Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Review of FSU Athletic missteps (updated)




FSU athletics misfires history.html


https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/Board/36/Contents/Social-Media-Department--131236688/

TOP 10 EVENTS I’M GLAD FSU FOOTBALL’S TWITTER ACCOUNT WAS NOT AROUND FOR

FSU’s Football Account made another gaffe on Twitter this weekend. This time, the tweet was up for around an hour before enough backlash finally caused them to delete something yet again. With the final season of Game of Thrones set to premier, FSU Football tweeted this.
Of course, fans of all teams were there to point and laugh at yet another social media blunder. In fairness, at least this time, it was just a poorly done edit and not the greatest Civil Rights leader of all time wearing a Florida State glove while doing the tomahawk chop. Very fortunate, I know.

You don’t have to be a graphic design or social media expert to realize that FSU Football’s Social Media Team and Graphic Designers aren’t much of a priority these days. We’ve broken it down on this website before. (You can read a few thoughts on that here.)

Yesterday’s blunder got me thinking, though. I’m glad that Twitter is a relatively new app. I’m also glad that Florida State Football’s creative team hasn’t been around for very long. This team can’t even handle MLK Day or the premier of Game of Thrones. Could you imagine their tweets/edits/takes for important historical events?

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU: THE TOP 10 EVENTS I’M GLAD FSU’S FOOTBALL ACCOUNT WASN’T AROUND FOR.


#10 THE OJ SIMPSON TRIAL

The trial of the century captivated the nation. Racial tensions were high and so many people had such strong opinions on what did or did not happen. We’re thankful that FSU’s Football account wasn’t around to put Garnet and Gold gloves on OJ during the trial.

#9 THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

In 1987, Ronald Reagn told Mikhail Gorbachev to, “Tear down this wall.” Five years later, the wall was down. East and West Berlin were no longer separated. I am sure the last thing we needed to see was a Florida State tomahawk in Berlin.

#8 BRUTUS STABBING JULIUS CAESAR

Et tu, FSU? Perhaps the greatest betrayal in recorded history would have been the most (im)perfect moment for FSU to let recruits know how loyal they are.

#7 MOON LANDING

You conspiracy theorists can stay out of this one. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Seminole Nation.” Could you imagine the cheesy photoshop that we’d have gotten with this one?

#6 VICTORY (OVER JAPAN) DAY

One of the most celebrated images of WW2 was the image of World War II was the image of the Sailor kissing his wife after returning from war. One has to wonder how they’d have tried to make such an iconic moment about FSU.

#5 SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

One of the most important events in our nation’s history. The moment we declared our independence from Great Britain was monumental for America. Would it have surprised you to see FSU’s Football Account use this as a recruiting pitch?

#4 JFK’S ASSASSINATION

One of the most tragic days in the history of our country was the day that John F. Kennedy was killed. The outrage would have been off the charts if FSU’s Social Media team would have been around to post after this awful event.

#3 THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ INVENTION OF THE AIRPLANE

I can only imagine the awful edit we’d have gotten had Twitter existed for this event. The only thing I question here is whether the punch line would be as cheesy as the image.

#2 THE SAILING (AND SINKING) OF THE TITANIC

I can see this playing out perfectly in my mind. The “unsinkable ship” is making its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. FSU’s creative design team thinks, “We’ve finally got a home run of an idea.” They tweet this image along with a caption that says, “Set your sails with FSU and you’ll never sink.” Five days later, the first edition of It be your own tweets is born.

#1 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST

It’s Easter Week, so the relevance here is paramount. (I’m also a little worried that FSU’s Football account may do this now that I’m typing it out.) With the ever-present need to social media accounts to be on the cutting edge of what’s current, this would have been a disaster in the making. Three days earlier, the Savior of the World had just died. Moods are at an all time low. Jesus rises from the dead and FSU sees the chance to capitalize on the positive momentum, certainly offending everyone and going viral again for the worst of reasons.
If FSU Football's Twitter account commemorates any of these events by doing edits similar to the ones you've seen here, I refuse to be held responsible. If anything, I see this article as a good thing for you to tag @FSUFootball in so that they won't make that mistake. Awareness is everything.




https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/Board/36/Contents/FSU-football-Tweets-deletes-cringeworthy-Game-of-Thrones-edit-131194924/








Just spit balling, but thinking out loud here:

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/does-anyone-know-what-fsu-football-social-media-was-doing-here.252337/

That post was removed and the account has not posted anything since. The person running it has gotten in trouble before( if it still is the same lady)

 That post was removed and the account has not posted anything since. The person running it has gotten in trouble before( if it still is the same lady)


McExcuse me!?!?! FSU fixes mistake

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https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/booster-decline-trends.250065/page-2









My issue has always been FSU athletics (non boosters) has been a mess:

*Horrible AD hires. Mostly because many outside of athletics (ie presidents, trustees, etc) want to control it. The last pro who was a fit was Dave Hart and the insiders were pissed they couldn't control things. FSU has to start hiring professionals. Too many want the power to move games to Jax, etc. Hire an experienced AD.

*PR goofs. MLK, Logo change (keep staring you will like it), sending out players to the media after Bowden's tenure instead of an AD, etc, etc, etc. FSU has just had too many goofs that make it look incompetent.

