This. I must have missed the part where people were celebrating his commitment on the basis of Jim's prediction.
And as a general comment... I have no problem with Jim. Seems like a good kid, and as far as I'm concerned, the more information posted on this board, the better...even if you're wrong.
But if you're gonna post provocative stuff then it seems fair that other posters express their doubts/reserves/optimism in accordance with predictions they've made in the past. If you post something negative and you get jumped, then that's the game you signed up for...I don't condone personal attacks but if one guy is posting one thing and five others are shouting him down, that's probably more informative to the average poster than it would be if we all nodded at each other in approval all the time. If Jim nails a couple predictions, maybe the ratio changes. Until then, it's worth mentioning that his track record is far from infallible.
As for this particular bit of news, I'm almost more encouraged than I would have been otherwise. Ham just left campus like five minutes ago. Maybe he let it be known to the guys on the team that it was a long shot, but I doubt it. If guys on the team did have the inside scoop, I doubt they would flaunt around telling anybody that walked up to them. More likely, them being teenagers, they have some fun with it and send the inquirer to the opposite side of town from where the treasure is buried. At least that's what I'd do - "Nah man, Coppin St. leads this one."
I'm far from an insider but as a rule of thumb I'd wager that players rank towards the bottom of the list of people to trust with recruiting info...lots of times because they don't know and some of the time because they probably get tired of answering the same questions.
