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[Deep in the heart]

@Bobby Burton With you guys growing miles away since splitting from Inside Texas, will you ever look at getting connected with a national recruiting platform like Rivals? I'm sure the national guys would benefit from the work you guys do here more so than what Inside Texas provides. I don't know how the politics of all that works. Or if it would even be of any benefit to what you guys are doing. I was just asking because this is by far the best Texas site in the industry and there isn't a close second.

[taxsaver]

I hope Bobby's answer is that they can do evaluations rather than "rankings."  The "rankings" depends too much on size, weight,  straight line speed, and most of all, CAMPS.

I think all those are important, but game tape should mean something, and it IS, but maybe not as much as it SHOULD.

JMO

HOOKEM

 

[HookemDTX]

Rivals is On3 and Bobby is/was On3.

Edited 55 minutes ago by HookemDTX

[Jbro52]

7 minutes ago, HookemDTX said:

Rivals is On3 and Bobby is/was On3.

Rivals as well along with 247

[Deep in the heart]

14 minutes ago, HookemDTX said:

Rivals is On3 and Bobby is/was On3.

I just think OTF would provide a much better evaluation product than IT because I don't think Justin Wells leaves the state. And with OTF having a bigger footprint, the national guys would get better info. Hell, I'm not sure how much he leaves East Texas. Justin is a good guy, but his analysis of players we recruit are no where near as informed as Gerry's because he actually goes to see players practice. That's dedication to your craft. And that's what separates OTF from the others is the dedication everyone here has to their craft.

Edited 41 minutes ago by Deep in the heart

[SL Xpress]

I feel like there's a lack of understanding with this post of who Bobby Burton is in the history of the recruiting industry. He built the first real national recruiting platform with the National Recruiting Advisor in 1993, and has been integral to the formation of every one of the ones in existence currently. 

Also, no offense to Bobby Burton, but anyone who hires Gerry Hamilton automatically gets the best coverage of Texas recruiting with that hire alone. In football and basketball. Since Gerry and Bobby go way back, and there's a huge amount of trust between the two, there's no real chance of a separation. Bobby isn't going to make a move unless he can bring Gerry with him at this point.

Edited 33 minutes ago by SL Xpress