'15 KY RB Damien Harris (Alabama Verbal)

[Rack Em]

Decommitted from Michigan

Somehow Michigan has already gained and lost 2 elite 2015 recruits before 2014 NSD hahaha

I literally looked at michigan's class on 24/7 yesterday and thought "I bet Harris decommits in the next couple months."

YOU'RE WELCOME EVERYONE

 

[T Town Tommy]

Kid grows up a Michigan fan, gets an offer, commits, and then decommits. Not looking good for the Pillsbury Dough Boy in Ann Arbor.

 

[Luckylucci]

Wiltfong hearing that he should visit ND this spring.

 

[Rack Em]

Wiltfong hearing that he should visit ND this spring.

Daddy likes

 

[T Town Tommy]

Wiltfong hearing that he should visit ND this spring.

Mom still says Michigan is # 1 on his list. We shall see. OV's have a way of opening recruits eyes to other schools.

 

[Rack Em]

Mom still says Michigan is # 1 on his list. We shall see. OV's have a way of opening recruits eyes to other schools.

Then why decommit? Who did his mom say that to? Sounds like a cover story to get michigan reporters off her back.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Then why decommit? Who did his mom say that to? Sounds like a cover story to get michigan reporters off her back.

She text that to Steve Lorenz.

An interesting note in the article is that since the speculation that he was looking around and could decommit he has had "negative fan interactions" and that these could ultimately push him away.

DO. NOT. TWEET. RECRUITS.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

Then why decommit? Who did his mom say that to? Sounds like a cover story to get michigan reporters off her back.

The commit visit policy?

 

[md_bennett]

Then why decommit? Who did his mom say that to? Sounds like a cover story to get michigan reporters off her back.

I have to agree with this. If you are sold on the school you stay as a commit. If you start to waver about wanting to go there then you look around. If you think you rushed it, made a bad choice, or no longer like the idea of playing there, then the decommit happens. And we all know how hard it can get for folks wanting interviews, blowing up twitter accounts, swearing at kids, sending death threat letters in the mail after you decommit from their favorite team.

Of course it could be that in order to look around he HAD to decommit per Hoke's no visit policy. Have to think that policy is going to die a much needed death shortly, as a commit visiting another school looks far less harmful to others and to momentum than a decommitment does.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

The other visit policy doesn't really apply to kids like Harris. He might not be considered as a commit, per Hoke, if he visits but as soon as he says he wants back in the class then Hoke will take him. No shot Hoke tells him sorry about your luck. The no visit policy only applies to guys who can be replaced.

There is something more here than that policy.

 

[irishog77]

I hope Fred Flinstone never does away with his "no visit" policy. It makes him seem like an even bigger chump every time a kid visits elsewhere...and yet he decides to take him anyway.

 

[PANDFAN]

This has been in the works since borges left

 

[Rack Em]

This has been in the works since borges left

I wondered what the impact was from his firing. I saw on 24/7 that Borges was his recruiter.

 

[ab2cmiller]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>"People need to back off of [Damien]. People are attacking him and the fans better ease up or they're going to push him away from Michigan."</p>— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomVH/statuses/425668934990192643">January 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Harris' coach said the only impact a fan can have on a prospect's recruitment is a negative one. Apparently Michigan fans have been nasty.</p>— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomVH/statuses/425669062694166528">January 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Second tweet is so true.

 

[GBdomer]

Pathetic how people react to 17-18 old decisions. I accidentally tweeted at Jaylon one day with Jake Brown and felt terrible.

 

[wizards8507]

She text that to Steve Lorenz.

An interesting note in the article is that since the speculation that he was looking around and could decommit he has had "negative fan interactions" and that these could ultimately push him away.

DO. NOT. TWEET. RECRUITS.

Unless you're troll-tweeting other teams' recruits as a fake fan.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Unless you're troll-tweeting other teams' recruits as a fake fan.

I wonder how often that happens. Probably more then what we would guess.

 

[wizards8507]

I wonder how often that happens. Probably more then what we would guess.

Yeah and it wouldn't be that hard. A fake twitter account with some vaguely racist comments or something and that could seriously ruin a recruitment.

 

[zelezo vlk]

It takes a special kind of a-hole to do that.

 

[Irish#1]

I like that we were mentioned to get a look while the schools down south were just lumped together. Tells me there's no clear favorite from the SEC.

 

[PANDFAN]

it would also help if he wouldn't RETWEET everything

 

[ab2cmiller]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Well that's not good RT <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardWKYT">@HowardWKYT</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio">@KySportsRadio</a> spoke to Damien Harris in person last night and he said he's never been interested in UK</p>— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/statuses/425674178621366272">January 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Brooklyn]

it would also help if he wouldn't RETWEET everything

Thats very true. Thats like fuel for the overgrown children who tweet recruits.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Evidently his high school coach and Borges had a connection and evidently was a factor in his decision to commit to Michigan.
http://michigandaily.com/sports/jason-rubinstein-borges-aside-%E2%80%9Ccoaching-instability%E2%80%9D-plaguing-michigan-recruiting-front

Maybe it was a necessary change. But the Wolverines’s prized 2015 commit, five-star running back Damien Harris, soon tweeted, “Man ..... I can’t believe this about Coach Borges.”

Only time will tell whether or not Harris will decommit, but coaching changes certainly won’t help, even if the offense may improve without Borges. Harris’s high school coach has ties to Borges. The two coached together at Auburn in 2007. It’s possible that this is where Harris’s apparent displeasure with the move is rooted.

 

[ThePiombino]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Well that's not good RT <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardWKYT">@HowardWKYT</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio">@KySportsRadio</a> spoke to Damien Harris in person last night and he said he's never been interested in UK</p>— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/statuses/425674178621366272">January 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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That's 'fall off my toilet as I read this' funny.

 

[Irishnuke]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Well that's not good RT <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardWKYT">@HowardWKYT</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio">@KySportsRadio</a> spoke to Damien Harris in person last night and he said he's never been interested in UK</p>— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/statuses/425674178621366272">January 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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So. Much. Win.

 

[Cackalacky]

So. Much. Win.

#BBN

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Five-star running back Damien Harris talked <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NotreDame&src=hash">#NotreDame</a>, recruiting at the Best of the Midwest Combine today ($): <a href="http://t.co/wrHnBCcfFD">http://t.co/wrHnBCcfFD</a></p>— Irish Illustrated (@NDatRivals) <a href="https://twitter.com/NDatRivals/statuses/435531139998941184">February 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Booslum31]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Five-star running back Damien Harris talked <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NotreDame&src=hash">#NotreDame</a>, recruiting at the Best of the Midwest Combine today ($): <a href="http://t.co/wrHnBCcfFD">http://t.co/wrHnBCcfFD</a></p>— Irish Illustrated (@NDatRivals) <a href="https://twitter.com/NDatRivals/statuses/435531139998941184">February 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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More than curious about what was said here. This guy is a beast!

 

[CanadalovesND]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Five-star running back Damien Harris just ran a 4.44-second 40-yard dash at Best of the Midwest.</p>— Jake Brown (@Jake_Brown) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jake_Brown/statuses/435425392548012032">February 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Another 40-yard dash run for five-star running back Damien Harris. Clocks a 4.34 this time. Currently weighing 202 pounds.</p>— Jake Brown (@Jake_Brown) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jake_Brown/statuses/435431592245219328">February 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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