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Coaches get closer as Twitter followers

For all the talk about Twitter being a recruiting tool for college coaches, it's still difficult to figure out which tweets are directed at which recruits, or if that's even happening at all.

Sure, generic ones might appeal to any kid who might happen upon a coach's stream -- we've seen tweets about guys getting drafted in the pros , and how weight lifting is important to a program in the offseason -- but how do we know if this Gary Williams update about hanging out with Tiger Woods is directed specifically at a recruit Williams is targeting who loves Tiger, or if he's just tweeting for the heck of it?

That's the beauty of the service for coaches, though: public transparency. Maryland fans could enjoy it, Woods fans could find it interesting, and that specific recruit Williams is just dying to have could love it as well. We might never really know the whole story.

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