Lemme guess- Raider is saying that we are the ones keeping Roy from getting the all of the players he recruits.
Here you go.
“Look. You guys can blow it off all you want but the fact is many recruits and/or their parents DO read massage boards. That has been covered and mentioned in interviews for years. Some in fact go so far as to buy lurker subscriptions to premium boards of the schools they are considering. Matter of fact there was a thread on the Auburn premium football board a couple weeks ago where an Asst Coach in an interview discussed that very thing. There have also been cases of provocateur trolls purposely inciting a rival school's fans to trash players and/or recruits.
Recruiting is a high-stakes business. Y'all seriously don't understand how nasty and sometimes petty it gets?”
“Little too simplistic dude! They are saying it is a factor, NOT everything! Why is it so easy to believe that a kid would be narcissistic enough to drop a school for looking at other peeps OR not promising PT, BUT it is hard to believe he would be sensitive to what peeps say about him?
There is no point in debating facts.”
“SPOT-ON!
Couple that with the FACT that Kendall Marshall's Dad posted on 4 Corners often. Other recruits and their parents have not been as open as Dennis was but have been there too. Clint Jackson warns folks about this very thing. It DOES happen and quite frequently.
I know some of you love to bash Gary but he is dead right on this one. Carry on.”
“You don't have to believe it, but it goes on quite often. Ty was reading the trash posted about him when he hurt his toe. Meeks was reading the trash about him just last season. These are fine young men who CHOSE to come and play at UNC and deserve some slack from time to time.”
“Yeah, Mike, I forgot to mention that some parents actually do post. I've seen that get very awkward and of course it's a fine line. Parents have to know their kids will get criticized on message boards once they play for a school, and if it's constructive criticism that's one thing, BUT when it crosses over into arbitrary and or unfair personal bashing then that's an issue... and if it's a potential
recruit folks need to be careful ASSUMING recruit-X isn't coming here so let's just go ahead and trash him. Ya never know......
As for anybody bashing me, that's their issue not mine”
“Yes, I know for a
fact Kennedy read the message board garbage, and Roy was aware of it too (either directly or indirectly) as well as some of the media stuff --- and the way Roy handled it by defending him in public was perfect, and I can tell ya that meant a lot to Kennedy.”
