Yep and their families, AAU and high school coaches.
If players lose confidence in their coach because of comments made by anonymous posters on a message board, they never had confidence in him/her in the first place. And I am sure Auriemma‘s coaching decisions are predicated on opinions offered here. I have been very vocal in my criticism of Auriemma‘s decisions in the first two games of the NCAA and you know what, I would be more surprised if he cared one iota what I think than I am by his decisions.
This brings up an interesting topic. Do student-athletes read online message boards? The Boneyard is a fairly well-known message board forum.
Players will not lose confidence because of what they read on the Boneyard, nor will they gain confidence from what posters have to say. They are not weak minded. Give them some credit. Don't treat them like children. Their parents may care what we have to say, but the players do not. They know 99.9% of the posts are gaseous.
I absolutely don't believe the players read the Boneyard and if they did it would for a good laugh or two or three thousand. They would see humor in what we think is brilliant basketball tactics and strategy. We should not take ourselves so seriously.
Wouldn't worry about it too much............from what I know, players get quite a laugh out of reading posts like these........I think it's fair to say that if a player can take stern criticisms from their coaches, I don't think they get too upset by anything unknown posters write....
Team rule, they all shut down social media once official practice begins in the fall.
@Next 12 this is something I was not following... but think about the synergy... 4 games away from 1000 more wins than losses, 4 games to the NC... Wouldn't that be another great element for the Hollywood Movie!!
I really really really like this post. Some of us take ourselves far too seriously, especially our reliance on hindsights that far outstrip our insights. I sometimes think I see and understand a lot about the game, but that pales when I consider how I'd translate that into in-game, in-the moment decisions and strategies. But it is so easy to offer criticisms after the games are over, isn't it?Players will not lose confidence because of what they read on the Boneyard, nor will they gain confidence from what posters have to say. They are not weak minded. Give them some credit. Don't treat them like children. Their parents may care what we have to say, but the players do not. They know 99.9% of the posts are gaseous.
"It’s basketball. It’s not life or death. ~ Geno Auriemma 12/19/21"
They still post on instagram. Only Twitter is off limits during the season because it gets pretty nasty on there.
Ummm...my Instagram feed gets at least 3 posts a day from Pbuckets, or whoever, it seems like that "rule" has fallen by the wayside of NIL
Nah, I've followed the players before NIL and they were posting on IG during the season. Dead silent on Twitter, though. It's a toxic wasteland out there on the Twitterverse.
Sound advice from the Boneyard?
