re: Jimmy D Smith @JimmyDetail LSU commitment prediction due up shortly (Updated)

Guy, the main reason I read it now is to know what actually occured. He seems to specialize in revisionist predictions to make himself look better.
I'm not acting like anything BTW. I'm simply stating historical facts about his predictions. Let the chips fall where they may after that.

For the record, here is the real knock on JS. I hope LSU gets every single prospect they want and cherry pick the entire class. But have you noticed his trend of inaccuracy...I have. Tell me the last time he predicted LSU to NOT get a guy and LSU gets him. I can't remember one single instance of that. So my point is he is far too optimistic about LSU signing someone and gets LSU fans hopes up. Missing is one thing and no one is perfect, I grant you that. But you need to explain to everyone then why he misses always in the same direction...i.e. he says LSU and another school gets the guy, never the other way around.

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But you need to explain to everyone then why he misses always in the same direction...i.e. he says LSU and another school gets the guy, never the other way around.

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pretty simple explanation

all of his sources are from LSU perspective, so of course they are going to tell him positives towards LSU

you seem really butthurt about all of this

Funny, how suddenly motivation or personal insults are the focus towards me and not his actual record. That pretty much says it all. I do agree with one thing you said and that is what I'm talking about. "His sources are from LSU perspective"...exactly correct. That is why their bias keeps showing in his predictions and once again, he never misses in the other direction where LSU gets someone he said would go elsewhere. I thought that accurate information was the goal. People handle the "wish list" all the time here...that is not needed from him IMO.

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...that is not needed from him IMO.

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Then don't fricking read it. I've taken shots at Jimmy in the past too, but this is his damn job. You've written a novel in this thread to explain just how little you value his opinion.

the recruits don't know where they are going so no one will be 100% correct. hence the word "prediction" and not the word "fact". nfl guys predict draft picks all the time and they are never correct all the time.

Freaking Jimmy Smith !
Who does he think he is to give his INFORMED opinion ?
Do these people not realize I offer a far-superior UNINFORMED opinion?
Sheeeshhhh....

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You'll never get a completely unbiased prediction from an "LSU" guy. That's why recruiting is fun. It's half recruiting, half entertainment.

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Actually, it used to be fun for me to follow recruiting but since the umpteen decommits all the time, the social media garbage put out by everyone, not much fun anymore for me.

So now, the main reason I follow recruiting is for one simple reason...character evaluation/academic risk of the potential LSU players. Kevin Toliver for example has kept his word to LSU for like 2 years. How much character does that show? Then, you have a guy like R Robinson...no problem with his character to my knowledge but are you shocked he is an academic casualty after less than 2 years at LSU? Didn't he qualify to even play at LSU exactly 1 day before the 2013 season started due to questionable academics. Think back on the players who have played at LSU and their character...good and bad. Most of that was hinted out during their recruitment and how they handled it.

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Now, just some advice/opinion here...It seems you follow recruiting just so you can have a negative opinion on things/kids/football. That doesn't sound very fun. ....

...Also, jsut because a kid commits early doesn't necessarily mean they have higher morals than another. They're kids. They're just now starting to really figure things out. Cut them some slack. Think about yourself when you were 17.

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Actually on your first point quoted, I follow it for exactly the opposite reason you specified. I follow it to try to gauge as the late Bum Phillips used to say "who is going to hold on to the rope". That is where character comes in and once again, I can judge character pretty well by the way a prospect tells the truth during the process. That does not mean he can't be torn between multiple schools but we have all seen blatant lies.

Tying in to your second point, I assume you remember what Mike Detillier said about Gerald Willis. "I kept in contact with him during his recruitment and was shocked when he announced for Florida. At no time did he remotely suggest that Florida was a big player for him and in fact told me how much he looked forward to being at LSU." Soooo, one of 2 things occured didn't it? 1) Mike Detillier was lying which I doubt or 2) Gerald Willis was. And wasn't it Gerald Willis who was kicked out of the Florida-FSU game by cheap shotting J Winston on the sidelines...and Willis wasn't even in the game at the time. If you honestly think that character can't be measured at 17 or 18 years old, then you and I will just disagree on that one.

I wish your posts were done with invisible font.