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<blockquote data-quote="Obelix" data-source="post: 1433103" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>I think they are different issues, overzealous fans craving interaction with recruits and their families can be both positive and negative, but is still dumb. Leave recruits and families alone, leave recruiting to coaches.</p><p></p><p>The negativity is not unique, pretty much the same in schools with same level of sports engagement and I agree with Alex Roux's tweet. Negativity actually has more to do with results.</p><p></p><p>Results also influence fan engagement. When results are better, negativity tends to go down (re: Ked's post), but internet engagement with recruits tends to go up. You have more general population fan following, more passion for the team, and by default there are more lunatics who feel they can influence recruits. Even in eras when internet was not as prevalent but Illinois was doing well (e.g., 1999-2006) the level of activity and engagement on message boards was a lot more. Some recruitments and games will generate tens of pages in no time. Now, we play Notre Dame to a close 2 point game and we struggle to get on page 10 in 5 days. The Illinois fan base is pretty "passive" and not growing right now. When momentum changes in a positive direction, fan following will increase and so will (unfortunately) the fan craving for interaction with recruits.</p><p></p><p>I am certainly happy that twitter did not really exist during the Shaun Livingston recruitment. While the general mood on Illini boards was very positive back then towards current players and coaches (Weber, Dee, Deron, etc.), some of the things that were said about (and to) Livingston, even on third party websites, were the worst I have honestly seen in my 30 years of positing on message boards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obelix, post: 1433103, member: 7292"] I think they are different issues, overzealous fans craving interaction with recruits and their families can be both positive and negative, but is still dumb. Leave recruits and families alone, leave recruiting to coaches. The negativity is not unique, pretty much the same in schools with same level of sports engagement and I agree with Alex Roux's tweet. Negativity actually has more to do with results. Results also influence fan engagement. When results are better, negativity tends to go down (re: Ked's post), but internet engagement with recruits tends to go up. You have more general population fan following, more passion for the team, and by default there are more lunatics who feel they can influence recruits. Even in eras when internet was not as prevalent but Illinois was doing well (e.g., 1999-2006) the level of activity and engagement on message boards was a lot more. Some recruitments and games will generate tens of pages in no time. Now, we play Notre Dame to a close 2 point game and we struggle to get on page 10 in 5 days. The Illinois fan base is pretty "passive" and not growing right now. When momentum changes in a positive direction, fan following will increase and so will (unfortunately) the fan craving for interaction with recruits. I am certainly happy that twitter did not really exist during the Shaun Livingston recruitment. While the general mood on Illini boards was very positive back then towards current players and coaches (Weber, Dee, Deron, etc.), some of the things that were said about (and to) Livingston, even on third party websites, were the worst I have honestly seen in my 30 years of positing on message boards. [/QUOTE]
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