Seems he has a need for attention and this is a way to get it because he certainly hasn't done anything on the field this year to garner any attention.
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People were ok with him if he had chosen Alabama but no one wants to come out and say the truth.
He went to almost every UK home game, he set there with other recruits, he bear hugged Mark Stoops at every Cat Walk. He tweeted the fan base before showing up that he was on way to Commonwealth, Go Cats
Mark Stoops did not recruit another RB due to some assurances and leanings, I mean you go to almost every home game for a full FB season than you might feel confident in landing him.
He lied days before announcement to UK fans on the twitter and face book response, he went into denial, he was recruiting with other Bama recruits at All Star game. He lied about this.
There were some thoughts he may have had influence on some UK recruits that had committed earlier in year with some disparaging posts and contact with guys privately on face book, twitter, etc. I can name of at least 4-5 that were committed to UK but he was in contact and flat out trashed UK allegedly. I have heard this and so did the coaches and other recruits. There is a story out there and many know it. UK staff is not going to say anything but this has been discussed.
Only thing he did was give UK a bit of time to go back and get the kid in Ga or someone else. Good lesson learned. Allegedly he flamed the commits that he had been on visits with for 2 years and knew, he fanned some flames.
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He went to almost every UK home game, he set there with other recruits, he bear hugged Mark Stoops at every Cat Walk. He tweeted the fan base before showing up that he was on way to Commonwealth, Go Cats
Mark Stoops did not recruit another RB due to some assurances and leanings, I mean you go to almost every home game for a full FB season than you might feel confident in landing him.
He lied days before announcement to UK fans on the twitter and face book response, he went into denial, he was recruiting with other Bama recruits at All Star game. He lied about this.
There were some thoughts he may have had influence on some UK recruits that had committed earlier in year with some disparaging posts and contact with guys privately on face book, twitter, etc. I can name of at least 4-5 that were committed to UK but he was in contact and flat out trashed UK allegedly. I have heard this and so did the coaches and other recruits. There is a story out there and many know it. UK staff is not going to say anything but this has been discussed.
Only thing he did was give UK a bit of time to go back and get the kid in Ga or someone else. Good lesson learned. Allegedly he flamed the commits that he had been on visits with for 2 years and knew, he fanned some flames.
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I suppose that means you missed HIS (harris') blocked punt in the SEC Championship game - a game in which no Kentucky Wildcat has EVER played, but Damien Harris has - which almost resulted in a touchdown but instead a dramatic safety followed by getting the ball back and putting Alabama's offense right back out on the field and IS the very reason everybody is now talking about Damien Harris, including yourself . . . tool.
Yeah it was a great play. And he may end up being another in a long long of great Bama backs. But that doesn't change the fact that he lied to UK fans and coaches. So, eff him!
Totally agree with this, probably same people saying mark right should be our OC.
So they haven't won in 2 years...my fault ONE of the top 4 teams in the country year in and year out. Can't really believe this is the part you want to point though. Fact is, he made the right choice for him.
He's 18. My freshman year my BAC was higher than my GPA. Don't hate him for getting tired of people bashing him. It's right for thus board to bad mouth him but not for him to post this... C'mon man.
Kind of like he dumped Drake after his injury last season and the fact that he was in the staff's doghouse in 2012 and 2013, right? Or CJ Mosley who wasn't 100% for 2 years, right? Or our kicker who sucked last year and the first few games this year, in addition to having multiple back injuries, right? How about Cyrus Kouandjio, who tore both his ACL and MCL? Man, he really kicked them to the curb.
Those claims about Saban are BS. Much like the BS claims against Calipari for having "dumped" or "processed out" Wiltjer, Harrow, Dodson, etc for underperforming.
EZBlue, I personally don't think UK fans hate on Harris. What we hate is the lies. He led Stoops to believe he was "All In" with UK, so Stoops did not recruit any other back, but Harris was telling his friends, all the time that he wasn't going to UK,that he was just using them for the perks.
