Interesting tweet from Fred Hansard
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Some of the twitter replies are funny, but this one just creeped me out:
and with that, he changed his mind ... what's next a Jersey Power music video?
Let the coaches recruit people. URGH....
Perry is probably ND or Stanford bound, everyone else is very doable.
BTW before we slam fans for tweeting at recruits, keep in mind that Hansard didn't create the edit in OP, I believe the bori blanco guy who took some criticism in the other twitter thread made the edit. I'm mixed on the issue of fans recruiting on twitter, on one hand recruits seem to dig it like in this case as well as many others, on the other hand some are just not very good at it like when they get into arguments with other fan base when recruits announce new offers from other schools.
BTW before we slam fans for tweeting at recruits, keep in mind that Hansard didn't create the edit in OP, I believe the bori blanco guy who took some criticism in the other twitter thread made the edit. I'm mixed on the issue of fans recruiting on twitter, on one hand recruits seem to dig it like in this case as well as many others, on the other hand some are just not very good at it like when they get into arguments with other fan base when recruits announce new offers from other schools.
Don't stop tweeting recruits. Every other school's fans sure are. Recruits notice it.
odlman87 would kill it on twitter. RU's recruiting would improve exponentially.
Gotta admit, that tweet of Ash in the Dorothy/no place like home is awful.
Haha, not sure my shenanigans would go too well on twitter.
Yeah...like I said some are just not very good at it. However, keep in mind that to most 16/17/18 year olds, no attention is bad attention.
Oldie for Recruiting Coordinator. He'd have them laughing so hard you could get them to sign an LOI before they knew what happened.
if there were a jersey power video, he'd commit, based on past history.
Sorry but I'm not tweeting 16 and 17 year olds to tell them to "come to Rutgers". I'll let them and their family make the decision not annoying ass fans.
It's more than just tweeting at recruits to come to Rutgers. It's liking/retweeting their RU related posts and showing them RU love. A RU post with 100+ likes vs. a BC post with 10 likes sticks in their mind.
Social media has a bigger impact than what most people think. You can create recruiting momentum based solely from social media.
Why don't you make another one then?
BTW I could only find this remix of your old one done for Savon Huggins. IMO another one is due. :)
Please give me one example of a recruit who committed to a school based on the number of fans who tweeted him? If anything it's used negativity by fans who bash the kid when the school is eliminated or not picked before national signing day. I follow some of the mods and they RT the recruits tweets. That's good enough for me. However, last year when players from the "DreamTeam16" eliminated Rutgers, you had grown man bashing kids who are picking the best school for their career. It's pathetic.
This is obviously not the only factor that plays into a commitment, don't be ridiculous. It does help though and is great for perception.
So because some people tweeted negative things at players who went elsewhere, nobody should tweet positive things? Right...
Those were not my guesses, but another recruiting site's guesses based on their experts.
You have to view 247 Crystal Ball in proper context. There are 8 expert predictions for Michigan but the most recent was a month ago on 4/28/16, and even though there is only 1 RU prediction, it came few days ago on 5/17/16 by the recruiting editor for a Michigan site, their Bobby Darren equivalent. Not all predictions are created equal.
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I agree, that's why I said in my original post that a lot of folks are skeptical about the crystal ball predictions. They are less accurate than polls in elections.
My opinion, it's embarrassing grown men tweet 16-17 year old kids. The more likes or
Retweets they receive by a fan base plays no part in their commitment.
Anyone else share my opinion that Eric is more effective than anyone else who would tweet and we should stay out of his way?
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