Year 0, Chapter 6- Social Media Campaign Results
"Greenland is Ice, but Iceland is Nice"
-D2: The Mighty Ducks
"All right, Kris. How do things look?" I had barely given Kris Einarsson, our youth development director, time to sit down before I was agitating for his report. After all, this was where we found out if our social media campaigns had been worth the time.
He adjusted his glasses.
"We're pleased. We definitely have discovered a few athletes that otherwise wouldn't have found."
"We got big pushes from four sports. The fans of Biathlon, Short Track, Speed Skating, and Snowboarding were very vocal in their interactions. Our scouts followed up on every lead they gave us. Unfortunately, the Biathlon and Short Track campaigns were a bust in terms of identifying athletes, but the speed skating campaign discovered two new men's athletes that we are now monitoring."
"And the snowboarding?"
He smiled.
"There's the big success. 4 men's athletes found and 4 women's athletes found. That includes the Stefansdottir sisters...Emma and Emilia are both siblings who were not on our radar before"
"Hey, I like to hear that. Let's take a look at their scouting reports, then, how about it?"
Code:
Snowboarding (4 men's 4 women's)
000084789 |Iceland |83a|17|M|0|Arnar_Olvirsson |8300-52(0)
000084790 |Iceland |83a|17|M|0|Daniel_Robertsson |8302-65(0)|8304-57(0)
000084796 |Iceland |83b|16|M|0|Kari_Ingolfsson |8306-52(0)
000084798 |Iceland |83c|16|M|0|Mikael_Thorirsson |8310-37(0)
000084853 |Iceland |83a|17|F|0|Emma_Stefansdottir |8301-61(0) |8303-52(0)
000084855 |Iceland |83a|16|F|0|Emilia_Stefansdottir |8303-58(0) |8305-53(0)
000084860 |Iceland |83b|18|F|0|Freyja_Stefansdottir |8307-45(0)
000084862 |Iceland |83c|18|F|0|Emelia_Leifsdottir |8311-39(0)
Speed Skating (2 men's)
000084801 |Iceland |84b|16|M|0|Dagur_Johnsson |8402-43(0)|8400-38(0)
000084805 |Iceland |84a|18|M|0|Jon_Thorirsson |8410-39(0)|8408-34(0)|8414-38(0)
"Now this number here, the 52(0) that I'm seeing....that's the rating from 1-100 by the scouts, correct?"
"Correct"
"So realistically, which of these athletes should we be keeping a close eye on?"
"Given our current international standing, I would say that anybody rated 60 or higher would be a candidate for future funding."
"Got it." I made a note to Katja to add snowboarders Daniel Robertsson, Emma Stefansdottir, and Emilia Stefandottir to our monitoring lists. "Anything else for today, Kris?"
"Not today, sir, but I will have more reports from our coaching staff as we get closer to the season. There will be some additional youth athletes coming through the ranks via more traditional methods there."
"Sounds good. See you soon, Kris."
Finally, the 2022-2023 season was coming soon, and it looked like there were some reasons to be optimistic.
[END Chapter 6]
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