Young men tend to be a little bit foolish at times, so coaches Texas Tech have decided to use that to their advantage.
While many professional and college programs have strict rules when it comes to social media use, with some even banning it outright, Kliff Kingsbury and his fellow coaches have come up with a different tactic. Rather than trying to enforce a ban or restrictions, they simply create fake accounts to monitor their players.
During a recent episode of “The Hawkcast” with retired NFL linebacker A.J. Hawk, Kingsbury openly admits to creating fake accounts with “cute girls” because his players just can’t stop themselves from accepting those adds and follows.
“We have fake accounts with cute girls that they add right now, so we can see what’s going on and who’s tweeting what,” Kingsbury said, as transcribed by CoachingSearch.com. “Those are heavily monitored, for sure.
“I think they [know], but they can’t resist that. A friend request from a cute girl is an automatic follow.”
Although some will immediately look at this as a form of catfishing, the 36-year-old Kingsbury doesn’t see things that way and generally keeps it lighthearted.
“Once a year, we’ll capture the most absurd posts our team makes and we make a big presentation and have a lot of fun with it,” Kingsbury said with a chuckle.
This type of monitoring isn’t entirely new to the game of football, as several NFL teams implement similar tactics during their pre-Draft interviews and workouts.
