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"The majority of our players, if not all of them, have Twitter and Facebook accounts. And I am ‘friends’ with a majority of them," Sarkisian said following this morning’s practice for Saturday’s Pac-12 opener against Arizona. "And I encourage them to be ‘friends’ with me. If you don’t want to be ‘friends’ with me then you are probably putting stuff on there that your wouldn’t want me or your mom to see."
The coach says if they don’t “befriend me” on social media then he immediately wonders what’s going on.
"Why would you not want to be my ‘friend’?" Sarkisian said with a smile. "I’m a relatively cool guy. Every once in a while."
I'm seriously at lost for words on this whole deal. I know we beat this point home a lot on here but could you imagine any self respecting head coach having this type of article on them and providing the quotes that he provides?!
CHRIST!
"The majority of our players, if not all of them, have Twitter and Facebook accounts. And I am ‘friends’ with a majority of them," Sarkisian said following this morning’s practice for Saturday’s Pac-12 opener against Arizona. "And I encourage them to be ‘friends’ with me. If you don’t want to be ‘friends’ with me then you are probably putting stuff on there that your wouldn’t want me or your mom to see."
The coach says if they don’t “befriend me” on social media then he immediately wonders what’s going on.
"Why would you not want to be my ‘friend’?" Sarkisian said with a smile. "I’m a relatively cool guy. Every once in a while."
I'm seriously at lost for words on this whole deal. I know we beat this point home a lot on here but could you imagine any self respecting head coach having this type of article on them and providing the quotes that he provides?!
CHRIST!
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When I read this article I can't stop thinking of this video.
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I seriously cannot figure out words to describe my feelings on this;
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Agree. Though we need to be able to put his face on fat Chandler.monroecougdad said:someone needs to fark in Sark's head in this pic:
Race?
Or perhaps fat Monica.
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Awkward
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He seems to want to be their friend before their coach. Maybe that's the problem. I liken it to society today; the parent (often the single mother since that seems to also be the norm now) wants to be friends with their child and parent to them second. It alters the dynamics, doesn't command the usual level of respect, and you'll see the child not take the parent as seriously. Pete Carroll got away with it at USC because he actually was a good coach. His coaching tree....not so much.
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Pete Carroll was very into Twitter and making sure all of his players and recruits had it too.
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I've actually heard Sark say these words.
Willingham was following his players on MySpace. Sark follows his players on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. -
Following your players a bit on social media---I've got no problem with that.CheersWestDawg said:I've actually heard Sark say these words.
Willingham was following his players on MySpace. Sark follows his players on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
But you follow in the same way that a parent follows their child.
A teacher monitors their students.
A coach should be concerned about their players.
But not to be their buddy.
It's to look out for their welfare and well-being.
Trying to be their buddy means an immediate loss of respect and credibility.
This has always been one of my concerns with Sark as a HC.
He just doesn't seem to understand he's the adult in the situation.
We need good decision-making adults leading the team and program.
Not a guy who thinks hitting the cross-bar makes you cool.
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dude, brah
