INPIYLTI: Rodney Coe And The Twitter, Oh Man, The Twitter
by PSD on Feb 14, 2012 8:00 AM CST
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PrintIf you missed yesterday, you missed a lot. Well, not really, just a whole lot of nothing. But it's something? Marc Morehouse has the story on his On Iowa Blog. Rodney Coe, if you don't recall, was a four-star (Rivals) running back recruit that signed with the 2011 class but went to Iowa Western Community College to get a two-year degree. It was assumed that after receiving an Associates Degree at IWCC Coe would then again commit to Iowa and all would be well.
Not so fast, Coe took to his Twitter account and hell broke loose. For the rest, I'll let the tweets tell the story.
As you can see Rodney's declaration via Twitter was retweeted around and February 13th became the dawn of the Coepocalypse. Fans of Iowa began a barrage of both negative and postitive reactions. Twitter user Drewskie33 said Coe "sounds like a real asshole." Other Twitterers, like beejx, told Coe he'd "love to see you in a Hawkeye uniform." It was the negative comments that stole most of the show.
As some of the real ugly stuff started to fly Hawkeye Insider's Twitter account (note:Rob Howe is not the lone user behind this account) decided to retweet those messages of poor taste. Here is their explanation:
The retweets confused some of their 5,906 followers and the vitriol turned back towards Hawkeye Insider. Even former Hawkeye Adrian Clayborn got into the debate and warned,
Hawkeye Insider took exception to Clayborn's remarks and called AC a "tough guy."
Crazy huh? In the midst of all this madness comes this tweet from Twitter user Colvin:
Of course you don't give used socks as a gift. Especially a Valentine's Day gift. What's the matter with you?
Moving on.
Later, things cooled down. Howe tweeted to Clayborn he was "kidding."
After hours of this back-and-forth on Twitter Hawkeye Insider offered Coe an apology and decided to rethink the "policy."
Coe also admitted that Iowa isn't completely out of the picture. It should be obvious that he's just a confused kid using an Internet outlet to let off some steam. He's declared himself "done with all the negative tweets towards me" and also says he just "wants a chance to prove himself." Prove himself, of course, meaning at the running back position.
In Howe's case, perhaps he let some of the ugly side of social media get to him. I think we can all agree that calling prospective Hawkeye athletes "asshole" or fill-in-the-blank nastiness is uncalled for. While Hawkeye Insider's tweets are prominent in this post he's not the bad guy here. Did HI get sucked in and get too involved? Yes. But why did the Internet need a hero? Because people feel compelled to send terrible messages to athletes via social media because he/she didn't choose their favorite team and he/she decided to pursue an athletic career elsewhere. C'mon people. We're better than that.
Hoops. Scott Dochterman, of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, is breaking down the Big Ten men's hoops race and has NCAA predictions on his blog. Doc writes that if you look at the RPI and history, the league could land seven teams in this year's NCAA tournament. Some projections have as many as eight. There are five, according to Dochterman, that could be considered a lock: Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. On the bubble: Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota and Northwestern.
The Hawkeyes sit at 13-12 on the season and 5-7 in Big Ten play. Iowa's current RPI is #130, second lowest in the league and one spot ahead of Penn State. The Hawks finish Big Ten play with a trip to Penn State, host Indiana and Wisconsin at home, a trip to Illinois and then finish with two home games with Nebraska and Northwestern. A .500 or better regular season record and Big Ten record is possible for Iowa. A trip to the NCAA tournament is out of the picture, unless they can win the Big Ten tournament. Possibly an NIT berth is still in the mix and that would be an accomplishment for Fran McCaffery and his staff in their second season at Iowa.
