Yeaaahhh.... sending a letter to a high school kid's gf is weird as hell.
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Jay wrote a nice note to the girlfriend of a target recruit who he has probably mentioned quite a bit when Jay and him talk. He even says exactly that in the note...so he reached out to someone that means a lot to Nasier to introduce himself. Big deal.
The group think and scolding on this board is absurd. I oftentimes feel like the board has become populated by a bunch of self-righteous and holier-than-thou dbags.
"The group think and scolding on this board is absurd. I oftentimes feel like the board has become populated by a bunch of self-righteous and holier-than-thou dbags."
+1
This board hasn't become populated with self-righteous and holier-than-thou dbags. We've been here all along. In fact, I'm pretty sure we founded the place. /get off my lawn.
Is it possible to find the note a little weird AND agree with your first and last paragraphs?
Yes, I generally agree with your sentiment.
My problem stems from the fact that it seems like a large portion of the new topics in the past however-long are just people judging others negatively. It's like some posters on here watched a bizarro-world Lego Movie with a theme song titled "Everything Is Terrible".
The board is not as much fun/lighthearted and I find myself reading the comments less and less. As if the MGoBoard is SERIOUS BUSINESS for SERIOUS PEOPLE.
There seems to be more of a M-Live element as well where many rational discussions are eschewed or ridiculed. I pretty much stick to the front page now a days and leave the board alone.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
If some adult coach wrote this to my daughter or niece id be weirded out. That doesn't make me a dbag.
But nice job being judgmental about being judgmental.
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I would wager that there is some crossover between the group of people outraged by this, and the group of people who were outraged by the stake at MSU.
March 26th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^
But does it really matter? I view these as discrete events.
The stake was a bit dramatic for my tastes, but that's not what bothered me about it. Its if you're going to do something like that BACK IT UP. Nothing looks worse than 'making a statement' and getting man handled on the field afterward.
This bugs me just because if my daughter was dating a guy getting recruited by 'Bama or 'MSU I'd be a little wierded out if one of their 20 something assistants sent this letter. At the very least its like 'Why are you involving my daughter, and talking to her like she's a good buddy? As soon as this kid signs she drops off the face of the world most likely. You're just using her.'
Now, maybe recruiting is like sausage making and this happens all the time. Maybe HS kids now love that sort of attention and eat it up. I have no idea. And I'm not all negative on the program, or Jay Harbaugh. I just think its a wrong choice.
March 26th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^
But does it really matter? I view these as discrete events.
The stake was a bit dramatic for my tastes, but that's not what bothered me about it. Its if you're going to do something like that BACK IT UP. Nothing looks worse than 'making a statement' and getting man handled on the field afterward.
This bugs me just because if my daughter was dating a guy getting recruited by 'Bama or 'MSU I'd be a little wierded out if one of their 20 something assistants sent this letter. At the very least its like 'Why are you involving my daughter, and talking to her like she's a good buddy? As soon as this kid signs she drops off the face of the world most likely. You're just using her.'
Now, maybe recruiting is like sausage making and this happens all the time. Maybe HS kids now love that sort of attention and eat it up. I have no idea. And I'm not all negative on the program, or Jay Harbaugh. I just think its a wrong choice.
This is the side of recruiting that I'd prefer to be ignorant of.
I think this is cool if it fits the relationship among the people involved. Assume that it does given Jay is Jim's son and Jim is one of the best on the planet at his job.
Since we don't know the nature of that relationship and we don't jack about recruiting for the most part, this might be genius at work.
At least allow for the possibility of all the above before labeling based on your own biases and collective ignorance.
I won't be concerned until Jay goes full Rice and starts sending letters to cats.
As you know we're trying to convince J.T. Rice is the place for him. I know you'd like to keep him close so he can feed you and change the litter box. Please help us to get him to choose us. Paw me if you have any questions.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/245643…
My guess is he actually sent this to Upshur knowing that when he gets it he'll show that part to his girlfriend. Kinda like how when you're talking to someone on the phone and say "hey tell your wife I said hello and that I'll send her an email about that property that might be available" and the wife is sitting right there anyway. I don't think it's a big deal mostly b/c Jay is pretty young still, makes it not creepy but more like a big brother kinda thing.
And I thought I was a grumpy old goat.
In a vacuum this may look creepy but we know nothing of the circumstances surrounding this letter. So before you cringe remember that Harbaugh has always been a pretty stand up guy and Im sure he raised Jay to be a good citizen as well.
This is sales, baby. Sometimes you have to get down in the dirt. I'm sure stuff in the past was just as petty, there just wasn't a way to broadcast it to the world.
Harbaugh is putting Jay through all the very uncomfortable stuff now, so he will have balls of steel later on.
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Jay said very nice professional things about them and wrote her a handwritten note. Obviously, this young lady is a major part of his life and his impending decision so he took the time to write her a note to let her know that he knows she is important too.
Out of the box thinking/marketing like this can lead to a lot of sales. Trust me or just read most any sales book on how to differentiate yourself from your competition when your products are very similar.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:21 AM ^
I feel no harm was done here but Jay probably needs to take it down a notch.
March 26th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ^
Soooo weird. The article I just read about it made it seem even worse. He sees himself more like a player on the team than a coach. Which makes sense since 25 is closer to them than the other coaches. But still.....it seems to me like he is really trying to be cool but this just comes off as weird and creepy. I can't imagine this guy trying to coach the tight ends once the season starts.