We don't blame him for going to Alabama, just as other schools should not blame top players from going to UK, Duke, NC, Kansas, and other top programs. What we don't like is dis-honesty. Just tell us the truth and we can deal with it and respect you. I bet your parents taught you to be truthful.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
This subject should have run it's course by now but his tweet stirred the pot again for me. I don't need to repeat all of the perks and pro UK things he took advantage of during his recruitment but in the end he stuck his finger in the eye of UK and the BBN. He had every right to go to Alabama but any fan base is going to get pissed when they get 'used' and he more than used us- he spit in our faces. For him to give UK and the BBN a ration of sh*t when he should have been celebrating his win was uncalled for. I'm not going to be classless like him but he's now shown that he's a classless little piss ant. I do hope however that whomever they play next beats the hell out of Alabama. I don't like to use the word 'punk' but I did Google it his picture popped up.
My only opinion was to wish him the best up this point and understood his decision completely. However, after taking that unnecessary dig at UK while celebrating the title, he can go rot. What a complete tool he is.
Say what you want but there was no reason for him to take a cheap shot at UK. If he hadn't lied and laid out every sign imaginable that he was going to UK I'd like to think Kentuckians would be happy for him. But that's not the case (and you KNOW that's not the case) so the criticism he gets from UK fans is well deserved. His low class scum bag comment was totally uncalled for.
He also encouraged UK fans to come to his games and support him . I think " fill the house with blue " was the term he used in his interview on KSR . A lot of people felt misled .
I had nothing against that kid's decision but that tweet was unnecessary. Why take a jab? Savor the moment and stay humble. Our basketball team is chalk full of out of state talent and I wouldn't stand for them diggin' at their home state school. Classless but I won't lose any sleep.
A lot of hate on this thread. Harris is a great player. Alabama is a historically and currently elite program that emphasizes its running backs. UK is a perennial cellar dweller in the SEC and our program is in its 6 year of being a complete mess. He made the correct decision to go to Bama. None of us know what was said between Harris and UK. We asked him to come to games and he obviously liked UK but the opportunity at Alabama was just too much better. I wish him the best. I wanted him here but I am not sure even a talent of his level would fix what is wrong with this program. We should all move on.
Again no one is saying anything about the decision. It is what played out after the fact.
I have a real problem with anyone regardless of age that lies. He lied, maybe speak to some people that were involved. Coaches don't take recruiting personal, you can't but sometimes you don't like the way it all went down and the way it went down was not how it was said it would go. Not that he did not choose UK the fact he sabotaged a lot of commits with FB comments, twitter, recruiting for Bama etc.. He told Stoops and Co. that he would let them know. Allegedly things came to light later that he spoke to commits that he met on his many free visits to UK, after he chose UK and secretly down graded and said some disparaging remarks concerning program. Most of these were some de commits later on. Believe all you want but he was a total little punk.
Some pretty shoddy stuff. Believe it or not. I think if kid gets up and says great things about UK and goes. He was a punk and that is all that needs to be said. No sense making excuses for the guy.
We have seen this play out, Shawn Alexander playing for Tide, he was not recruited by Curry, you can make fun of Curry or home state school. Ron Mercer went to UK, he never said bad things about Vandy or UT, he just said this is why I came to UK to win NC and play with best.
Who cares? He didn't want to be here and he doesn't play for us. I don't know why losers keep posting Harris threads. Go to the Bama board.
Agree!!!!!!... after the way he played the coaches and UK fans I don't wish him any luck at Alabama although I think he is going to be just fineI I would never ever ever wish to see a young man get hurt... if this doesn't get somebody baned what does...
I posted AFTER his tweet. I'm not a loser and I'm not going to the Bama board. You made four comments in your post and whiffed on all four.
Yepp. He's a sorry person for what he did. There's no other way to explain it.
I wasn't going to reply to this post, but since nobody else has examined it for it's real merit I've decide to do so. You wrote about coming out and saying "the truth" about Harris' recruitment. Well you've written it and you don't even know it. What does it really say when an SEC football coach allows himself (allegedly) to be completely manipulated by a recruit? What does it mean when he puts all of his eggs in one basket that he doesn't even have? What does it mean that he knows of his pending failures in advance, so much so that he must vilify the actions of somebody that in most ALL cases we define as a "kid" when he does actually sign with us, and will protect on the merits of his remaining youth? If you're going to have the ability to be successful at this level - avoid failure - then you are immune to the wishy-washy tendencies of top recruits, their arrogances, and certainly have no need to engage in directing blame toward "the kid" when the recruiter fails to get the job done.
Character is revealed in times of failure AND success.
