Drake Harris' dad to be on Huge Show Friday at 5pm
Drake Harris' dad will be on the Huge Show this Friday 4/19 from 5p-5:40p to discuss his son's recruitment, Michigan football, and more.
You can listen to huge online at wbbl.com thehugeshow.net iheartradio or the radio
Which one? Huge or Harris' dad? They're both big Michigan fans. Huge had Drake Harris' HS coach on the show the other day.
Harris's dad... seems to really like the attention.
I don't particularly like Huge, but it's his job to be an attention seeker.
I used to not like Huge Show either until I started listening to 96.1, Sean and Droo are horrible! I wish we had better sports talk on the west side of the state.
Hahaha, yeah, Sean might be the worst radio personality I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. LOVES to break out his whining voice to tell the listeners what he thinks they're thinking...
"Oh, I know what you're thinking... Sean couldn't POSSIBLY be thinking rationally on this. Sean's such a HUGE SPARTY HOMER all the time. Blah blah blah."
It took a few weeks of giving it a chance before I just started listening to Pandora on the way home. I'm a much happier person now.
April 18th, 2013 at 10:32 AM ^
There was a reason Terp left. Sean is a giant hack. He uses the same terms..over and over and over. "Best day ever", "Slappie!" ect.. He also fake laughs at everything! Huge isn't much better since he thinks he's a comedian but he isn't nails on a chalk board like Sean.
April 17th, 2013 at 10:27 PM ^
I have to say I enjoy the Bentley and whatever they call it now show on 107.3 in the morning. This past Monday, though, they were talking about Drake Harris and Bentley said he should have gone to MSU because of Dantonio's success over UM in the last 5 years. I haven't listened to that show since I heard Ray say that. What an idiot.
I cant stand 96.1 with Sean B and Drew. Sean has a high pitch voice and uses the word "ok" way to much. He never has anyhing good to say about Michigan sports. FORGODSAKES we were in the Final Four and the only thing that he would talk about was Hockey and the Tigers. Have no idea how he is on a ESPN affiliate. Hugeon the other hand is ok, but I think that it is time for some new blood.
Yeah. Call it irresponsible speculation (the best kind of speculation!), but I can't understand why a parent would even want to go on a radio show and talk about his son's recruitment and college decisions. The only thing I can logically assume is that someone loves the attention.
And I think everyone agrees that the less attention on recruits from shadowy sources, the better.
He is quite vocal at sporting events (more so basketball) but he isn't THAT bad as his reputation is. A lot of people love to rip on Drake's high school football team because they win and get accused of a lot of BS, and so Mr Harris is unfairly part of focus of that.
Anyways, he's a huge UM fan which is great. I got a feeling he will be reading this thread real soon when he hears there's a thread about him.
Yeah, that's what I've heard as well. I'm familiar with GRCHS (went to SCHS) but haven't heard a lot of hate for them besides general trash talk.
I'm not expecting to hate the guy, I just hope he comes off as a little more sane than the stories I've heard about him so far.
My name is not Bill... should I know Bill?
South Christian, yuckkk.
God Loved Us For Free :)
lol, agreed, but that huge sports complex for a school with less than 800 students wasn't going to pay for itself!
If you were a year younger then you would have seen SC when a title in football and basketball. Ouch.
Class of 2006 GRCHS grad here
Seriously? I'm '06 as well. That was a great year.
I had someone close to the situation tell me Drake and his dad do not always...uhh...see eye to eye, and Drake's dad has a tendency to...step on toes.
He seems a little too involved in everything, judging from what I've seen of him at games and also heard about him (I live in GR area)
I don't see why, WTKA is always looking for content and has interviewed players parents in the past(usually in conjunction with the player, I think). But I'm guessing the station approached him and he said yes. I'd hold off on thinking it's a problem until the interview is over.
WTKA picks it up, but they have nothing to do with the content.
have them chasing the recruits around. I'll reserve judgement until I have heard him.
His reputation preceeds him. Who cares?
