Real sad Harrison

**Prone2Clone** · 11-13-2009, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by isunorth

All this talk of how mature and classy this kid is was absolutely crushed today.

Before I continue...let me make one thing clear. I have absolutely no problem with him attending UNC. It's a great school with a great basketball tradition and a legitimate NC contender. It's a logical choice that many of us (admit it or not) would make.

However, the selfish, arrogant 17 year old in this kid really came through today. Welcome back to mortality, Harrison.

I've never seen anyone use an entire coach, program, University, and city to advance his own agenda than this kid has. Then to put on the spectacle he did was absolutely outrageous. You're going to invite the city of Ames and the ISU community, then skype Roy Williams? Seriously. He f**king skyped Roy Williams.

The thank you's to the other coaches and the whole speach was the most contrived and fabricated speech I've ever heard from a high schooler. He should have been focusing on a school with a good public policy program instead of a business school. Seasoned politicians can't spin a story that well in public. The special thanks to McD and Iowa State was a joke. I knew it the minute he said he'd always be a Cyclone Fan. Game Over. Thanks for the consolation prize, Harrison.

You know what's mature? Tell someone that you aren't considering that they're not in the running. Don't use their practice facilities and team to make yourself better. You know what's classy? Hold a private press conference without the public there to annouce your intention to attend another University. Be humble and don't put on a f**king Disney production at your press conference to attend an out-of-state school.

The kid can talk about grades, and saxophones, and choir, and god all he wants. He can be as well behaved and well spoken as he wants. At the end of the day, he's still a pompous teenager who loves the spotlight. Kids do that and it's fine. It's natural. However, the coverup is worse than the crime. The act is over. You are too smart not to know exactly what you were doing all along. Your actions as of late and your show today is twisted and sadistic. No one is buying it anymore, Harrison.

There is no way ISU was in the running until today. I will never beleive it.

What he said.

Good luck at UNC...and also with finding a new gym to hang out in.

**CycloneErik** · 11-13-2009, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Tornado man

After a couple of hours of thinking, I blame Shirely more than HB. He's just 17, and anyone that age would certainly develop a huge ego with all the attention.
But it's up to his mom to reign him in, to say, 'no, son, you're not going to do it that way."

Why criticize his mom? that's unnecessary.

**CyCloned** · 11-13-2009, 05:33 PM

I don't get how you guys can get so upset. Clearly ISU was still in the running the whole time. I am sure it was a very tough for him to choose. UNC is a great program, but he is leaving a lot of support behind, not only family, but friends and all the support that ISU has given. I guess the only thing that I didn't care for was all the hype and carrying on. Why not just call up channel 5 and announce he was going to UNC?

**isunorth** · 11-13-2009, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by CyCloned

I don't get how you guys can get so upset. Clearly ISU was still in the running the whole time. I am sure it was a very tough for him to choose. UNC is a great program, but he is leaving a lot of support behind, not only family, but friends and all the support that ISU has given. I guess the only thing that I didn't care for was all the hype and carrying on. Why not just call up channel 5 and announce he was going to UNC?

+1

**singsing** · 11-13-2009, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

Why criticize his mom? that's unnecessary.

Don't criticize her, just fire her

**Harry** · 11-13-2009, 05:35 PM

I've read several threads where people have complained about HB using ISU facilities to improve his game. Don't you think our players might of gotten better playing against someone of HB's skill?

**CycloneErik** · 11-13-2009, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by singsing

Don't criticize her, just fire her

Like being a single mom isn't hard enough, even with a good kid like Harrison.

**Cyclonesrule91** · 11-13-2009, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by vanillathrilla

LOL, you're a real winner...boohoo he didn't choose us, waaaa, waaaaa, I hate him and don't care about him, but continue to cry about it...

Use your ignore button **** for brains, I'm venting......

**06_CY** · 11-13-2009, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclonesrule91

Use your ignore button **** for brains, I'm venting......

I don't use the ignore button, d-bag, I like laughing at the people on this site.

