gfc.com.au poll

[Sammy D]

What did you think of Sam Newman's exposé of the gfc.com.au poll on the Footy Show?

Must have missed this....can someone explain what he did please...

 

[year of the roo]

sam was bagging the geelong website cos they gave an option of 'other' to win the premiership along with brisbane, port, pies and swans...clever ppl working there obviously!!

 

[BigCat1]

Was pretty funny

I think all those AFL website poll's have 'other' as a selection. Just an innocent mistake.

 

[catattack]

That poll had been on the website since the Monday after the Qualifying/Elimination Finals. They've just kept the same poll going since then. Seeing as the four teams they originally had on the list were still in the finals race, they kept it up. Therefore, there was an 'Other' section.

 

[you_idiot]

Originally posted by catattack
That poll had been on the website since the Monday after the Qualifying/Elimination Finals. They've just kept the same poll going since then. Seeing as the four teams they originally had on the list were still in the finals race, they kept it up. Therefore, there was an 'Other' section.

Even still, the webmaster should have taken care of that oversight, full stop. Laziness, or whatever, should not and will not be tolerated.

I think what Sam was implying that for a professional organisation, the website should be run just as professionally-- all the way down to every little detail on its front page.

In a way, it really relflects the image of the club being portrayed to the greater public who happen to log on to gfc.com.au.

 

[you_idiot]

As for the current poll about Sam's words of wisdom on "The Footy Show", I voted for "other".

Seems to be a pretty popular choice, as of 12:30 a.m. Friday night/Saturday morning, as it's right up there with the other leaders...

• typical -- 29%
  insignificant -- 6%
  good journalism -- 28%
  don't care -- 11%
  other -- 26%
  

 

[ScouseCat]

This is half the problem with our club, why would they have such a poll on the website now?? Sam Newman highlighted an obvious mistake or oversight on our site and instead of putting into place steps to prevent that happening again, they decide to try and brush it aside by putting a poll up about what Sam said.

 

[you_idiot]

Originally posted by ScouseCat
This is half the problem with our club, why would they have such a poll on the website now?? Sam Newman highlighted an obvious mistake or oversight on our site and instead of putting into place steps to prevent that happening again, they decide to try and brush it aside by putting a poll up about what Sam said.

Not sure if it's a problem exclusive to the GFC, though.

A club's official website is usually a promotional tool for the club first and an means of getting news and information across second. In other words, it's a public relations-based vehicle, primarily, meant to put the Geelong Football Club in a good light.

But once a mistake like what occurred this week happens, someone will see it. In this case, it happened to be Sam Newman, who has a vehicle via "The Footy Show" to expose it to the viewing audience.

Not that I'm going to defend what was on the gfc.com.au website earlier in the week or the follow-up actions of the site's webmaster or the staff, but the current poll is a classic case of spin-doctoring.

And don't you think Sam loves the publicity, too?

 

[thewhippersnapper]

I agree.

Its obvious that the poll was done before there was only 4 teams left, But it should have been updated anyway. Made the Site look pretty stupid.

"What did you think of Sam Newman's exposé of the gfc.com.au poll on the Footy Show?"

typical 31%

insignificant 7%

good journalism 25%

don't care 14%

other 24%

 

[Fall Out Boy]

Originally posted by year of the roo
clever ppl working there obviously!!

Same people who run North's site, by the way.

 

[benny's buddy]

Well, if this is the biggest problem our club is facing...I'd say we're in pretty good shape!