Brass Balls is back

[Johannes de Silentio]

Iirc Clouse worked in the Callahan recruiting operation with Vince Guinta so it stands the reason he'd have a pretty good inside line

This is actually a potentially very good point. I hope he crushes it and proves me wrong. Would be hilarious in many ways given how all this went down.

 

[HCFord1]

Iirc Clouse worked in the Callahan recruiting operation with Vince Guinta so it stands the reason he'd have a pretty good inside line

It would be absolutely amazing if he got his access back. There hasn't been any real inside info reported by any of the recruiting sites in years.

 

[Alcaus]

Munsy getting immediately touchy over Nate has this setting up nicely

Lol he's a real douche sometimes

 

[Alcaus]

Iirc Clouse worked in the Callahan recruiting operation with Vince Guinta so it stands the reason he'd have a pretty good inside line

Did that timeframe line up with Busch being here as well?

 

[Johannes de Silentio]

Did that timeframe line up with Busch being here as well?

He definitely is tight with Busch. I may be coming around on this idea.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

It was already bad during the height of the 2020 class, which all took place before Covid and when the team was recruiting at a really high level. The lack of scoops leading up to December 2019 NSD was outrageous and thought so even then.

I’m with you. I was new to the whole message board thing about 3 years ago and I thought they all sucked. Was never a fan of Nate. I like the numbers they bring to the table in articles talking about facts but as far as recruiting content regarding “inside info” or inside practice info they suck.

 

[Alcaus]

He definitely is tight with Busch. I may be coming around on this idea.

It'll be interesting to see how it goes. Surprised Rivals isn't running a promotion to keep people from jumping ship. Annual memberships can't be the overwhelming majority of users can it?

 

[huskerj12]

The thing is I really like Clouse as a personality on the boards, and it's not like Mongo is an improvement in any capacity. I just get really befuddled when people act like Callahan let go some invaluable asset.

Yeah I think it was mostly just the sliding scale of HOL. Clouse wasn't an invaluable asset in comparison to the average guy in the journalism biz, but he was capable of writing in complete sentences and had experience in the recruiting field so that alone made him a big loss for HOL. I'm not even sure what Mongo's backstory is, was he just a random poster who got elevated because he was willing to cold call recruits all day?

 

[MtnHusker]

It seems his decline, lack of info, happened at the same time Frost was hired. It’s not like Dean or Mongo have faired any better. If he starts pumping out inside info again, it will be safe to say the rumors of Frost’s distain for Dean are true.

I have been vocal about my concerns that Dean was throttling down information to stay on Frost's good side. When did Dean ever write anything negative about Frost? He never took shots at a coach/program that was setting records for futility. Was widely rumored that Frost thought Dean was a joke so maybe Dean told the writers to serve up the Kool Aide in hopes of becoming BFF's with Frost. How many times would Dean claim he had the info but couldn't share it. I was questioning his journalistic integrity when it came to his reporting on matters like Frost, NIL, the future of the program..... GBR

 

[Baron Winnebago]

He definitely is tight with Busch. I may be coming around on this idea.

I blame Clouse's demise on external factors within the program and business factors with whatever dispute he had with Dean

 

[Cookiemonster]

The fewer grammatical errors on the new website is already attacking a chink in deans armor.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Lol he's a real douche sometimes

Maybe more like a goober, but yeah.