RkyDaMan34
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Writers, GM's, Owners, coaches, players... Hell yes they do!
Do GMs and other team staff read message boards?
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Id imagine it would be hard not too. For players too. I bet Martin would have more trauma reading the internet than his teammates gave him lol
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No doubt Armando and Omar stalk our site, whether they would admit it or not
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No doubt Armando and Omar stalk our site, whether they would admit it or not
Not for personnel matters. In terms of public relations, they are moronic if they don't pay attention. Something like Gator Day could have been prevented. The Dolphins still don't grasp how much short and long term damage that did among Canes fans.
You had out of touch Mike Dee announcing that it wasn't a big deal because the teams don't play each other every year. Meanwhile, all he had to do was sample the national college football boards like Rivals. I remember a poll in that time frame on those boards, asking which fanbases despise each other the most. The administrator and at least one moderator posted in the thread and agreed that from their experience over many years on the board, the greatest animosity was between fans of the 3 Florida schools. That's true, and it's not even close if you sample those boards. The forums skew southern and are heavy SEC but even rivalries like Alabama/Auburn don't inspire anything close to the bickering and hatred of Miami, Florida and Florida State toward each other. The fact that Miami and Florida don't play annually actually adds to the tension because Miami fans don't respect the Gators and Gator fans take offense to that, touting their more recent success. Then Canes fans respond with 5 vs. 3, and mocking Florida for not risking out of state non conference games. It's virtually a daily onslaught. Fans of other teams are often amused.
I still can't believe the Dolphins employed someone as dense as Mike Dee. A competent team president would have zapped the idea within a half second, and scolded the person who initiated it.
You had out of touch Mike Dee announcing that it wasn't a big deal because the teams don't play each other every year. Meanwhile, all he had to do was sample the national college football boards like Rivals. I remember a poll in that time frame on those boards, asking which fanbases despise each other the most. The administrator and at least one moderator posted in the thread and agreed that from their experience over many years on the board, the greatest animosity was between fans of the 3 Florida schools. That's true, and it's not even close if you sample those boards. The forums skew southern and are heavy SEC but even rivalries like Alabama/Auburn don't inspire anything close to the bickering and hatred of Miami, Florida and Florida State toward each other. The fact that Miami and Florida don't play annually actually adds to the tension because Miami fans don't respect the Gators and Gator fans take offense to that, touting their more recent success. Then Canes fans respond with 5 vs. 3, and mocking Florida for not risking out of state non conference games. It's virtually a daily onslaught. Fans of other teams are often amused.
I still can't believe the Dolphins employed someone as dense as Mike Dee. A competent team president would have zapped the idea within a half second, and scolded the person who initiated it.
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only ireland...his favorite was the like a boss post
GoonBoss
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Absolutely.
We represent the lunatic fringe.....The life blood of a team. They may or may not take it into account, but
it's "Crowdsourcing" at it's lowest level on the internetz.
We may be wildly wrong, stupid, etc. .... But I garuntee you they read the board.
I know for a fact Hackmar does.
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Absolutely.
We represent the lunatic fringe.....The life blood of a team. They may or may not take it into account, but
it's "Crowdsourcing" at it's lowest level on the internetz.
We may be wildly wrong, stupid, etc. .... But I garuntee you they read the board.
I know for a fact Hackmar does.
I do not consider this forum as a lunatic fringe, wildly wrong, or stupid. However, there are a number of exceptions. lol
GoonBoss
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Sir, if you take time out of your life to post on a messageboard, about a team, and spend hours of your life
involved in the conversation, you are the lunatic fringe.
GreenMts
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This is the nail on the head. I speculate that one of the most difficult aspects of being a GM is the sheer volume of information provided to you from multiple sources. Separating the wheat from the chaff is a talent.
13ktownguy
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Can you imagine the hysterical laughter when they're reading junc's ridiculous rants on here!
For trade ideas? No. But as Awsi pointed out, they'd be pretty bad at their business if they weren't keeping up with what their target customers are thinking. Most companies would kill for that kind of access to the customer mind.
It may not be Garfinkel personally, but no doubt they keep track, and if they are wise, they pay attention. Especially to current and potential season ticket holders.
Gator day...I couldn't care less about either team and even I knew it was a goddamn disaster of an idea. They didn't even need a message board for that, because it was basic football knowledge, which tells you what we had I Dee...
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It may not be Garfinkel personally, but no doubt they keep track, and if they are wise, they pay attention. Especially to current and potential season ticket holders.
Gator day...I couldn't care less about either team and even I knew it was a goddamn disaster of an idea. They didn't even need a message board for that, because it was basic football knowledge, which tells you what we had I Dee...
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Let me ask you something. How many Canes fans do you imagine there are? Now how many Dolphins fans from out of state do you think there are? Answering that question will tell you how big of a deal the whole Gator Day actually was.
Dee is from New England, where big time college sports don't exist. That said, he's a brilliant marketing exec, but marketing execs don't belong in the big chair.
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I can't speak for sports teams, but I know that in my line of work, people pay attention. Not just online message boards, but comments sections on news articles. Someone's always going to be venting anonymously, someone's always going to hear something interesting, and someone's always going to give you a perspective that you don't have. It's free information, it's often valuable information, and you just have to be patient enough to sift through the chaff.
Look no farther than the CEO of Whole Foods ripping his competitors anonymously on blogs. He's not the only one, trust me on that.
Look no farther than the CEO of Whole Foods ripping his competitors anonymously on blogs. He's not the only one, trust me on that.
We already know scouts, players, agents, and well known members of the media read and post on message boards - some of them here on Finheaven. I doubt GM and owners read message boards though. They don't have time for that, and that's also why they have PR departments.