Other links:
- Dan McCarney suffers a stroke
- Devyn Marble dunk nominated for play of the year
- Big Ten men's basketball TV schedule: Feb. 13-19
- Norm Parker will be at 7 Flags in Des Moines Wednesday night
- Shaun Prater is signing autographs in Des Moines March 3rd
- Joel Hilgenberg hired by the Packers
- A story about former Hawkeye Warren McDuffie
- The latest On Iowa Podcast
- Iowa number nine in BT Powerhouse's Big Ten hoops power rankings
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"Two Angry Men"
featuring Frank Martin and Bo Ryan linked below “Valentine’s Day” is also must read.
by Touchdown Iowa! on Feb 14, 2012 10:35 AM CST up reply actions
That's wonderful.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 14, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
This whole episode
is the perfect example why some teams don’t let their players use twitter.
People don’t always understand intent in the electronic formats. (Including myself here).
I’d like to know what position for Coe, that KF and staff were recruiting him the first time. I thought it was RB, or maybe LB. If it was RB, why can’t it still be RB? We always need more of them than we think we will.
Any Hawk fan that tweets negatively toward a recruit, player, etc is just being a jerk. I say this as a person who sometimes very much disagrees with the behaviors and choices of said athletes. But, I don’t direct my sentiments at that person.
Finally, Rob Howe, or whoever else runs the H-Insider twitter account, needs to find a non-sports hobby, pronto.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
We recruited him as a running back the first time around
Or at least we recruited him with the promise that he would get a shot at RB to start out. That was probably the biggest reason he chose us, which is probably why he’s reacting the way he is. The reason we’re not recruiting him a RB now is probably two-fold:
1) We probably always saw him as a DL down the road and were just going to give him a fairly brief look at RB before trying to convince him to move. We’ve do this pretty frequently (Christian Ballard at TE, Austin Vier at QB, arguably Derby at QB, although I think that was a little different). Given that he now has only two years of eligibility instead of four, it’s harder to let him waste part of that time at a position they ultimately don’t want him playing.
2) Since he got to junior college, he’s put on 20-30 pounds, and may be too big and slow to realistically play running back anymore, especially since he was already pretty gigantic to start with.
In Coe's defense
he may feel like Iowa has pulled a little bait-and-switch on him. And, as has been noted, if coaches just see him as a D-lineman, maybe he’d rather do it somewhere it is sunny, warm and has hot southern girls.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
the Southern weather is something to consider
he even has his handle as “COE so COLD”. Maybe that’s an awesome 80’s action-movie bad-guy name, or maybe he is hating the Midwestern winters.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
He may feel that, but I don't think that's the case
They were offering him a chance at RB out of high school. It’s a very different situation now in a lot of ways, so it makes sense for them to view him differently now. I don’t blame him at all if he wants to go play somewhere else, that’s his choice and he should go wherever he’s comfortable, but I don’t think our coaches did anything wrong or dishonest.
I'm not saying the coaches did anything dishonest
but if they (1) offered him at RB in high school (which he appears to really want to be) and (2) are coming at him as a D-lineman now, after all of one semester at IWCC as a whatever (not sure what his position is), I can just imagine that Coe’s eyes were opened a bit. And, through no real “fault” of their own, the Iowa coaches don’t look as forthright in his eyes as they did before.
Plus, I think the way the Derby situation went down might have poisoned the waters a little – I think that his switch to LB was a lot less “voluntary” than was initially reported and he wasn’t satisfied with that.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Howe's "policy" is the stupidest part of this
People are idiots on Twitter. This should not be a surprise. It’s the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory in action:
http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/215499488_8pSZr-L-2.jpg
But seriously, Howe needs to grow up. He just enjoys the drama and putting himself in the middle of it for attention. So people say dumb stuff on Twitter – who freaking cares? Just ignore them. You’re not the internet police.
Are we believing the internet hero thing?
Because it sounds like backpedaling bullshit to me.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 14, 2012 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
No, I don't
That’s why I said that he just likes drama and attention.
This whole “I’m just trying to call people out thing” is complete nonsense.
No RB
We’re obviously just looking out for his own good (AIRBHG)
by Angle's Dangle on Feb 14, 2012 10:03 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
It's a shame this INPIYLTI isn't still at the top of the page, because I think this is an important conversation to have.
Twitter (and other electronic communications to different extents) is an odd beast. It is different from other forms of conversation mainly relating to proximity and speed.
