if I thought it would help him win football games. Obviously, the emails he is getting are not constructive and I am sure they are overwhelming. But once again, Dan Hawkins makes it a bigger deal than it needs to be. He makes references about Santie Clause and other off the topic comments instead of just saying this: “the email feedback is extremely negative and it should be, no question. I have two email accounts, both of which I read and look at (he can lie to us about reading the negative ones). One for the fans and one for the football team and admins. We appreciate the interest in our program and the passion of the fans. We are extremely dissatisfied by our record and we hear it from you every day. We take your concerns seriously but we are working every day to become a winner on the field.”

That is all he needs to say. Instead, he goes into this thing about “tell me how we can get better”. Coach, we aren’t supposed to tell you anything, you get paid to make it better.

I liken this to when he shut down spring practices. It is just completely handled poorly. Just say we are closing practices because that is how the rest of the league operates, it can be a distraction to our players when they should be focused on practice and we feel it is the best way to help us win ball games. It doesn’t need to be this long drawn out attack about internet scum or people hurting the program by writing reports.

All he needed to say was I have two email accounts, one for the fans and one for the players. It’s easy. No fluff. This practice is not a foreign thing coach. I have three email accounts: one for personal use, one for the Ralphie Report and one at my work. Multiple email accounts is nothing that people can get mad at, it is a completely legitimate practice.

Instead, we get Santie Clause and how I don’t have the time to read emails. Just like he doesn’t have time to go on the road and do speaking engagements. Well then, don’t do it. Who cares. All we want is wins. But don’t make stupid statements about the time and Santie Clause.

I doubt any PR firm would want the challenge to make over these two. If they want all the negative sites and emails to go away, win more than 3 fricken games! Go 9-3 instead of 3-9 and most of the negativity will disappear.

Dan, spend your efforts on recruiting better players and figuring out how to better use the existing players already here instead of worrying about the internet. If your so busy why are you whining on interviews with 9news about how your are too busy for email and the internet? Also, instead of reducing your speaking schedule this year, wipe it out all together. That will free up some time so you can work on making your football team better.