**acody** · 11-13-2009, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by checker21

I agree. The production they put on made me puke. If he was going to sign with NC, fine I have no problem with that. But to put on this show and invite Ames and the ISU community to watch you go somewhere else is classless. He really added insult to injury. If it was a chance to be anyone but Iowa State he should of had a small press conference at home. Again, it's not what he did. It's how he did it. I lost some respect for the kid.

Agree. No one can argue choosing North Carolina. If fact, up until the Ames High Press release last week, most Cyclone fans thought our chances were slim and none. But to invite the public when you know the great majority of them are ISU fans, is really a bad move. Mom and the Ames High coach should have advised otherwise. Maybe it was that Jacka$$ Roy William's idea. It would have been fine, if HB lived in some other community, such as Mason City or Sioux City, not in the back yard of the Cyclones and the front yard of the Little Cyclones.

**Cycsk** · 11-13-2009, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by acody

Agree. No one can argue choosing North Carolina. If fact, up until the Ames High Press release last week, most Cyclone fans thought our chances were slim and none. But to invite the public when you know the great majority of them are ISU fans, is really a bad move. Mom and the Ames High coach should have advised otherwise. Maybe it was that Jacka$$ Roy William's idea. It would have been fine, if HB lived in some other community, such as Mason City or Sioux City, not in the back yard of the Cyclones and the front yard of the Little Cyclones.

I think it was HB's idea. And I think it was mostly about Ames High and the national media. And even though I cringed when I heard the news, most of the people seemed genuinely happy for him and were glad that they were there to see it happen.

**jtd9046** · 11-13-2009, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Clonebydesign

I respect the decision and wish him the best. But the way his family and him invited us all (Cyclones) to come and celebrate was very shameful on their part. He really showed today his lack of maturity and that he can put up a good front. You had to know what we all would be thinking and to pull a public stunt like that was pure BS. I hope ISU can meet up with you on the court and ruin your day.

Signed

A real Cyclone

This experience was for Ames H.S., the school that Harrison is obviously a huge part of. This whole dog and pony show wasn't for Iowa State fans, it was for Ames High and their community. They are very proud of the opportunities one of their own has and they should be. It sucks that this played out close to Iowa States home, but you cannot blame Harrison and Ames High for taking the opportunity and enjoying the moment.

**CycloneErik** · 11-13-2009, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by jtd9046

This experience was for Ames H.S., the school that Harrison is obviously a huge part of. This whole dog and pony show wasn't for Iowa State fans, it was for Ames High and their community. They are very proud of the opportunities one of their own has and they should be. It sucks that this played out close to Iowa States home, but you cannot blame Harrison and Ames High for taking the opportunity and enjoying the moment.

No, you really can't.

For those who call it arrogant, I don't think he's any more arrogant than anyone else at his age, and probably a lot less so. He just had a bigger stage to show that he's a teenager. Still a special dude, and really created a special setup to showcase his decision.

**ILikeCy** · 11-13-2009, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by acody

Agree. No one can argue choosing North Carolina. If fact, up until the Ames High Press release last week, most Cyclone fans thought our chances were slim and none. But to invite the public when you know the great majority of them are ISU fans, is really a bad move. Mom and the Ames High coach should have advised otherwise. Maybe it was that Jacka$$ Roy William's idea. It would have been fine, if HB lived in some other community, such as Mason City or Sioux City, not in the back yard of the Cyclones and the front yard of the Little Cyclones.

Completely agree with several others on the maturity factor. I'm not saying he is immature for a 17-year-old. This is not unexpected behavior from a 17-year-old. But all of this talk about HB being "mature beyond his years"??? That completely went out the window now. Anyone with an ounce of maturity and integrity would have ruled out Iowa State long before the dog and pony show. Again...I wouldn't have much problem with this if he was your typical "look at me" star athlete (which we now know he is). But I would have expected more from a supposedly mature person. If anyone brags up his maturity in the next year, they don't have a clue what they are talking about.

Intelligent, gifted kid? Obviously. But mature? Forget about it!