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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4225112, member: 9844"] Maybe I am associating to much arrogance to him, instead of his employer, but my reaction to him and ESPN's recruiting rankings is quite similar. In both cases I am just not impressed. I am not saying they are terrible, I am saying if Charlie was working for someone other than ESPN, there is a good chance we wouldn't know who he was. ESPN promotes bracket speculation extensively, they make it a big deal, feature it on their media, and of course want their spokesman to be the one that is quoted everywhere, not just on ESPN. It helps drive ratings, I get it, but whoever ESPN put in that role was likely to achieve that status, whether they were really good or ordinary. ESPN was going to make whoever a star in that specialty field. The reason I also find it similar to the recruits ratings, is ESPN has also marketed their ratings to a point where only theirs is frequently quoted. Media outlets everywhere say this player is the number whatever recruit, as if ESPN's was the definitive rating. they have completely succeeded in marketing as far as that is concerned, while I think their ratings are really no better than Prospect Nation, Blue Star, ASGR etc. In both cases ESPN has successfully achieved IMO expert status that they don't quite deserve, but they know how to market, and turn it into eyeballs very well. [/QUOTE]