Over the past 10 years the Coaster Crew and In the Loop have been branded together. In the Loop was created to help grown the Coaster Crew, and both have continued to grow wonderfully. The goals of a club are very different the then goals of a podcast, and over the years we have seen the two start reaching in different directions. So much so that one may have a negative effect on the other. We have reached a point that we feel both the club and podcast future would be more successful if they were free to brand themselves separately.
Last week we began splitting In the Loop and Coaster Crew, giving In the Loop its own website, new Facebook page, and rebranding the former Coaster Crew YouTube Page. The Coaster Crew will still have its website, the Coaster Crew Facebook page, and will be creating a new YouTube page. The former Coaster Crew Twitter was operated by the Legend, and he will retain that feed but it has been rebranded as @InTheLoopLegend and you can find the Coaster Crew @coastercrew. If you subscribe to In the Loop via the Coaster Crew website, you will not have to change anything. You will still receive the newest shows.
You can find the new In the Loop Website at www.inthelooppodcast.com. The new Facebook page for In the Loop is www.facebook.com/inthelooppodcast
With these changes, there are also going to be some staff changes. Some staff will be moving to the new In the Loop website, and most will stay with the Coaster Crew. It should go without saying, but Legend and Drew will be on the new In the Loop website, and will no longer be contributing to the Coaster Crew Facebook page.
The biggest staff changes to note will be at the top. I (Clint Novak) will be stepping down as the President of the Coaster Crew. This was not an easy decision as I have worked on both for so long and put so much in to each. Tim Holloran will take my place as President and Owner of the Coaster Crew. Before Tim, I really struggled with how to operate, maintain, and run the Coaster Crew. Tim stepped in and the club grew. He has done an amazing job with not only operating the club, but bringing all of us together and really showing us that being a part of a club is more when just events, it’s the friends a fellowship that we experience. There is no one better for this job then Tim. I will find my new place over with the gang at In the Loop, and will continue with podcasting and YouTube videos.
I want to make it clear. There is no bad blood in this transition. Tim is still one of my best friends and will be the guy standing to my left when I get married. I will still be attending Coaster Crew events. After this past weekend it has been decided that I will no longer be the mascot, but will move in to the role of trouble maker. We did not do this because of a difference in opinion or some kind of crazy fight. We made this decision together, because we felt it was the right time. We want both the Coaster Crew and In the Loop to continue to grow and have overwhelming success, and that can now happen without either interfering in the vision of one another.