Throughout history there have been shit-talkers. David was slaying Goliath and some dude was watching with his friend and was all “I could sling my rocks better than that Daa-aaave.” And so long as he stayed out of earshot, he was fine.
When we were kids there were people talking shit about Mike Tyson. “I could kick his ass, and I wouldn’t even need the millions of dollars.” And so long as he stayed out of whatever town Mike Tyson was in, he was fine.
But now, those same dummies that were shit-talking behind peoples’ backs are able to jump on twitter from hundreds of miles away (while remaining mostly anonymous) and say that shit directly TO the person.
I realized how different this makes things after the AC, post-jNW game fallout, when people were telling Clayborn that he was too fat and lazy and whatnot. Before facebook/twitter the most interaction you’d have with an athlete was either an e-mail (not public), phone call (public on one end, but hard to pull off) or a public confrontation (might get your teeth bashed in).
Now? Now it seems we combine the worst parts of those three things and call it twitter (though I’ve seen it used for good, I’m cautious regarding social media in general, specifically because it’s a form of communication that no one fully understands yet).
Not to mention the fact that social media seems to strip away so much nuance that normal communication has to be adapted to work effectively (see: sarcasm font, and other indirect-meaning usages of language), and the fact that high quality photo/video capability is in most pockets these days.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to burn it with fire, but I think society should have to go through some kind of orientation and training before using much of the new social technology. Maybe there’s an app for that?
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 14, 2012 8:08 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
McCarney'd
"Nothing wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won’t cure."
by Ill Jukes on Feb 14, 2012 8:39 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Don't you mean Eustachy'd?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'm guessing the ISU Athletic Dept. Christmas Parties in the late 90s were a blast.
Eustachy on that Natty, McCarney on that Grey Goose
Now I'm wondering what Coach Baby and Rhoads drink.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Juicy Juice and Red Bull
"HOW'S IT HANGIN, SLAPNUTS!"
by Swarley on Feb 14, 2012 9:19 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Rhoads has way too much energy to be downing Purple Drank, I think.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Degas says the inconsolable Jamie Pollard is The Absinthe Drinker
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
I get this feeling that you've been waiting to use this.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately, this is just how my mind works. I love Degas, and this instantly popped into my head.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
And now I see that's a real quote from McCarney, which is pretty great.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
rec. Awesome. Get well soon.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
What's sad is that all fanbases and followings have fringe lunatics and assholes in their ranks
Now, this is not a justification of said assholes’ behavior and the words they say because hopefully it’s understood that’s entirely the exception and not the rule – for all fanbases – but merely that this sort of thing happens everywhere and I’m not sure of the best way to call them out/contain them/shun them.
Look at the Suarez/Evra debacle over the last weekend. There were more than a few tweets to Suarez’s account from Liverpool “supporters” applauding his decision to not shake Evra’s hand because, among other disgusting things, it was “black and dirty.” While I dislike Liverpool FC, I firmly believe all their fans aren’t mouth-breathing racists. Yet it was these tweets that got the attention, not the ones from true Liverpool supporters who took Suarez to task over his behavior.
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Feb 14, 2012 8:40 AM CST reply actions
Will do
Peace out, BHGP. It’s been fun.
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Feb 14, 2012 9:03 AM CST up reply actions
two over-reactions in a row
Let’s be a little more civil, ya?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 9:15 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Did Twin Cities Hawk just Bellanca himself?
And I think NorseHawk was being sarcastic? Right?
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 14, 2012 9:55 AM CST up reply actions
We really need that sarcasm font.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Why hasn't google invented that yet?
get to work on it nerds!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
This really does need to be done
So many recent important shorthand has indeed been created by nerds. One of my favorites is the Octothorpe, which went from Bell Labs shorthand to being featured on every telephone to becoming ubiquitous as a “number” sign to now being used as a grass-roots start for hashtags.
How can we still not have a sarcasm font/symbol? I really think we need to get on this.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
Well
some people are working on it
http://glennmcanally.com/sarcastic/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/05/sarcasm-font-_n_919845.html
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
OctoThorpe is what I call my 3 DL/8 DB super formation.
