paraphrasing - some activity 'caused message boards to explode', or some coach 'isn't concerned about tweets and message boards'. Admittedly, a percentage of people are trolling, but think about it - we're Northwestern. Very few people care enough to troll us. It's mostly comments by people who care about the school and the program...a lot.
So let's say that coaches/writers/whoever don't like negative comments. (comment withheld about not causing them to happen by doing stupid sh1t). What do they prefer? Apathy? Indifference? #dontcare? Sure, there are some inane comments, trolling, and "I hit you last" contests. But consider this - someone that cares enough about the program to make TEN THOUSAND comments - do you really want to alienate this person? Not to mention that this person probably viewed 100k comments by others.
This attitude toward online commenters exists in all levels of sport, but NUFB is the one that I care about, so...
Fitz has a job for life. He has taken the "tortoise" route vs the "hare" route that others took. He runs a clean program, takes care of the kids, ensures they graduate, does all the right things. He is universally respected in the industry. The kids are and should be his main focus. Notwithstanding these points, I feel that the team's fans, particularly the passionate/vocal ones, are treated with disrespect and scorn. It is a bad business strategy.
So let's say that coaches/writers/whoever don't like negative comments. (comment withheld about not causing them to happen by doing stupid sh1t). What do they prefer? Apathy? Indifference? #dontcare? Sure, there are some inane comments, trolling, and "I hit you last" contests. But consider this - someone that cares enough about the program to make TEN THOUSAND comments - do you really want to alienate this person? Not to mention that this person probably viewed 100k comments by others.
This attitude toward online commenters exists in all levels of sport, but NUFB is the one that I care about, so...
Fitz has a job for life. He has taken the "tortoise" route vs the "hare" route that others took. He runs a clean program, takes care of the kids, ensures they graduate, does all the right things. He is universally respected in the industry. The kids are and should be his main focus. Notwithstanding these points, I feel that the team's fans, particularly the passionate/vocal ones, are treated with disrespect and scorn. It is a bad business strategy.