Lawyer full time until retiring at 54. Part time consultant and scout. All i ever sold was success . First in a family practice that was built on fairness and honesty. That , along with precise detail carried the day. Same with consulting. Sort through the excess fat or lies and delusion to stay laser focused on the formula for success. As a consultant or a scout i have never had a family that they made any kind of a gut decision based on a message board.. When consulted i have always asked them what they are looking for. It is nearly a consensus that they pick a coach, the better program, combination of academics and location. They are much more informed than you might think about who the best coaches are. They talk among themselves, their parents and coaches, existing players, past players. Actual records of wins, actual development examples, national coaching awards, games they have seen. Not a single example of a recruit saying they were turned off or on based on a loose screw on a message board. Otherwise all fans could jump into a complete positive scam of all things being great or in the case of sabotage , some fans being negative. This board represents to me, the chance to exchange different takes, ideas and opinions. I do not even present just negative. I have on dozens of occasions put forth my opinions of praise on Pitino when it seems to me that it is clear. Examples are great game plans on numerous opponents last year, upgrading the staff, having teams that did not quit. That does not stop me from from making observations of things that i think have been done poorly. Nor does it stop me from saying if given the chance to play at a better school,for a better coach a prospect should look seriously at all those options. I have been spoiled by what program i was raised in, what programs i worked for. I have been shaped by the hundreds of coaches clinics i have attended, the thousands of practices over 40 years. Those take a really close look at how people teach, how well they mold the players they get into a team and how far those players go, how well their teams do. If i thought for even a moment that i hurt this program posting i would stop immediately. It would go against the support i give to the program. You were right about my poor selling in one way, i never had to sell a manufactured product so my sales total does equal zero.