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Incubajerks said:
Sara is full of herself and thinks she is tremendously cool, sometimes I feel embarrassed for her, honestly I am interested in my favorite team and not her private life.
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Her "69" tweet has 170 comments and 1000 likes in 12 hours.

Although I don't necessarily agree with Vagrant's novel, I do agree with this part of his premise. Sara is valuable because she very much gets social media. She is the Caniac influencer, and she brings clicks to the Athletic and to the team.

You don't have to like her, and that's fine -- but you should understand that she is the logical extension of the fan culture that makes this message board tick.

I don't know whether she thinks she's tremendously cool, but she has a huge following that tells her that she's cool, whether you like it or not. Gathering 50k Twitter followers is hard work.

As far as being "embarrassed" for her, check yourself.
 
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I like Sara well enough. She does add a more hunanizing aapect to Canes coverage. But what I enjoy most is watching the games. Not reading online articles, tweets (not a twitter user) or even reading HF. John Forsland, especially when combined with Tripp, make watching the Canes exponentially more enjoyable. He will be sorely missed. Hopfully they can work something out when things return to normal.
 
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Navin R Slavin said:
Her "69" tweet has 170 comments and 1000 likes in 12 hours.

Although I don't necessarily agree with Vagrant's novel, I do agree with this part of his premise. Sara is valuable because she very much gets social media. She is the Caniac influencer, and she brings clicks to the Athletic and to the team.

You don't have to like her, and that's fine -- but you should understand that she is the logical extension of the fan culture that makes this message board tick.

I don't know whether she thinks she's tremendously cool, but she has a huge following that tells her that she's cool, whether you like it or not. Gathering 50k Twitter followers is hard work.

As far as being "embarrassed" for her, check yourself.
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It is absolutely undeniable and as long as it just covers the team and everything that happens around the team she is absolutely enjoyable. And she is also very good. Who doesn't like his exchanges with Brian? I also think it's perfect for the type of following our team has and especially for the irony it surrounds the team and their way of having fun.
But there are dozens of social networks where he can show his private side without having to browse through dozens of tweets where the team has nothing to do with it. The speech you make is correct above all for the importance (sometimes intrusiveness) that social media have nowadays. But if you want to have a professional twitter profile that covers your work and your private life you must also be ready, at times, to take both the bitter and the sweet.
In terms of controlling myself, it is such a human condition as that of feeling empathy for people.
 
Incubajerks said:
In terms of controlling myself, it is such a human condition as that of feeling empathy for people.
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No, it's patronizing and none of your business. She doesn't need for you to be "embarrassed" for her, because I'm pretty sure she's not embarrassed for herself. You disapprove of her. That's different, and has everything to do with *you* and nothing to do with *her*. Own it.
 
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Navin R Slavin said:
No, it's patronizing and none of your business. She doesn't need for you to be "embarrassed" for her, because I'm pretty sure she's not embarrassed for herself. You disapprove of her. That's different, and has everything to do with *you* and nothing to do with *her*. Own it.
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He is a public figure and you are not her lawyer, and it is not you who decides whether I approve her or not and above all in the same way she may not need your strong defense.
 
I'm sorry but "being embarrassed for someone else" is one of those things that the English language lacks. Maybe "cringeworthy" gets close to the meaning when someone makes such a fool of him or herself that you can't help but feel second-hand shame because of that someone.

If you're not so much into how Sara as a visible figure, in lack of better word, represents the Hurricanes hockey (the extension of which we all are) to the outside world and the general hockey and sports fandom, the feeling maybe becomes even more justifiable than in normal cases where you're feeling second-hand embarrassment for an America's Got Talent candidate or somesuch.
 
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Lempo said:
I'm sorry but "being embarrassed for someone else" is one of those things that the English language lacks. Maybe "cringeworthy" gets close to the meaning when someone makes such a fool of him or herself that you can't help but feel second-hand shame because of that someone.

If you're not so much into how Sara as a visible figure, in lack of better word, represents the Hurricanes hockey (the extension of which we all are) to the outside world and the general hockey and sports fandom, the feeling maybe becomes even more justifiable than in normal cases where you're feeling second-hand embarrassment for an America's Got Talent candidate or somesuch.
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Yeah tnx Lempo i had a feeling from the overeaction there was something way off and i couldn't explain better with the AGT example.
 
I follow Sara from different angles sometimes. I like the “insider” feel when it comes to their lives and day to day humor of the guys and in terms of her coverage it’s her strong suit. When she goes more in depth into the actual hockey it’s not so much my bag. Watching her personal life mixed in is sometimes kind of like watching a train wreck that you can’t stop watching in a reality tv kind of way. That’s what people relate to today and as others have said if it brings the team more attention leading to more butts in seats than so be it. I get the whole concept of “if it’s not for you watch something else”. She does bring an element into it that on a personal level I don’t really respect as much and don’t personally want so much for my team but that’s where I have to stop watching her and go elsewhere. I do like more “traditional” coverage at times for the details and wonder if they can’t just have someone to cover that aspect instead of having her trying to be both sides all the time. Maybe let her be who she is and let that grow, and have someone else bring the other side?

She’s obviously popular and you want that to continue as it’s only good for the team. I’m sure I’m in the minority on wanting more at times.
 
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