Recruiting help

[horshack.sixpack]

Of all the constant complainers, how many of you have your checkbook open? Seems everybody thinks "we" should play the game. Does that we include you and your money? If everybody not active in recruiting would shut up we'd get some relief on SPS...

 

[dawgstudent]

I personally would never write a check to get a recruit. Cash only.

 

[coach66]

you are a smart one*

nm

 

[Digging dog]

But we are just poor ole hicks****

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Figure of speech - point made.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

I've got some used goods they can have a discount on**

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Surely you've bought another trailer to cash in since you sold the last one to go to the bowl game.***

 

[Junction John]

I think your point is -- and I have found this to be 99% accurate --

that the ones who talk the least on message boards are most likely the ones who contribute the most in real life.

 

[8dog]

The last time a message board hero got involved in the recruiting game a kid lost 18 games of eligibility

 

[johnson86-1]

Of all the constant complainers, how many of you have your checkbook open? Seems everybody thinks "we" should play the game. Does that we include you and your money? If everybody not active in recruiting would shut up we'd get some relief on SPS...

It's irrelevant to me now. Excluding the rare situations involving athletes like Cam Newton, I could have made contributions that mattered 5-10 years ago. Going by UM's prices, I couldn't even make a contribution that would cover getting a kid to campus today.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Exactly.

We don't need another case where some idiot goes rogue.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

I do not want rogue idiots, just quiet ones.

 

[AlCoDog]

It's the most vocal folks with no money, and no experience recruiting that have all the answers. This is a good time of year to tag who all the dubmasses are.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Nope... we don't have the lawyers to cover it up or keep me outta jail.**
#neckwork

 

[Bulldogg31]

I d think we could do more as a fanbase to help the image of Starkville and MSU with recruits.

For a few years now the MSU online presence has said "quit tweeting recruits, it's creepy".

While that may be true, it's thinking like a grown (old) person and not an 18-year old kid.

Go search the Twitter timelines of the top recruits in the country. They get tweets from TONS of fanbases telling them how great the players are, how much they are wanted, and how great their school is.

I don't see much of that from MSU. What I see from us online is griping about other schools cheating, and making fun of other fans tweeting recruits.

Guess what, the kids like the mentions and the follows and the retweets.

We should do more of it, not less. It helps.

 

[ColonelJohnSartoris]

We don't need another case where some idiot goes rouge.

Fixed it for you.

 

[ronpolk]

I would love to help out with recruiting but I already sold my mobile home to make it to Omaha a few years ago. Pretty much tapped out on assets at this point**

 

[coach66]

I think there are a number of people willing to help but everyone is not on the

same page like they are up north and I think you can figure that one out.

 

[johnson86-1]

I personally would never write a check to get a recruit. Cash only.

"would"??? You mean "do not"? Isn't "buying another flatscreen for the man cave with 6pack cash" your code for buying another recruit?

 

[AlCoDog]

People that can and will help aren't the ones bitching about it on message boards. Would you agree?

 

[Digging dog]

Surely you've bought another trailer to cash in since you sold the last one to go to the bowl game.***

Good memory. IThoughtVinnieBabarinoWasTheSmartOneku**

 

[coach66]

Yes, I agree.

Nm

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

i hear you may be the new $500 handshake guy out of NE Jax....my sources tell me

I personally would never write a check to get a recruit. Cash only.

i call on a lot of doctors......you sure are famous.....maybe passing the torch.....our old $100 handshakes say so...

 

[DerHntr]

I d think we could do more as a fanbase to help the image of Starkville and MSU with recruits.

For a few years now the MSU online presence has said "quit tweeting recruits, it's creepy".

While that may be true, it's thinking like a grown (old) person and not an 18-year old kid.

Go search the Twitter timelines of the top recruits in the country. They get tweets from TONS of fanbases telling them how great the players are, how much they are wanted, and how great their school is.

I don't see much of that from MSU. What I see from us online is griping about other schools cheating, and making fun of other fans tweeting recruits.

Guess what, the kids like the mentions and the follows and the retweets.

We should do more of it, not less. It helps.

I want us to do well but I'm not tweeting at 17-18 year olds. I won't care if everyone else does it from our fanbase. For me personally, I think it would be weird and not consistent with the way I use social media in general.

On another note, I love a thread suggesting that our fans need to break NCAA rules. This thread in particular is great. We've got one non-$100 handshake guy blasting all the other non-$100 handshake guys for bitching about our recruiting network not getting the job done. When the reality is we have a coach who makes $4M a year not getting HIS job done. So full of win.

 

[mcdawg22]

Of all the constant complainers, how many of you have your checkbook open? Seems everybody thinks "we" should play the game. Does that we include you and your money? If everybody not active in recruiting would shut up we'd get some relief on SPS...

So do we care more about basketball? Because it seems like we kind of signed a top 10 class out of nowhere in that sport.