No offense to anyone, but when I see quotes like "if John Doe wants to stay home then he'll be ours," that isn't insightful and rather obvious. It (the local recruit going to St. John's, if he wants to stay home) goes without saying. I'm not directly targeting you, Valgoth, as I've seen that particular quote or something similar from several different posters when we're involved with a local recruit. I just find myself saying, "No 'ish" when I read those type of quotes.
As, far as Alkins.... I'll get intrigued when he narrows it down to three or two schools, and we're still in the hunt.