Exactly. And who gets on this board to cheerlead for him? GOH with that nonsense. Someones that happy for him? Fine. Post it on THEIR board.
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Exactly. And who gets on this board to cheerlead for him? GOH with that nonsense. Someones that happy for him? Fine. Post it on THEIR board.
This thread should have been started on the Bama site. No reason for it to be here. He has nothing to do with UK.
This is ignorant. Siheim King didn't even RS, but there was a good chance Harris would have?
Boom missed a few games due to injury and benching...Harris would've been #2...and Harris could've helped lead us to a win over UL...so lets not act like he wouldn't have done anything here - and lets also not act like he wouldn't have gotten a ton more reps here than Bama.
So again, Harris won't ever play much at Alabama (which means he isn't any good and wouldn't have played much at UK), but the level of butthurt by a big section of our fanbase towards him is still so high. Never has someone who is not that good (according to some on here, I have no idea where he will end up in 3+ years at Bama personally), been so hated for not choosing our school.
False. There are tons of players every year who dont choose UK. Everyone moves on. For whatever reason, some posters here want to keep rubbing this kid in our face. He didnt choose UK? I get it. I dont even blame him.
But....if you want to post about him, especially congratulating him, do it there.
I have never seen anything like it. He's a kid living his dream playing football for his dream school with a shot of playing in the NFL if he develops. Why does the fact that he enjoyed his recruitment process while contemplating between being a home state hero or playing for a national powerhouse irk so many people? A lot of these kids have the same goal in mind, playing professionally, playing college football on Saturdays and graduating without debt. Some kids are good enough to play for Bama, Tennessee, Michigan, etc.. and choose to others choose not to and get more satisfaction out of rebuilding a program than getting championship rings. Whatever their choice, why hold it against them?
He did play the coaches and fans, that's where the dislike comes...coaches should've been smart enough though...
I think the fair statement is that he may not play much at all at Bama, but is good enough to have played a ton of reps here. Is it better to play a lot and possible help a team to mild success, or to play zero/to very little and watch a team achieve ultimate success (while collecting rings due to your teammates)? Personal preference, really...and null and void if he ever becomes the featured man at Bama.
I think its because he told the UK coaches not to recruit any other RBs...and when he knew he was going to Bama (after the iron bowl), he still didn't inform UK coaches that maybe they should start looking elsewhere. A lot of high school kids show at least that much courtesy to coaches that they have built relationships with...Hell, a ton of kids from KY or kids that had dads play at KY chose elsewhere, left home, flipped commitments and the fanbase hasn't had any poor feelings towards them...Harris did it differently.
Yep - the iron bowl was Nov. 29...he committed publicly on January 9.
Put our program in a bad position IMO, so I don't like that...I hope King can show out for us though, would love it.
As GG said, he really strung UK out to hang on the recruiting front (led them to believe he was going to sign with UK when he knew he was going to Bama), and has said some very condescending and immature things about UK since signing with Alabama. Good for him for living his dream of playing for a national champion, but I do hope that he shows more maturity than he has in the last year or so.
Yep.... It's all in the lying and handling, not in the decision.
Anyone still complaining about Lamar Dawson or any of the other 4 stars who chose elsewhere? The kid absolutely screwed UK
Anyone still complaining about Lamar Dawson or any of the other 4 stars who chose elsewhere? The kid absolutely screwed UK
I wonder if he's matured enough to not make any stupid comments after the game like he did after the SEC CG.
I didn't start the thread. I tend to agree there is no point to it as it brings out the butthurt in our fanbase so better to be not seen, not heard in regards to this topic on here.
Watched their little scat back looking HS recruit, BJ Emmons, play in an all star game recently. Was not overly impressed, but the game seemed to be dominated by the DLine, as no RB really stood out as outstanding.
This thread was clearly created by the BB fan to stir up FB fans. Just look at his previous posts. When was the last time this guy even commented on the FB board?
after watching him this year, he not a NFL back, he will gets some carries his JR/ SR Season, sorta like Jared Polson last two years at UK
Ummmmmmmm Eddie lacy who is having the best pro career of all bama backs, was primary behind Richardson. Yeldon was behind lacy.
