I admit I may not fully appreciate of the qualifications of the "experts" at the recruiting services, but you have to admit that their ratings are often questionable. I recall an interview a few years back where some major recruiting guru (like Tom Lemming) admitted he had never even seen 98% of the recruits play in person.
I don't get how they can get away with, or why they would take the risk of, lying about offers. For 3 stars and above the rating services pay very careful attention to what offers a kid has and these guys are in contact with the recruiting people at the schools. Seems like it would be pretty easy to figure out when a kid is making up an offer. And it seems like if you want to get that offer from Georgia, you aren't going to make up already having one. Not negating your point, I am sure it could be true - but it seems like you are taking a big pointless risk as a recruit in making up offers...unless it is so widespread that it just doesn't matter.
That was my presumption when I wrote it. I mean why would the kid take the risk of lying when this stuff is so carefully followed And your lie coukd seemingly vwry easily be uncovered. Or is that just standard practice?
You make a good point, but is there any reason to believe that this year's recruits have exaggerated their offers to a greater extent than in past years?
for the weekend
Anyone want to guess a legit height for TW compared to our two bookends. Have no idea how tall our 2 guys are. IMO, TW looks bigger than 5'9". Could be the locks, lol.Doin' a little research this morning and found this:
Marshall Zemans @mdzbills1980 17h
@MissyShafer U guys have been a blessing to Syracuse University, this town, & the people of Syracuse. It's so nice 2 see a family like u.
#D1Haloti Ngata Jr. @Yall_JustMYfans 12h
- Marshall Zemans @mdzbills1980 15h
- @Yall_JustMYfans you coming to Cuse for a visit??
@mdzbills1980 yea Friday
Marshall Zemans @mdzbills1980 12h
@Yall_JustMYfans nice. I hope you really like it and feel at home. Playing time soon. A lot of SU Alum in the NFL. We need and want you.
Trumaine W. @NoFlyzoneTru 11h
Syracuse visit with both Uno's This week @CORDYKID1 We bringing 305 to NY
Antwan Cordy @CORDYKID1 11h
I told my mom you better get ready for this cold weather... snow
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Coach Lea @Coach_Lea 11h
Eric White @EricWhiteCuse 11h
some schmo who tweets at recruits apparently.
Wondered the same thing, but thought I was out of the loop on the twitter feeds. Can't be alum, can it?
I don't think it's outright lying (although some of that goes on), but a misinterpretation of interest vs. recruiting letters vs. verbal offers vs. written/committable offers. The kids will hear the best case scenario and HS coaches also like to say that their players are involved with the highest levels schools possible. Add in vague wording of questions from the websites and you end up with a big "offer list". And it's in the websites interest to publicize any potential offers because it opens up more fan interest/hits at every teams website, including traffic from other schools fans checking for their competitions stories on the recruit. Plus the colleges can't comment on the players to make any corrections.
Only that the recruiting websites have continued to grow in popularity, resulting in increased competition to get viewers. I'm also seeing way more Twitter-based info than in the past, much of which may be exaggerated or misinterpreted. That said, I still think we are getting more sought-after players this year.
Your last sentence is what makes this phenomenon make sense.
