mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
I’m using this tweet from Kedric as the impetus to post on this topic. I don’t entirely believe it, but that’s due to the source and not at all to its plausibility.
Don’t tweet at recruits or their families.
Or their teammates. Or their friends. In fact, a good rule that guides all of the rest of our social interactions - “don’t make unsolicited approaches to teenagers that don’t know you” - applies on the Internet, as well.
I know. I know. You think you’re the exception to the rule. You’ve got some great #content that will tip the scales, even the smallest bit, in favor of Illinois. Friend, I am sorry to break it to you - it will not.
Your joke about Mizzou is not very good.
Your reference to the Flyin’ Illini is turning 30 years old very soon.
Your photoshop with our uniform is creepy.
Your analysis of how someone will “fit in our system” with [insert someone else here] does not carry a lot of weight, because (see above) you are a middle-aged stranger on the Internet.
Your plea that someone will be the one to “bring us back” is kind of desperate and has the unfortunate side effect of reminding everyone how very “not back” we currently are.
Are we the only program that has this happen? Certainly not! Are we currently the worst revenue-sport school in the country that absolutely doesn’t need additional headwinds? INDEED WE ARE.
So please, as a favor - the next time you’ve got a hot take about the Mac Irvin Fire teed up and ready to go - take a breath. How many other scenarios in your life would you wholeheartedly jump into knowing the absolute ceiling - the best possible result - is that someone will think you’re mildly weird? Because that’s what this is.
Godspeed, and Go Illini.
Don’t tweet at recruits or their families.
Or their teammates. Or their friends. In fact, a good rule that guides all of the rest of our social interactions - “don’t make unsolicited approaches to teenagers that don’t know you” - applies on the Internet, as well.
I know. I know. You think you’re the exception to the rule. You’ve got some great #content that will tip the scales, even the smallest bit, in favor of Illinois. Friend, I am sorry to break it to you - it will not.
Your joke about Mizzou is not very good.
Your reference to the Flyin’ Illini is turning 30 years old very soon.
Your photoshop with our uniform is creepy.
Your analysis of how someone will “fit in our system” with [insert someone else here] does not carry a lot of weight, because (see above) you are a middle-aged stranger on the Internet.
Your plea that someone will be the one to “bring us back” is kind of desperate and has the unfortunate side effect of reminding everyone how very “not back” we currently are.
Are we the only program that has this happen? Certainly not! Are we currently the worst revenue-sport school in the country that absolutely doesn’t need additional headwinds? INDEED WE ARE.
So please, as a favor - the next time you’ve got a hot take about the Mac Irvin Fire teed up and ready to go - take a breath. How many other scenarios in your life would you wholeheartedly jump into knowing the absolute ceiling - the best possible result - is that someone will think you’re mildly weird? Because that’s what this is.
Godspeed, and Go Illini.