‘Noise’ grows louder for Lobos

Weir addresses social media aspect surrounding team

Paul Weir deleted his social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook before the season began.

The way things have gone for the Lobos, maybe that wasn’t a bad idea.

But his players did not follow suit. And with those struggles for the Lobos (10-13, 4-7 Mountain West), the inevitable “noise” that comes from social media has been growing louder and louder around the program.

It was a theme asked about at a Monday press conference with Weir and also discussed by the coach with players after a two-hour practice on Bob King Court.

“Unfortunately I’m numb to a lot of it because I really don’t know or pay attention,” Weir told reporters. “And that might be a weakness. Maybe I should do more and get into more. I talk to them all the time about blocking those things out . ... Maybe I need to get into more of that to learn how to get them to turn it off or view it in a different way.”

The growing social media discourse of late has seen an increased number of Lobo fans and friends or family of players not only exchanging in the dialogue, but often openly comparing players performances, which at times pits them against each other.

And while fans telling players they are better than their coach allows them to be on the court is not new — it happened plenty to Craig Neal and more than a few Lobo fans do it now