RE: Most heralded recruit ever?
The point, squeak, answering your earlier, now-deleted post.........is two-fold I guess. Since I've recently been labeled pedantic, I think I should at least occasionally delve into that realm, right?
But seriously, I find it mildly frustrating having to try and track down info that may have been in 4 different threads. The recent confusion over "Recruits 2019-2020", and it's various other similar threads being a great example. There were even quite a few posts about that year in last year's recruiting thread. It's not my web site, not my internet, and I really don't have a beef with whatever anyone posts here (unless it's that often-banned poster who shall not be named). I only wrote what I did to try and 'clean up' the board, and make things easier to follow. I know I probably search the archives more than most here, and some, or most, will just do the easier thing and start a new thread. Really nothing wrong with that - but it can confuse the issue and make searching more cumbersome.
All that said...........I think you mistook the degree of my reaction. It's not unreasonable to start a new thread on this topic if it hasn't been discussed in almost 9 years (altho I think almost certainly it has). Especially since we've had some fairly highly-touted incomings since then. But isn't it more reasonable to append the older ones? (Maybe not; that's really at least partially a rhetorical question.) One could see how opinions change, or don't, over the years. One can see how older posters no longer here (and who likely had more experience with earlier-era players) might rate, say, an Avery Marshall, compared to more recent touted players. Or a Morris Tampa, or a Scott Place, or a D.C. Smith, or a Jason Niblett, or a Willie Malone, etc. etc. If one goes back and reads those 9- and 11-year old posts, one will see posters, and knowledge, that will escape newer readers without that historical context. To me, that's added value and is worth keeping at least semi-fresh, instead of being buried on page 48 of this site. Just my opinion. But I hope it shows the point in minimizing the number of threads that are the same topic.
p.s. - I saw your initial post, but wasn't in a situation where I couldn't react to it - which is just as well. But I've got a pretty thick skin, so.................
p.p.s. - Now you should go open another thread about "Who's your favorite Buc of all-time?"
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