Maybe it’s just the fact that I’m seeing the direct quotes for the first time, but Coach Harris seems especially prickly this year. The other possibility is that he’s already feeling a lot of pressure to have a good season after last year’s flop. This one stood out:

On the possibility of having walk-ons start at various positions:
“It does concern me. You’d think some of the scholarship guys would wake up or transfer. We don’t know who it is, though. We want the best player that is available. Some of those scholarship guys need to wake up, if that’s the way it’s going to be.”

Man, that seemed like a pointed comment at someone. Hopefully the beat reporters will help make it clearer about whom he could be talking.

Greg Lee no longer has a hamstring problem, it’s his quad. It was his hamstring, but now… I don’t know. I do know that he almost sounded like he was questioning Lee’s injury.

The cynic in me is starting to wonder. Harris is complaining about a lot of injuries and making a lot of questionable comments about the heart and drive of some players after a little more than a week of practices. Is Harris looking to set a fire under his players or is he already into the “Not My Fault” Walt mode. Something doesn’t feel right, and I’m getting fearful about how this season will play itself out.