Didn't you predict that Cook would be committing on Friday - two week ago or so?
I post infrequently on recruiting as I rarely can add to the conversation since I live about 2600 miles away. But I read daily (who would ever think that a Duke fan would be OCD?
) and I try to keep track of who says what - I thought it was easier with post count but the pitchforks are here and that's the tool we have.
If I had flames rather that pitchforks (and I never expect to exceed the single one I have), I would question whether my opinion was informed or I was shooting from the lip without a fact to back me up. I would look to see if my style was unduly argumentative. Heck, I might even check my grammar or word usage since this board is a cut above the average.
Are there cliques? Certainly. That's how human beings organize themselves and the virtual world is just a mirror of the real world. At least here, you have the opportunity to reach a larger audience (and even those cliques - there are multiple ones on the board -that you comment about) that would be difficult to accomplish in the real world.
And, within the confines of the rules, you have exactly the same opportunity as every other poster including Jumbo or Jim Sumner or Adam Rowe. This is a voluntary community. The pitchforks let you know how you're doing in fitting into the community. They have high pitchfork counts because they're accurate, informed and generally courteous - even Jumbo!
Now back to the Quinn Cook vigil - because I think (not based on youtube videos but on comments by teammates and coaches), that he would be a very nice fit for our backcourt with Tyler and Andre in a couple of years.