I am going to do my absolute best to break this down to the crowd who are still lost and couldn't read what Cribby just post above but still dont get it.
Let's start with Mr. Andrew Ivins, for the last 2-3 years ago 247 has considered him an up and coming writer with a lot of potential, and if you don't know he wrote for FAU and Notre Dame before covering UM. Ivins since his time at UM has had his eyes set on a National gig and he took the UM gig because he saw it as a stepping stone not because he wanted to cover a program with great history but mainly because he saw it as his meal ticket to get to where he wants to be which is the national level, and if you do doubt this, have a conversation with the guy on a personal level and this will be very apparent (spoke with him last year at a Battle 7 on 7 event.) So lets go back to the final Richt year Ivins was pumping out VIP content all the inside on what was going on with Miami in recruiting and everything that was going on within the program, this was getting him the attention he craved, people were subscribing at a unfound rate for a Miami Hurricanes site. ( If you do not know the 247 canes site isnt in the top 30 in terms of subscribers) So fast forward to the Manny Era, Manny doesn't wan't stuff leaking out like it was during the Richt era so he tightens up his ship Ivins known go to guy is gone ( and yes everyone knew who was pumping him the info) So now Ivins has to work alot harder to gain the inside scoops to create the articles for the VIP content for his subscribers, Manny's staff is now only pumping out what it wants Ivins to know and keeps him in the dark for alot of other things. If it hasn't become clear the excuses Ivins is using that "He is being more cautious then before, becuase he wants his CB's to mean something, or He doesn't wanna report something unless he knows it to be 100% true, or will answer VIP questions with some answer that basically dances around the question isn't because he is trying to become a reporter with more moral values, it's becuase he DOESN'T have the same information that he once use to have. Now go back to the Palmetto situation Cribby alone was reporting stuff on LT i think 2-3 months before anyone at 247 got a whiff at this. People were constantly bombarding Ivins with is it true questions, "Someone on TOS says Miami leads for Taylor is it true" "TOS is saying Miami is in it for Marshall" and so on, So getting sick of hearing the same questions Ivins goes digging, and comes back with, Miami is still behind UF and Bama for Marshall, and I'm not ready to change my CB for Taylor YET but hey I will lower my confidence" as if it matters. Ivins and his douchebag self is getting anxious, annoyed, how can some free site "Insider" be months and months ahead of him. So as much as Aug 1st was teased and constantly bombarded the day is here. Ivins the day before had 0 info on it and still thought Bama was out infront then in the 11th hour out of no where gets a whiff that marshall is set to announce for Miami, immediatley he takes the info to his boss, mentor, and person who he desires to be the most the almighty WitDong (more on his scumbag self later) so to make up for all his misses and all his errors Ivins thinks well if I can CB this in the 11th hour and get away with it I'll look like the national hero the guy who had the scoop before anyone else and to princess Ivins nothing is more important then his reputation and how fast he can get to become a national writer. Side note if you guys don't realize that Gaby is essentially a understudy to Ivins right now, You guys aren't looking at things with both eyes open.
Now for the All Might Witdong, the man with the Killshot CB. Now August 1st AM Witdont gets a call from Ivins (I'm assuming) Hey Marshall is going to announce for Miami, I am going to run this you can go ahead and drop a CB. Now before going into Witdong a little more, lets look at 247 as a business. Which confrence do you think leads the subscription count (by a country mile).... its the SEC, and who is in the top 5 of that..... Alabama and UiF both have some of the largest subscription basis. SO lets back track for the last 3 months to UF and Bama subscribers they have been pumped info that a 5 star CB is a two team battle, UF and Bama this guy is going to go to one of the SEC "good guys". So now the question I pose to you is what do you think the reaction would be of PAYING subscribers when that 5 star CB out of the blue commits to the "Distant 3rd team in the race Miami?"
The simple answer to this is Out rage, and as much as we may enjoy the gator tears or the Bama ones, to 247 this is nothing but ****, subscribers will threaten to cancel memberships, the outlash on writers will be substantial. So now put yourself in Witfong's shoes, Does he do as told and keep the information private, or does he satisfy the business end of it and let the subscribers know what is going on and say hey we were wrong and this guy is gonna announce soon but here is my CB and yeah sorry.
Now if you still dont get it i dont know what else to say. 247 will always want the 5 stars to the SEC subscribers because that is what gets them clicks and that is what gets them paid. Steve witdong dropped a CB as a courtesy to the Alabama's and UF's and said hey guys get on the phone with this kid right now or else hes going to announce to the inferior Miami program I dont give two ***** if the team trusted me to not say anything this is what i'm paid for. If anyone would like to discuss further my DM's are open and ready to discuss.
and yes I still think Marshall will announce to the good guys, but it doesn't change the fact that 247 is a scumbag industry.
