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I had to do a search, for your response to my above ref to you had me wondering whether I imagined some weird stuff about 2-3 weeks back, especially because your boldness drew no blood from karma-worriers.
Still not following me? Maybe I follow your every word rather more carefully than do you. Anyhow, I'm not trying to be obscure. Review on Wears transfer thread your posts #711 [bold enough, I thought at the time, 5/19] and then esp your post #719 [from 5/20]. Post #719 seemed clear enough, and way bold, unless it was too clever for my brain; but I was surprised that almost no one responded to it, even when a few days later [House money thread] I tried to remind folks of how way out there you were.
As one who's liable to say almost anything anytime, I do not begrudge you the same privilege. Unless you correct me, I will now assume you were playing the provocateur back in May. I enjoyed it.
Andre Drummond talks recruiting
http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/941/949173.JPG
This kid is going to be a monster, he'll be a future #1 pick, hopefully we can land him.Quote:
In an interview with Rivals.com's Jerry Meyer following that game, Drummond revealed an early top five of North Carolina, Duke, Georgetown, Louisville, and UConn that are recruiting him the hardest.
While in town for the TOC, Drummond was able to get a better feel for the Duke and North Carolina campuses and he had good things to say about both.
"I toured around Duke and North Carolina. I like the campuses and I'd love to come down for an unofficial visit to see how the academic portion looks like," he said. "The campuses are beautiful. Everything is clean and stuff like that, and the gyms are nice."
Yeah I got confused, cuz we are fer sure gonna repeat and then 3peat. No question. The whole recruiting year and championship year (ie. the recruiting class of '10 could win the '11 championship) always gets me confused.
Still, i contend that UNC will finish in the middle (anything below the top 2 is middle) of the ACC during all of those inevitable Duke championship years. Bold predictions? Youbetcha!!! YEHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Anyone with access needs to read the material currently list on Dukes page on rivals. Good stuff! Won't say anything about it except I enjoyed taking the time to catch up on some recruiting.
This article talks about Dai-Jon Parker (2-sport athlete 2011) and Evan Nolte from 2012.
I put it here because Nolte recently came through Durham...
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-high-sc...-scholarships/
Here's an older profile on Nolte. We share a common favorite college team...
http://www.leagueathletics.com/Page...starssouth.com
In regards to Roy Williams/Evan Nolte conversation...
"He stated that he likes to wait until the last possible time so that his staff and he can do a good evaluation of the player before making an offer. He pointed out that UNC was the last school to offer last year’s No. 1 prospect, Harrison Barnes".
Really Roy!? Cause Im pretty sure you have a history of offering kids pretty early, i.e. Wear Twins, P.J. Hairston, James McAdoo, etc... He's such a schmoozer, makes me vomit a lil in the back of my throat, ick!
J.P Tokoto offered by UNC: http://northcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s...%2f977422.html
There are also rumblings out there they may offer L.J Rose, Shabuzz Muhammad and Andre Drummond by the end of the day.
According to Rivals.com, we have offered the top ranked player in the 2012 Andre Drummond
http://rivals.yahoo.com/Duke/basketb...kMzl2TMuaTrpB4
can someone explain premium to me? it seems odd that subscribers would pay for content that they themselves are providing to each other. It is even more odd to see them defend the privacy of that information on the free page because of the exact pay structure that made no sense in the first place. maybe i just don't get it though...
Well, it may not be for everybody, but most premium sites do provide some information that is not generally available on free sites. They may have a particular scout who has interviewed a prospect or spoken to him on the phone, and provides a quote or two. The site may also have a somewhat detailed scouting report or evaluation of a prospect's game. This report comes from a talent evaluator or scout of the particular service.
Rivals.com and Scout.com are the most prevalent premium sites. For example, the Rivals site for Penn State football (which I have occasionally joined and dropped off) has 3 guys who appear to have some inside access to Penn State football recruits and assistant coaches. This information is then available to subscribers.
No, I wasn't clear; in this case, the 3 guys who appear to have inside access are employees of the web site who interact with recruits, existing players, and coaches.
As for other posters with supposed inside information...yeah, that happens sometimes, but mostly the perceived value of a premium site is in the news provided by the site owner or a scout/talent evaluator who works for the local site or part of the national network (of rivals.com, for example).
I've always wondered why someone who is an "insider" would pay $100 dollars to share information that he has with other people. I understand why someone would pay the money to gain excess to someone with insider info but why would the insider pay to share it?
Edit- Mainly talking about members to premium forums not the writers for scout/rivals/etc
There are different kinds of insiders. One could have connection to the Duke staff. One could have a connection to the kid. One could have a connection to the kid's AAU coach, etc... Forums like this one and TDD and DI, et al. are just places for people to meet up and share all of that information.
Yea I got all that but I think you misunderstood the question. What I'm asking is why premium forums have insiders (who aren't the writers themselves) that share inside info. Placing yourself in their shoes, why would they PAY to join a website to share info with non-insiders?
Because they don't have all sides of the story. Like I said, not all insiders are alike. Also, there is some information that shouldn't be shared on a free board but can be shared on a Premium Board. Speaking from experience, most of the people who post on Premium boards are more informed and have a level of sophistication you don't find on free boards as well. I did say most people...