I also know the more you stir crap, the worse it stinks. Hopefully the kid will learn this in time. I realize that he caught some grief from UK fans upon his decision to go to Bama. However, he also played the #BBN and our coaches for everything he could get out of us.
I wish him no harm and hope he does well, but why kick a whole fan base when their down over a few crazies?
I also know the more you stir crap, the worse it stinks. Hopefully the kid will learn this in time. I realize that he caught some grief from UK fans upon his decision to go to Bama. However, he also played the #BBN and our coaches for everything he could get out of us.
I wish him no harm and hope he does well, but why kick a whole fan base when their down over a few crazies?
Boom can't sniff Harris jock strap one was a five star recruit and will play in NFL while the other was passed over by all SEV schools and tried to quit the team
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Get real people get real
OK, message board warrior. Guess his season highlight was a blocked punt that led to 2 points. Bud Dupree, Randall Cobb, Wesley Woodyard, Jacob Tamme, Danny Trevethan, Avery Williamson, Stevie Johnson, etc. may not have played in the SEC title game but they're in the NFL. We shall see about Harris.
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Harris used Stoops and uk to go to a lot of NCAA football games when all along he knew he wasn't coming here..Screw him and the horse he rode in on and the duck that followed him..No use for him at all.. He had no intentions of ever coming to UK..
Harris may yet play in the NFL, but he's going to need to improve on that <1,0 yard per carry against the SEC.
As for Boom, you actually don't know what you are talking about. He received offers from no less than SIX other SEC teams- Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Miss St., Tennessee, and South Carolina.
Moron...Boom hits daylight and is gone. Harris has not have half the explosion of Boom and doesn't carry the pounding that typical Bama RB (Lacey, Richardson, Ingram, Henry) have to date. We'll see what comes of him in future years, but I'll take Boom right now over Harris.
Boom has had the injury bug which may be a condition of his small stature...but the dude can flat out make yards of out nothing.
Yes, and Randall Cobb can't sniff Aaron Boyd because when they came to UK in the same class Boyd was a 4 star WR and Cobb was only a 3 star in the same class. Harris didn't do much at all this year for a 5 star and feels the need, probably due to insecurity, to poke UK. Seems if he had done more this year he wouldn't need to poke a school, its fans, its coaches, former players, and current players who recruited him hard. Seems odd that he felt the need to do that. Hope, Malik Monk doesn't do something similar to Arkansas fans next year and would bet he'll let his play on the court speak for him, which there wasn't much for Harris to point to in that regard this year. Just haven't been all that impressed with what I've seen of Harris at Alabama but maybe he'll be great. Certainly, doesn't have Boom's explosion from what I've seen so far.
We went thru this same crap last year when he basically lied and kept dangling a carrot that UK was in the running for his service. Yesterday, after his team wins the SEC championship he has nothing better to do that be a wise ***? How much more are some of you guys going to hug his nuts? He's immature, shows little class and frankly contributed about as much to that championship as their water boys. All this Kentucky bashing on here might be ok with some of you but I think its about time to support our guys and not worry about some 5th string running back whose already been recruited over. If we was on our team this year, he'd made about as much a contribution for us as he did for them.
I think if you look at him and you compare to Lacey, Igram, Henry, Drake, guy that was drafted by Cleveland and the guy playing for Jaguars. I mean Harris looks nothing like those guys in stature. He looks more like Ingram but still not that big or explosive. Just saying, Think if anyone feels he is the next great guy there or in the pecking order to take over, may be in for a surprise. Rumor is some were questioning his wiggle and ability to make you miss aspect, this is why they are trying like hell to bring in a couple of big studs to go with guys from last year.
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Harris made a killing playing against weak *** competition. If he was that damn special, Henry wouldn't be carrying the ball 40 times a game. I don't think Harris is in the same category as Chubb, Fournette, Dalvin Cook or even Scarborough. He's a punk who doesn't relish being hit. As soon as Saban replenishes the running back depth in the next couple seasons , we will see just how special Harris is. He won't be getting fat on Kentucky high school teams anymore. I wish him no harm, but I sure as heck ain't no fan of his. I knew he was full of **** after not re committing to Michigan, after they hired Harbaugh. Afterall, the primadonna supposedly grew up a Wolverine fan. He's full of **** as a Christmas turkey.