Music: {allcanada} EAKINS AVOIDS TWITTER NEGATIVITY

Monday, February 3, 2014

{allcanada} EAKINS AVOIDS TWITTER NEGATIVITY

Oilers fans may have noticed how head coach Dallas Eakins has been tweeting lineup information for fans.

Eakins discussed Twitter Monday morning, as relayed by The Edmonton Journal.

“I just put them out there and let J.J. (Hebert, the Oilers PR man) handle the rest,” Eakins told a scrum of reporters following the morning skate. “I think Twitter is a number of different things to me.

“The first is thing is information. I go on there and I follow the New York Times and some other news agencies and my endurance sports stuff that I like to read.”

“I think it’s my duty, especially when we’re on the road, to let our fans know what’s going on. We want to continue that.

“The second part for me is inspiration. I get lots of inspiration off of Twitter. People’s stories, things like that. I think it’s our job (as coaches) to try to inspire, as well.

“The problem with Twitter is when you talk to the players about it, it’s an easy place for people to type and snipe at people.

“It has turned into a very negative place. That’s where I’m not sure what the feedback is. I learned a few years ago, when I was with the (Toronto) Marlies, don’t go read what they’re saying about your name on

Twitter, because it’s not going to be good.”

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