Harbaugh overtakes Meyer in Twitter Followers
Since we are in the slowest of slow periods (Favorite Sound? Seriously?), this qualifies as news.
Coach Harbaugh has officially overtaken Coach Bucknut in Twitter followers. Hopefully some of those followers are recruits that think it would be pretty cool to play for such an enthusiastic guy.
Well, it happened. @CoachJim4UM with 267.8K followers, @OSUCoachMeyer with 262.7K followers. That didn't take long.
— Maize & Blue Nation (@MaizeBlueNation) May 14, 2015September can't come soon enough.
Major news story.
the most widely followed college football coach on twitter?
We're guaranteed victory over the Buckeyes in November.
And when does the freep run the story with some sort of inflammatory headline?
"Michigan Head Coach More Concerned about Social Media Than Coaching"
Mark Richt has lost control over social media.
He's now up to 269K.
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Just as a caution to anyone who would embark on this, you can learn some odd things about your own followers while using the Twitter analytics functionality, if you have it on your account. Other than that, I am sure this one will show up late June / early July at the rate OT season is going - it eventually spills over into the diary section anyway.
Unfortunately, until such time as we actually beat MSU and OSU on the field with actual real footballs, your imagined headline by Sharp would resonate with a lot of people across the state and the midwest.
Talk is cheap, and twitter's even cheaper.
10/17/15. It all ends.
This is like the new "jersey sales in OH" meme.
This is actually real.
I think he is referring to the obsession over things as meaningless as Twitter followers? Which I agree with (I would not have posted this during the season).
I don't think any self-respecting Michigan fan would be down on the hire.
EDIT: Accidentally upvoted myself. First time I have done that.
"EDIT: Accidentally upvoted myself. First time I have done that.?"
You dog you, how did you like it?
If you think that twitter will help Michigan win a single goddamned game you're fooling yourself.
If you for some reason think that having a compelling stream of tweets is crucial to winning football, then consider this: It's universally acknowledged here that Urban Meyer's twitters are boring, generic, uninspiring, uninteresting, and essentially not worth the time to read. I've never read any of his tweets, but I'll take everybody's word for it.
Amazingly enough, that hasn't prevented Ohio State from going 38-3, winning a national title, and having one highly-ranked recruiting class after another. Maybe that's because twitter is entirely incidental to the task of assembling an elite football program.
I have no doubt Harbaugh will also assemble an elite program, but it won't be because of his tweets. It will because he's assembled a great staff, identifies the best talent for what he wants to do at Michigan, develops that talent in practice and on game day, and outcoaches his opponents on Saturdays.
If Harbaugh's twitter stream is entertaining and makes him seem accessible, approachable, etc., and he interests some new recruits down the line, that's cool. I'll take it.
Frankly, I'm so glad to have a winning attitude back at Michigan that this thread could be about him wearing khakis and I'd be like, "HELLZ YEAH!"
Now we shan't ever lose a game again!
Jim Harbaugh's twitter is genuine and cool. This past Sunday he tweeted several tweets with pictures of the "Fabulous Moms of Michigan Football."
Also, throughout the past few days he's been tweeting the best grades of the semester for the team which tells me he likes to make EVERYTHING a competition.
I like the grades thing, too. It's subtle, but I like the fact that he ranks the players (as opposed to simply posting their grades). Michigan football players should want to be the best in everything, including in their education.
What took so long?
This makes sense. Harbaugh is the best coach to follow on twitter right now. He has some fantastic posts.
This absolutely makes up for the last 10 years.
double post
That's great, but we need football game wins.
I noticed the same thing. But, I tried to check a twitter stats website and it showed the number of follower rising gradually. Maybe the number of followers doesnt update very often (at least on their actual page)?
were in the National news or something.
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