The validity of paid Recruting services...

As far as recruiting, I can't argue with you on the prediction thing. However, you would never hear of some recruits if it weren't for the paid sites, or you would hear of them way after the fact.

I subscribe to two, BBI and S&S. What I like about BBI is not so much the recruiting news, but the inside the program stuff you get. There really is no recruiting insider there, although there's supposed to be one, and it isn't Derek Ponamsky. Derek's inside info comes from the staff, and he's spot on about the actual TEAM. For instance, Mills to safety was reported there WEEKS ago. The depth chart is released, and he's at CB. But sure enough, Mills played safety.

That's what I like about BBI. But recruiting? Yeah, they should all just stop trying to predict.

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teeMike

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recruiting services generally get their info from sources close to the recruits and sources close to the college staffs. If the staffs info isn't good because they have been misled, then the predictions will be flawed. On Thursday, their appears to have been some purposeful deception committed by certain kids.

Who is really good at predicting anything? Look at your weatherman. How often are they wrong? I think people just get upset when things don't go the way they want. But when recruits tell people they are committing and then don't, there not much you can do.

Tigerbait blows.

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The validity of paid Recruting (sic) services..

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very low

might as well tell you my high school board concept for when i win the powerball

my site will not be a recruiting site. it will be more of a talent evaluation site. schools or parents or other groups will hire my firm to provide professional cameras at a game. some of these videos provided for evaluation are garbage. lets get some real video where true in-game evaluation can be provided

then i will bring on REAL talent evaluators. former coaches. guys that know what they are looking for as it pertains to technique

from that point, the production is akin to the NFL Matchup show on television. I don't care where a kid goes to school or what he is offered. You show video of his positives and negatives, perhaps get a sit down interview with the kid, and then allow the subscriber to draw their own conclusions

Sonny and Shea are very solid guys who never mislead intentionally. They have legitimate sources who unfortunately last Thursday were lied to by a few recruits...hence why they were projecting 4 for 5 or even 5 for 5 but we ended up with 2.

You get to read a lot of inside info you would typically not get on here or other free sites, plus, you tend to not have to sift through the 90% of bullshite we have on here from this rumor or that rumor. Sonny and Shea will flat out tell you if a rumor is a rumor and whether or not they believe it.

It's hard to be accurate when the kids lie to everyone

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It's hard to be accurate when the kids lie to everyone

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do you really blame them? they want their time to shine, and everyone is trying to steal their deserved spotlight for monetary gain

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ep

I was a little frustrated Thursday, and thinking about canceling my sub, not out of anger of Sonny/Shea, but because of the nature of recruiting now.

I realized that the money is worth it for the excellent articles and the recruiting coverage, in which I don't have to go through the bullshite on here.

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No doubt they were shaking in their boots with some angry customers on Thursday. If the recruiting game continues to trend this direction it's going to be tough for them to keep jobs. People arent going to pay for flat out guessing.