I put it in my CV; apparently Kirk wasn’t impressed enough to have me interview for DC this time around.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 1:48 PM CST up reply actions
Isn't Comic Sans the sarcasm font?
Has anything typed/printed in Comic Sans ever been taken seriously?
by Touchdown Iowa! on Feb 14, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
I think he was.
But as Ross noted, it might not be read that way sans appropriate font
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
I'll still read this blog (because it's funny as fuck)
But I’m done commenting after this. I’m getting to be too old, and have far less free time than I used to have, to spend it typing out what I thought was a decent comment about the subject matter at hand, evoking the sports world as whole (because not everything is FOOTBALL IZ TEH AWESOME HERP DERP), to get that response – perceived sarcasm or not.
Be excellent to each other, says Canis Hoopus. Some should start heeding that advice.
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Feb 14, 2012 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
"Be excellent to each other." Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan said that.
Oh, and /Hartlieb’d?
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 14, 2012 10:28 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I really do hate soccer but yes
If my dumb joke actually drove him away that’s pretty hilarious though
He'll be moderating Hamsterdam in 6 months /SFont
(Sorry TRC, I just couldn’t resist, I tried. Really I tried).
Can't get mad at that one. Too spot-on.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 1:10 PM CST up reply actions
You put up more of a fight though
I quite once, in reply to one of your comments. It lasted a few days.
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
I really hope it wasn't me that made you quit
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
quit not quite, damn illiteracy
It was. That was back when I quasi-hated you.
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
Well now I fell like a jerk
I certainly never wanted that to happen, I’ve had quasi-love for you from day one.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
Eh, I wouldn't sweat it.
It lasted for about a week and was mostly due to my irritated disposition caused by the heat and ridiculousness of Lubbock. All better now.
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
I'm like the McNulty of this site
I put in good quality work for the greater good, everyone gets mad at me for some reason, and I’m left to ponder the eternal question “the fuck did I do?”
Also I drink a lot.
Good analogy
because tying ribbons around dead bums’ fingers just to get attention was the ultimate troll job
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
by Lycurgus on Feb 14, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I think of you more as Bodie, if I want to be complimentary.
And Rawls if I want to be insulting.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 14, 2012 6:56 PM CST up reply actions
I appreciate the time you took to put your thoughts into words on a page
I let the vocal minority infuriate me far too often. Unfortunately I have zero clue what the solution is or even IF there’s a reasonable solution (as the vocal minority tends not to be super reasonable).
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
C'mon people. We're better than that.
You know, as much as I like to think that we are better than that, many people simply aren’t. Whenever I wonder why some people seem so stupid, I think back to one of my favorite George Carlin lines:
Just think of how stupid the average person is, then remember that half the people are even stupider than that.
by Enoch on Feb 14, 2012 8:41 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
So true
This is making want to go buy some of his shit—so it can be some of my stuff.
Please don't tell me how you hate BSU or their turf...I know all too well and keep my toliet water blue for a reason.
by BoiseHawk on Feb 14, 2012 9:28 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
That's all a house is, a place for your stuff
And your stuff is shit. My shit? Stuff.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 14, 2012 10:28 AM CST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe we can convince KF
To let Coe play both sides of the ball. Hahahaha! What was I smoking?! Maybe somebody needs to point out our DL men in the NFL vs RB in the NFL. Maybe AC can help convince Coe to stay?
by RH's Bookie on Feb 14, 2012 9:04 AM CST via Android app reply actions
Ah yes,
the new KF-created position of “defensive-line-back.”
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 14, 2012 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
Hands-down, Tom Busch would have been the best DL-back of the KF era.
With Matt Roth coming in second.
"I don't usually go to the top floor, but tonight I had a business meeting." -Devyn Marble
by One Night Stanzi on Feb 14, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
Twitter fights are more sissy than slap fights.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
And people always say KF is not innovative
he was banning Twitter before it existed.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
He's rather hipster that way
/would totally mock up a hipster-Ferentz photo if I weren’t completely Photoshop incompetent
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
And I would probably rec that. Someone give us Hipster-Ferentz!
