Your sources reported mostly speculation and very little factual information. Your sources also only have a sliver of the facts, because they are not in the hiring committees meetings and the hiring committee is not telling anyone else what they are thinking and who they are favoring.
That's what a lot of people do here, but I don't think it's the point of this board. It's allowed to be part of it, but I don't think it's the point of it.
Not me, brother. I don't do that and I'm not the only one who doesn't.