I'm happy to hear any suggestions that others might have, but here's what I think when I look back on the past year of our AllBuff recruiting coverage:
1- we do one hell of a good job collecting information on who CU is recruiting and relaying updates on where those guys are in their process
2- we did a better job in 2011 than in 2010 of following in-state recruiting, but there is room for improvement
3- we did ok in our first year watching Pac-12 recruiting and this should get better, partially because we are more often competing with these schools for recruits (unlike the Big 12, which didn't often match up all that well)
4- we have too many pinned threads. I'm going to work on combining several of them to make it easier for everyone to quickly find the information you need. (One example is that the current football roster will move to the football forum.)
5- sometimes I think it's confusing if prospects have been profiled without any clear knowledge that they're being recruited by CU. I'm going to have a separate, complete, index of in-state prospects this year and the CU Recruit Profile Index will only have a link to an in-state kid if he has been offered, invited to visit, or otherwise known to be on the CU radar.
6- if you're not a mod, please don't make a profile unless there is a reported CU offer. We don't need the Index cluttered with guys who said they were interested in Colorado when they made their Scout profiles... but are Sacramento State level recruits. If there's no offer but you think it's a guy we should keep an eye on, please PM me, Boulder Buff and/or Alferd Jasper with the heads up.
7- I was thinking to make 2012 the main forum prospects starting March 1st. I figured this would give a little time to finish this class if we're adding any guys after NSD (like we did with Terrel Smith last year). Also, ESPN doesn't even have its 2013 prospects databased yet while Rivals and Scout are months away from having anything substantial.
Thoughts?
1- we do one hell of a good job collecting information on who CU is recruiting and relaying updates on where those guys are in their process
2- we did a better job in 2011 than in 2010 of following in-state recruiting, but there is room for improvement
3- we did ok in our first year watching Pac-12 recruiting and this should get better, partially because we are more often competing with these schools for recruits (unlike the Big 12, which didn't often match up all that well)
4- we have too many pinned threads. I'm going to work on combining several of them to make it easier for everyone to quickly find the information you need. (One example is that the current football roster will move to the football forum.)
5- sometimes I think it's confusing if prospects have been profiled without any clear knowledge that they're being recruited by CU. I'm going to have a separate, complete, index of in-state prospects this year and the CU Recruit Profile Index will only have a link to an in-state kid if he has been offered, invited to visit, or otherwise known to be on the CU radar.
6- if you're not a mod, please don't make a profile unless there is a reported CU offer. We don't need the Index cluttered with guys who said they were interested in Colorado when they made their Scout profiles... but are Sacramento State level recruits. If there's no offer but you think it's a guy we should keep an eye on, please PM me, Boulder Buff and/or Alferd Jasper with the heads up.
7- I was thinking to make 2012 the main forum prospects starting March 1st. I figured this would give a little time to finish this class if we're adding any guys after NSD (like we did with Terrel Smith last year). Also, ESPN doesn't even have its 2013 prospects databased yet while Rivals and Scout are months away from having anything substantial.
Thoughts?