What happened was that I stopped updating it. Without the ability to create individual pages for each recruit, I don't know that it offers a better solution than a subforum. I tried that with the 2017 class but it ended up being fairly clunky to both design and look at (imo).What happened to updating the recruiting tab on the menu bar? If that were consistently updated it would be easy to track who the coaches are after. This way you don't have to sort through the back & forth in the recruiting thread and you don't have to create a new thread for every kid. Highlight videos for each player could be posted in the recruiting tab without having to make new threads. I think an official visit is worth a new thread though, as there's a real chance at that point. The recruiting news is great, it just needs to be streamlined a little bit.
Just throwing out a suggestion that could be a compromise to both sides of this without having to make huge changes. You could even sticky a link to the recruiting tab in the main basketball forum just to make it more visible.
Well, believe it or not, unrelenting and unquestioning positivity isn't a requirement for fandom - nor is it the virtue folks make it out to be. I've noticed some of the folks that pride themselves on being so positive can be really, really nasty to folks that have a different point of view.
I think a shared account to start threads would be useful. Perhaps named something boring like "VCU Recruiting." Or we could go with something like "Future Spider Squashers."
Didn’t know the options on the recruiting tab were that limited. I guess a sub-forum is the way to go then.@Rams4Life I temporarily reverted the page back to how it looked around this time in 2017. I have something similar to what you were thinking (i think), but only for our commits.
https://www.vcuramnation.com/recruiting/
As you can see, not a ton of room for adding vids/tweets/discussion/etc - especially for kids that we haven't even made a cut list for yet. With a subforum we could just link directly to the thread discussing the player where all that stuff could be posted.
Plus, crowdsourcing it would be great.
Thanks for the welcome!! I’m a Ram fanatic and have been reading these boards daily for years, though I rarely contribute my opinion.Also, welcome @Silat Bro! Your name is great (and perhaps intimidating).
Might not be the only way to go, but i think it would be an improvement.Didn’t know the options on the recruiting tab were that limited. I guess a sub-forum is the way to go then.
I had assumed that would be how it would work. Just basically replacing the recruiting thread sticky.Could a recruiting subforum be accessed via the main basketball board? Stickied at the top?
As opposed to an entirely separate forum al a baseball/general/etc
Thoughts?
VCU and Papa John's was an issue that is related to Men's Basketball. As the lead revenue generating sport, that has a team largely made up of African Americans, association with any brand that as seen as hostile to African Americans could have a direct affect on our ability to recruit.How about enforcing guidelines to keep non basketball topics like "vcu and papa johns" and the "elimination of gold rush dancers" off the basketball forum. That is stuff that clogs the basketball forum.
VCU and Papa John's was an issue that is related to Men's Basketball. As the lead revenue generating sport, that has a team largely made up of African Americans, association with any brand that as seen as hostile to African Americans could have a direct affect on our ability to recruit.
Also, one could argue that GR Dancers are a component of Men's basketball as is the band.
Censorship is censorship. At the end of the day, its tough to define what should or shouldn't be on the Basketball Forum. However, you know it when you see it.
Fwiw, not looking to get into a long drawn out discussion about PJ's or any social issue. Just responding to DL.
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