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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no skin in the game as I have a male player (and IMYS only covers girls). But he seems to have the best data out there on recruiting for girls, and I think its incredibly useful as your player gets to the recruiting stage. Being able to know which camps to not attend or which classes are full is incredible and gives players the upper hand in a way they haven't had in the past.  I wish he did it for boys but he doesn't. There is no equivalent on the boys side.  I've followed him for a while because the inisights are decent and sometimes there are helpful tips that cut across gender in particular because he has intel into college coach mindset. He's not trying to sell anything which provides a lot of credibility vis a vis the recruiting services and platforms that are trying to suck money. It does sound like from post a few years back that a few companies offered money to take over his site/data (similar to what happened with the soccer rankings app a few years ago where the purchasing company destroyed the data and rigor of the analytics--luckily he rebuilt under a new name). Like it or not, the data is the data. It may not convey the narrative you like but you have to admire the ability to not speak from a place of gut feeling. I feel like all his detractors rely on gut, emotion and feeling. And sadly, that doesnt really matter in the game of college recruiting...[/quote]

Sorry, I disagree. It *looks* good, but usually when you start to dig in you find missing data and inconsistencies that suggest a bias and an agenda. In the days since his post, I've noticed already the top ECNL club (which now has to compete with 2 other ECNL and GA teams) has shared that. The timing also was during one of the GA's biggest events. All very interesting, given ECNL is all about the FOMO.

[b]If he wants credibility, he needs to at least raise his standards and do some real journalism by interviewing people in the industry who can provide actual context.[/b] Also, get GA's take. What they've shared publicly might be incomplete (as some have pointed out). Data can be spun so many different ways. He could get even more credibility by revealing who he/she is. At least we all know the I Hate Soccer guy is Jason Collinsworth.[/quote]

Dude.  The guy runs a twitter account, not a real journalistic endeavor (which there are less and less of today) that needs to be held to a certain ethical standard.  People need to be able to digest his data and realize that, yes, there may be a bias in his reporting.  Even with that, there is a value to the information that is published.  Like, the actual recruits that are attending these colleges isn't made up.  They are really going there.  If he has an ECNL tilt, so be it, but having a DD that plays at an ECNL club, the information that he shares is useful.   The whole ECNL v. GA narrative can be annoying, but the information that is there is still useful to me.  Monetize his operation if you think that there needs to be more journalistic standards for what is probably an interesting hobby for the publisher.  [/quote]

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