NCAA Early Signing Period

[Nidaros]

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A lot more. Has shown absolutely no interest in recruiting other than public knowledge that is already being discussed here. He has acknowledged he has no interest in it. He is a lazy reporter/beat writer.

Would Walt Disney had his character Thumper the rabbit character in Bambi, not Thumper on this board, say things like this?

[jacks1]

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Would Walt Disney had his character Thumper the rabbit character in Bambi, not Thumper on this board, say things like this?

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

[Nidaros]

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Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

Thumper in the movie said" If you can not say anything nice about someone don't say anything at all. To answer your WTF question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi8f9g8-Wpc

[mango4]

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A lot more. Has shown absolutely no interest in recruiting other than public knowledge that is already being discussed here. He has acknowledged he has no interest in it. He is a lazy reporter/beat writer.

no one is signing, he reported that. But sure, he is a lazy reporter, please do his job and show us how it's really done.

[MrAugustana]

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If we're going to re-hash the same arguments in 3 different threads every couple of months, I might as well jump in here and suggest SDSU play Augie next season.

Seriously though...calling the dude a "lazy reporter/beat writer" just because he isn't putting 100% effort into an area that's important to you? That's a broad assessment based on a (perceived) failure in a very specific area of focus.

Then again, I feel like I get on here every other week and try to defend Zimmer as a sportswriter, so it clearly doesn't do much good. As I'm sure 7 or 8 people will tell me here shortly, I might as well just shut up and go back into my D2 closet now.

Hope Terry V. ends up incredibly discontent with Sanford and makes a triumphant return to the Argus so you guys can enjoy your 60-70% of all Argus Leader sports coverage more satisfactorily.

Quick addition: To be fair, I understand that recruiting is important to you. It's actually one of my favorite aspects of college basketball, so I sincerely understand where you're coming from. But here's one question I would ask: there's an army of guys dedicated to snooping around message boards, following Twitter, talking to humans in real life, etc. when it comes to recruiting. And most of that information gets posted on here pretty quickly for the general public to see. What is it exactly that you're looking for from Zimmer that you aren't finding on this forum? And if it's quotes from the coaches and that sort of thing, there's nothing Zimmer can do about it because Nagy and his staff technically can't talk about recruits until they've signed. So, like I said, I'm curious as to what you'd like to see from Zimmer beyond what he's doing now. If you mean to say that you'd like for him to read this forum, see the names of potential recruits, and then look into what is going on with those potential recruits, that's fine. But it's not as if he's going to be able to provide better information than what the guys on this forum are already providing willingly and for free as it is.

[OldHare]

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I don't know if your post is sarcasm or not, and this is not directed at you specifically, Old Hare. But to the general gripers all around: Why do strings on a topic like this turn into b*tch sessions on a guy who, as one poster here actually showed, actually provided the information people clamored for? Actually did his job. Don't get it. Is it just okay to whack away at Zim whenever the mood fits ya, merited or not?

First of all, I have not been a Zimmer basher and I do not think this is a bashing moment as much as a reality moment when I thought there might be some info on recruiting. Recruiting is normally reported on the football side by some members on the board who have the ability to search out the info on the offers and progress. Early on when Zimmer was assigned the SDSU athletics, there was an indication that he was not interested about the recruiting news. I would ask why he would not have been tweeting some info whether it was a strong interest for him or not. UWMandSDSU found that tweet and I have the information. If I was the only person mildly interested in future recruits, the sticky threads for recruits probably would not exist.

[jack power]

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If we're going to re-hash the same arguments in 3 different threads every couple of months, I might as well jump in here and suggest SDSU play Augie next season.

Seriously though...calling the dude a "lazy reporter/beat writer" just because he isn't putting 100% effort into an area that's important to you? That's a broad assessment based on a (perceived) failure in a very specific area of focus.

