Message Board's Effect on Players. Positive or Negative?

[ryan.hess1986]

I try to not make posts about an individual player if it’s negative. I’ve fallen short of this goal before, and have really started working hard lately to not call out an individual player. Now, overall team performance and coaches are more or less fair game, IMO. I won’t make character assaults at coaches, but being critical of their performance is fair enough.

[ZoomZoom]

I think the film room is way worse than anything said on a message board. Most of the guys I knew that played would always take it as a joke. The fat ass behind a keyboard really knows how to play our sport.


Now threatening the kids family is completely out of line ( more of a SEC thing).

Man, should see the LSU softball FB page on the post where they lost their second game. Brutal.

[RoarMan]

Man, should see the LSU softball FB page on the post where they lost their second game. Brutal.

Yes. Pretty bad. Torina can't coach anymore because she's a mother to three daughters.

[R1Letterman]

good thread….

so in summary,

Athletes being on social media = bad
The majority of NIL deals is for social media endorsements…
Ergo, NIL = bad?

[CajunVic]

Posters posting about players BAD

[JMV JustMyView]

Just my two cents: Message boards should be for fans only. But we all know players, coaches, parents and administrators of UL frequent these boards.

[cajun_lannister]

Just my two cents: Message boards should be for fans only. But we all know players, coaches, parents and administrators of UL frequent these boards.

If I was a player i would love the ____ talk on message boards... extra motivation

[JMV JustMyView]

If I was a player i would love the ____ talk on message boards... extra motivation

Other outlets have worse talk than this site. Go to robo coach and check out all the trolls.

[cajun_lannister]

Other outlets have worse talk than this site. Go to robo coach and check out all the trolls.

Like I said outside of threating families if a player can't take some criticism then they don’t need to be on a scholarship

[Turbine]

Through the years about 50 parents (that I know of) have registered and posted.

About 30 players that I know of have registered, most have posted.

Once upon a, time, Mike D. made a post that pretty much set the tone for future player (with a know your place post in defense of Bustle) that we later decided to remove by request.

Players that turned pro are registered on RP.

The overriding message to players has been stay away though. But I can't figure out why since there is no such restraint on Twitter