Yo, Boss! Did you say “Spacebook” and “Tweeter”?

Penn State Kicker Sam Ficken probably had a pretty bad week. Last Saturday, he missed one extra point and four field goals in Penn State’s 17-16 loss to Virginia. After the game, he was deluged with online insults.

Thankfully, his coach, Bill O’Brien, came to his defense.

Obviously, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. Not just because it’s a 19-year-old college kid. It’s just because, I mean, it’s anonymous in some ways, and in other ways it’s not. But at the end of the day, you know, these guys are really playing hard, giving great effort for us,” O’Brien said. “To go on whatever, Spacebook [sic] or Tweeter [sic], or whatever [and] put stuff on there is just absolutely ridiculous to me and very cowardly, to be honest with you. But that’s just my opinion . . . I don’t know what type of people do that.

It’s refreshing to see one’s boss (so to speak) go to bat like this. However, it looks like someone could use a little Social Media 101.

 

(h/t Philadelphia Daily News)