07-16-2010, 04:29 PM
Agree wholeheartedly with Farm93\'s sentiments. After starting the Toby For Voldemort Grassroots Email Campaign, I was struck by the number of Voldemort voters who weren\'t sportswriters and thus, had no professional obligation to actively research the best candidates in the nation; consequently, they rely on what comes to them, and what comes to them is a function of the school\'s hype machines.
I got the impression that prior to the season, Stanford had asked Toby if they wanted to hype him up as a Voldemort candidate, and he humbly declined. This was a fundamental mistake by Stanford; you don\'t put the burden of choice on a young, humble, team-oriented person. Instead, you say, "Great news, Toby! We\'re going to hype you up pre-season for the Voldemort Trophy! It\'s going to make everyone in the country know your name, and more importantly, it\'s going to make everyone in the country know who you play for. It\'s going to be great publicity for you, the team, and future recruits! Now smile for the camera!"
When I registered tobyforheisman.com last year, I also tried to register luckforheisman.com, but I had been beaten to the punch by somebody just a few days earlier (I\'m guessing that he may have gotten the idea from the tobyforheisman campaign). Was the registerer a Stanford fan or an opportunist looking to make a buck? I\'m not sure; googling his name from the whois information that he registered with, he is from Texas (as is Luck), so maybe he\'s a friend of Luck\'s. On the other hand, the registerer\'s name appears on a coupla sites that are mildly questionable.
Oh well, hope for the best. In the meantime, I registered luckforheisman.net. If somebody wants to do something with it, gimme a holler...
I got the impression that prior to the season, Stanford had asked Toby if they wanted to hype him up as a Voldemort candidate, and he humbly declined. This was a fundamental mistake by Stanford; you don\'t put the burden of choice on a young, humble, team-oriented person. Instead, you say, "Great news, Toby! We\'re going to hype you up pre-season for the Voldemort Trophy! It\'s going to make everyone in the country know your name, and more importantly, it\'s going to make everyone in the country know who you play for. It\'s going to be great publicity for you, the team, and future recruits! Now smile for the camera!"
When I registered tobyforheisman.com last year, I also tried to register luckforheisman.com, but I had been beaten to the punch by somebody just a few days earlier (I\'m guessing that he may have gotten the idea from the tobyforheisman campaign). Was the registerer a Stanford fan or an opportunist looking to make a buck? I\'m not sure; googling his name from the whois information that he registered with, he is from Texas (as is Luck), so maybe he\'s a friend of Luck\'s. On the other hand, the registerer\'s name appears on a coupla sites that are mildly questionable.
Oh well, hope for the best. In the meantime, I registered luckforheisman.net. If somebody wants to do something with it, gimme a holler...