Unnecessary Reminder - DO NOT Engage with Recruits or their Parents

As a Cavs fan I can say this with certainty. IF YOU ARE WRITING SOMETHING IN COMIC SANS IT'S PROBABLY A MISTAKE.

I love his complete douchebag move when she calls him out where he tries to make it look like SHE'S the one with the problem. He says he was joking at the beginning but then doubles down by saying they will be mediocre. smh

He works at Wendy's btw...boycott Wendy's!!! 

Repeat of a common knowledge joke.

What do M,  Msu, and osu fans have in common?

They are all obsessed w M Football.

Let's be like Zeke the dog. Always a good day. Loyalty, integrity, and character. Let's try to use some common sense, cause common sense is not common.

Sounds like a fake name.  Who names their kid Bruce?

A quick Facebook search for Bruce Feltenbarger turned up the following post from December 15 2012

just got done rapin bitches in some spades post the scores anjel

Don't engage with players or recruits?  I agree, not really necessary.  But then again, recruits themselves are always asking for fans to "show them love" and what not so it's not quite black and white.  

I personally don't engage with them at all.  And obviously I agree that we shouldn't berate a player or their family.  But as far as engaging with a family, this seems like one of the most mild cases.  In the Social Media world, I think that players in their families might take a little responsibility too.  "Must be a fan of mediocricy" is what prompted Mrs. Wilson's reply?  Granted, Bruce didn't exactly ooze class in his rebuttal.

And also, I agree that our fan base has a brutal faction.  But it's not limited to us.  We just have more fans so our volume is greater, and therefore the effect might be a little louder.  

I think a more realistic solution to the "Don't Tweet at recruits or their families" is to not tweet them racist, violent, or crude things.  Beyond that I think the recruits and their families need to acknolwedge that the internet and the world is full of trolls and it's partially on them not to pull a Jamelle Hill and engage every tweet.  Ignorance is biliss, just be happy that your son chose a good program, and a good school and move on.

Just my two cents.  I was expecting a lot worse from this particular offense.

Great Post....because people who aren't dicks don't bother recruits and those who are dicks will continue to bother recruits. Why do we get these posts once a month? Do you think your post is going to swing a person from doing it? I was always a fan of just ignoring posts, but this constant look at me stuff is tired. It is going to be a LONG......LONG offseason.

Makes me cringe as an adult man to read this garbage.  I once was following a recruit on Twitter and after a day or so of high school related tweets -- like the kid in homeroom next to him stinking of Axe body spray and some shorty in his science class -- I unfollowed and felt ashamed for ever doing it ....

much less Tweeting at a kid or his parents.  (Though I did tweet @DCaff after he committed a simple, #GoBlue which was re-tweeted by Ed McCaffrey, but I have met Ed and Christian and he knew it was me).

Deplorable and wholly creepy.  Get a fucking life, Bruce!

while at whatever institution of learning Bruce Feltenbarger attended, if any.

Allegedly.

Don't know who that guy is but so many thoughts/questions.

1. The comment is one thing, but the disrespectful response to the mom about "panties in a bunch".  It's never funny- and it's especially not funny when you say it to a woman.

2. Dang are we really that bad of a fan base? That's unnerving to hear.

3. What kind of phone is that- and is that comic sans font?!

4. What is that octopus logo looking thing? Interesting app.

After this post, I am sure college football fans will stop tweeting recruits.  I bet Najee does not have to worry about getting unwanted tweets.

who uses that font for their phone? That takes forever to read!

Georgia is pretty mediocre. 

So, obviously there is significant consensus that this is just wrong. That you should never ever disparage a 17 year old recruit under any circumstances.

My question:  is it appropriate to "out" someone like Bruce Feltenbarger? If someone knows who this person is, is it fair game to post his picture, his home address, his phone number, etc., etc., etc. I really hate internet trolls who can do stuff like this, and really think that guys like "Bruce" should be held accountable. Should be on the receiving end of the kind of abuse he's willing to dole out over the internet.

But I know when Brian outed the student who was trying to create a new "song," there was a lot of blowback from mgousers. So my question is this. What is more important to you:

1. Holding someone publicly accountable (for abusing internet privileges with twitter, social media)
2. Maintaining privacy of people, regardless of what they do.

Could always send Ole Bruce a message on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/brucebruce48001?fref=ts and tell him how you feel.