Ever heard of Kentucky Basketball? He attended many good games and got his ego stroked too with fans chanting his name.
Damien Harris trolling again
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Ever heard of Kentucky Basketball? He attended many good games and got his ego stroked too with fans chanting his name.
could be, we have gotten a bit off topic here, but I'll just say I can't get inside his head or know what his through process was back then and it's hard for me to see how anyone else can either. He may have been 80/20 Bama/UK and still leaving the door open in his mind who knows. A lot of things are possible.
At any rate I think he used poor judgment in engaging a angry fan on twitter and he'll soon learn that's a losing battle.
He asked the UK staff to not recruit any other RBs. His mind was made up after the iron bowl, but didn't inform UK staff until mid January. Continued to UK basketball games etc.
Like I said, UK staff is paid to not let this type of stuff happen...but they were played with how it all went down.
Again, has nothing to do with choosing Bama...just the timeline and the favors that were asked by Harris that seem pretty nuts for a kid not even picking your school. Tweeting/RT UK fans the whole week up to the announcement, when he knew 2 months ago. Hell, he would've had KSR cover the announcement of it weren't for his coaches and school administrators stepping in and telling KSR it wouldn't be the best idea (because they knew the choice well in advance)
I wish UK fans would stop tweeting at guys that choose to go to another school. While I agree that Harris took an unnecessary shot at Kentucky, it makes us look bad when UK fans tweet at an Alabama player. There is really no good reason to send negative tweets to a college athlete.
And apparently the kid is still making this a story today. just loves himself some me.
as I said in my original post in this thread, what other 3rd stringer around this conference gets himself in this many headlines? I'm sure it makes Nick Saban very happy.
as I said in my original post in this thread, what other 3rd stringer around this conference gets himself in this many headlines? I'm sure it makes Nick Saban very happy.
And you know this how, and how big a part of any success that Bama has in the future will be because of him, vs the amount he would have been responsible for at UK------even if he doesn't turn out very well on the actual field, he could have helped a great deal in recruiting alone at UK, instead of hurting it. Now this crap.
I suspect that he won't have that big of an impact at Bama, Scarborough sounds like the kind of beast Saban likes, and they have the top RB in the nation already committed #2 for all positions in 17-------not counting the top RB commits already in the 16 class.
He needs to stop making a fool of himself (in basketball also) and start worrying about getting a few carries at Bama before he transfers.
Oh, and by the way, he is likely passing up running behind the top rated OL in the nation in 17 if we get our instate five star, and one that will likely average well above a four star (5.840) even if he commits somewhere else. And I don't see any reason that Wills shouldn't like to play with two former teammates PLUS all the other positions having a four star starter IF they aren't beat out by some better underrated talent that our staff seem to be experts at locating.
So far he is averaging about two yards a carry behind that great OL at Bama, he needs for someone to tell him to keep his mouth shut and quit dissing his home state until he actually does something on the field-------if he ever gets that chance.
Good job of living up to your name.
How do you get over 100% on a story like this, I guess it is easy if you are ignorant.
And there is a long way to go to the statement even being 100% factual, I personally see a lot of success in UK's future football future, there is a very good chance that UK will have a higher rated OL for starters in 17 than Bama, and maybe anyone else in the nation.
A very good chance we land another (or better, higher rated) next year, and with only one starter missing from the TWO DEEP we still shouldn't be hurting too badly the next two years with two four stars AND a five star added to that group in 16.
But you could be right about Boom, not sure I would trade him for Harris, and not even sure King won't give him quite a run for his money before it is over with results wise, especially if we become truly elite on the OL by adding our resident five star.
And even if we don't get our second five star on our OL there should be plenty of very good OL that should want to play with this group with a leader like our new center is supposed to be------that might even get to redshirt since we have a great fifth year leader and Remington candidate coming back already.
This kind of banter is really old and childish. Harris didn't start anything bout UK. He commented on the NBA and then our fan made a huge leap to compare it to Harris going to Bama. I fail to see the parallel there. Harris' response was factual and not really insulting if you are honest.
It certainly didn't help with Harris' recruitment that Coach Brown left and we replaced him with a complete disaster of an OC who had never called plays before. Who knows if Gran had been here he may have been able to keep Harris home with his history of coaching great SEC backs. UK had a shot at him and right at the end of recruitment we crapped the bed with our offensive coaches. Did you see our offense last year? Hershel and Bo couldn't have fixed that mess. Not to mention that the best football program in the country made him top priority. Get over it and leave the kid alone.
