'20 TN DE Jay Hardy (Auburn commit)

[chattavol420]

Auburn board saying UT should be ashamed for ruining his moment in February. Like what?

Dear god ut should be ashamed? What the hell are they smoking? This clown/weasel of a kid is giving interviews saying the Tennessee coaching staff needs to do this or that and the current older players need to try to connect with me etc. he’s stringing on our coaches to the point that they’re wasting valuable time at his basketball game (wonder how many auburn coaches are attending his basketball games)...all the whole he’s already signed elsewhere!!! I honestly don’t ever remember shifting from wanted a kid to be a vol, to absolutely detesting a kid so quickly. It’s just shocking that anyone could be so classless and attention starved. And I recognize he’s a teenager. But hell he's 18 years old. My god where are his parents?!?! Wasn’t his dad a former ut player?

 

[BigSteve09]

He signed with Auburn in the early period and is trolling our coaches.

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12/18. Typo my bad. It says Dec 18th for that column.

Props

 

[SLICKYINC]

I can’t say that I read everything thread because I don’t, but he said a few weeks ago or maybe longer that he heard straight from the horse’s mouth.

I don’t really care either way but people continue to criticize him when it’s clear he has access and gets info. But recruiting changes all the time.

I’m not criticizing him at all but the white knighting for the guy gets old af.

 

[VolGee4]

I’m not criticizing him at all but the white knighting for the guy gets old af.

Yea I don’t care. The constant complaining is old too. Goes both ways.

 

[jdaniels100]

Complete douche bag! Glad he went where he will fit in

 

[smokeyz1]

I have never understood the lure to Au.It is in the middle of nowhere. Unless they are still letting them smoke synthetic weed and not testing them or out right paying them big bucks.I just don't get it.

Wasn't there a TV show about 5 years ago where a couple former Auburn players fessed up and explained how they kept getting paid even while they were in school. May have been the HBO sports episode where Gumble is the host. Can't remember for sure. Then after the show aired, the players changed their story when the NCAA questioned them. Seems the former players blackmailed Auburn for more $$ after they left Auburn. So .. yeah ... Auburn pays them big bucks.

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

 

[Wormwood]

I wish good kids like Tua and Nick Chubb wouldn’t get hurt playing football, and kids who pull nonsense like this could take on those injuries for them instead.

I also hope Hardy never needs employment in the state of TN. Will be difficult for him.

 

[tn4elvis]

Wasn't there a TV show about 5 years ago where a couple former Auburn players fessed up and explained how they kept getting paid even while they were in school. May have been the HBO sports episode where Gumble is the host. Can't remember for sure. Then after the show aired, the players changed their story when the NCAA questioned them. Seems the former players blackmailed Auburn for more $$ after they left Auburn. So .. yeah ... Auburn pays them big bucks.

I remember watching that.

 

[appvol]

Auburn board saying UT should be ashamed for ruining his moment in February. Like what?

Didn’t the Auburn Rivals guy ruin his moment. Don’t think Austin ever said one thing about Hardy.

 

[sonofUT62]

Its even funnier to look back last week,when people wanted a really good coach fired because this sociopath said he didn’t communicate with him.

 

[Playdo]

This thread

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Its even funnier to look back last week,when people wanted a really good coach fired because this sociopath said he didn’t communicate with him.

Excellent point. Rocker can make NFL players out of less heralded recruits who buy in.

 

[BaldBiker]

Its even funnier to look back last week,when people wanted a really good coach fired because this sociopath said he didn’t communicate with him.

^There's truth here^

 

[smokeyz1]

Auburn board saying UT should be ashamed for ruining his moment in February. Like what?

The UT coaches owe AP a big thanks.

UT would have wasted countless hours trying to recruit Hardy right up until NSD ... and they would have held a spot open for him just in case he flipped. Hardy probably would have continued to lie to the UT coaches and told them he might flip. Now UT can offer that last spot to a deserving recruit without worrying about Hardy.

Agree with others that have said NCAA should make it mandatory to reveal when kids sign an LOI ... even if it is in a private database that only school compliance offices can view. NCAA is just asking for recruiting violations if they let totally SECRET LOI signings to continue.

 

[gorockytop98]

Dude was trying to get more money and it ruined.

 

[BigSteve09]

So did our staff not know?

Or did the reporters not know and they made up narratives and embarrassed themselves? Would our coaches have been at that b-ball game to recruit anyone else?

 

[Weezer]

Just catching up on this story, but this is beyond dirty. Personally, I think the NCAA should look into this. If you sign with a school, other schools should absolutely be notified. This isn't even sour grapes, this is just about honesty and integrity. I wouldn't want us doing this.

Thinking about it, was the NCAA involved? Aren't they supposed to be notified about signed LOIs? If so, shouldn't they have told our coaches he had signed in the ESP as they continued to pursue him?

 

[Weezer]

AV info is offffff. Has been for two years now.

I know you like to troll, but damn, this seems low even for you. If our coaches weren't even aware this kid had signed, how are you going to fault AV? That's not trolling on your part, but stupidity. You can do better.

 

[Weezer]

Dirty bastards deserved to have their trees killed.

 

[lilesrt]

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Why chase someone who clearly has no interest in us? Deuces Big dawg.

 

[sonofUT62]

I know you like to troll, but damn, this seems low even for you. If our coaches weren't even aware this kid had signed, how are you going to fault AV? That's not trolling on your part, but stupidity. You can do better.

Meh....

 

[Devo182]

The UT coaches owe AP a big thanks.

UT would have wasted countless hours trying to recruit Hardy right up until NSD ... and they would have held a spot open for him just in case he flipped. Hardy probably would have continued to lie to the UT coaches and told them he might flip. Now UT can offer that last spot to a deserving recruit without worrying about Hardy.

Agree with others that have said NCAA should make it mandatory to reveal when kids sign an LOI ... even if it is in a private database that only school compliance offices can view. NCAA is just asking for recruiting violations if they let totally SECRET LOI signings to continue.

Another issue brought up by the crappy ESP. Along with coaches leaving in January. Issues...

 

[lilesrt]

Good for Price reporting it. Exploit how this recruitment has gone. What these families don’t realize is that one day he might be draft eligible. And maybe some of the coaches on the Tenn staff or any staff might be on staff with NFL teams. This kind of stuff never leaves you.

True story. Transparency is a good thing and shows integrity. Not sure he’d be a good fit in Pruitt’s system.

 

[butchna]

I’m not criticizing him at all but the white knighting for the guy gets old af.

“White knighting” seems a little dramatic. You either believe he has connections or you don’t. The rest is background noise. He declared Chaney a no go when De1Conley had already shared with me proof that it was a done deal. I don’t think he’s a fraud. Errybody to their pack, I guess.