Did a recruit lie to Stoops?

[BigBlueCatNation]

Hatris probably will not see much time at Bama until maybe his jr if not his sr year. Their BACK FIELD is sick with talent again!!!

You're probably right. However, there will be 1 game this year that he will play in and maybe play a lot of minutes.....

 

[TheBigBlueSpectacle]

Whether it be Damien Harris or anyone else, if a kid knows that he's not coming, then he should at least let a coach know so that he can find a replacement.

With a top tier player, a coach will hold on till the end to try and get his commitment.

If Harris knew it was Alabama and he didn't let CMS know, after attending all the games and stuff, then that was wrong.

At least Malik Monk gave Mike Anderson plenty of time to find other players.

And it's not even that he didn't notify the staff. He actively told the staff to not recruit others during that period.

 

[screwduke]

He wont be starting over Scarborough ... that dude is an absolute freak.

I saw a pic of Scarborough and he is f'n huge. He looks even bigger then Henry.

 

[Levibooty]

People are always talking about character and how much value they place on it. In that vein DH comes off as a punk. Even his mother looked uncomfortable with him on signing day.

 

[Anon1713320623]

I saw a pic of Scarborough and he is f'n huge. He looks even bigger then Henry.

Pretty sure he's about 6'3 240 ... that is huge, where the hell do they get these guys?

 

[Beatle Bum]

He said yesterday that HAD they offered he would have been thrilled, but then qualified and said he thinks he still would have come to UK, partly due to his relationship with Marrow. It was clear that OSU did not offer.

But on Matt Jones' podcast, Matt asked a leading question about an OSU offer and Conrad agreed. Because he did not correct Jones, it appears he did get the offer. Listen to the UK show and it does not seem that way.

 

[ukfan03]

ukfan, I don't think any fan of U K would have cared if he went to Alabama, if he had been upfront with it. We didn't even care if he attended some of our games. What pi$$ed all the fans off was he led Stoops to believe he was definitely coming to UK, but had told his friends he was going to Alabama, that he was just using Stoops for the perks.
If you recall, Stoops believed him enough that he didn't recruit a running back, until he found out the truth.
Be upfront with us. Don't be a damn liar, and we can accept that and wish you the best.

OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!

He didn't commit. He's allowed to change his mind. Who cares if he told Stoops he wanted to go to UK?

 

[richbrookstomato]

I care if anyone does something that is disrespectful to the UK Football program.

DH has done so numerous times.

Why wouldn't any UK fan be bothered by that?

 

[WildcatofNati]

But on Matt Jones' podcast, Matt asked a leading question about an OSU offer and Conrad agreed. Because he did not correct Jones, it appears he did get the offer. Listen to the UK show and it does not seem that way.

His Rivals page does not show a OSU offer. Could be a situation where Meyer let him know that he had a spot for him, but, when it wasn't immediately taken because of the UK commitment, then officially "there never was an offer". That way, OSU doesn't look bad if an in-state guy turns them down for UK.

 

[ukalum1988]

His Rivals page does not show a OSU offer. Could be a situation where Meyer let him know that he had a spot for him, but, when it wasn't immediately taken because of the UK commitment, then officially "there never was an offer". That way, OSU doesn't look bad if an in-state guy turns them down for UK.

Yep - O$U and their fans like to play the "commitable offer" game.

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

Wonder who coach was referring too? First marrow talks about a number 1 team then Stoops steps in and talks a little bit and mentions a recruit saying ya they are coming but yet they were lying to him.

I find it interesting they want these kids on campus on many visits to make it feel like home to em.



Q. Was last year somewhat of an anomaly with UK, the decommits, as many as there were last year?


VINCE MARROW: I think there's something to that. I didn't see too many decommits last year. Our belief is we got kids on campus more than two times, three times, pretty much they committed. Part of the guys that decommitted, they was only here once or twice. The number one team in the country came after them. That was hard to old onto. But, yeah, I see a little bit of that.

COACH STOOPS: Again, piggybacking on that, you see the decommits. I was watching briefly ESPN getting ready for this, you see all the flipping going on with major players. It's part of the game. Nobody likes to see it. Fans don't like to see it. But there's nobody that panics. It doesn't help you. Sometimes it's a kick in the gut, a kick in the other thing. It's a kick in the gut sometimes.

Recruiting is very personal. Coaches spend and awful lot of time recruiting these guys. That's what gets hard when guys pledge against you. That's why at the end of the day anybody that is going to sit in my office and look me in the eye and lie to me, I don't want them in this program. It all works out for the best most of the time.

Smart had 5 kids call him Tue and tell him they were coming and signed with someone else on Wed, didn't put any plan B offers out and we got 20 this class when we could have taken 26, I guess the bright side is we can take 31 next year if we can get 6 Jan entries.

 

[Blue Decade]

Here's looking at you DH.

For crying out loud. Stoops just signed arguably the best class our program has ever had. But you children can't talk about that, because you are still stuck on attacking Harris because he didn't do what you wanted him to do for your selfish reasons. Unbelievable.

 

[Pike 96]

For crying out loud. Stoops just signed arguably the best class our program has ever had. But you children can't talk about that, because you are still stuck on attacking Harris because he didn't do what you wanted him to do for your selfish reasons. Unbelievable.

Yeah that's exactly it...the exact type of post I'd expect from you.

Always such a benefit to have certain folks click on threads to let the rest of us children know what's stupid to talk about on the message board.

 

[Pike 96]

Smart had 5 kids call him Tue and tell him they were coming and signed with someone else on Wed, didn't put any plan B offers out and we got 20 this class when we could have taken 26, I guess the bright side is we can take 31 next year if we can get 6 Jan entries.

Curious who those 5 were? I'm sure you don't know for sure but could logically guess. Betting a Coyle went to Bama and Auburn?

 

[o_cobalt]

I'm sorry but I don't blame DH for going to Alabama. He committed to Michigan and no one was mad at him.

That was before he went to every football game and tried to befriend the basketball team.

 

[TeoJ]

got his championship ring......:cool2:

They even get rings when they don't play..........Right.