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Originally Posted by groovypq
Interesting point you make. I've actually had this debate with fellow coaches recently. For years, I wrote into my rules that you just HAD to check email, and there were still those that just didn't. So this year, I started sending every message by email AND Facebook (general messages, like "practice is moved" or whatnot, not anything personal like in the story above). It seemed to work. One of my fellow coaches told me I should just demand they check email, but he also has a problem with team members complaining that he doesn't communicate well.
I don't know what the solution is. I read too many things saying that the millennials aren't going to change, so we should adapt our communication to them. On the other hand, I don't really feel that's right. Every other generation has had to adapt to standards, why shouldn't they? I guess it's a pick-your-battles situation.
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Emailing them is enough adaptation.
They better be happy that we are the ones who don't mind emailing. There are still coaches and professors who neither send nor check emails.
Every semester, it never fails that a couple of students miss important announcements and opportunities that were distributed via email. I just smirk and remind them that THAT is on them. Clean out your inbox and check your email. The End.