going offline too - I saw his "see you in a month" tweet earlier today. A few other players seemed to hint at the same thing. They seem eager to jump into practices this month too, and that's certainly great to hear. The focus is admirable.
I assume the idea is to be as prepared as possible for the season, in which case I think that it is awesome that they seem to be on board with going offline (insofar as social media is concerned) for the duration of fall practice. There is definitely a connection and a spirit of teamwork that seems apparent going into August, and that will hopefully translate into a great season for these players.