Alright, let's have the talk: Correcting Recruits on the Name

[fanof71]

The best policy right here. On the RR account, when recruits "show love," we more often than not 'like' the message. Just to show that fans are paying attention to their interest. And when they commit to UL, we'll welcome them with a "Welcome to #cULture" or something similar. Outside of that, there really is no benefit to interacting with them.

Also the part about it just being kinda weird for 30/40/50 year old dudes to be messaging teenagers.

Mike "the tiger" S would like a word with you....

[ManAboutTown]

Mike "the tiger" S would like a word with you....

Great point. Rule of thumb: Anything that USL dropout does, we should all aspire to do the opposite.

[fanof71]

Great point. Rule of thumb: Anything that USL dropout does, we should all aspire to do the opposite.

LMAO!!

[JMV JustMyView]

Great point. Rule of thumb: Anything that USL dropout does, we should all aspire to do the opposite.

Lafman1 isn't happy with MAT, LOL

[wcd35]

I think people need to stop interacting with recruits on social media beyond just liking the post lol. My social media feeds are finally Florida-less after a lot of manicuring, but the number of grown men (Florida fans) commenting on 17/18 year olds' social media posts. Ugh

100% agree here

[JamesTheJeweler]

The best policy right here. On the RR account, when recruits "show love," we more often than not 'like' the message. Just to show that fans are paying attention to their interest. And when they commit to UL, we'll welcome them with a "Welcome to #cULture" or something similar. Outside of that, there really is no benefit to interacting with them.

Also the part about it just being kinda weird for 30/40/50 year old dudes to be messaging teenagers.

I think correcting them on social media is a bad look. Our energy would be better spent communicating with admin to make sure recruits are using the correct name in the first place.

[MountainDew]

Talking directly to 17 year old recruits on social media is weird. And lecturing a teenager on the correct use of our name is "Karen-like". Let our recruiters, coaches, etc. handle how these kids refer to us.

[Million$Mullet]

Also the part about it just being kinda weird for 30/40/50 year old dudes to be messaging teenagers.

This part…..

[Rainman66]

It makes ZERO sense to correct a recruit on social media. Not only does it NOT build any rapport or goodwill, it is a very effective tool for rivals to point to when recruiting against us.

As a group, does it make sense for us to be proactive in calling out these individuals when they do this online and visible to the recruits. Once again, it doesn't need to get ugly, but definitely let the recruit know that this person is a very small sampling of what the Ragin' Cajun fanbase is like.

[Ragin9221]

I personally think like this, if we had a 5 star athlete that wanted to call us Lafayette University, I wouldn’t care as long as we are doing everything in our power to establish the Louisiana name. It’s going to take time, a lot of championship and getting our name out there.

Everything is about marketing, and everything that we talk about on here helps us become known as Louisiana.

[ZZeebart21]

I saw this on Twitter yesterday. Congratulate the young man for coming for a visit or being offered a scholly. If he signs with us, he will get the name right. That ____ yesterday was stupid.

Z

[Big Buds]

I agree with that, but that's not the question. The question is, is it helpful or harmful to correct them publicly on social media?

As someone who is quick to defend the name battle, I’ve made a conscious effort to NOT correct potential recruits, it’s unbecoming. With that said, this is something that needs to be addressed with all sports. Football and Baseball might be the worst.

[Big Buds]

It will not influence a kid to not come to UL because someone says UL not ULL. No harm just a friendly reminder. Or maybe this: Thanks for showing interest in UL, hopefully you join the program and if you do remember we are UL.

There in lies the problem. The brand is Louisiana, not UL. We all need to move away from UL. These Tweets all say University of Louisiana or University of Louisiana-Lafayette. We all need to embrace literally saying Louisiana around town and in public. We need to drop UL from caps and simply have an L. We need to move from the stacked Ragin’ Cajun logo and go to a classy L.

[ManAboutTown]

There in lies the problem. The brand is Louisiana, not UL. We all need to move away from UL. These Tweets all say University of Louisiana or University of Louisiana-Lafayette. We all need to embrace literally saying Louisiana around town and in public. We need to drop UL from caps and simply have an L. We need to move from the stacked Ragin’ Cajun logo and go to a classy L.

Right. Louisiana. Not University of Louisiana. I saw some corrections that said "It's the University of Louisiana." That's not correct and further confuses them.

[Turbine]

There in lies the problem. The brand is Louisiana, not UL. We all need to move away from UL. These Tweets all say University of Louisiana or University of Louisiana-Lafayette. We all need to embrace literally saying Louisiana around town and in public. We need to drop UL from caps and simply have an L. We need to move from the stacked Ragin’ Cajun logo and go to a classy L.

This ^

So simple, so brilliant.