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RichUT

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  1. I love bourbon. I hate bourbon fan culture. It’s almost exactly like collecting baseball cards was in the early 90’s, but with way more douchebags. The thought of getting in any line to buy whiskey is just ludicrous in my view.

    I haven’t bought a single bottle for my personal collection this year. I’ve pitched in on a number of bottles that we share as a group of 10, and frankly that’s going to continue to be my MO for a vast majority of releases.

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  2. Honey holes are extinct. At least in our general region (i.e., TX and surrounding states). You can’t convince me otherwise. People are too wise about how crazy people are for rare whiskey.

  3. Why do we care? I’ve never understood the angst over the number of stars someone is rated. The offer list says a lot more about the quality of the prospect, assuming those offers are all committable. Is it a matter of believing that our class rating says something about the equity of our brand?

    FWIW, I suspect it’s a function of him being a quiet kid that doesn’t provide as many sound bites. I’m not saying that’s the only reason, but it’s happened before where kids that keep things quiet don’t get a lot of love from the services that live and die by clicks and subscriptions.

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  4. Free market economy. I’m not a fan but I’m also not mad about it. Those stores are generally a primary source of income for the individual running it. If I put myself in their shoes, I can see where I’d be pissed selling bottles to bros at MSRP only for them to take a crotch shot in their truck and sell it for 2x.

    They are within their rights to do it, and I’m within my rights to stop shopping there.

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  5. 26 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    No, correlation doesn't equal causation. But you also can't correlate shit in defense of your stance, either. And you're pretty definitive that awards don't mean shit. And I'm pretty definitive that you can't know the minds of any recruit, and every recruit is different. In general having recent awards you can point to by position shows guys are getting developed and being successful. As another poster said, it's pretty easy to point to a trophy room. Ask aTm how it looks when it's empty. 

    You say you can't think of a single instance of a trophy mattering...but how the fuck would you know what mattered and support that? It's not that your take is absurd, or without merit, it's just very odd. More trophies is better than less trophies, I think we can all agree on that. The fact anyone is drawing lines in the sand is just a weird choice on this topic, at least from my point of view. 

    I don't know this topic deserves additional discourse, but that's an over simplification of my thesis. I'm not saying that awards don't matter at all, but I do reject the inference that Bijan losing out on the Doak introduces any risk to our ability to sign Baxter. Maybe I mis-read the thrust of the debate as I was skimming through the replies, but I think the idea is absurd. 

  6. 39 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Doak Walker Award Ceremony - December 8th
    Heisman Ceremony - December 10th
    Early Signing Day - December 21st

    Hmm GIFs | Tenor

     

    And before you argue that you said commit versus signing, certainly you don't want to argue that the only commitment that really matters ISN'T they day they sign, do you?

    Correlation does not equal causation. Yes, awards are doled out before signing day. That doesn't mean those awards have a direct impact on where players sign. I've been following recruiting since the hookem360 days, and I am struggling to think of a single instance where a player winning/not winning a post season award had a material impact on a recruit's decision. I know you've been following just as long, so keep me honest if there is someone I am forgetting.

    And I'm not saying that these things aren't at all helpful, but they are in no way the basis for a decision. I'd argue that winning them has more of a halo effect on the out year classes vs. the in year class, but the debate raging in this thread was about Baxter and I refuse to believe it's going to make a shit bit of difference in what he decides. 

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  7. 9 minutes ago, NoName said:

    are you saying that RB recruits don't care if a RB on the teams wins the award for the best Running Back in the country?

    horseshit.

    you think that they don't care that it shows that the system is RB friendly, rewards RBs and those RBs go out and win awards?

    lol ok.

    does it matter to Sydir MItchell if Bijan wins the award for the best RB in the country? no. but you think Cedric Baxter doesn't give a fuck about it?

    GIF by World Rugby

     

    That's exactly what I'm saying and frankly it doesn't seem too hard to comprehend. Baxter absolutely cares about the system, how we utilize our backs, how we develop our RB room, and how successful we are as a program. And Bijan's year provided validation for all of those things already, so him finishing 2nd or 3rd for the Doak Walker award isn't going to do any harm to our RB recruiting whatsoever. 

    If trophies actually mattered in the decision making progress, you'd see recruits waiting to commit until after they are awarded.

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