- Sometimes my reputation preceeds me and I'm happy about that and it's just.
- Other times, my "reputation" preceeds me and I'm happy about it but it's all baseless bullshit rumor.
- Other times still, my reputation preceeds me and I'm unhappy about it and that's totally just.
- And, finally, sometimes my "reputation" preceeds me and I'm unhappy about it and it's all baseless bullshit rumor.
So eff me running if I turn around and assume a single thing about him not only without meeting him but on the basis of reading what others--usually jilted MSU fans--have to say. The rumors may or may not be true. I don't care. Even in the worst case scenario where the bad reputation is deserved, his son is Blue and I can all too easily ignore dad forever.
For now: I've entered Benefit Of The Doubt cruise control.
#inefficiently-pedantic-self-righteousness-w00ts
While the Huge has a "huge" ego and can be a jackass, he is a really good interviewer
Drake is a really nice kid, I've heard directly from people in my life that have direct exposure to him. I've witnessed his dad being just an incredible handful, kind of an embarrassment. I wish for Drake's sake his dad would keep out of the limelight, and just let his son, a massive talent, soak it up.
April 17th, 2013 at 11:47 PM ^
regarding Drake Harris's dad, as my brother and brother-in-law have been assistant coaches in different GR-area programs for years and are aware of him. And while I want to take a wait-and-see attitude overall on him, my mind can't stop making comparisons to Drew Henson and his dad, as Henson, Sr. (why can't I remember his first name!?) also loved the spotlight a bit too much.
I'm just hoping it's mostly the media seeing someone who is too willing to talk and subsequently overpursuing him, rather than Drake's dad chasing the mics and cameras.
If any of you know about the ego of Kevin Grady Sr well time to meet his clone in Drakes dad. Always seeking attention at sporting events and getting caught up in his sons recruitment.
April 17th, 2013 at 10:01 PM ^
Kevin Grady Sr is in the slammer, though, for a long time. As far as I know, Mr Harris hasn't committed serious crimes. Grady Sr also was banned from AAU for being a certified jackass. Mr Harris just likes the attention, but Grady Sr was a flat out bully.
April 17th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^
Played AAU for the guy lol, craziest guy coaching us young middle schoolers. Hey, we won a lot of games though.
April 17th, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
I was at some try-outs run by him, and I had friends that also played for him. While Kevin Sr was nuts, he was great at making one a better basketball player. Sadly, usually he focused on how to make an ass out of himself at AAU tourneys. I remember watching one game where he told the refs his team hadn't warmed up long enough, and so the refs started the game without them on the court while the opposing team played again themselves (with a lot of 5 second calls of course). When Grady's team finally came out, I think they were down by 30 points before they came back and won.
April 17th, 2013 at 10:15 PM ^
Won a lot of tourneys but we also got kicked out of and rejected from many haha. The rate of next level athletes from his program is pretty adonishing though.
April 18th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
April 18th, 2013 at 10:40 AM ^
I saw Grady Sr get kicked out of the Greenville vs EGR basketball game for refusing to follow the "do not eat" policy in the gym(they don't mess around with that rule). Dude had a hot dog and was throwing a fit like a child when asked not to enter the gym. The police had to escort him out.
God - why would Huge accept him as a guest. Every recruiting cycle there are a number of dads who put them in the process. What they don't realize is: 1. it's creepy and 2. once the players sign LOI's you can't hang out at practices and bich at coaches either.
As long as he didnt ask for $180,000 for his son's services, hes cool with me..
April 18th, 2013 at 11:19 AM ^
and cautious about feeding into the criticism of Mr. Harris (elder), based on rumor and anything other than personal observation. Drake just committed to UM, and this thread is overly critical of a recruit's father, primarily based on hearsay. Reserve judgment pending more information. I'm afraid this sort of thread could help run an extremely talented recruit in the other direction. Drake is a minor, and has little to no power over his parent/s, and I don't believe its respectful to him to criticize his father, I imagine he has little or no control over his father's decisions.