re: Jimmy says things are looking positive

I give you shite but I'm just messing around.
I like the fact you post here.
I respect what you do and I'm thankful for it.
Never take me serious when I'm doing that, it's just in fun.

you two should anger bang it out in the men's bathroom anyway

hamm will be there to ask you questions about it

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We should have kept Peveto and after the recruiting season was over hired him as a paid consultant. He's a great recruiter

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We should have not just fired him but salted his lawn. We couldn't get rid of that guy fast enough.

I feel like I'm on the Junction

Jimmy, you're reminding me of Hamm, baw

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Over reaction? Let's see, Akers started trending away from LSU, Buggs to Bama, Lowell decommitted and DB's were concerned Raymond wasn't going to be here. That's over reacting?

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Yes that is an overreaction considering we got the commitment back and re-signed the coach in question.

Losing out on recruits happens literally all the time. Counting on kids to be in the class that never have committed in the first place, and saying that them going elsewhere is a sign that things are trending downward is an overreaction.

And point to a meaningful time that missing on one recruit actually led to missing on another. It's always talked about but rarely, if ever actually happens.

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Jimmy says things are looking positive

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Jimmy doesn't know shite....just like Random. "Hey, I'll throw 250 darts, at least some of them will hit."

Do you think we can gain any momentum with Akers before the 27th

I think there is a difference between an educated guess and a monkey throwing darts.

I have read Jimmy's articles. I think he clearly has sources and more access to information than most of us readers. I enjoy having the information and his takes on the information passed along.

Anyone who follows recruiting knows its fluid. It is different from kid to kid. Some kids troll fans and put out false information which recruiters or "sources" believe. Some kids are nice kids who cannot say no and tell all the recruiters what they want to hear. Some kids (they are eighteen after all) say they will go to one school one day and legitimately change their mind the next day.

My take is Jimmy gets information as part of his job, digests it, and gives us his educated guess on who is going where. Anyone in the business of predicting what 18 year olds are going to do is going to have hits and misses. If Coach Orgeron were to post today and tell us who he thought would be coming, he would have hits and misses.

But Orgeron would have a better idea of what might happen than average fans do and I think Jimmy has a better idea than most as well. He does it for a living, I would sure hope he knows more about it than us.

My advice to Jimmy, not that he needs my advice, is to keep doing what you are paid to do, cover recruiting and give people your takes, and don't worry about defending yourself. The majority of posters, including me, enjoy getting the inside information and know how to take such information for what its worth.

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Jimmy says things are looking positive

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HMMM..seems like a couple of weeks ago the "recruiting" sky was falling....I think "O" has surprised some folks including my self...

Jimmy/InTheDetails/Duckie,

Thanks for your response. The reason I ask is because I honestly can't fathom how Ranters, et al. can actually believe that the narratives they cultivate don't get passed along to recruits directly or indirectly, because of course they do. Rather, it is unbelievable to me that those people can argue with a straight face that nothing they say will reach the recruits nor have any effect on them, whatsoever. It seems wildly delusional and, since you guys actually talk to recruits, I think y'all have some authority to be able to speak on that. Again, thanks for confirming.

Fans and recruiting followers really need to be more cognizant of this. Yes, everyone is allowed to speak their opinion on forums like this, but there is a real cost to spouting off some uninformed vile bullshite. Likewise, the unfettered praise of Saban by LSU fans does have an effect on recruiting, even if it's a very small effect. In Louisiana, Saban has been built up into this mythical god-coach. While he is a good coach, no doubt, I think that the Louisiana narrative that being coached by him is the greatest fate that could ever happen to a football player is a perception that the Moseses, Cam Robinsons, and Chris Allenses grow up hearing from the time they're boys—no wonder they defect and sign with him.