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March 29th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
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RollDamnTide
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An apology to the board

I would like to make a sincere apology to the MGoBlog community. When I started my "A Few Interesting Recruiting Notes", my aim was just to update you guys on the comings and goings of recruits around the country. I'd also post what my friends were hearing about the Michigan recruits, because I thought you'd like to hear it. I had no idea, however, that it would turn into something as far reraching as it has become. These threads are being referenced on 247/Scout/ and even on the Bama and SEC boards. While I stand by EVERYTHING I've written, I'm bound to be wrong about something, because my friends can be wrong. I'm not very thick skinned truth be told, and I really don't want the backlash that will result from it. 

I do this for fun, and I want it to continue being fun for me. With that being said, I'm no longer going to be doing these recruiting updates. I love this board, and I enjoy being a member of the community, so I will remain and be happy to share my thoughts on all things Alabama. 

 

 

Roll Tide.

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:40 AM | But....but....but....NOOOOOO (Score:5 Normal)
Happy Gilmore
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But....but....but....NOOOOOO

March 29th, 2012 at 11:56 AM | This is the Internets (Score:3 Insightful)
ypsituckyboy
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This is the Internets. You can do whatever the hell you want and you don't have to apologize.

March 29th, 2012 at 12:17 PM | Ummm...no you can't. The (Score:3 Normal)
QVIST
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Ummm...no you can't. The internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.

March 29th, 2012 at 1:03 PM | Into which people can, do, (Score:2)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Into which people can, do, and probably should, shit anything they feel like.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:40 AM | I liked your updates, but oh (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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I liked your updates, but oh well.

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:40 AM | No apology needed.  We all (Score:5 Normal)
unWavering
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No apology needed.  We all appreciated the updates, and I for one wish they continued, but I completely understand why they are not.  Thanks for your contribution to the board.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:42 AM | I don't think you have much (Score:5 Normal)
MaizeNBlue
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I don't think you have much to worry about. MGoBlog can be a very critical bunch, but at the end of the day, I think everyone genuinely appreciates the information you post.

EDIT: NOOOOO SHELLAYY I just read the bottom part saying that you're not posting more recruiting updates. Please don't stop.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:42 AM | That's upsetting. Thank you (Score:2 Normal)
Tom .NTT.
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That's upsetting. Thank you for the updates you have given they were always a great read.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:42 AM | I appreciated them as well. (Score:2 Normal)
GrowBlue
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I appreciated them as well. Perhaps you should continue them, but preface them all with a disclaimer of sorts. "This is largely speculation/opinion/etc"...

March 29th, 2012 at 10:44 AM | What backlash? (Score:5 Normal)
mejunglechop
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What backlash?

Galileo was also chastised.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:45 AM | Thanks for providing them. (Score:5 Normal)
ChiBlueBoy
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It's a shame that folks feel a need to blow up every bit of information and dropped hint. I think we all need an occasional reminder to relax. A lot of the recuiting sites and followers (including myself) would be well advised to smoke a joint, take a dump, eat some fruit loops and just chill the F* out.

"Mattison must break you. Jake Ryan is his tool."

March 29th, 2012 at 10:49 AM | I prefer Cap'n Crunch. (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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I prefer Cap'n Crunch.

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March 29th, 2012 at 11:24 AM | I like the Captain as well (Score:4 Normal)
Baldbill
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I like the Captain as well but it has the tendacy to rip up the roof of my mouth, so I opt for the less painful fruit loops. Circles top squares in breakfast cereals.

 

Semper Fidelis

March 29th, 2012 at 12:31 PM | The key to a successful bowl (Score:2 Normal)
seegoblu
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of the Captain is to wait until they start to get soggy....then go to town.

March 29th, 2012 at 12:52 PM | Soggy cereal (Score:1)
thecool
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No! Just use your tongue to keep the cereal out of the center of your mouth. The Cap used to screw my mouth up too (what?) until I became a more cognizant chewer.

Boom.

March 29th, 2012 at 6:45 PM | Per T Wolf (Score:0)
March 29th, 2012 at 11:28 AM | With Crunch Berries... (Score:5 Normal)
doughboy
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when in season.

