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<blockquote data-quote="JacketOff" data-source="post: 709126" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>I can say as someone who’s had some very close relationships with current and former players, that players couldn’t care less about the daily banter on various message boards. I doubt many, if any, players follow boards like this at all, and the only times they become relevant is if something very personal is out out there. I know there’s a few parents out there that may or may not post on these boards as a way to stay anonymous, but read quite a bit. Most players <em>do </em>pay at least a decent amount of attention to what’s written about them by news outlets. Whether that be national baseball outlets like Baseball America, Perfect Game, etc. or just local news stations like AJC or the various TV news channels. </p><p></p><p>I don’t think anybody is above public criticism, but I believe there should be limits about how far those criticisms can go. I can’t stand seeing someone go after a player’s heart or desire to play/win. Unless it’s brutally obvious a player isn’t hustling or is being lackadaisical, questioning someone’s heart is crossing the line in my opinion. I can also say that according to various Tech players, Tech fans heckle our own players when they aren’t performing well much worse than the fans of the other teams do. It’s even okay to voice displeasure with on-field performance from the crowd, but IMO it’s <em>never </em>okay to make that personal. An example of this from the UGA home game this year: Baron had looked bad at the plate and watched 2 strikes in what I believe was his last at-bat with runners on base. A fan near me stood up and yelled, “Come on! Swing the damn bat, Baron!” That’s not OK to me. If you’re going to yell <em>at </em>a player on the field, at least try to make it make it positive. These kids aren’t pros. They’re playing <em>for </em>Georgia Tech. They chose to come play here, and a lot of them took on some debt to do so. The least our fans can do is be respectful to them and their families (many of whom are at every single game) and support them through success and failure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacketOff, post: 709126, member: 4572"] I can say as someone who’s had some very close relationships with current and former players, that players couldn’t care less about the daily banter on various message boards. I doubt many, if any, players follow boards like this at all, and the only times they become relevant is if something very personal is out out there. I know there’s a few parents out there that may or may not post on these boards as a way to stay anonymous, but read quite a bit. Most players [I]do [/I]pay at least a decent amount of attention to what’s written about them by news outlets. Whether that be national baseball outlets like Baseball America, Perfect Game, etc. or just local news stations like AJC or the various TV news channels. I don’t think anybody is above public criticism, but I believe there should be limits about how far those criticisms can go. I can’t stand seeing someone go after a player’s heart or desire to play/win. Unless it’s brutally obvious a player isn’t hustling or is being lackadaisical, questioning someone’s heart is crossing the line in my opinion. I can also say that according to various Tech players, Tech fans heckle our own players when they aren’t performing well much worse than the fans of the other teams do. It’s even okay to voice displeasure with on-field performance from the crowd, but IMO it’s [I]never [/I]okay to make that personal. An example of this from the UGA home game this year: Baron had looked bad at the plate and watched 2 strikes in what I believe was his last at-bat with runners on base. A fan near me stood up and yelled, “Come on! Swing the damn bat, Baron!” That’s not OK to me. If you’re going to yell [I]at [/I]a player on the field, at least try to make it make it positive. These kids aren’t pros. They’re playing [I]for [/I]Georgia Tech. They chose to come play here, and a lot of them took on some debt to do so. The least our fans can do is be respectful to them and their families (many of whom are at every single game) and support them through success and failure. [/QUOTE]
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