If an athlete doesn’t understand their actions are constantly monitored then they’re already beyond helpThe prototypical football coach is a sitcom dad. You can quite easily picture Chuck Pagano leafing through a book about World War Two called Wages of Honor* *and then falling asleep for several hours in an armchair, or Gus Bradley embarrassing his son in front of his friends, or Lovie Smith sitting on a toilet, calling to his wife: “Maryanne! Is there any TP in the hallway closet?”
These aren’t the sort of men you would figure are well-versed in social media. There are only four NFL head coaches on Twitter at the moment, and Mike Tomlin appears to be the only one who operates his own account. Jay Gruden doesn’t have so much as an intern posting tweets for him, but he wants his players to know he’s keeping an eye on their social media activity regardless. At a press conference on Monday, Gruden mentioned that, at team meetings, he sometimes reads a few of his players’ tweets aloud, to let them know Big Brother is always watching. “So far I think they’ve been pretty good,” Gruden said, “with a few exceptions.”
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These aren’t the sort of men you would figure are well-versed in social media. There are only four NFL head coaches on Twitter at the moment, and Mike Tomlin appears to be the only one who operates his own account. Jay Gruden doesn’t have so much as an intern posting tweets for him, but he wants his players to know he’s keeping an eye on their social media activity regardless. At a press conference on Monday, Gruden mentioned that, at team meetings, he sometimes reads a few of his players’ tweets aloud, to let them know Big Brother is always watching. “So far I think they’ve been pretty good,” Gruden said, “with a few exceptions.”
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