Harris: Incredible Play!

HOLLYWOOD · Post by **HOLLYWOOD** » February 11th, 2004, 10:03 am

Size is not everything but it does help in the recruiting process. Most schools look for talent and work ethic. I have never seen him play either so I can't judge him. I know it is very difficult to play D-I hoops though regarding to height and all. Football is the game which is getting tougher and tougher to make D-I anyway!!Good Luck

Bedrock · Post by **Bedrock** » February 11th, 2004, 1:43 pm

Troy Harris can play D-I football. For the local doubters I give you Jim Kanuch who was perhaps the biggest coward I have seen play in the LHAC.
We in this area have sold ourselves short. I think there have been a few others walk the halls of county schools who could have moved on to D-I.

HOLLYWOOD · Post by **HOLLYWOOD** » February 11th, 2004, 1:48 pm

D-I players come from everyone and that is what everyone needs to know. You have to come from somewhere and the college scouts are great and go and get what they want. Every School is different but if they want him then he will go.

Post by **bison1** » February 11th, 2004, 3:58 pm

Troy Harris will go to a D-I school for track, not football.

Bam-bam, if he went for football what position would he play? The only thing I can even give him a shot at is return specialist.

BillyWhiteShoesJohnson · February 11th, 2004, 10:46 pm

He could play wideout or Dback. You dont have to be huge to play those positions. It never hurts but it is not a necessity. Think back to the super bowl, and how many smaller WRs there were playin in that game. Steve Smith (5'9), Troy Brown (under 6ft), Deion Branch (5'10). The defensive backs werent huge either. All that said, im not sayin he is an NFL player right now, but he could easily go to college at a D2 school and see lots of money.

Bedrock · Post by **Bedrock** » February 12th, 2004, 7:02 am

What we never get to truly see in our area is what time and commitment in the weightroom does. Troy could be a legit 4.4--4.35 guy by the time he would graduate college. What we do get to see in our area is some kids who go in the weightroom for 60 minutes three days a week and do some buddy curls and three sets of bench. It's almost a joke. Ask Damian Crissey when you see him if his weight training and conditioning effort has changed in the past year. Most don't understand what commitment really is.

I was a prime example of this and have regrets because of it.

Part of the problem in the county is in order to have successful TEAMS from the county we need our athletes to play all sports. In order to train the way you should you can't play all three sports. So it is a catch 22. As a coach I would want kids to play all sports.

Boy did I jump around!

Post by **bison1** » February 12th, 2004, 9:28 am

haha...."...at no point in your rambling incoherent response did you say anything remotely close..."

I agree on the 5th or 6th thing you mentioned. If you want to be great at one thing you can't be good at everything.

HOLLYWOOD · Post by **HOLLYWOOD** » February 12th, 2004, 10:11 am

I think in this area you can get great in all sports you play!!Most D-I athletes from this area dominate in all sports they participate in because they are sooo much better than the competition. I think it is only getting tougher and tougher to make it to play D-I due to the fact of the southern states having spring ball and workouts year round like college and they impliment college programs in the High Schools.

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Harris: Incredible Play!