Actually, this is totally off-topic, but has BHGP ever done a photoshop contest? Like best Hipster-Ferentz gets a t-shirt? That sounds like something that might alleviate the grinding monotony is the off-season.
by HawkeyeInExile on Feb 14, 2012 12:46 PM CST up reply actions
For any 'shop contest, you would have to exclude HEC and hawk6894 because they're editors/authors
and then that would just ruin so much of the ’shop goodness.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
Kluginator is also pretty adept, IIRC.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
Whoops, misread your post. Thought you were saying it'd be unfair because they're too skilled.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
I think that IS what he was saying,
and that letting them not be eligible would be bad, because they are awesome at the ’shops.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 14, 2012 2:20 PM CST up reply actions
I am absolutely in favor
of allowing them to dominate any contest, just so we could see the ‘shops they’d create.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 14, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
I will photoshop the hell out of a distribution map
and take the whole contest
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
The internet would explode
if that much awesome where crammed into a single thread
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 14, 2012 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
Personally, I think you let Howe off a bit too easily . . .
He has a history of being thin-skinned and turning on people via the Twitter account. Classic case of being able to dish it out, but not take it.
While I do not condone AT ALL the ridiculous bile people spew at recruits on Twitter, one must keep in mind that recruits and other people who choose to use social media do so voluntarily. And they would be extremely naive to expect it’s all sunshine and roses out there.
What particularly irks me about Howe’s handling of these types of tweets (and this is not the first time he’s gone on a re-tweeting binge of negativity) is that it seems almost as if he’s implying the Iowa fanbase is uniquely ugly in this type of activity. And that is simply not true.
by Torbee on Feb 14, 2012 9:34 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I got a response via twitter that raised a good point
Matt Douhan @SBendDouhan
@PlannedSickDays My issue w the Coe thing is that HI was RT’ing things about Coe that he might not have seen otherwise. No @ mentions to Coe
I hadn’t really thought about it this way until Matt pointed it out. If he’s searching Twitter trying to find tweets that stir the pot, then yes, he’s a bad guy here.
seriously?
I am completely lost in the world of Twitter etiquette
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 12:53 PM CST up reply actions
Here's the manual:
It’s a complete clusterfuck.
by Ill Jukes on Feb 14, 2012 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
let me try and explain
If Coe follows Howe, which means he sees in his timeline the things Howe wants him to see. Howe searches Twitter and finds tweets mentioning Coe (that he may not have otherwise seen) and retweets them, or places them in Coe’s timeline.
Some of the tweets were sent at Howe and he then retweeted them (so they appear in Coe’s timeline) with Coe’s Twitter handle in the mention line. This way it appears in your @ mentions. Or a separate column Twitter uses to make it easier to see.
seriously?
I think this helped me understand
This is my issue, not yours. I don’t do any social media so even mentioning “timelines” and such starts to fog my understanding.
Your explanation makes Howe sound like the rock-stupid friend that mentions to your girlfriend something you said behind her back when you were drunk and inordinately brave in your drunken state. Which is how I will now view him. Rob Howe is that guy.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
A salesman with no social media?
Wow.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 14, 2012 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
they're all wankjobs as it pertains to actual sales
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 2:51 PM CST up reply actions
BUT IS PRATER A PROBLEM AT DB?!?!?!
These are the important questions! Why haven’t they been answered!
"The more I get hit, the more they git hit" - Marcus Coker
by Nature Boy on Feb 14, 2012 9:38 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Personally, I think you're a little too easy on Howe
He has a history of being thin-skinned and turning on people via the Twitter account. Classic case of being able to dish it out, but not take it.
While I do not condone AT ALL the ridiculous bile people spew at recruits on Twitter, one must keep in mind that recruits and other people who choose to use social media do so voluntarily. And they would be extremely naive to expect it’s all sunshine and roses out there.