Then again, I feel like I get on here every other week and try to defend Zimmer as a sportswriter, so it clearly doesn't do much good. As I'm sure 7 or 8 people will tell me here shortly, I might as well just shut up and go back into my D2 closet now.

Hope Terry V. ends up incredibly discontent with Sanford and makes a triumphant return to the Argus so you guys can enjoy your 60-70% of all Argus Leader sports coverage more satisfactorily.

Quick addition: To be fair, I understand that recruiting is important to you. It's actually one of my favorite aspects of college basketball, so I sincerely understand where you're coming from. But here's one question I would ask: there's an army of guys dedicated to snooping around message boards, following Twitter, talking to humans in real life, etc. when it comes to recruiting. And most of that information gets posted on here pretty quickly for the general public to see. What is it exactly that you're looking for from Zimmer that you aren't finding on this forum? And if it's quotes from the coaches and that sort of thing, there's nothing Zimmer can do about it because Nagy and his staff technically can't talk about recruits until they've signed. So, like I said, I'm curious as to what you'd like to see from Zimmer beyond what he's doing now. If you mean to say that you'd like for him to read this forum, see the names of potential recruits, and then look into what is going on with those potential recruits, that's fine. But it's not as if he's going to be able to provide better information than what the guys on this forum are already providing willingly and for free as it is.

Excellent idea.

[SDSUSmitty]

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If we're going to re-hash the same arguments in 3 different threads every couple of months, I might as well jump in here and suggest SDSU play Augie next season.

Seriously though...calling the dude a "lazy reporter/beat writer" just because he isn't putting 100% effort into an area that's important to you? That's a broad assessment based on a (perceived) failure in a very specific area of focus.

Then again, I feel like I get on here every other week and try to defend Zimmer as a sportswriter, so it clearly doesn't do much good. As I'm sure 7 or 8 people will tell me here shortly, I might as well just shut up and go back into my D2 closet now.

Hope Terry V. ends up incredibly discontent with Sanford and makes a triumphant return to the Argus so you guys can enjoy your 60-70% of all Argus Leader sports coverage more satisfactorily.

Quick addition: To be fair, I understand that recruiting is important to you. It's actually one of my favorite aspects of college basketball, so I sincerely understand where you're coming from. But here's one question I would ask: there's an army of guys dedicated to snooping around message boards, following Twitter, talking to humans in real life, etc. when it comes to recruiting. And most of that information gets posted on here pretty quickly for the general public to see. What is it exactly that you're looking for from Zimmer that you aren't finding on this forum? And if it's quotes from the coaches and that sort of thing, there's nothing Zimmer can do about it because Nagy and his staff technically can't talk about recruits until they've signed. So, like I said, I'm curious as to what you'd like to see from Zimmer beyond what he's doing now. If you mean to say that you'd like for him to read this forum, see the names of potential recruits, and then look into what is going on with those potential recruits, that's fine. But it's not as if he's going to be able to provide better information than what the guys on this forum are already providing willingly and for free as it is.

Smartest thing an Augie person has ever said

[MrAugustana]

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Excellent idea.

Come on now. That's just lazy.

[goon]

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Its not like he has to put 100 hours a week into it. Maybe just ask the coaches how recruiting is going, check the twitter feeds for it. So if a writer gets hired to cover politics, but doesnt like following polls, or primaries or debates, but just likes to follow and report after people are elected and in office, dont you think people would have issue with that? Recruiting is a big part of college sports. Terry embraced it apparently. Zim doesnt have to go that far, but a little effort to please your fan base probably isnt a bad idea.

[MrAugustana]

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Its not like he has to put 100 hours a week into it. Maybe just ask the coaches how recruiting is going, check the twitter feeds for it. So if a writer gets hired to cover politics, but doesnt like following polls, or primaries or debates, but just likes to follow and report after people are elected and in office, dont you think people would have issue with that? Recruiting is a big part of college sports. Terry embraced it apparently. Zim doesnt have to go that far, but a little effort to please your fan base probably isnt a bad idea.

