re: HS student creates fake recruit.. gets 3star rating based off Bama offer alone

quote:

---

The OP is only pointing out that three regular P5 schools wouldn't have triggered that ranking. But since Bama was included, that school "alone" has the clout to trigger the recruiting sites to think this guy might be something. I'm sure he would have got the ranking if Bama wasn't mentioned, but you have to admit that the recruiting sites value Saban's ability to evaluate talent...probably more so than any other coach. So yes, there is a great discussion to be had here

---

I just cannot imagine going through life as the stereotypical SECRant LSU fan. Just look at the above melt over something that is completely insignificant. The funny thing is that LSU fans devote so much time to inventing grievances to get mad about, that the conspiracy theories often contradict one another. For example, I would wager 1BIGTigerFan at times cries about Saban not being a great coach because he wins on talent alone. And yet here he is on this thread melting about Bama talent being overrated. I don't care which angle you go with, mind you, just stop crying about everything, for Christ's sake.

quote:

---

The fictional player received a 3 star rating because he had offers from at least 3 different SEC schools, not because of his Bama offer alone.

---

bullshite.. Thats EXACTLY why he got a 3 star rating.

quote:

---

Mullen has his issues but that fricker had a talent for spotting kids others wouldn’t consider. A lot of coaches in the SEC just sat back and waited for him to evaluate talent and then pounce on them once we offered.
I always considered his opinion way more than recruiting rankings.

---

Yep, the man knows how to evaluate and he knows how to put a process in place to develop the guys he gets.

quote:

---

Fake kid from Knoxville, is a Vol backing this? Offers from UGA/UA/UF.....

---

quote:

---

Proof that Tennessee knows it isn't in those teams' league, even for the fake kids.

---

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that a HS student from Knoxville,TN creates a fictitious "recruit" and proceeds to list the Vols top 3 rivals as schools that offered fake recruit 3 fake scholarship offers. All in an effort to de-legitimize a recruiting service and diminish any significance Rivals has ever had.

quote:

---

3* rating is essentially automatic for any athlete reporting more than one major D1 offer. Recruiting services have no way to verify if offers are legit, which is why they rely so heavily on camps.

It's not some grand conspiracy.

---

Pick up a fricking phone, call a High School coach. It ain't that hard to verify if a HS player exists.

Rivals is a bunch of lazy asses that won't even do the minimum due diligence before they throw shite out for the masses. WTF?

quote:

---

3* rating is essentially automatic for any athlete reporting more than one major D1 offer

---

Define "major D1 offer".

Because I highly doubt this fake kid would have become a 3 star player had he tweeted out offers from Wake Forest and Indiana. Who does Rivals consider "Major"?

Lol but does Tom know?

As long as you all know that there is a certain creepiness to the cesspool of college sports recruiting of 15-16 year old kids and old men going ape shite over it.

I have no doubt they could do a bunch of "to catch a predator" epidodes catching 40 year old men with bitch tits, showing up at a 15 year olds house in a Walmart bama conference championship shirt, with a pizza in the kitchen reading a rivals recruiting mag

quote:

---

Wrong

---

Not wrong. In fact, it's precisely the way it works.