I don't even know why I'm engaging, but if you don't think kids, parents, coaches, and media read this board and when it's just a flood of menstruation like it is now, it alters perception of the program. The non-stop shivering and crying by the severely uneducated on this board absolutely, 100000% has an effect on recruiting. Are kids basing their decisions on this board? Of course not. Does the thread after thread proclaiming the program dead and incessant crying slightly help alter perception in people's minds? 100000%.
This is exactly how local/national media works. But again, there's not many intelligent people here, so I understand that this is lost on the majority.