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I thought that the coaches were afforded a professional scouting report service (with video). The reports have a lot more details then any of us would have time to type up.
yep that is for sure...if you have the time to get to that....but you find out you play ABC college on Friday and to day is Tuesday....
Like I said its not that big of a deal...but still you won't find me posting our tendancies on our opponents boards
In two phone calls coaches can find out more information about an upcoming opponent then they would ever get on a message board. Plus the info comes from people in their profession, not blowhard message board guys like myself. I think I know basketball but Im not gonna flatter myself so much that a coach at Pacific would take into account what I say about Bradley players.
In two phone calls coaches can find out more information about an upcoming opponent then they would ever get on a message board. Plus the info comes from people in their profession, not blowhard message board guys like myself. I think I know basketball but Im not gonna flatter myself so much that a coach at Pacific would take into account what I say about Bradley players.
I'm with you Lee. I just do not see a coach using these message boards for any scouting report info. I could see a bit on the recruiting trail where they are looking for information from anywhere they can find it. If these boards are used so much by coaches I'd love to work for our staff and post mis-information which I think we do all the time anyway.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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Nobody said coaches surf message boards full of opponents' fans to gather crucial coaching info or vital info about recruits.
But there can be an advantage gained by picking up small bits of information whereever you can get it. If previously secret reports of a college's recruit's visit are found on a message board, and another coach learns of that, maybe if he is also recruiting that kid and didn't know the kid was considering the other school, he will now find a way to throw in some "negative recruiting" about the other school the next time he talks to that recruit. Like "did you know that (fill in the blank) might be getting investigated by the NCAA?". There are a lot of other examples of things that could help a coach to know, and believe it or not, a lot of people who post on message boards do have some inside connections, and occasional vital information.
I don't really care whether anyone believes that this happens, but I know of specific cases where it has happened.
Why do nearly all D1 coaches keep so secretive about who they're recruiting and when recruits are visiting if other coaches can make a call or 2 and get information? Are they all paranoid?
The fact is, that recruiting is a cutthroat business. And there is a ton of "negative recruiting" that goes on. Anything your opponent can find out about who you are recruiting can be turned around and be used against you.
Sorry I kept harping back. I agree with your thought process 99.9% of the time. I guess my GF pissed me off and someone had to pay! sort of like the NCAA going after Cleveland State because Kansas committed some infractions.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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There is no question that some coaches partake in "negative recruiting".
They may not want a recruit, or they may not stand a chance to get him, but they will do whatever they can to make sure their conference rival doesn't get him.
So in that case, it might be a detriment for too much info to be out on a message board about who a coach is recruiting. Most coaches are highly secretive about recruiting info, as well as game-plan info.
Here is an article about UCS football coach Pete Carroll, and how he has become very secretive about recruiting (like Coach Les) and asks kids not to comment publically about their recruitment or commitment to USC because other schools try to steal them with negative recruiting--
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