March 29th, 2012 at 12:08 PM | with or without berries?   (Score:1)
robbyt003
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with or without berries?  

“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler

March 29th, 2012 at 11:31 AM | You have the order all wrong. (Score:2)
MAgoBLUE
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You have the order all wrong.  I'd get distracted on the way to the dump and fruit loops.

 

 

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(9/5/09)

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March 29th, 2012 at 2:43 PM | Take your pants completely (Score:3 Normal)
brandanomano
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Take your pants completely off and sit on the toilet backwards so you can eat your cereal while you take a dump.

Special Teams means special times!

March 29th, 2012 at 6:20 PM | A.C Slater (Score:1)
B-Nut-GoBlue
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Dump.  Always a good one.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:46 AM | I am not clear why you are (Score:4 Normal)
sheepman
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I am not clear why you are stopping, cause others are talking about them? Who gives a rat's ass whether others talk about it? Doesn't that just mean more hits on this site? Isn't that a good thing?

I think all of us like them, if you are wrong, your are wrong. What the hell else are we going to do on the off season?

"Are you Bluish? You don't look Bluish..."

March 29th, 2012 at 12:37 PM | Me thinks he's stopping (Score:2)
1484
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Me thinks he's stopping because his updates are getting some play on pay sites.  I also think that he may being paid by one of the pay sites, so the attention is something he does not want...

Hail.

March 29th, 2012 at 9:52 PM | He's as accurate / inaccurate (Score:2)
M-Dog
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He's as accurate / inaccurate as some of the pay sites.  They never apologize.  If he did not take any money from me, he does not owe me an apology.

M'Dog

March 29th, 2012 at 10:48 AM | Why apologize? (Score:3 Normal)
bornintheArbor
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The majority of us greatly appreciated what you had to say. Sorry if you felt any backlash.

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:48 AM | Let the haters hate (Score:5 Normal)
lakeside
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Man ball. Formerly, somebody else.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:50 AM | bama fans did not like what (Score:5 Normal)
TrppWlbrnID
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bama fans did not like what they read, tried to poison the Spanning Tree Protocol

could not find

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:58 AM | Everyone can be wrong, don't (Score:1 Normal)
TexanGOBLUE
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Everyone can be wrong, don't worry about it. Keep on with the info, it is always good to see other opinions. Noone will hunt you down if you are wrong amigo, but that is no reason to stop posting interesting information from other sources. I find it interesting & cool, regardless it if its wrong or right. Soldier ON!

'Try growing up in Texas a Michigan WOLVERINE'.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:53 AM | APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED (Score:5 Normal)
dmblue
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APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED

 

KEEP POSTING

March 29th, 2012 at 10:54 AM | Recruiting will always be (Score:2)
death by trident
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Recruiting will always be filled with speculation and rumors.  To most who follow it, that's what makes it fun.  I always appreciated your updates and even if the speculation didn't pan out, it just meant that either

a. the source was wrong

b. the kid changed his mind

Either way, it isn't anything I get overly excited about.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:54 AM | RDT's decision is very reasonable. (Score:5 Normal)
MadMonkey
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Almost all of us come here for the great information, the camraderie, and for some fun.  However, there is an active element that simply takes the fun out of it.  

The biggest strategic mistake Brian has made with the board has been the modification of the point system.  In the past, the Internet tough guys were dealt with swiftly by the Board with neg bangs to Bolivia.  More importantly,  outstanding contributors  -- like RDT if he had been a member back then -- would received the encouragement that their contributions deserved.

RDT, we will absolutely miss your recruiting updates.  They always contained appropriate caveats and interesting content.  However, I understand that it is not worth the grief.

 

Your opinion has no value.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:56 AM | Bam (Score:2 Normal)
ColsBlue
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No good deed goes unpunished...

"Oh they came to bury Michigan, but Michigan wasn't dead."

March 29th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | Suggestion: (Score:5 Normal)
Erik_in_Dayton
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Just put a tag line on your updates that says something like, "This information is provided for entertainment purposes only.  Please do not stake your well-being or the well-being of anyone else on the information contained herein.  Some of it is bound to be wrong.  Perhaps most of it is wrong.  Those experiencing an emergency due to the information posted should remember that we're just talking about football and/or seek medical attention and/or call 911 immediately." 