IMO this is the perfect reply. I'm not upset with him for choosing Alabama but his smart *** comments about UK were pretty poor judgment on his part. The way he misled UK wasn't smart either. I moved on and we might as well all do the same. I'm trying to chalk this up to him being young and immature. The way he used the coaches and all of BBN was worse than a few UK fans that called him out. Hopefully we improve next year and he becomes a distant memory.
Only 3 more months before some IDIOT starts a thread about Damien Harris and the Bama spring game...
Harris is now a champion punk. I don't think very many hold his choice against him--- but most people don't like punks.
Are you joking? you think that's what makes you a champion? Then I'm a champion for being a fan a watching the wildcats win a championship.... Being a champion in life has nothing to do with playing sports...
Terrible and ignorant thing to say. Hopefully you are a poser trying to make UK fans look bad.
Thanks for the asinine statement, kind of shows where you are coming from. Either he is vastly overrated or he would have gotten as many carries as either of our backups, and surely more than our true freshman, who ended up getting a lot more carries AND yards (not to mention the YPC) than he did at Bama.
Hey, he can be a legit five star and at Bama never be more than a backup, did you see the pictures of Scarborough, also a five star, much bigger, and just as fast apparently. VERY impressed with his never give up run against MSU, not so much with another 2 yard carry by Harris in that game. And didn't Bama just sign another #1 RB?
No, I really think he made a bad choice for himself, he would have been a hero at UK (and helped our recruiting) if he had a so so career, which he is likely to have at Bama.
Another big factor is that while it is your opinion that we "suck" (which tells me where you are coming from) we are likely to have an OL just about as good as Bama in a couple of years, definitely getting there.
Not sure about you, but I would rather PLAY the game rather than sit on the bench at any level of football.
He would have been the difference maker in UK going bowling this year, no doubt in my mind about that. Think about how much our RBs got dinged up all season long, he would have played significantly regardless if starting the game or not. He would have been the kryptonite to Lamar Jackson. Oh well - shoulda, coulda, woulda.
Funny, never heard Harris described that way, and Harris is listed as a commit exactly the same as Emmons is-------5' 11" 205# and with a 4.5 forty.
Just thought it was interesting that they have exactly the same numbers but Emmons is described as a little scat back looking recruit.
Classy. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch.
Regarding Mr. Harris - He gone. We start winning, we'll get those players.
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I dont think that UK is going to include you in the ring ceremony for a championship, but I'm pretty sure Harris will be included in Bama's. I wished he was at UK, but just like some people that choose us in basketball Harris went with the best program in football and ended up with a ring. I'm not angry with the kid for making the decision, winning a championship is one reason he chose them and it happened in his first year. Good for him, now lets build a championship team and not lose the next 5 star from Kentucky.
I don't think anyone begrudges Harris for going to Alabama. I know I don't, and I don't think many UofK fans do. It was the way he did it. If you want to go to another school, and you've told them you were going to their school, which he did, then don't lead another school on, making them think your going to their school, UofK, just for the perks. Stoops truly believed he was going to UofK, so he wasn't recruiting any other RB's.
He told his friends after visiting Alabama, and telling Saban he was going to Alabama, that he was just using UofK for the perks.
Shortly after visiting Alabama, a friend of mine, who was a grad of Alabama, and was in the same Squadron with me in the Air Force, told me that Harris told Saban he was going to go to Alabama.
My friend said, "Vic, he is going to Alabama. He is just leading Kentucky on."
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
If my family didn't have ties with Alabama he wouldn't be eligible to play football factoring what he did. I promise you this he is one lucky kid to be eligible right now. If the ncaa knew of the cover up that happened in Berea during his senior year in high school the **** would hit the fan. I stick to my original statement. So call me and insult me all you wish because you don't know wtf went on.
Yeah.....your right. Let's just be proud he's from the state. Kind of like when my girlfriend cheated on me with the Sr. Captain of the football team - I was just proud of her for getting such a great catch!
Loser.....
What is it exactly that is so hard for you (and others) to understand? Nobody cares that he chose Alabama.......what folks DO care about is "how" he chose. He led UK on up until the verge of signing day in order to get perks, b-ball tickets....etc. Knew he was going to Alabama for months beforehand. Left us in a bind not having recruited other RB's to go all out for him.
Real classy kid right there.
