'20 TN DE Jay Hardy (Auburn commit)

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Why do we all care if we think he is "playing" us? The coaches will know better than anyone. There's only a couple spots left. We have enough more than enough resources to recruit multiple kids for 4 spots. Heck he will probably change his mind 3 times before NSD
 
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Batman1948 said:
Back in the 80"s, I played in the Pensacola Open ProAM. Jerry Pate was associated with the company that put me in the tournament and we attended a party at his house. While at the party, a bunch of rich white guys were talking about openly buying football players for certain SEC schools. I'm not gonna name the player but one of the guys asked me if I wanted to meet the players "daddy". The player was a black RB who signed with an SEC school and eventually had huge success in the NFL. Anyway, his "daddy" turned out to be a rich white dude :):):). This has been going on forever and it will never be stopped.
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That would be Emmitt Smith 😉
 
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KBVol said:
Ok, again, if the guy needs attention to make a decision, and will flip to another team after 1 visit because he got the attention he craved from the other team that he had already told he was committing to......he’s a diva.
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We don’t know what went on with his family. High maintenance possibly but prolly a lot behind the scenes we do not know about
 
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gnm53108 said:
This got me thinking. My son is really into baseball. Thanks
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Yeah. It was tough to watch. I'm older. We don't have sibling rivalry or jealousy. He was a better athlete. I did some better in school. This has been a few years back but as a Soph the Reds and Pirates both sent scouts to watch him play. By then he was 6'3", 230 lbs with a slider faster than most guys' fastball in the area where he played.

The pressure just got to him. People meant well but he never got a break from it.

Cool bro story.... He actually played HS football against Carl Pickens. A few years later he ran into Carl in Murphy at a softball tournament. By then Carl was in the NFL. Carl refused to give my brother an autograph because he considered him on the same level as a rival when they played. Apparently my brother had rung his bell a few times. It was all friendly. Carl just showed my brother than much respect as an athlete.

My advice is limit the number of voices your son listens to... and give him something else in addition to baseball to be passionate about. My brother and I were all baseball, football, and basketball with no breaks. When it came to him though, the talk was baseball even during other seasons.
 
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sjt18 said:
Yeah. It was tough to watch. I'm older. We don't have sibling rivalry or jealousy. He was a better athlete. I did some better in school. This has been a few years back but as a Soph the Reds and Pirates both sent scouts to watch him play. By then he was 6'3", 230 lbs with a slider faster than most guys' fastball in the area where he played.

The pressure just got to him. People meant well but he never got a break from it.

Cool bro story.... He actually played HS football against Carl Pickens. A few years letter he ran into Carl in Murphy at a softball tournament. By then Carl was in the NFL. Carl refused to give my brother an autograph because he considered him on the same level as a rival when they played. Apparently my brother had rung his bell a few times. It was all friendly. Carl just showed my brother than much respect as an athlete.

My advice is limit the number of voices your son listens to... and give him something else in addition to baseball to be passionate about. My brother and I were all baseball, football, and basketball with no breaks. When it came to him though, the talk was baseball even during other seasons.
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knew a guy in HS same way. all world football/baseball. left hander, threw 90 mph.

got to college, all the chatter started. then the mental stuff happened. sad really.
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
I kinda agree, but 17 / 18 year boys, as a general rule, are generally pretty self-centered, especially if they are 4/5 star football recruits. Most of these kids will have to grow up in the 4-5 years they are in college.

I'm more worried about the ones who seem to only be out for themselves at the expense of their teammates. That's more of a red flag IMO. I don't see anything like that with Hardy.
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SOME 17/18 years are self-centered. Look at our own class....our highest rated players, Key Lawrence, Omari Thomas, Harrison Bailey, Dominic Bailey, Tyler Baron. Only one player (Baron) displayed any “self-centeredness” anywhere near the scale of what we’ve seen from Hardy.
 
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Friend from Chattanooga has been seeing him dressed out in Auburn gear at almost every basketball game. I hope we can see some more progress over the next couple of weeks with him.
 
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aaroneroberts1988 said:
Friend from Chattanooga has been seeing him dressed out in Auburn gear at almost every basketball game. I hope we can see some more progress over the next couple of weeks with him.
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I saw him at the food court yesterday coming back from Atlanta. He noticed my Vol jacket and sat down his drink and pointed to himself and whispered 'All Vol'.
 
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