TomVH: Demetrius Hart Update

Sounds like this: http://www.tidesports.com/article/20100316/NEWS/100319657 except a month later. Maybe they have another one. I hate Bama.

can anyone give a run-down of who Alabama and Auburn have at RB currently, and who they've recently recruited?  I imagine the opportunity to play early at M is greater (considering our current lack of stars at RB).  Dyer is now at Auburn correct, he is a 5-star and not yet on campus.  Ingram is back at Alabama.  Who else?  Could we be in really good shape to lock Dee in just based on the rosters and his early PT opportunity?

I just hope negative recruitment of D. Hart hasn't messed him up in the head and caused him to second guess everything he does. It's pretty disgraceful how coaches have no problem playing sick mind games with these kids. 

Well my worry level isn't that high on Dee Hart visiting Bama and I believe we will have another hart in your backfield. Go Blue!

From what I've heard from random Bama fans is that Hart is like a third or fourth option for them at RB.. if they took him, he'd be a slot/return guy. I think the main reason he still even has an offer is to appease HCD, which may sound stupid but if he's that low of an option why still pursue him?

I know you read this blog, and I know you realize that we actually care about you.

I'll put this bluntly:  Nick Saban does not care about you.  He only cares about what you can do for him.  Your well-being, and your future, is of no concern to him.

Just be careful, man.

"If I had to say today, it would be Michigan," Hart said. "But right now it's Michigan, Auburn and Alabama, in no specific order."

There's that Auburn name again. Hart has been through a period this spring where Auburn was his top team. Michigan was up there shortly after last season when Hart said if he were committing back then it would be Michigan.

But then Clinton-Dix got him on the Crimson Tide train and it was Alabama for a while.

"Me and my auntie and my mom went up to Michigan and we liked it … it was fun," Hart said. "We plan on going to Auburn sometime this summer or spring, and we're going to go see Alabama this summer."

Wasn't it RR that said it's a marathon not a race? I wouldn't worry, but who the heck am I? The slaughter of UCONN should help.

Then finances will also be a problem when it comes to seeing Demetrius play, too. Unless the Big 10 merges with the SEC, there are very few games we play that aren't several hundred miles farther away from the games Alabama and Auburn play in. I think it will come down to whether or not the Hart family wants to see their son remain close to home so they can see him play as often as possible, or whether they want him to attend the best educational institution he's received an offer from. Obviously we hope it's the latter, but it would be totally understandable if they decide on the former.

This issue is one of the reasons I don't think Texas would ultimately move to the Big Ten even if invited. The vast majority of players on Texas teams come from that state, which means the vast majority of their parents can see their kids play in their events, since most of the B12 schools aren't that far away from Austin. If UT moved to the B10, all of a sudden the distances the families of players have to travel to see their kids play is doubled or tripled.

The thing is their backfield is stacked for years to come so if he went their he could potentially not be seeing the field for a while. Plus I just can't see how a player would want to play for Nick Saban, recruits aren't people to him their just a scholarship number.