What particularly irks me about Howe’s handling of these types of tweets (and this is not the first time he’s gone on a re-tweeting binge of negativity) is that it seems almost as if he’s implying the Iowa fanbase is uniquely ugly in this type of activity. And that is simply not true.
by Torbee on Feb 14, 2012 9:42 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
The socks tweet
is just somebody trolling for responses, yes?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 10:00 AM CST reply actions
for the record
It was some random tweet
There’s a joke in there
seriously?
by PSD on Feb 14, 2012 3:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Happy Val Barnes Day, everyone!
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
SO MUCH THIS!!!
Today is my son’s 9th birthday. He’s healthy, happy and handsome, but I struck out with Mrs NoPants in my bid to have a son named after my favorite Hawkeye hoopster.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 14, 2012 10:30 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
I would have loved Val Barnes even if his name wasn't Valentine.
but I didn’t cry when he left Iowa. I just had something in both of my eyes.
Acie got all the attention because of his simultaneous Shot Block/Groin Kicks, but Val and Rodell Davis were more amazing to watch.
by TangerinePony on Feb 14, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
Acie gets all the recognition for the high-top fade
but I think I prefer Val’s
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
YES!
True Hawk nerd (stalking?) story:
Sophomore year of high school I was at the U of Iowa for some nerd student conference. In the hotel, I grabbed a phone book, and found Val Barnes’ phone number listed. I thought he was the bees knees, and my friends dared me to call him.
I did, and somebody actually answered. I asked for Val and they said no, but I’ll get him. When Val Barnes came to the phone I said, “………………………………………..Um, you’re awesome……………..and my favorite Hawkeye player…………….and…………….”
He said, “Cool. Thanks.” and hung up.
I’ve become a much smoother stalker since then.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 14, 2012 1:44 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
That is a wonderful story.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 1:53 PM CST up reply actions
I'll green this.
"West Texas seems to be full of fake boobs providing a comfortable shade for well-developed pot bellies" - Lycurgus (06/24/2011)
by BStylin Hawkye on Feb 14, 2012 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
If that oncoming train was 1200 miles away
It’s not nearly as dangerous. Just sayin’
Physical distance+interwebz=excessive bravado
by PackerHawk on Feb 14, 2012 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Says the internet tough guy in Pennsylvania
Bring it on, coward!
(sarcasm font, of course)
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
A little off-topic...
But the BXII finally released their 2012 football schedule.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Maybe I missed the discussion earlier, but apparently the BXII is playing a full round-robin schedule.
Which means nine conference games. (I guess BXII coaches were less butt-hurt over the uneven home game split than B1G coaches apparently were.) Which means 10 BCS opponents for Iowa State.
I wonder if that will have any impact on THEIR desire to continue the Iowa-Iowa State series.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Brutal
If you’re Texas, OU, OSU or WVA, this is not so bad. But welcome to the new hell, ISU. It’s the same as the old hell.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 14, 2012 10:37 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
I think Texas demanded the round-robin schedule
so they’d have a conference game to put on the Longhorn Network.
And I, for one, am glad to finally have those fucking hillbillies from WVU out of the Big East.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Oh yeah: Nebraska @ Iowa on 11/23, West Virginia @ Iowa State on 11/24
MethFest2k12 is ON!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 14, 2012 10:41 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I'm gonna watch three full days of football, and Harry Potter (/allofthem).
Wooooooooo hooooooooo!
MethisthebestyeahmyheartkindofhurtsandbreathingisnotworkingmaybeIcanjustclosemyeyeswoopsIdroveofftheroadjustthentextingwhiledrivingisthebestgettingtiredsmokeanotherrock
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 14, 2012 10:49 PM CST up reply actions
I could see why Ferentz thinks recruiting has changed
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
He was referring to the fact that there's all this new technology
like telephones. Ferentz is a Western Union man and that’s the way it ought to stay dammit!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
He just thinks it's sad that all these Pony Express riders are out of work.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 14, 2012 1:54 PM CST up reply actions
Ferentz favorite movie is Clan Of The Cave Bear
or as he calls it “The Good Old Days”.
