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Message: [QUOTE="mets1090, post: 4990125, member: 72"] The insider info is pretty broad but has proven to be consistent and obviously accurate. We knew the top/only priorities were Reed/McNeeley/Brea/Mahaney pretty much the whole way. Never heard a real peep about anyone else. We knew Hass told the staff he'd back a couple weeks ago. We knew the visits went well with all of them, usually phrased in a way you could easily read we were the favorites without necessarily coming out and saying that. As of this past Sunday we knew they had a commitment article written for one of the two remaining targets because we knew we were in the driver's seat and the player could announce at any time. The info shared might not always be groundbreaking, e.g. the staff does not speculate on % likelihood. It's more "there is interest," "they're scheduling a visit," "we've had the NIL conversation and it will not be a roadblock," and then breadcrumbs where if you pay attention you can make the leap and assume someone is ours. Most of the information is somewhat non committal, but at least you can be confident it is accurate at time of posting because you know the staff is close to the program. e.g. If Hass for some reason leaves, we can still be confident that as of two weeks ago the staff thought he was back. I would love to see an alternate universe where we had Storrs Central during the Timberlake recruitment. One last thing I appreciated was they came out and said the rumors about Brea having ludicrous NIL demands were false, and that the program has nothing but good things to say about the kid. Stops fans from spiraling and saying he's not a culture fit etc. [/QUOTE]

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