OT: Do You Guys Recommend 247Sports The Michigan Insider?

It’s better than On3 but still not worth it imho. Mostly sunshine blowing from the insiders, and the message boards are filled with mostly fake nonsense and Mods on power trips. 

Imo, none of the pay sites are worth it. At least not for Michigan fans. The content on mgoblog is far better than what the pay sites offer, and the relatively few insidery bits that originate here tend to be more accurate.

I have never understood how a website that covers a team can call itself an "insider." An insider by definition is inside the team. These outfits are outsiders. They are trying to get information from insiders but that itself means they are not insiders. And the same goes for reporters and commentators.

247/scout were my OG message board for Michigan sports

I think rivals is pretty good. Information is generally very accurate, The writers have a good attitude and it's a pretty good culture. You can say what you want within reason, and there's a lot less trolling and flaming than On3. 

I prefer this message board to 247’s, because247 has a larger cohort of right-wing trolls that often overtakes threads. 

I also think  247 was a bit too accepting of the more outlandish conspiracy theories surrounding sign-gate. 
 

They're all the same - either false-insiders, or shills. If they wrote something that came to pass, they were lucky. As for posters, there are posters (here, except those that were run off)), and posers (everywhere else). 

247 is the best. I’ve had all three over time. 

I've had 247 and On3 (old Rivals) for about 3 years now.  They have their pros and cons.  Personally, I think the real value of these sites isn't necessarily even the mods but other posters some of who are somewhat plugged in and / or are coaches who do breakdowns and explain things there.  On 247 it's contown (former M walk-on) and TateForciersJockStrap, and on On3 MGoShark is a good one.

I like On3 better than 247.  

247 has Sam, who I do like but is a pure program mouthpiece.  He's a huge fan, and he's also a lot of fluff.  Tons of overly positive material, including on recruits who we really had no shot for.  He'll continue to pump them up.  Steve Lorenz is ok for recruiting, not bad, not amazing.  The issue there is that there's really no depth.  I don't know who else adds much value.  They also have this complete clown, Dotman, as a mod.  I can't imagine anyone more self-important than that guy...  talk about full of yourself.  His information-to-bullshit ratio is way, way too poor.  Terrible idea for him to be a mod.  For whatever reason, Dotman is Warde's lapdog and defends him at every turn.  I don't know how or why, since it's pretty objective that Warde sucks.  Sam also seems neutral at worst on Warde.

On3 - I do feel like Balas is plugged in on the team stuff.  I like Balas, and I do think he calls it like he sees it.  For example, while they try to refrain from directly criticizing Warde, it's very much understood and implied that he's been opposing NIL at every turn as well as dragging his feet with the Harbaugh stuff (I feel like I shouldn't have to point it out, but I will - this should be obvious to everyone, since Santa keeps having to come in and do Warde's job, never a good sign).  EJ Holland, while a divisive figure, is by far the best recruiting guy I've seen on any site going back 15 years or so I've followed Michigan football.  He also is not afraid to call it like he sees it.  The others on the staff are also decent.

Overall, On3 seems to be more objective than 247 which is just sunshine and rainbows all the time.  I find that to be the biggest difference, as well as in evaluating Warde / the AD.  

A final word...  I think people should manage expectations with this stuff.  There is so much infighting between the sites on who's right, who's wrong, who has the best info etc.  In reality, I've seen both places mess up or get things wrong, and I've seen both places get things right.  No one bats 100%, because guess what, things change!  People can change their views and decisions, and there's a ton of variables.  I don't get why fans say omg they were wrong or they flip-flopped...  it's like, dude, shit happens and things change.  So long as you don't expect perfection, it's pretty fun to follow and feel more in-tune with the program.

Again, I would stress the biggest reason I spend the money is for access to some of those power posters and not necessarily just the mods.