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Post by otowncoach on Apr 19, 2009 10:53:08 GMT -6
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 19, 2009 11:41:56 GMT -6
Ok - someone tell me WHY I should sign up for Twitter?  What are 3 (or even 1) BIG benefits? I really don't care if I'm not up to date with Pete Carroll's random thoughts on a minute by minute thread. WHY should I invest time in this? I'm hoping there is a good reason. |
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coachbigelow
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Post by coachbigelow on Apr 19, 2009 12:21:28 GMT -6
That has been the big question. The intro video they have on Twitter really doesn't make me want to sign up for twitter.
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Post by otowncoach on Apr 19, 2009 12:54:49 GMT -6
It is the next evolution of media and social networking. No longer do you have to get your news through a filter of CBS, ABC, Fox, ESPN, CNN. You can post news any time, anywhere. After a football game I can post the score of the game from home - fans, friends, family don't have to wait to find out the score. At a track meet I can post that our high jumper just jumped 6'10 and broke the school record. People can see that information immediately.
If you have been paying attention to the news, Ashton Kutcher and CNN were having a race to the first person to get to 1 million Twitter followers. Kutcher said that the way news is reported and delivered has changed completely. They are also saying Twitter could be the next Google. Say you are in Chicago on vacation - you could Tweet out to your followers, "Where is the best place to get pizza here?" and you would get responses back from people. For us, we could Tweet, "Our starting QB missed practice two days in a row. Should he start the game?" And we could get responses back from other coaches.
The world is flat. We are all connected together through computers, our phones, etc... Twitter allows you to harness all of the knowledge from a group of people.
Here is a youtube video on how college sports information departments are using Twitter. Very long, but a great presentation:
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Post by davecisar on Apr 19, 2009 13:12:39 GMT -6
I didnt realize Ashton Kutcher who seems like in real life is really not so much different from his adolescent character on the 70s show was an expert on anything other than playing arrested development teenage practical jokes on people.
There may be something there, I dont see it just yet.
I would be more interested to see a true expert in the field views this, not some one dimentional goofball.
Pete Carrolls music interests are of absolutley zero interest to me, but maybe they are to others. Mybe it increases his "cool" factor to the kids he is recruiting, who knows.
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 19, 2009 14:36:31 GMT -6
Like I said, I'm waiting to hear about a benefit to me. The things that have been mentioned have no appeal to me. After a football game, I'll post the results on the website, or more likely I'll have my assistant coach do it!
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Post by Yash on Apr 19, 2009 14:41:58 GMT -6
I'm part of the younger generation at only 24, and I see no use for Twitter. I like facebook but I'm not building a coaching network through it. I use sites like this to build my coaching networks, not twitter. I guess I just don't see a use for it.
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 19, 2009 14:48:56 GMT -6
The only thing I will be using twitter for is to keep my players updated on things. Say practice time is changed, or we want to give them a reminder on something. Sometiems it could be used as a little rah rah- great practice today. It is fun to read some of the HC's ones like Charlie Weis cause he gives you a little insight on each days practice . I dont like reading Pete Carrol's though, I could realy care less on what he thinks the song of the day is or how narly the beach is. Im sure they use it as another way of recruiting and keeping their recruits updated.
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Post by Bill Vasko on Apr 19, 2009 15:05:40 GMT -6
When I first signed up for Twitter, I asked the same question......why? Even tho I follow Pete Carroll, Charlie Weis, RichRod, Tim Brewster, they will never communicate with me. However, it is the 250 other people that I have met that is the secret behind networking on Twitter. I have connected with professionals in sports training, fitness, nutrition, sports marketing, and a variety of other areas that interest me, not to mention all of the coaches I have connected with. And I don't mean that I am just "following" them--I communicate with many of them on a daily basis. Not only is it good networking, but many people post links to valuable articles and videos on the web. There is usually a lag with connecting with people on Fcebook. With Twitter, there is always someone available to connect with. I manage my Tweets with an app called Tweetdeck--it is very useful. Here is a blog I wrote on Twitter: coachbook.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-coaches-can-use-twitter-to |
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Post by Bill Vasko on Apr 19, 2009 15:06:38 GMT -6
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 19, 2009 15:10:14 GMT -6
I can see how a college coach might use twitter for a recruit - IF in fact the recruit is using twitter. I'm not out to bash twitter but we post our schedules, workouts, on our website - If there's a change the kids, coaches, parents, all know where to look, and they all have my cell phone if there's a question. If a high school head football coach can explain to me how I might do better with twitter, I'm listening.
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Post by 19delta on Apr 19, 2009 18:30:59 GMT -6
We have a team twitter site. Great tool for getting information to the kids.
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 19, 2009 18:49:13 GMT -6
19delta, would you mind sharing the address with us. I am trying to get an idea of how to do it with our team
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Post by otowncoach on Apr 19, 2009 20:47:58 GMT -6
Twitter has a widget that will put your Tweets embedded on your website or blog. That will allow you to update information straight from your cell phone to your website. How much faster can it be to update people on what is going on with your program?
I am going to get that set up on our page ASAP.
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Post by phscoach08 on Apr 19, 2009 21:42:29 GMT -6
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Post by docbrown on Apr 20, 2009 8:46:48 GMT -6
What Otowncoach failed to mention, and I think would help his case, is that the guy whose only talent is being an idiotic teenager, utterly whomped CNN in that contest. So, more people, and not just kids- the biggest twitter market is ages 45-54 apparently, are in tune with Twitter than CNN. So yeah, you can be down on the site, but it will be the next big thing in mass communication.
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Post by splitbacks on Apr 20, 2009 9:04:39 GMT -6
We have a team twitter site. Great tool for getting information to the kids. Wow how revolutionary. How did we coaches ever communicate with players back in the dark ages  |
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splitbacks
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Post by splitbacks on Apr 20, 2009 9:09:23 GMT -6
twitter, $hit, get a f*cking life
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 20, 2009 9:20:39 GMT -6
twitter, $hit, get a f*cking life a little salty are we ? |
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Post by Coach Huey on Apr 20, 2009 9:47:57 GMT -6
twitter, $hit, get a f*cking life hey... great post, informative, well-thought out, very well spoken. I will continue to follow your future posts to see what other nuggets of wisdom you dispense. oh yes, editing the profanity makes it so that no one on the school network computer would think you are using vulgarity. props for using such manners. |
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