Out of curiosity, does anyone on here remember if Vandrovec also had to cover high school sports and that sort of thing? Or was he strictly and 100% focused on SDSU athletics? I was just noticing that Zim also has to spend at least some of his time covering high school football games and whatnot and wasn't sure if Vandrovec ever had to focus his time on areas outside of his SDSU beat.

[GoldCountryJack]

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First post but a decent length reader of this message board. Being from Mpls and not knowing the SD area well, I can't help but try to understand why this board spends as much time as it does engaging with people from other boards. I don't know where Augustana is located and I guess I don't care to find out but it seems to me if you are from Augustana spend time on their board. (assuming there is interest in their sports).

As far as recruiting goes, keeping track of it in Mn we have our local recruiting guys either Ryan James @RyanJamesMN or @NorthstarHoops or @NorthstarAlex. While it's not specific to SDSU sports if there is a Mn Kid being recruited by SDSU they tend to know.

I was a big fan of Terry V and am lukewarm on Matt but recruiting information is so widely accessible it's not impossible to follow up on your own.

[goon]

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Out of curiosity, does anyone on here remember if Vandrovec also had to cover high school sports and that sort of thing? Or was he strictly and 100% focused on SDSU athletics? I was just noticing that Zim also has to spend at least some of his time covering high school football games and whatnot and wasn't sure if Vandrovec ever had to focus his time on areas outside of his SDSU beat.

He also covered the sky force. I think SDSU and Sky force were his main areas. I dont know if there were other areas also. I dont really pay much attention to the argus sports unless it envolves SDSU.

[RabbitObsessed]

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A lot more. Has shown absolutely no interest in recruiting other than public knowledge that is already being discussed here.

What did TV do more than pass on public knowledge? I'm being serious. I remember him passing on information when kids verballed. I don't remember him ever investigating things, but I could be completely wrong here.

[MrAugustana]

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First post but a decent length reader of this message board. Being from Mpls and not knowing the SD area well, I can't help but try to understand why this board spends as much time as it does engaging with people from other boards. I don't know where Augustana is located and I guess I don't care to find out but it seems to me if you are from Augustana spend time on their board. (assuming there is interest in their sports).

As far as recruiting goes, keeping track of it in Mn we have our local recruiting guys either Ryan James @RyanJamesMN or @NorthstarHoops or @NorthstarAlex. While it's not specific to SDSU sports if there is a Mn Kid being recruited by SDSU they tend to know.

I was a big fan of Terry V and am lukewarm on Matt but recruiting information is so widely accessible it's not impossible to follow up on your own.

I guess I don't understand why people are so xenophobic over here on this forum. For one, I've had 97 posts on this board in the past 3 years, and I bet not even half of them (just a guess) are about me pushing anything involving Augustana athletics. I've contributed opinions on SDSU's team (which, hey, since I'm from Sioux Falls, happens to be of interest to me too...weird right?), non-Augie-related recruiting news, and general opinions on the constant "anti-Zimmer" threads that start up every few months.

If I just signed up with some random SDSU username in a week or two and started posting as a Jacks fan, I have a feeling at least a decent number of my posts would be well-received (besides the pro-Augie ones, obviously, as anyone--Augie fan or SDSU fan--with a pro-Augie comment on here usually gets bashed/insulted/told to shut up/etc. fairly quickly).

Like I said, I don't understand the xenophobic, "Go back to your own place, freak" attitude so many of your posters seem to adhere to. Do dissenting opinions irritate you all that much that you'd rather just try to insult me off the board instead of engaging in a conversation? There were some good points made in that Scott Nagy thread in the Smack forum that I actually appreciated reading. Thoughtful, logical responses that gave me a better insight about SDSU athletics. Why is that such a rarity compared to the, "Shut up, your opinion doesn't matter because you support a school that isn't the same division as us" response?