"Sources"

[Krugs17]

I feel like this forum is plagued by "sources" that have been very innacurate past several months. How do we fix this? Too many people posting too many sources.

 

[FartMan69]

 

[Walker11]

Half of 99's posts on this entire board are misspelled warnings to take recruiting tidbits with a grain of salt. Take that advice.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I feel like this forum is plagued by "sources" that have been very innacurate past several months. How do we fix this? Too many people posting too many sources.

Ignore me

 

[husky99]

Half of 99's posts on this entire board are misspelled warnings to take recruiting tidbits with a grain of salt. Take that advice.

Very true....

 

[JMick]

I feel like this forum is plagued by "sources" that have been very innacurate past several months. How do we fix this? Too many people posting too many sources.

"we" don't fix anything. "you" fix it by tempering expectations

 

[polycom]

Don't believe anyone who doesn't have any type of verifiable information. No one knows anything.

 

[Krugs17]

I meant it as constructive criticism. I know there's a lot of grumpy old men on here so I guess carry on

 

[Fishy]

Some message board posts were wrong.

So what? This isn't the New York Times.

 

[Krugs17]

Some message board posts were wrong.

So what? This isn't the New York Times.

This isn't the first time.. anyways I've had a few cocktails so maybe I'm being dramatic. End of the day I just hate seeing Uconn lose recruits they wanted just like everyone else

 

[Walker11]

I meant it as constructive criticism. I know there's a lot of grumpy old men on here so I guess carry on

You aren't wrong to be frustrated but there is nothing to do about it. As UCONN junkies, we want more information than less. Just remember that no one has an unblemished track record. And please, lets remember (not you necessarily) that if a guy positions himself as KO's best buddy and confidant, it is not necessarily true. The miss calls haven't bothered me as I didn't take them seriously. The new meme that the staff is being blindsided by recruits and is incompetent is being based entirely on a phony wannabe and this is what bothers me.

 

[auror]

Skepticism on the internet is your friend. Don't believe something just because it agrees with your rooting interest (this is doubly important in life and politics).

 

[Krugs17]

You aren't wrong to be frustrated but there is nothing to do about it. As UConn junkies, we want more information than less. Just remember that no one has an unblemished track record. And please, lets remember (not you necessarily) that if a guy positions himself as KO's best buddy and confidant, it is not necessarily true.

Fair. I just feel like some try to engage in a measuring contest and a lot of info is unsubstantiated just to get it out there. I realize there's probably no way to stop it but just venting

 

[jibsey]

We lost a recruit to a bottom feeding BE team St. John's, who is in a conference that is better than ours and perceived to get many more bids than ours will. This is an albatross around KO's neck. I don't understand why so many here forget that because I think it has been a big factor. Our campus, academics, championship history, NBA players and facilities blow St. John's away and if we were in a better conference these recruits come to us.

 

[AntG168]

You aren't wrong to be frustrated but there is nothing to do about it. As UConn junkies, we want more information than less. Just remember that no one has an unblemished track record. And please, lets remember (not you necessarily) that if a guy positions himself as KO's best buddy and confidant, it is not necessarily true. The miss calls haven't bothered me as I didn't take them seriously. The new meme that the staff is being blindsided by recruits and is incompetent is being based entirely on a phony wannabe and this is what bothers me.

What about 99's source saying the staff thought sid was theirs?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Some message board posts were wrong.

So what? This isn't the New York Times.

Their accuracy isn't any better.

 

[Walker11]

What about 99's source saying the staff thought sid was theirs?

He is talking to a booster, not the staff.

 

[auror]

What about 99's source saying the staff thought sid was theirs?

Not ruling out that the kid straight up lied to the staff, or maybe more likely changed his mind after 99 got that info.

 

[AntG168]

He is talking to a booster, not the staff.

But the booster apparently knew the staff thought they had him. Or at least thats how i took it

 

[intlzncster]

You aren't wrong to be frustrated but there is nothing to do about it. As UConn junkies, we want more information than less. Just remember that no one has an unblemished track record. And please, lets remember (not you necessarily) that if a guy positions himself as KO's best buddy and confidant, it is not necessarily true. The miss calls haven't bothered me as I didn't take them seriously. The new meme that the staff is being blindsided by recruits and is incompetent is being based entirely on a phony wannabe and this is what bothers me.

Bingo. We've got enough problems as it is that we don't need supposition bases on 2nd and 3rd hand info passed off as fact.

 

[intlzncster]

But the booster apparently knew the staff thought they had him. Or at least thats how i took it

Chinese whispers.

 

[Walker11]

But the booster apparently knew the staff thought they had him. Or at least thats how i took it

What I am saying it to take the word of an anonymous booster's 2nd hand opinion with a grain of salt.

 

[80shusky]

People who provide information they are hearing are welcome in my book. Sometimes we find out good things, sometimes we find out bad things. On this board, or any, if you take what you read as fact you do so at your own risk. If you have followed recruiting at all you know that no one knows the answers until the person commits. I saw a well known national recruiting website that had Kentucky favored for Bamba by a lot the day before he committed to Texas. I'm guessing it wasn't the only one. If people hear things and share them they do so at risk of being crapped on by the people they are sharing them with. It's fairly noble.

 

[Huskyforlife]

If I repeatedly get good info from sources that I don't post, maybe I'll post publicly again. Until then, anyone who wants to know what I'm hearing can DM me. I think there's a good number of people who would appreciate one less person publicly claiming anything.

 

[Walker11]

If I repeatedly get good info from sources that I don't post, maybe I'll post publicly again. Until then, anyone who wants to know what I'm hearing can DM me. I think there's a good number of people who would appreciate one less person publicly claiming anything.

There is no shame in posting bad information when you aren't presenting yourself as being infallible. Keep it coming.