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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3451090, member: 40"]
Right -- good post.

I'm not going to beat that poster up -- I think that in the poster's short time here, he's provided some intel that have demonstrated as coming from close to the program.  And lord knows that this site chews up people who have posted "insider" info in the past.  Would hate to see another poster with close ties to the program who has access to good information get chased away, like so many others have been.

However -- and this is something that I've suggested to ldavid before -- this should be an object lesson that even inside information is not definitive, no matter the source.  The players and coaches have opinions, and while they are valid and more informed than outsider perspectives, it shouldn't be presented as "fact."  In recent years, the coaches have believed strongly that things would unfold a certain way on the recruiting trail, only to have the cart upended when recruits do something unexpected -- so even what THEY [and it doesn't get any closer to "inside" than the coaches] strongly believe will come to pass isn't always right.  So stating things as definitive fact / set in stone isn't a good practice, and just opens you up to criticism if what you claim doesn't come to pass.

Again, these are great sources of information.  But in the badly paraphrased words of Heisenberg, sometimes it is better to tread lightly with respect to predictions.
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