Can a coach be too demure for Twitter?
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:40 PM
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Some coaches are all about the Tweet.
John Calipari has more than 770,000 Twitter followers and seemingly Tweets every other hour. (Which assistant coach got stuck with that task, anyway?) UCLA fans aren’t following Ben Howland en masse yet, but it didn’t stop him from Tweeting after an appendectomy last week – and promoting UCLA’s medical center.
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Gary Williams doesn’t have the same Twitter flair as Calipari, but the Maryland coach is a dogged Tweeter, though he rarely toots his own horn. (Tweets his own horn?) I mean, could this Tweet on his 1-year contract extension be any more self effacing?
Due to the success of my players on and off the court and in the classroom I have been rewarded with another contract extension.
Aw, c’mon Gary! Give yourself some credit! You’ve won 418 games in 20 seasons at Maryland, including a national title. I know something along the lines of “and I deserve it,” isn’t called for, but what about a “Go Terps!” or “Big year coming!”
Squeeze every last bit out of those 140 characters and throw in a exclamation point or two. That social media’s all about enthusisiam!
See? It’s a blast! And a little exhausting. I feel like I’ve been yelling for the last two grafs. Maybe Gary knows what he’s doing…