It certainly didn't help with Harris' recruitment that Coach Brown left and we replaced him with a complete disaster of an OC who had never called plays before. Who knows if Gran had been here he may have been able to keep Harris home with his history of coaching great SEC backs. UK had a shot at him and right at the end of recruitment we crapped the bed with our offensive coaches. Did you see our offense last year? Hershel and Bo couldn't have fixed that mess. Not to mention that the best football program in the country made him top priority. Get over it and leave the kid alone.
He should hire a press agent who would quickly tell him he's on his way to becoming a most unpopular personage in the state of Kentucky. Maybe that doesn't concern his still developing mind but someday it may come back to bite him on a very sensitive sitting area.
Rex Chapman could give him some good pointers on that. Easier to lose respect than regain it.
No matter. Good luck to him. He's only a kid.
Rex Chapman could give him some good pointers on that. Easier to lose respect than regain it.
No matter. Good luck to him. He's only a kid.
he is still in the learning process.. little easier for adults behind a keyboard to have all the answers.
Hes not being bashed because he didn't come to UK. Its how he handled it. Plenty of other in state kids didn't choose UK and weren't bashed.
I remind that Elam went to Harris' announcement.
This was a big eff you to him by Bama staff.
I wish Elam would use this as motivation so that one day, he too would avoid being a poster boy for recruiting decisions and the Alabama Football program.
This was a big eff you to him by Bama staff.
I wish Elam would use this as motivation so that one day, he too would avoid being a poster boy for recruiting decisions and the Alabama Football program.
I was getting ready to ask, did something happen to Scarborough?
I wonder if Kevin Durant really gives a damn what Harris has to tweet? I wonder how much sleep he will actually lose? There's a reasonable chance that he has never even heard of Damien Harris.
Boom Williams > Damon Hardison
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/stanley-boom-williams-1.html
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/damien-harris-1.html
As of both freshman years.... Sophomore year for Damin Hardison not tallied yet as he was a year behind Boom!!!
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/stanley-boom-williams-1.html
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/damien-harris-1.html
As of both freshman years.... Sophomore year for Damin Hardison not tallied yet as he was a year behind Boom!!!
Age isn't a determining factor to how much of a child someone is or is not. Maturity is. Based on what I've seen, yes, a sophomore in college can be considered a child. So can a middle-aged man attacking the sophomore on social media.
Alexander the Great was conquering the world at 16.
Throughout human history, men have assumed great power and maturity at young ages.
Today we consider people up to the age of 25 as "dependents" of their parents.
The only reason these "kids" act like kids is because we continue to treat them as kids
The kid is a dick.....looking to troll everybody and getting exactly what he wants when everyone rants about whatever he has to say.
Why give him the amusement?
Why give him the amusement?
nothing, just apparently forgotten by someone stupid & uneducated about college football
I believe we are above this useless banter. Whoever this guy is, he didn't come here thus I see no reason to let this subject get in the way of our discussions of UK Football.
We should all be so thankful that 16 year-olds aren't able to command large armies and march across foreign lands to imperialize, rape, and pillage the people any more.
People (adults) act like kids because they never learn(ed) respect or morals or how to build character. That's not an issue with treating kids like kids. It's an issue with **** parenting. If people treated kids like they need to be treated, this wouldn't be an issue. But they don't. So it is.
Edit: I'm done discussing the issue. He chose Bama. Big deal.
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Just listen (reading these posts) to some of yourselves; a recruit selects The Tide over UK football and you challenge his decision, his family defending him and then act surprised when he responds back to immature adults who attack him on message boards?
To those UK fans who have taken the high road here .......I applaud you and your more reasoned & objective approach.
To those UK fans who have taken the high road here .......I applaud you and your more reasoned & objective approach.
No, he's not. Stick to posting in GYERO or whatever and that wonderful "sport" of golf.
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/alabama/89923
Actually he is second team which means he will also get plenty of touches. He may end up being their go to back as Bo Scarborough has been somewhat injury prone. Also of note, Derek Kief is second string as well as a RS soph.
Actually he is second team which means he will also get plenty of touches. He may end up being their go to back as Bo Scarborough has been somewhat injury prone. Also of note, Derek Kief is second string as well as a RS soph.
I've lost a lot of respect for the guy. He has not handled himself with class during this entire process (though I understand that it's probably difficult to shrug things off when you have idiot grown men on twitter trolling you all of the time). He had every right to choose Bama, but he has gone out of his way to embarrass and disparage his home state school every step along the way.
He was 2nd string last season as well after they lost a lot of their backs to injury. With him being 2nd string you then saw Henry getting all the touches he wanted and then some. He was getting over worked putting the load on his shoulders alone and it worked.