Semi-OT: Chris Clark Saga Update - Syracuse Rejected Clark
Apparently Chris Clark didn't change his mind again. Instead, Syracuse pulled the rug out from under the kid.
On one hand, that sucks for Chris. On the other, there has to be a reason that Syracuse rejected a 5-Star TE prospect....I don't know what to think anymore.
For those of you who think Clark decommitted from another school https://t.co/aYUnufsbne
— Garrett Fishaw (@MGoFish) October 28, 2015October 28th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
I don't care
October 28th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
you cared enough to post
October 28th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
But he didnt care enough to leave a GOOD post. That's how you know.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
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October 28th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
Good one.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
If you changed your name and picture US Marshal Samuel Gerard before you posted.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:01 PM ^
How dare you! When I logged on, there was a man posting shit. I negged this man. He had a terrible sense of humor. You send this man to Bolivia. You send this man to Bolivia.
October 28th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
I'll tell you the same thing I told them. I wasn't even logged into Mgoblog then, I was on a business trip with no access to wi-fi!
Unfortunately Lentz is dead, but find Dr. Nichols, he'll verify it.
October 28th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
not funny
October 28th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
Feb 4 2015, the Day the Caring Stopped.
October 28th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
While the young man seems (to put it mildly) like he has some growing up to do, Syracuse has put him in a bad spot. By publically accepting----ooops, no wait, rejecting---him, and then "not being able to comment due to NCAA rules, they've opened him up to worse rumors than him just being immature and indecisive.
If Syracuse didn't want him, they shouldn't have offered him. They should have done their due diligence beforehand, not after the fact.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
It wouldn't be the first time a university offered a student-athlete only to withdraw the offer upon learning about such and such. As I recall Michigan had a rash of football players that were offered, committed, and signed LOIs only to be rejected by UM because they couldn't qualify. Now I'm not saying Clark didn't qualify for Syracuse, but let's not pretend his is a unique case.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^
I don't track recruiting nationwide, so I'm sure I missed something, but I can't recall having someone on campus (who you had previous discussions with earlier in their recruitment, so you know him at least somewhat), giving them an offer, which he then verbally accepts, and then the school pulling it within ten days. All with no reports of anything the player did during that time period (e.g., no arrest report).
I have no idea what happened and who is "at fault", but this is certainly unusual in terms of the speed. It suggests a bureaucratic screwup by Syracuse...but who knows?
October 28th, 2015 at 8:46 PM ^
Only time I remember this being an issue.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
It's okay for Clark to quit on UCLA but not okay for Syracuse to quit on Clark? I find this saga amusing.
October 28th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
Sweet fancy Moses you are late
October 28th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
I heard when he was on his recruiting visit, they took him out for lunch and Chris asked for a Coke. The waitress asked if Pepsi was alright and Chris is still at the restaurant thinking it over.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
I heard he accepted the Pepsi, then changed his mind and asked for a Dr. Pepper. When the Dr. Pepper arrived, he took one sip and said he wanted a Sierra Mist instead. The waitress took the order and the Dr. Peppter, but came back and said they were out of Sierra Mist, so no soup, er, drink for you.
October 28th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
Ah, the Billy Goat.
October 28th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
something got to be up. they just do not dump a player without reason. i am sure michigan is not the place for him. maybe jim will check him out. who knows.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
I'm thinking Syracuse has all their 5 star TE slots filled already.
No room at the inn.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
Little risk. If he ends up being a head case or major team distraction, dump him from the team.
October 28th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
I heard this joke is still in play.
No wait it's not.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
I continue to find that joke remotely funny.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
I'm really confused.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
simian humor. Sorry. You commented "No wait it's not." I said it was 'remotely' funny which is my way of agreeing with you.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
I'm still confused. But +1 for use of simian humor.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
There are infinite chimps and monkeys pounding away on typewriters. We may have got that one wrong. It looked sort of cogent?
October 28th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
Banana?
October 28th, 2015 at 5:33 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
I see a future in vacuum cleaner repair or bowling alley lane maintenance in your future, young man...
October 28th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
Hahahaha, why am I getting negged? The kid committed to two schools then decommitted. His third choice, he at least actually enrolled in, and lasted a whole month. Now there is Syracuse, which lasted a few days, IIRC? It would probably take many months of consistent, focused work to learn to repair vacuums. I think I am being pretty generous!
October 28th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Is that the dude from the Mary Tyler Moore Show?
October 28th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
Plastics
October 28th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
So all we'll get is Clark's story or mysterious third person accounts from the Syracuse perspective. I usually like to keep the door open for a kid, especially one who did not get into legal trouble, but this seems odd.
October 28th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
Staff did not get back in contact with him after he left UCLA. When the story first came out I was wondering if this was more Syracuse pulling the offer than Clark decommitting again.
Something weird is going on, no doubt, but the big thing for all of us is he's not ending up at UM, and I have a feeling the very strangeness of everything is a big reason why.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
to someone like Sam Webb.
October 28th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
It stated they mutually parted ways. I think Syracuse passed based on that 2015 is a no go and then he'd sit '16. He'd be elligible 2017. A long wait just to have a 5 star with commitment/stability issues.
October 28th, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^
It sounds like he will either play (non-NCAA) football or he will play school. I don't think he'll have the option to do both except at the NAIA level.
Can he just go pro in Canada? Isn't that what Eric Swann did?
October 28th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
He had his chance to go to a good university, with a stable, demanding coach in Harbaugh, and chose to go to the bright lights of LA.
Sometimes the most painful lesssons are the ones we learn the most from.
Hope he gets his head together, but the smoke signals are not good, and it probably would not work out here anyway.
We only want people who want to WORK HARD, COMPETE, to be the best. He does not look like he fits.
October 28th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
He went to a good university (UCLA) with a stable, demanding coach (Mora). Don't act like Michigan is the only good choice for a recruit.
Who knows what his situation is, but don't act like *if only* he had been willing to work hard and done the right thing by going to Michigan he would have turned out fine. Such a load of garbage.