Coaches Gave Up Twitter for Lent

[anomander]

Do you think that's smart since it's part of their job?

At least last Spring McDonald was pushing the Spring Game. Doubt anyone outside this board even knows we are having a Spring game, let along Spring practices.

 

[javadoc]

Do you think that's smart since it's part of their job?

At least last Spring McDonald was pushing the Spring Game. Doubt anyone outside this board even knows we are having a Spring game, let along Spring practices.

I don't have enough information to say.

What had they been doing with Twitter? What were they doing with it last year at this time?

If no one knows about the Spring Game I blame the P-S more than the coaches.

 

[anomander]

I don't have enough information to say.

What had they been doing with Twitter? What were they doing with it last year at this time?

If no one knows about the Spring Game I blame the P-S more than the coaches.

last year McDonald threw out the 20k attendance challenge. At least that generated some buzz and had a ton of retweets etc. they are usually pretty active posting videos, or just anything Syracuse related honestly. They have been dormant for about 3 weeks already.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

I don't have enough information to say.

What had they been doing with Twitter? What were they doing with it last year at this time?

If no one knows about the Spring Game I blame the P-S more than the coaches.

And if no one knows about the Spring Game, I blame the SU Athletics Marketing knuckleheads far more than I blame the P-S.

 

[AAM62]

It's dumb for Eric White to give up twitter, which it appears he has.

 

[Full_Rebar]

If the staff gave up Twitter, then SUAD needs to pick up the slack. That twitter is awful- it does nothing to engage SU fans, all it does is send out things about auctions or merchandise.

It's sad when you look at what the I-School does with their social media presence and the prestige of Newhouse.

 

[anomander]

And if no one knows about the Spring Game, I blame the SU Athletics Marketing knuckleheads far more than I blame the P-S.

At this point Spring Game attendance is what it is. We aren't going to draw huge numbers either way I don't think. I was speaking more in general. A lot of HC's require their staff to have accounts and be active. Perfect example on how to use social media to your advantage is James Franklin. It's free advertisement, take advantage where you can, especially since we need as much as we can get.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

At this point Spring Game attendance is what it is. We aren't going to draw huge numbers either way I don't think. I was speaking more in general. A lot of HC's require their staff to have accounts and be active. Perfect example on how to use social media to your advantage is James Franklin. It's free advertisement, take advantage where you can, especially since we need as much as we can get.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I just think the marketing arm of the Athletics Department leaves something (or almost everything) to be desired. The basketball team promotes itself with its record. The football team, with some creative ideas, or any type of effort what-so-ever, would benefit from an additional presence amongst Syracuse residents.

 

[Chip]

Eh, if the hoops team can give up 3 pointers, then anything is fair game for the Catholics.

Hey ohhhhh

 

[supp]

Do you think that's smart since it's part of their job?

At least last Spring McDonald was pushing the Spring Game. Doubt anyone outside this board even knows we are having a Spring game, let along Spring practices.

In this day and age when constantly showing "love" is so crucial to recruiting and most kids admit that they'd rather text and tweet than speak on the phone, it seems a bit foolhardy to give it up for Lent. Appreciate the whole taking a stand against this whole increasing social alienation and narcissism through technology thing but I hope it doesn't cost us any kids.

 

[Eric15]

Do you think that's smart since it's part of their job?

At least last Spring McDonald was pushing the Spring Game. Doubt anyone outside this board even knows we are having a Spring game, let along Spring practices.

Ugh, can't they just give up some food that they quasi-like like every other good Catholic?

 

[IHeartSUFball]

Wish the media group out out video montage of stuff more than just two winter workout stuff. I know u can't put it out there from practice but just need be more creative with multimedia at Cuse

 

[Rocco]

Butch Jones is amazing on Twitter pumping Tennessee. Would be great to see a Syracuse coach do that. There is no denying Twitter these days.

 

[CuseLegacy]

They're baaaaccckkk....

Eric White ‏@EricWhiteCuse 4h
@CoachGMcDonald @dialcole13 the 30 day no social media #lentchallenge is over!! Let's goooo #CUSE15 #BeBold http://youtu.be/RuL9V32aGFs

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Eric White‏@EricWhiteCuse38 secs
Only the best can play in New York...#Syracuse #CUSE15 #BeBold pic.twitter.com/CQtjz3Wrd5

 

[Full_Rebar]

Taking 30 days off social media makes zero sense- especially because those guys are very good with it. I don't understand why they made that call.

 

[Toga]

Taking 30 days off social media makes zero sense- especially because those guys are very good with it. I don't understand why they made that call.

This was truly nonsensical.

 

[Antiprodigy]

Especially considering Lent isn't over yet.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Especially considering Lent isn't over yet.

It was a thirty day challenge for him to give it up during Lent. And it was everyone, including Missy Shafer.

Missy Shafer ‏@MissyShafer 57m
I gave up tweeting for 30 days. @EricWhiteCuse: @CoachGMcDonald @dialcole13 the 30 day no social media #lentchallenge is over!!

 

[Antiprodigy]

It was a thirty day challenge for him to give it up during Lent. And it was everyone, including Missy Shafer.

Missy Shafer ‏@MissyShafer 57m
I gave up tweeting for 30 days. @EricWhiteCuse: @CoachGMcDonald @dialcole13 the 30 day no social media #lentchallenge is over!!

I understand that it was a 30 day challenge, just wondering why it was called a Lent challenge, as that usually involves giving up something you really like doing/eating/drinking, for all of Lent. Just an odd usage of the term.

 

[CuseLegacy]

I understand that it was a 30 day challenge, just wondering why it was called a Lent challenge, as that usually involves giving up something you really like doing/eating/drinking, for all of Lent. Just an odd usage of the term.

The Lent part of the challenge came in because Eric is Catholic. I have thought that it was more of a challenge to set an example for the kids that one can give up Social Media for a period of time... especially Coach McDonald.

 

[JoeSU]

It's a pretty sad commentary on the human condition to think we couldn't live without Twitter for 30 days.

 

[CuseLegacy]

• Eric White ‏@EricWhiteCuse 2h
  EVERYONE GRAB YOUR IPAD AND DOWNLOAD THE NEW "SYRACUSE FOOTBALL" APP IN THE APP STORE!! pic.twitter.com/m4jOZ77Fvl

 

[texascpa]

Taking 30 days off social media makes zero sense- especially because those guys are very good with it. I don't understand why they made that call.

Maybe they were getting burnt out on it.

 

[Full_Rebar]

It's a major part of White and Dial's job. I don't care if they gave up personal social media, but to not have any social media recruiting going on is hard to understand.