I'm sure he didn't really think about how it would be received in Athens.
But also, is he wrong?
“To be better, you have to put yourself in competitive situations,” Harris said. “I feel like coming here is going to let me play with better talent, play with better players, and be around a better coaching staff and having that big environment to kind of grow.”
Isn't that why people transfer up? To challenge themselves against better players and get coached by better coaches, with better facilities, and more resources? He's just saying aloud what we all know, right?
Certainly Cal has a more expensive coaching staff. Does more expensive always mean better?
No, not always. But in the aggregate having a larger budget for head coaches, assistants, staff and resources is likely to result in P5 programs having a higher caliber of coach/player/facilities. There's no flaw in his logic.
Well, there is. He had competition for the starting QB at Ohio (any QB at Cal better than Rourke or Navarro?). He played with good players at Ohio, maybe better than the players at Cal. And the coaches, I mean it would be hard to argue that Cal coaches are significantly better.
He had battled injuries at Ohio and it looked like he was going to retire from the game. He opted to go to Cal where it was fairly clear he would not play. But Cal is a quality school so good for him. Not sure what Ohio did to him for what he gave them in return. I think his performance last night speaks for itself.