It would be a shame to lose your posts.  They're fun.  As long as you're not purposefully yanking our chain - and I trust that you're not - I don't care if you'r wrong sometimes.  Anyone who follows recruiting should know that everyone is going to be wrong sometimes. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

March 29th, 2012 at 10:57 AM | Well damn. I really look (Score:2 Normal)
HttV Wolverine
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Well damn. I really look forward to those. 

“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo 

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:58 AM | As you can see, many of us (Score:5 Normal)
Allin4Blue
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As you can see, many of us like your posts.  Don't let the minority influence your decesion to stop posting.

March 29th, 2012 at 10:59 AM | I think you're the most (Score:5 Normal)
evenyoubrutus
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I think you're the most popular person on this board so I wouldn't worry about it.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

March 29th, 2012 at 11:01 AM | Wrong! I am. Obviously. (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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Wrong!

I am.

Obviously.

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March 29th, 2012 at 11:16 AM | Actually you lost a lot of (Score:3 Funny)
evenyoubrutus
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Actually you lost a lot of fanfare after the LTT Twitter incident, so I think it's fair to say you've been replaced.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

March 29th, 2012 at 11:26 AM | lol (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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You can't lose what you never had.

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March 29th, 2012 at 11:27 AM | ok he is the biggest bama fan (Score:2)
Baldbill
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ok he is the biggest bama fan we have on the board. It is nice to have a few good posters that actually root for other schools as it provides some good counter-points and insight that as Michigan homers we tend to miss.

 

Semper Fidelis

March 29th, 2012 at 11:00 AM | Screw the haters. Email me (Score:5 Normal)
htownwolverine
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Screw the haters. Email me your updates and I'll post under my name. I'm in big12 country so no one cares.

Who is Jon Falk?
March 29th, 2012 at 12:13 PM | Yes but isn't Big 12 country (Score:2)
expatriate
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Yes but isn't Big 12 country just Future SEC country?  SEC folks can be downright scary about this kind of stuff, and I would hate to see that when your state gets annexed.

BA 2009 LSA

March 29th, 2012 at 11:03 AM | RDT, If you are looking for (Score:1)
sheepdog
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RDT,

If you are looking for answers, just blame the Barners.  That always works for me.

March 29th, 2012 at 11:06 AM | As long as you aren't making (Score:1 Normal)
TheGhostofYost
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As long as you aren't making shit up, who cares whether it turns out to be true. Hell, even the family members of the athletes don't know where they're going half the time.  That said, you should probably have better sources than just your friends.

March 29th, 2012 at 11:14 AM | " That said, you should (Score:4 Normal)
unWavering
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" That said, you should probably have better sources than just your friends."

Why?  It's not like he was claiming everything he said was gospel.  This is a message board, not a pay-site, so I don't really care if the free info that he's been giving us could have some misinformation.

March 29th, 2012 at 4:12 PM | Oh ok.  So from now on I (Score:1 Normal)
TheGhostofYost
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Oh ok.  So from now on I think I'll post a daily thread about how my friend next door told me that Fuller is coming to Michigan.  Oh wait, it's completely useless information and there shouldn't be a thread about it.

March 29th, 2012 at 5:19 PM | The difference is that the (Score:3 Normal)
unWavering
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The difference is that the information that he's posted has so far proven to be true, or at least believable.  The thing you are ignoring is that his friends actually have good connections with people who know what they're talking about. 

July 26th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | Came back across this thread follow some posting history (Score:2)
M-Wolverine
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And it's all hilarious.

But this particular post has the most win as insightful and didn't even know it at the time.

"As long you aren't making shit up..."

 

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 29th, 2012 at 11:07 AM | If you stop (Score:2 Normal)
Wolvie3758
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The Terrorists win!!!!!! dont stop

March 29th, 2012 at 11:07 AM | You should wait... (Score:5 Normal)
Dizzo
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You should've held off on this sabbatical until Isaac makes a decision.  If he picks Michigan, you could've pulled the ultimate Costanza leaving on a high note that would've made you a legend.. 

 

 

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