Disclaimer: The following statements are not based on fact, just on perception (but in the world of marketing, perception is all that matters)
“RIETS has to be #1”
* Correct me if Im wrong, but REITs is Chofetz Chaim, right? To the best of my knowledge, the CC crowd does not go the EY / BMG route, so as far as being a “feed into the “top” EY yeshivos and the crown jewel of the all, BMG,” Reits does not contribute to this pool.
” Lakewood has hundreds. “
Quite possible, but as far as I understand (again, just Bklyn perception) the 100s are dispersed among dozens of “specialty” yeshivas of 20-30 bochurim.
And that’s why Bklyn folks like me think the way we do.