He felt that the guys in Quest For Fire were far to impressed by that new fangled technique of rubbing sticks together, so he only gave it four stars.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Critical Thinking Skillz
= limit output and response to certain comments/opinions. NEVER limit input of information.
I think social media is always a good thing, because information spreads rapidly and directly from a source. Interpreting and responding to that information is the problem. Just like trolls on this comment board, the best thing to do is ignore certain unwarranted comments. Ignore obviously ridiculous rumors until further verification (FERENTZ TO PENN STATE!). However, you should never limit input of information. I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Before social media, people still had ridicously absurd and racist opinions. Social media is not the problem. If anything, it has opened many windows for dialogue.
Also, when someone says “Coe, you turncoat bastard!”, just because you delete their comment doesn’t mean they still aren’t thinking that. Talk to them about their opinions and how they are emotionally harming you. Peace, Love, Rainbows.
Oh also, Coe is a turncoat bastard.
I hope that last line
was written in sarcasm font
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Feb 14, 2012 11:39 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
It was
or is this written in sarcasm font..too?
by TangerinePony on Feb 14, 2012 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
Point of paliamentary procedure!
Is it still creepy to care about Coe? After all, he is over 18 and out of high school. I think we need a ruling.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Still a little creepy
Just like caring about the kids at Iowa is still a little creepy if you are no longer in College. That being said it is much lower on the creepy scale than caring about the HS kids. My opinion.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 14, 2012 1:36 PM CST up reply actions
Depends on how good his piggyback rides are.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 14, 2012 1:45 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Rob Howe will retweet anything
Then acts all innocent and gets all defensive when people call him out on it (Which is why he blocked me). He runs a subscription service for Christ’s sake. People expect him to be a reliable news source and he’s sitting there RT’ing idiots to “expose” them? I understand the reasoning but the endgame is flawed. It only looks like you’re supporting those idiots by revealing their Tweets to thousands of people.
He's helping to foster the "baba-booey!", "look at me!" bullshit of social media
Not stunting it like he supposedly is trying to do. Whatever, he’s an idiot.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
Either that, or he's doing it to drive up page hits.
No, that can’t be it.
Watching the Cubs piss it away for 31 years.
by CarolinaHawk on Feb 14, 2012 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
Yes, if you're RT'ing to mock somebody
Then use tweetdeck or something that let’s you comment in front of the “RT@…” so you can call them out on it.
It's instances like these
that make me glad I’m not on Twitter; but also makes me kind of want to join, if only to go on and demonstrate that not every fan is a mouthbreathing fucktard
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
So will you sign on as "EarbreathingGenius1"?
There’s already an “Earbreathing Genius”
by TangerinePony on Feb 14, 2012 11:37 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I still don't get this whole Twitter thing
I know Americans have developed the feeling that they have the right to know everything about everyone at any time. Or that their random thoughts are so interesting…me, I don’t give a fuck. I don’t care what Ashton Kutcher ate for lunch, or what Kobe thinks about hot pants…
I played around on it the other day
and after about an hour I thought, why the hell do I care about a picture of Adrian Clayborn’s dog?
I don’t think I’ll go back.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
You ended with a ?
Are you not sure your jokes are fantastic?
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Because his dogs are fucking cute, that's why.
And King’s mom just died, which was sad. Also, AC is one of the more worthwhile former-Hawks to follow in my opinion.
I concur with that
He’s kind of a funny guy with his little life quirks he shares. Also, his dogs are fucking cute.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 14, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
Thirded
Quirky is an excellent description of his tweets. Most make me smile just from the incongruency of his tweets to his on-field persona. (yeah, i have absolutely no idea if i used ‘incongruency’ correctly in that sentence.)
Also, he responds!
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Feb 14, 2012 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
First off, I give zero creedance to the dipshits trash talkin a guy based on his college choice,
at the same time, what does RC expect to happen when he posts those kind of things for the world to see? If he’s seriously debating whether or not to come to school here the last thing his decision should be based on are a few dickhole twitter followers. Anyone who not only follows all of Iowa’s recruits on twitter, but feels the need to respond negatively to what they can only feel is a personal slight to them somehow shouldn’t be taken seriously. Mr. Coe, make the best decision for yourself. Hopefully it’s in good ole IC, if not, best of luck to you.
