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I recall several years ago when the only way that you knew who we were recruiting was if you knew someone within the department or if you picked up Forrest Davis' recruiting guide.

The intense interest in recruiting is destroying all of college athletes. So called experts rate and rank players based only on a few games watched without knowing the player's skills overall. Fans then set up expectations based on those shaky ratings and coaches are judged on these false expectations.

The coach who recruits the McDonalds All American Superstar is held in greater regard than the coach who finds a hidden raw talent and teaches and develops him into a great player. That player may not have a chance at a career in the NBA because he diddnt have the press or the recruiting stars coming out of high school

Not to mention it's difficult to spot the late bloomers among the guys who topped out at 17.

I don't even follow recruiting because entirely too much emphasis is put on it. Important - yes! Do I need to know what classification a player played in - No! What he had for breakfast this morning - No! Does he have a twitter account - No! Does the coach that is recruiting the prospect has a twitter account - No!

Ridiculous!!!

(03-24-2014 02:24 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't even follow recruiting because entirely too much emphasis is put on it. Important - yes! Do I need to know what classification a player played in - No! What he had for breakfast this morning - No! Does he have a twitter account - No! Does the coach that is recruiting the prospect has a twitter account - No!

Ridiculous!!!

ditto…i read the recruiting stuff here, but thats it.
not to mention, i can't decode twitter…
i know this will make me sound 100 years old, but i think its ridiculous that a reporter would write a story and say "let the tweets tell the story"--how about we let the reporter tell the story. thats what he gets paid for

Can't complain.

Drew does well in the old method of reporting as well as some of the new methods.

We receive a lot more information than we had ever had in the past.

It also wasn't the fault of some of those who covered us in the past either, just that new methods are becoming more common.

(03-24-2014 05:06 PM)LairDweller Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2014 02:24 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't even follow recruiting because entirely too much emphasis is put on it. Important - yes! Do I need to know what classification a player played in - No! What he had for breakfast this morning - No! Does he have a twitter account - No! Does the coach that is recruiting the prospect has a twitter account - No!

Ridiculous!!!

ditto…i read the recruiting stuff here, but thats it.
not to mention, i can't decode twitter…
i know this will make me sound 100 years old, but i think its ridiculous that a reporter would write a story and say "let the tweets tell the story"--how about we let the reporter tell the story. thats what he gets paid for

I agree. Probably a slow news day with Blazer Sports.

(03-24-2014 05:06 PM)LairDweller Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2014 02:24 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't even follow recruiting because entirely too much emphasis is put on it. Important - yes! Do I need to know what classification a player played in - No! What he had for breakfast this morning - No! Does he have a twitter account - No! Does the coach that is recruiting the prospect has a twitter account - No!

Ridiculous!!!

ditto…i read the recruiting stuff here, but thats it.
not to mention, i can't decode twitter…
i know this will make me sound 100 years old, but i think its ridiculous that a reporter would write a story and say "let the tweets tell the story"--how about we let the reporter tell the story. thats what he gets paid for

You can't break a story the old fashion way any more. A recruit wants to announce his who's recruiting simply tweets it. In the old days, he had to find a reporter who cared, who then had to run it by his editor, then the paper had to go to print, and meantime a week has past, and the recruit has changed his choices.

Twitter for better or worst is real time reporting by the primary's and reporters are really not needed. When a disaster happens, news and footage is out on twitter before a news agency has even considered sending a reporter.

I have been told I am resistant to change, but I realized if you wish to be informed, especially before the news goes in the spin cycle, you need to be on twitter. It isn't just people tweeting about what they had for breakfast. It's an invaluable news release machine.

Twitter has also made watching big television events more enjoyable as you have millions of people to comment on what you are watching.

It isn't hard to decipher either. I think that is just a mental block you have set up for yourself. Some people abuse it, but that is with anything.

(03-24-2014 05:51 PM)the_blazerman Wrote: [ -> ]Can't complain.

Drew does well in the old method of reporting as well as some of the new methods.

We receive a lot more information than we had ever had in the past.

It also wasn't the fault of some of those who covered us in the past either, just that new methods are becoming more common.

+1
Drew does a great job. Twitter is a very important means of communication/information these days.

(03-24-2014 06:25 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2014 05:06 PM)LairDweller Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2014 02:24 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't even follow recruiting because entirely too much emphasis is put on it. Important - yes! Do I need to know what classification a player played in - No! What he had for breakfast this morning - No! Does he have a twitter account - No! Does the coach that is recruiting the prospect has a twitter account - No!

Ridiculous!!!

ditto…i read the recruiting stuff here, but thats it.
not to mention, i can't decode twitter…
i know this will make me sound 100 years old, but i think its ridiculous that a reporter would write a story and say "let the tweets tell the story"--how about we let the reporter tell the story. thats what he gets paid for

You can't break a story the old fashion way any more. A recruit wants to announce his who's recruiting simply tweets it. In the old days, he had to find a reporter who cared, who then had to run it by his editor, then the paper had to go to print, and meantime a week has past, and the recruit has changed his choices.

Twitter for better or worst is real time reporting by the primary's and reporters are really not needed. When a disaster happens, news and footage is out on twitter before a news agency has even considered sending a reporter.

I have been told I am resistant to change, but I realized if you wish to be informed, especially before the news goes in the spin cycle, you need to be on twitter. It isn't just people tweeting about what they had for breakfast. It's an invaluable news release machine.

Twitter has also made watching big television events more enjoyable as you have millions of people to comment on what you are watching.

It isn't hard to decipher either. I think that is just a mental block you have set up for yourself. Some people abuse it, but that is with anything.

+1

I'm old, but I enjoy Twitter.