The messages on social media began popping up the moment DeMatha running back Lorenzo Harrison announced early in his junior year that he was committing to play at Maryland.
They were mostly directed at Harrison's coach, Elijah Brooks, coming from already disgruntled Terps fans. They didn't exactly offer congratulations on the first player to orally commit to Maryland for 2016.
"They were just saying, 'Hey Coach Brooks, you're sending us all your worst players,'" Brooks recalled in a phone interview Tuesday. "I thought in my head, 'You guys have no clue what this kid can do for you guys.