Y2K/Insiders debate

[MBaldi]

I may be a little tired, but I had the thought that with all of our guessing and speculation, there's actually a pretty decent chance that nether CRP nor the respective kids themselves know how things end-up. In the meantime, go Johnnies!

 

[Marillac2]

Remember the old adage….fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me…… well on this site we need to add…. Fool me multiple times by the same so called insiders and I am worthy of a lobotomy.

No more lobotomies for you. It’s not fair for Mullin’s Revenge.

 

[paultzman]

I personally like to share feedback and observations from people I know have credibility. I obviously don’t have perfect record, but try to be candid and clear. That said, this portal mania activity is far less predictable and more fluid than high school recruiting. I don’t envy staff who work hard to position the program to close only to have the situation take a u turn.

Watkins zoom appointment evaporating is one example. It may be better for everyone’s sanity if I just share less or little.

 

[Storm Tracker]

I personally like to share feedback and observations from people I know have credibility. I obviously don’t have perfect record, but try to be candid and clear. That said, this portal mania activity is far less predictable and more fluid than high school recruiting. I don’t envy staff who work hard to position the program to close only to have the situation take a u turn.

Watkins zoom appointment evaporating is one example. It may be better for everyone’s sanity if I just share less or little.

you are a known source so i can speak for many when i say we appreciate you sharing everything you hear! my issue has been with this Y2 guy who appeared out of nowhere and people clinging onto his every tweet when half have been wrong. we know portal is chaotic and fluid, so it's the "LOCK" terms that bothers me when nothing it seems is ever a lock

 

[logen]

I personally like to share feedback and observations from people I know have credibility. I obviously don’t have perfect record, but try to be candid and clear. That said, this portal mania activity is far less predictable and more fluid than high school recruiting. I don’t envy staff who work hard to position the program to close only to have the situation take a u turn.

Watkins zoom appointment evaporating is one example. It may be better for everyone’s sanity if I just share less or little.

Or people realize the reality, no one really knows anything until the ink starts to dry. Enjoy following the gossip, nothing wrong with that, but that’s all it is.

 

[dk423]

I think we've all recalibrated expectations of how much of a "straightforward trajectory" these recruitment battles go, and thus, need to take everyone's insight with a grain of salt. I do enjoy the gossip of it, and it's a reason I was drawn to the board a long time ago.

Definitely don't feel shy to share any info you've got. It's on us as adults to not dictate our mental state. lol. I feel kind of sucked in to this offseason, but I know I'm definitely going to be following it less next year.

 

[classof2010]

I use to use the analogy when it came to selling houses “real estate is a lot like sex she can have her legs spread on the bed- the offer but until you’re inside her it ain’t real.” Until they suit up and play it ain’t real.

 

[Howie71]

I personally like to share feedback and observations from people I know have credibility. I obviously don’t have perfect record, but try to be candid and clear. That said, this portal mania activity is far less predictable and more fluid than high school recruiting. I don’t envy staff who work hard to position the program to close only to have the situation take a u turn.

Watkins zoom appointment evaporating is one example. It may be better for everyone’s sanity if I just share less or little.

No - please keep doing what you are doing. "This is what I am hearing" while "no locks or promises and things change on a dime." Thank you Paultz!

 

[Anthony Mattia]

My sources tell me St. John's is a LOCK to have a basketball team next season. You heard it here first. You're welcome.

 

[RM86]

No - please keep doing what you are doing. "This is what I am hearing" while "no locks or promises and things change on a dime." Thank you Paultz!

Totally agree. It's like a bunch of little kids on this site. None of this stuff is set in stone. If you have kids you realize they change their minds every five minutes.

 

[logen]

My sources tell me St. John's is a LOCK to have a basketball team next season. You heard it here first. You're welcome.

To quote My Cousin Vinnie, “Are you sure”

 

[Howie71]

Totally agree. It's like a bunch of little kids on this site. None of this stuff is set in stone. If you have kids you realize they change their minds every five minutes.

Yes - and it doesn't help when guys like y2 (who does seem to have good info) talk about LOCKS when we all know there is no such thing.

 

[espken]

To quote My Cousin Vinnie, “Are you sure”

Just figured out what y2 stands for.
Two Yutes.

 

[SJUDave]

Yes - and it doesn't help when guys like y2 (who does seem to have good info) talk about LOCKS when we all know there is no such thing.

Or fabricates the feelings following a zoom went well, when said zoom never happened...

 

[dk423]

Y2 talking about how a zoom went well when it never happened really made me question wtf he's doing. That's hard to even blame a source on because that source is probably lying to you and you gotta know better.

 

[sju79#]

For you younger fans in 93' Coach Knight was so fed up with insiders and rankings of top 500 8th graders these "insiders" had clearly never seen he made up a recruit ( pre/internet days) and quite a few experts ran with it claiming that had seen him play

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/college/when-bob-knight-created-a-fictitious-prospect-from-yugoslavia-as-hoax

 

[stjohnnie75]

I personally like to share feedback and observations from people I know have credibility. I obviously don’t have perfect record, but try to be candid and clear. That said, this portal mania activity is far less predictable and more fluid than high school recruiting. I don’t envy staff who work hard to position the program to close only to have the situation take a u turn.

Watkins zoom appointment evaporating is one example. It may be better for everyone’s sanity if I just share less or little.

I’ve done the same this past year or so. It’s no longer worth sharing insider news.

 

[logen]

Just figured out what y2 stands for.
Two Yutes.

Well played!!

 

[AlBovino]

At this point, I'd say fuggedabout Jamir. There's greed and then there's greed. This is worse than the Cliff nonsense.

We don't need this guy or his drama. I hope we pass on him or he passes on us. We don't need another Small Forward. We need a Power Forward. So Pitino go out and get one or save the scholarship.

 

[Boo Harvey]

We don't need this guy or his drama. I hope we pass on him or he passes on us. We don't need another Small Forward. We need a Power Forward. So Pitino go out and get one or save the scholarship.

Save the scholarship? For what? Ain’t no such thing anymore