Post by Bornthrilla on Jan 14, 2020 19:29:47 GMT -5
No social media for 24 hours after the game. That's the rule for WSSU men's basketball (including the coach). Here's why.
By John Dell Winston-Salem Journal
The win was probably the biggest in Cleo Hill Jr.’s two basketball seasons at Winston-Salem State on Saturday — a 63-61 victory over Virginia Union.
And naturally the Rams floated to their devices after the game to check out social media and what friends, family and fans might be saying. The Rams might have been tempted to start voicing what transpired on the court to those social media sites, but they resisted.
They resisted because Hill and his coaching staff have a firm rule, a mandatory 24-hour period, about posting anything, positive or negative, to social media after a game. They can look, but they can’t touch.
“I wait, too,” Hill said. "You always have emotion, either good or bad, when you win or lose. So I think it’s good for everybody.”
Hill, who is active on social media and has his own website www.cleohilljr.com/, said the rule evolved from an idea by assistant coach Lance Beckwith. It’s not something the coaching staff did last season, but with a younger team, Hill and Beckwith thought the team rule would be beneficial to all.
The Rams also had to hold off from their devices after Monday's disheartening 69-68 loss to Elizabeth City State at the Gaines Center. The Rams led for the majority of the game but stumbled late in the designated non-conference game.
Beckwith said that phones are also prohibited at the table during team functions.
“We want guys communicating with each other instead of on their devices,” said Beckwith, who just turned 30.
When Hill was coaching at Shaw a few years ago, he admits to not remembering social media being such a big deal.
“It’s the era we are in,” Hill says now.
Read more:
www.journalnow.com/sports/college/wssu/no-social-media-for-hours-after-the-game-that-s/article_8f44fec8-8ac9-58e6-82f3-51ed5b8767d0.html
By John Dell Winston-Salem Journal
The win was probably the biggest in Cleo Hill Jr.’s two basketball seasons at Winston-Salem State on Saturday — a 63-61 victory over Virginia Union.
And naturally the Rams floated to their devices after the game to check out social media and what friends, family and fans might be saying. The Rams might have been tempted to start voicing what transpired on the court to those social media sites, but they resisted.
They resisted because Hill and his coaching staff have a firm rule, a mandatory 24-hour period, about posting anything, positive or negative, to social media after a game. They can look, but they can’t touch.
“I wait, too,” Hill said. "You always have emotion, either good or bad, when you win or lose. So I think it’s good for everybody.”
Hill, who is active on social media and has his own website www.cleohilljr.com/, said the rule evolved from an idea by assistant coach Lance Beckwith. It’s not something the coaching staff did last season, but with a younger team, Hill and Beckwith thought the team rule would be beneficial to all.
The Rams also had to hold off from their devices after Monday's disheartening 69-68 loss to Elizabeth City State at the Gaines Center. The Rams led for the majority of the game but stumbled late in the designated non-conference game.
Beckwith said that phones are also prohibited at the table during team functions.
“We want guys communicating with each other instead of on their devices,” said Beckwith, who just turned 30.
When Hill was coaching at Shaw a few years ago, he admits to not remembering social media being such a big deal.
“It’s the era we are in,” Hill says now.
Read more:
www.journalnow.com/sports/college/wssu/no-social-media-for-hours-after-the-game-that-s/article_8f44fec8-8ac9-58e6-82f3-51ed5b8767d0.html
