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re: Five Star Running Back Damien Harris Commits to Alabama

Posted on 1/9/15 at 2:06 pm to
Posted by artompkins
Orange Beach, Al
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 2:06 pm to
They both looked exceptional to me in the all star games.
Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 3:14 pm to
Yea I lost a little respect for him when he said he's known it was all Bama for weeks.
Posted by Jango Fett
Gitmo
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 5:53 pm to
Congrats Bammers
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 6:34 pm to
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His mom's reaction made me choke up a little. I love seeing parents like that so full of pride and happiness for their child. She knows that he will be in good hands and that he made the right decision.
Me too. Had a similar situation with my mom. Packed up my truck, got ready to head to spring training, and my mom could not stop telling me how proud she was and how thankful she was that I had my dreams come true and that she was so honored that I was her son. Thought it was lame at the time, but it's gets to me now. Anything and everything I've ever had was because she's spent every waking moment giving her all for me. It was great to see Harris and his mom after his announcement
Posted by Five0
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 6:40 pm to
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Yea I lost a little respect for him when he said he's known it was all Bama for weeks.


Why?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 6:46 pm to
I don't blame him. He gets a few minutes of the spotlight. He picked Bama over UK. Good luck to him.
Posted by CCTider
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 7:10 pm to
He's a big commit that I didn't think we'd get, until the barrage of CBs to Bama in the last couple days. Then after hearing Elam was at the ceremony had me little worried. I guess UK is just gonna have to steal the next 5 star basketball player from Alabama.
Posted by houndstoothbandit
Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 8:17 pm to
This is for Cousins and Bledsoe
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 8:24 pm to
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This is for Cousins and Bledsoe


Fair enough, as long as Harris only stays 1 year.
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:21 pm to
If I were Kentucky my first reaction to the Harris to Alabama news is--Its Chavis's fault.
Posted by LSU_Tigahs66
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 9:37 pm to
Yes, but he's no Leonard Fournette...
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 10:26 pm to
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Why?


If he's known it's Bama for "weeks" (which is a complete 180 from his Twitter comments last night about not knowing until the last minute) then it's kind of shitty to drag things out knowing that it's not as easy for Kentucky to recover from a "no" on the recruiting trail then it would be for Alabama.

I don't wish him any ill will or anything, but if that's the case it is a little annoying knowing that Kentucky has some other good targets at RB they could've been working on.
Posted by chattabama
12essee
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 10:45 pm to
I don't understand why coaches don't have backup plans to their backup plans. These are 17 year old kids who make decisions for a number of reasons. Even if you feel good about landing one, you still look for another because you just never know.

With Alabama this year we thought we had Adonis Thomas locked up even when he was a gator commit. Until he committed to us we still pursued Ricky Deberry and Darrell Wiiiams.

NSD announcements are the ones that really screw over coaching staffs. Those ones are almost impossible to plan for.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 10:51 pm to
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I don't understand why coaches don't have backup plans to their backup plans. These are 17 year old kids who make decisions for a number of reasons. Even if you feel good about landing one, you still look for another because you just never know.


I mean they do. Kentucky has recruited other guys. But if you're UK and you have a shot at a guy like Harris you're likely putting as many of your resources into swaying him as you can even while recruiting your backup plan. Everybody has certain guys that are recruiting priorities.

It just has to be shitty for the staff to have heard all the way through last night that it was a last minute decision and then today he tells everyone that he knew "for weeks" that it was Alabama. I imagine Stoops and Co. wishes they knew that so they could've focused on other kids instead of wasting their time if true.
Posted by chattabama
12essee
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 1/9/15 at 11:18 pm to
Yeah. I think the biggest thing that UK was missing this year is that vocal recruiter commit. I know last year Drew Barker was a pain in the arse for Elam's recruitment Blake Barnett did work on Harris. UK didn't have a vocal leader to counteract some of that.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 1/10/15 at 10:46 am to
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Its Chavis's fault.


Who?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 1/10/15 at 10:48 am to
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I mean they do. Kentucky has recruited other guys. But if you're UK and you have a shot at a guy like Harris you're likely putting as many of your resources into swaying him as you can even while recruiting your backup plan. Everybody has certain guys that are recruiting priorities.

It just has to be shitty for the staff to have heard all the way through last night that it was a last minute decision and then today he tells everyone that he knew "for weeks" that it was Alabama. I imagine Stoops and Co. wishes they knew that so they could've focused on other kids instead of wasting their time if true.


Yeah, this is very true, especially for a school like UK who struggles to get 5* guys. If he's know for weeks, then he should have told Stoops so he could focus on other recruits.
Posted by Chadaristic
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 1/10/15 at 10:49 am to
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Yes, but he's no Leonard Fournette...


This is what a pathetic post looks like.
Posted by CrimsonChin
the gutter.
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 1/10/15 at 4:54 pm to
The last bama rb from Kentucky became an all time great and went on to be great in the nfl as well.
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72570 posts
Posted on 1/10/15 at 4:56 pm to
I can only hope he's a fraction of Shaun Alexander.
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