All those wishing him luck need to have their heads examined. I wish I'm no luck, I hope he is buried behind the other great backs at BAMA already, and as far as I am concerned, he used UK, Kentucky, the uk players, and anyone else he could find. Have no respect for a user.
Defending Damien Harris and The Decision ?
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I could care less about him.....The way he toyed with UK fans' emotions for months is unbelievable.
Grow up people. Quit whining about something that you can't control. He made a business decision. It's all about the dollar signs when you're the number one prospect in your postion. Kentucky football and Alabama football is like deciding between Lamborghini and ford right now. Both nice cars and have their pros and cons but if given to you for free which are you gonna choose hah
Just because he is 17 doesnt make what he did any less wrong. You're taught at a young age that lying is wrong and is frowned upon. If he knew his decision was made in November then why continue to lie to everyone and say he has not made a decision? Regardless of his age, playing games just plain wrong.
Never knew this guy was a criminal mastermind capable of completely bushwacking an entire football program, including coaches paid millions of dollars. It's really quite impressive.
Or he's just a 17 year old who made selfish decisions in order to have a little fun. Stop getting wound up about teenage boys, your life will be better for it.
Or he's just a 17 year old who made selfish decisions in order to have a little fun. Stop getting wound up about teenage boys, your life will be better for it.
I don't care where he went it was the way he played our coaches an fans,standind in Cat walk so Stoops could see him in his ,Why Not tee shirt having fans asking for autographs,if he had any care for UK an Coaqsh Stoops he would have told 6 weeks ago where he was going but no he wanted those good basketball tics an free food,very selfish of him
Harris was never coming to KentuckyOriginally posted by K_TIME:
1. Maybe the visit for Iron Bowl pushed him from UK to Bama was 1.5 months ago. Maybe he wanted to visit UK after the Iron bowl to see if it would change him and it didn't. I don't like that he didn't come UK's way, but I don't feel like hating on Harris for his decision.Originally posted by mdlUK.1:
Duh, making the decision 1.5 months ago IS the issue. How hard is that to understand?
Most of us are sad that he chose Bama but completely understand. He did what his heart told him. No one can fault him for that. But to drag it out like he did, giving the impression that UK was still right there when they weren't? That's BS.
As late as yesterday he was saying NO DECISION had been made. Today he says he chose Bama after the Iron Bowl. And you can't understand why UK fans might have a problem with that?
2. Even if Harris verbals to Bama on first week of December after his Iron Bowl trip...exactly which RB are we missing out upon in 6 weeks time? To be fair...we've missed out on back a long time before Thanksgiving that choose other schools and UK focusing on Harris. A simple decision first week of December didn't leave us hanging out to dry in past 6 weeks.
3. We aren't hurting for RB (even though Harris would play ahead of all current RB besides possibly Boom). Our true problems at UK are DL, Offensive Tackles, DB that can cover and maybe a big play WR. RB isn't what is holding UK down the next 3 years with Boom around...that kid showed he can play bigtime ball and maybe Horton will be a good compliment for a physical back.
First: I'm a Ky Football fan. I don't give a rat about any other sport at UK unless the bball team is winning in late March. Football is the sport of all sports. That said, while disappointed in his decision, I can't find anything Harris did that was wrong, immoral, etc...
As for why he waited if he knew his choice would be Bama...maybe he knew but we don't know where his mother stood. Maybe she was instrumental in his delaying making an official decision thinking/hoping he would choose Ky. That may not be an accurate explanation, but IMO it is more likely than the possibility he simply wanted to hurt our program. We may never know why he waited, and it's really none of our business.
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As for why he waited if he knew his choice would be Bama...maybe he knew but we don't know where his mother stood. Maybe she was instrumental in his delaying making an official decision thinking/hoping he would choose Ky. That may not be an accurate explanation, but IMO it is more likely than the possibility he simply wanted to hurt our program. We may never know why he waited, and it's really none of our business.
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Very proud of UK fans today, while eating at Malones during the basketball game, Harris walked in with his ALA gear on, not one fan said a word to him and left him alone.
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Season ticket holder who likes BB and FB at UK. Season tic holder in FB. Personally I think DH loved UK FB and Coach Stoops but was swept off his feet by bama! What young fb player wouldn't get excited about the chance to play rb for probably the #1 program in the country now and also historically. Yes DH shoulda let the KY coaches know if his mind was made up but he is 17 for heavans sake!!! Maybe he wasn't sure or maybe he just dreaded telling Stoops, who knows.I hope he succeeds at Bama, I will follow his career and pull for him when he is not playing the Cats. I will follow/cheer for Boom JoJo and crew more!!!
