Damien Harris to EKU ??????
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Don't know if you are serious or not. But Bama won't release him to another SEC school. He would have to sit 2 years, but a way around that would be go JUCO for a year, graduate and go anywhere he wants with 3 years to play 2. Its what Alvin Kamara did who is now at UT.
Ahhhhh, the Harris family staying classy...
Not difficult to see where the kid learned to be such classless garbage
This is something that has always bothered me. Coaches and schools should not be able to block where a kid goes. I think this is an SEC rule that needs to be discarded
That provides some additional color to how the whole Harris recruitment process was handled, not that I needed any...
Can't say I disagree with you, but I don't think its an SEC rule, I think it's an NCAA rule. We had a kid who transferred to AU and sat one year because Richt told him to go wherever he wanted. Kirby on the other hand had some who wanted out when he was hired and he said anywhere but someone we play, which included GT. He caught some heat for it too.
I wonder how coaches, ADs, college presidents, or NCAA employees would feel if they had to wait a year, maybe 2, to take a new job? But I think free transfers with no penalty would create chaos. Would never know what you needed to recruit to fill your rosters.
You don't understand completely how the release process works. A player can transfer anywhere they choose and sit out a single season. The "release" only affects their ability to get financial aid. A kid with a full release can get aid immediately while if release is blocked then kid has to pay his way at the school of his choice for the first year.
Either way - just one missed season.
Yes Arc I completely understand the transfer process. Tray Matthews was no longer a part of UGA's football program when he transferred to AU, so he was transferring as a student at UGA, not an athlete at the time, athletic department had no say with him, yet Trigger Tray had to pay his own way that first year because he was a transfer into AU and not eligible for athletics. So it appears you are the one who doesn't understand how transfers and financial aide work.
Once again I will ask you to stop following me and attempting to correct everything I post when you in actuality don't have a clue, just a stalker.
Never understood why a coach would block a guy from leaving. Why would you want somebody around who didn't want to be there?
Its not so much leaving as it is going to your biggest rival, or conference member. Would UK fans want Boom at Louisville or at another SEC east school? Now don't jump the gun I am not saying he is looking, just an example of one of your best players.
Doesn't change a thing for me, why keep somebody who doesn't want to be there?
Sure no fan wants a player going to a rival school but if the coaches can go anywhere without penalty then the kids should be allowed as well
It doesn't matter - any kid can transfer and sit out one season. If they are "released" then they can immediately go on scholarship while sitting out. That's why the whole thing with Kirby Smart and Turman was so silly - he could've gone to UF or Miami or anywhere and just paid his way for a year and only missed a season. Folks acted like he was barred from going where he wanted but not really.
I only correct you about once a month - youll be okay. I figured you'd be glad to pick up some knowledge. If you are going to post like an expert it's not good to be wrong so much.
If you were right when you are correcting me it would be one thing, you haven't been yet. Trey Matthews could have gone anywhere he wanted, he was no longer a part of UGA's program, he chose AU and paid his own way, he did not go on scholarship until after he sit a year and he wasn't barred from going there, or anywhere else, once again you come to correct me and are as usual wrong. You are half as informed as you want to believe Arc, so go do some research and lay off me.
Grumpy, seems I've seen arc following you around and picking fights on a few different occasions.
Did you take his woman?
Did you take his woman?
Harris, might be 2nd string at best, come his senior year.....don't dislike the kid nor bitter with him...it's like Mac Jones, it's the allure of playing for Saban and Alabama...but reality set's in, when some recruits realize, There's 30 other plus top dogs.....or elephants
UK has lost transfers to UL. Hurts. But it is the approach that demonstrates character.
I never understand how these rules work. I hate them either way. It's bad for the kid no matter what. They need to change the rules. Maybe something like give all athletes one free transfer and after that they need to sit a year if they transfer again. We don't want player transfers becoming like NFL free agency but the punishment right now is a bit unfair.
As for Harris, this is yet another foolish troll move. I'm really starting to not like this kid. He seems to be very attention needy. I'm also not totally sure I believe him that this started out as a joke. I'm betting there is real tension there and someone jumped the gun by posting it and is now trying to pull it back in.
I kind of agree with Hinshaw's statement but definitely think it was better left unsaid.
But the the really stupid statement was this one by their biased reporter:
"Alabama football happens to be the right decision (side note: it is ALWAYS the right decision)"
Dumb statement, and probably over a 50% chance it is the wrong decision for BOTH Harris and Jones IMO. Goode was a four star that committed to UK back when 5.6 Little was by far our best RB commit, I think ALL of our other RBs were two stars, Locke was a 5.2. Goode switched to Bama after prep school IIRC and while playing behind a Heisman winner for four years might not have been too bad when they brought in their five star wonder boy the next year he definitely didn't have a chance, he transferred down a division for his senior year. In all probability he would have been a hero at UK and might have played himself into a nice NFL career. I doubt if many Bama fans even remember him.
Jones is going to have a player that played rings around him at the Elite 22 (did he even make the Elite 11?) in his class, with more great QB prospects coming in every year even if he beats him out, and Harris already has a beast in his class in Scarborough with not just the #1 RB prospect in the nation currently committed but he is also the #1 commit in the whole class at any position.
But the the really stupid statement was this one by their biased reporter:
"Alabama football happens to be the right decision (side note: it is ALWAYS the right decision)"
Dumb statement, and probably over a 50% chance it is the wrong decision for BOTH Harris and Jones IMO. Goode was a four star that committed to UK back when 5.6 Little was by far our best RB commit, I think ALL of our other RBs were two stars, Locke was a 5.2. Goode switched to Bama after prep school IIRC and while playing behind a Heisman winner for four years might not have been too bad when they brought in their five star wonder boy the next year he definitely didn't have a chance, he transferred down a division for his senior year. In all probability he would have been a hero at UK and might have played himself into a nice NFL career. I doubt if many Bama fans even remember him.
Jones is going to have a player that played rings around him at the Elite 22 (did he even make the Elite 11?) in his class, with more great QB prospects coming in every year even if he beats him out, and Harris already has a beast in his class in Scarborough with not just the #1 RB prospect in the nation currently committed but he is also the #1 commit in the whole class at any position.
Guess this guy that is #1 in the class is the one I was referring to. Sure next year they will have another similar one at that position.
Probably, but it won't matter. Harris is going to have a career backing Bo Scarbrough up.
Harris could very well end up starting for Bama in a few years, by coincidence this RB is also named Harris, LOL. But I think he dropped all the way to number two in the whole class in another listing, and some are even thinking he won't end up with Bama..
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I remember when they raked us over the coals for blocking Marvin Stone from transferring to the UL basketball team. I know we are talking about in conference rivals, but the point remains the same. Yet we were made to look evil for trying to block that transfer. We ended up allowing it in the end, but hardly any team allows a player to go to a rival. It should be a 1 year redshirt regardless of which school you go to.
What if you make the mistake of changing your mind and going to a different school (like Mac Jones), but it doesn't work out and you want to go to the school that you originally committed to (Kentucky)? If that team still wants you, you likely lose a year of eligibility from possibly redshirting at the first school (Alabama) and then you have to sit out an additional year. I like the idea that if coaches can bounce from job to job then players should be allowed to go wherever they want with only one year to sit out.
What if you make the mistake of changing your mind and going to a different school (like Mac Jones), but it doesn't work out and you want to go to the school that you originally committed to (Kentucky)? If that team still wants you, you likely lose a year of eligibility from possibly redshirting at the first school (Alabama) and then you have to sit out an additional year. I like the idea that if coaches can bounce from job to job then players should be allowed to go wherever they want with only one year to sit out.