That is all.
by DananHughesUrDaddy on Feb 14, 2012 11:52 AM CST reply actions
PSU coach Pat Chambers denied the fans free Big Macs on Saturday.
This never would have been a problem at Iowa under Lickliter.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Also, I keep wanting to write his name as "Tom Chambers."
It would be pretty badass if PSU had the real Tom Chambers as their HC.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Heck yes it would
I wanna see a coach get a technical for grabbing the ball and dunking it in rage.
70+ points on nothing but two handed Tomahawk jams!
Which is eerily similar to Indiana’s gameplan against the Hawks a couple weeks ago…
by Touchdown Iowa! on Feb 14, 2012 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
Oh yeah
Here’s hoping for an 89-70 Iowa win on Thursday and free lunch (part of it at least) on Friday. Actually I don’t like Big Macs, but I’d eat a free one.
Man, with the way Iowa plays defense . . .
The PSU fans will probably get an entire super-sized value meal!
As long as we win, I don't care
You can give up 70 if you can score 80. As long as we never ever see that 1-3-1 zone again.
"I just couldn't do that to Nebraska"?
Yes. Yes you could have.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 14, 2012 5:56 PM CST up reply actions
Meh
Besides, D Rose’s character issues were more SAT related. No reason to hate him in the NBA, is there?
If Hawkeye fans are supposed to be embarrassed to be fans
then what does that make Iowa State fans? Mortified? Are they supposed to drape themselves in red capes and red body paint so as not to be recognized…oh, wait.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 14, 2012 1:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Latest from Hawkeye Insider
Lost or blocked about 50 followers in the last 24 hours. Please. A moment of silence.
seriously?
Howe. Needs. To. Let. It. Go.
stop trying to be or make the story
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL! (/vomits in mouth)
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 14, 2012 10:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
why in the world would you follow him anyway
I NEED SOME INACCURATE REPORTING, NOW!
Coe has a message today
via Twitter
Rodney ALLREAL Coe @COEsoCOLD27
To all Iowa fans, reporters and whoever else whocares, forget wat I said yesterday plz, I just have a lot stuff to think about and consider
seriously?
Sad thing is
a lot of the people giving him grief yesterday will probably take this as a sign that they were “successful” and only encourage them further (not that they really needed it).
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Can't take back tweeted thoughts, unfortunately
A decade ago, he would have told 2-3 friends he was flipping off Iowa and he would have had adequate time to collect his thoughts. C’est la vie, I guess.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
This is exactly why I'm glad I didn't have facebook in HS.
It’s bad enough looking back at my timeline from 05. Going even further back would have been a nightmare.
by The Mexican't on Feb 14, 2012 2:08 PM CST up reply actions
Imagine being a kid
going back over your parents old Facebook stuff.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I have a cache of saved emails to/from former girlfriends on my Hotmail account
Most from over a decade ago. My writing ability and thought process are stunning. It’s basically a cherry of fascinating on top of a shit sundae of embarrassing.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 14, 2012 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
It's so much easier now with Facebook. It goes like this:
“”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lchaAtrwkE4" >Meet me on the facebooook, I really wanna chat with youuuu, I’ll be in the next rooooooom".
Oh, nobody else does it like that?
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 14, 2012 2:21 PM CST up reply actions
Well, shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lchaAtrwkE4
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 14, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
"cherry of fascinating on top of a shit sundae of embarrassing"
aka Iowa football 2011 + 2012 offseason
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 14, 2012 2:20 PM CST reply actions
sorry for the reply fail
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 14, 2012 2:20 PM CST up reply actions
Twitter owns
You just need to use it as the good lord intended, for dumb jokes and harassing sportswriters with bad opinions. Not to stalk football players.
Ironic hashtag is ironic.
Those that complain that Inception was confusing have never seen Videodrome.
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