How about this as solution to our recruiting site woes, and I am primarily addressing those people on here who consider themselves “Insiders”.
STOP MAKING PREDICTIONS AND UPDATES. It is pretty clear that our ”sources” within the UM staff do not know what they are talking about right now, for whatever reason. So rather than raising expectations every 4-5 days with obviously inaccurate information, just stop. I would rather have people speculating nonsensically than expecting, and being let down time and time again.
As for visits, can we also stop pumping who is visiting? Visits mean so little in today’s day and age, and no staff should be given as much credit as we give this staff for getting people to visit. I really don’t care who visits or who tweets or IG photos. ALL I care about is who is signed to play for UM. I appreciate that this is a website which is trying to create content to keep viewers and increase its own marketability, but this site will implode as its predecessors sites have done because of bad information which lets people down.
So please just stop raising people’s expectations. Please stop telling us about someone who has UM in their top 52 or even top 12. If we are shocked by a commit, great. Let us be shocked. Shocked is better than constantly let down. And before the “recruiting ain’t for the faint of heart” crowds chimes in, you are misunderstanding my point. If a website, any site, loses credibility with its customers, it dies, like any other form of media.
Last point, if you are wondering whether this post is directed at you, IT IS.