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The stories of a recruit being removed from a school’s list because of inappropriate behavior on social media unfortunately are not rare.
But the SMU football program has taken Twitter monitoring to a whole new level under first-year coach Chad Morris.
Van Malone, the team’s defensive coordinator, shared a picture that displayed a relatively comprehensive report about an unnamed commit’s Twitter feed.
We have a team of people who monitor what recruits are putting on social media. Watch what you tweet and retweet. pic.twitter.com/MNjrwSbuEd
— SMU Coach Van Malone (@SMUCoachMalone) September 16, 2015
The breadth of the report might seem unnecessary, but Morris, Malone and the rest of the SMU coaching staff are fully using their resources.
After all, it would be foolish for any program to not monitor a recruit’s Twitter feed, because social media provides a useful look into values, morals and so on. It's not a perfect window into one’s mentality and certainly shouldn’t be taken as gospel, but it can offer some insight.
And no matter whether you’re an athlete, media member or avid social media user, always -- always -- think twice before you hit "send."
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