*Trad Ignition. You don't sell your traditions in the middle of the night, for a tiny amount of money (yes, it was tiny, look at the numbers folks), hide from the fan base who made the decision and then claim we are a family. This was a world class blunder. I have no problem whore yourself out a bit. Money is needed. But don't do it on the cheap Number 1. And own up to who made the decision #2.

*FSU APR falling to dead last in P5 (or near it). Yes Jimbo was a mess at the end. There has to be a support structure not ust the head coach.

*FSU has kept the ACC alive for how many years over the last 20 plus years. FSU seems to have 0 voice or is just 'yes' men. Dave Hart was the last AD that had any voice or weight in the ACC (he helped get Miami in ACC). Before and since FSU seems to be taken for granted. Not to mention officiating

There are more examples, but it simply feels like for many years, FSU is the opposite of a well oiled machine. When you combine that with the worst season in 40 years....ugh. If you are winning you can excuse away the mistakes, but throw it all together and it hints at FSU being on the wrong path. Tough to throw good money after bad when you see this. If I saw Dave Hart level leadership (not perfect, but competent), I wouldn't blink twice. But I just am losing the connection I once had.

Conversely, I have always given to academics and FSU has done amazing in this area. All FSU supporters should consider academics as a charity.
67 Sawyer55, Saturday at 8:21 AM
Last edited: Saturday at 9:29 AM

*MLK mistake.  

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Florida State's MLK Day graphic drawing jeers
ByBRAD CRAWFORD 2 hours ago
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Florida State's graphics department has seen better days.

The Seminoles' official recruiting account on Twitter missed the mark with its Martin Luther King Jr. image on Monday, a tweet that drew universal jeers across the social network. Many college football programs posted tributes to MLK, but few were as bold as FSU's decision to photoshop the civil rights activist with Nike receiving gloves.

The graphic shows King with the phrase DO SOMETHING across the middle. The caption, "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way" lies underneath.


The image, shown below, was deleted soon after it was published.(Photo: Florida State Athletics)

"Do Something" is the hashtag Seminoles coach Willie Taggart has been using to promote FSU's 2019 signing class. It's awfully strange (and in poor taste) to try and tie one of the most influential figures of the 20th century into a recruiting graphic and the public let the university hear it.

King, the leader of the civil rights movement for more than a decade, fought for equality and tried combating racial inequities as Baptist minister from the South. His teachings have stood the test of time and his day, Jan. 21, was recognized as a federal holiday by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986.







*Not ensuring that FSU plays a cupcake prior to every UF game.  


In 2018, FSU playing BC this year before UF was beyond idiotic.  Is the ACC forcing this or does FSU not even think of this issue?  UF played a cupcake.  UF was the better team regardless, but you maximize your situation if you are smart.  UF was smart, FSU was not.

*Not hiring an experienced AD.


FSU's last 3 ADs had no experience in big time college football.  Spetman was from out west.  Had 0 knowledge of big time southern football.  Wilcox was a basketball guy from Duke.   Literally the polar opposite of FSU's culture.  Coburn is connected in Tallahassee and gets the culture.  But he has zero experience in college athletics (I have seen one of it's speeches.  I know first hand it did not go over way with a head coach at FSU.  It was not impressive).

*Moving a game to Jacksonville (Boise State).


This was dumb for many reasons.  One, you took away a game from season ticket holders (7 to 6).  Two, this was the same city that snub FSU for a bowl game a few years back.  Three, you remove an interesting game from one of the most boring schedules in years (coming off a 5-7 season).  Good luck with season tix sales FSU.

Love John Thrasher (this was his move), but this was dumb and really wasn't your place to make this move.  Given the state of the football program, it looks even worse.


*Weak Negotiators.


FSU has a history of getting worked on negotiations.  Will add examples over time:

https://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2018/08/more-data-on-fsus-weak-negotiating.html


*NON FOOTBALL:  Put the students on the floor in basketball.


FSU's basket atmosphere is a mess and it is because FSU's athletic department has no guts to even try to fix the stale atmosphere.  You cannot blame it on the basketball team anymore.  Or students not showing.

https://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2018/11/fsu-basketball-issue-hint-fsu-admin-put.html

https://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2018/01/fsu-athletic-dept-fails-to-create-good.html

*NON FOOTBALL:  Full week off 2 different weeks prior to ACC Schedule.


FSU's basket had 2 full weeks without a game prior to Christmas.  11/11-11/19 & 12/8-12/17.  Sub optimal.  Not sure how egregious a mistake, but an issue.


*FSU's Hiring Culture


http://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2019/01/fsu-booster-notes-fsus-culture-impacts.html
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3 comments:

  1. many faced godDecember 21, 2018 at 7:33 PM

    Calling Coburn an AD "hire" is very disingenuous. Here's a temporary intern AD.

    I also don't think hiring an assistant AD from a P5 school is necessarily a bad hire just because file is better at basketball.

    But I agree with the general point that FSU makes small hires and lacks ambition.

    It's an institutional and cultural issue. Lacks ambition with medicine and engineering. Lacks ambition with research. Lacks ambition with University President hires. Etc etc.

    I wholeheartedly agree about basketball seating, and both football scheduling minutes. These are LONG-STANDING issues that fans and media have brought up repeatedly for years, and yet... Nothing.

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