As much as I wanted him at UK, he made the best decision for him and I don't think UK was ever really in it after Bama came calling, but...ever think Stoops staff knew they were never really in it and DH wasn't necessary stringing the staff along but doing Stoops a favor and giving UK football good publicity by putting the perception out there that they were in his top 3. You never really know...
^^^^^^^^^^ He wasn't doing Stoops any favors,Stoops was not told the truth by the Harris camp, getting beat out at the last second is not good at all. The kid didn't make a good choice but we will have to wait and see who is right but by that time nobody will care.Stoops doesn't need the publicity but it sounded like the Harris camp did.
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Sorry, I think going to down to the wire with Alabama and Ohio St for the nations top running back does reflect good on UK/Stoops...it sure beats the days of getting beat out by Marshall and Vandy for some 2 star recruit. Look, Its a sign of change in the program that the Cats are playing big boy football now and NO recruit (no matter how high he's ranked) is off the table. And yes, Stoops/UK FB do need the all the publicity they can get to generate hype/interest in the program until they can get it to the point where the program starts selling itself by its own successes.
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...it sure beats the days of getting beat out by Marshall and Vandy for some 2 star recruit.
You're right, js. Many posters on this board appear to hold Coach Claibourne in very high regard and rightfully so. However, I remember during his years , on signing day I'd turn on every radio show I could find that was talking about the players Ky signed. More often than not, we'd sign players that had offers from schools like Miami of Ohio, Bowling Green, etc... At least now we're drawing the interest of players recognized by the power schools. IMO, you can tell more about a recruit by the schools that are recruiting him than about anything the recruiting gurus might say.
You're right, js. Many posters on this board appear to hold Coach Claibourne in very high regard and rightfully so. However, I remember during his years , on signing day I'd turn on every radio show I could find that was talking about the players Ky signed. More often than not, we'd sign players that had offers from schools like Miami of Ohio, Bowling Green, etc... At least now we're drawing the interest of players recognized by the power schools. IMO, you can tell more about a recruit by the schools that are recruiting him than about anything the recruiting gurus might say.
Losing players at the last second does not help the program, another loser menatilty post. UK would have got better publicity getting 4 star RB Hall who they could gave gotten, it's only good pubicity when you get a recurit, Joker almost got Lamar Dawson or so they said at time.
^^^^^ Agree. No hatred at all for the kid but could care less about his "career". If he is not for us, he is against us. I only hope the threads about him will end! I also have ZERO respect for the "fans" who root for UK in basketball but root for some other established winning program in football. Please stay away from the football board. I'm all in with Cal and Stoops!
^^mdlUK.1 is right on the button here... It seems either you are only BB UK fans or are in denial. The kid strung us along and could have hampered our RB recruiting. Good thing we have a damn good backfield right now as is. I don't wish the kid luck or no luck.. I simply don't care about his career anymore. He lied and strung our football team and coaching staff along for an extra 1.5 months.
Loser mentality post? Did I want DH at UK? YES! Would it have been a HUGE get if DH had chose UK? Yes. I think we all agree with that. My point is that UK FB is still better off being in the conversation than not being in the conversation which is the only debatable point and the only positive take away at this stage in the DH game. Everything else is just crying over spilled milk. The only loser mentality posts are those crucifying a 17 year old who chose the Best FB program in the country. Its a business not Pop Warner. And as far as what UK was "led to believe"...We want to act like we are "in the know" because we follow the message boards, the paper, interviews, twitter, etc. Were not. I love to read the tea leaves as much as anybody, but what really goes on behind closed doors between a recruits camp and a coach doesn't make it to your ears...quit kidding yourself. For all we know, UK could have known all along that they were a backup plan to a potential Bama situation/offer...would UK have ever made that public? No, of course not...why would they? And btw, there is NO way, Stoops wasn't/isn't "all in" on a DH backup plan (if he sees that as a current need), and if he isn't then we've got much bigger problems than a DH recruiting loss.
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Hilarious - Harris doesn't owe CMS squat.
CMS owes all of us an apology.
This product after 4 years is awful.
We will be lucky if any top player ALLOWS us to recruit them as of now.
As of today we couldn't beg a 4 or 5 star to lead us on, is this better?
Or the people who know how recruiting works. We've gotten plenty of kids in basketball who have done this to their home state. The truth is you don't care unless he doesn't come here, and it's just because you are a sore loser.
Sttinging staff along sucked but made right decision. Maybe if Petrino was coach we would of landed him. Who knows kids a strong back no doubt
Moving forward I think it's best that we assume any player with an offer to Alabama is not going to choose UK until we at least prove to be somewhat relevant. Lord knows I wouldn't turn down a Bama football scholarship to join this circus show.