2022 Recruiting: Donovan Clingan

[mauconnfan]

Won with Calhoun coached players. Stunk the joint up after that. Embarassing

Solid post lol. Please enlighten me with the impact "Calhouns players" besides Bazz had on their careers while "playing" for Jim Calhoun? And Bazz was coached by KO as well when he was assistant as well as HC. But nice try your hatred is well noted!

Now back to Clingan, really good news he was on campus with Corey I would say. The staff is going crazy huh, amazing job how will they choose if they have multiple players form positions this will be interesting?

 

[CL82]

I can't see how his stopping by "fresh off" his Michigan visit can be interpreted any way but positively.

It's like you don't know us at all anymore.

 

[mauconnfan]

It's like you don't know us at all anymore.

Know who?

 

[brihman]

Can we get a wink ?

 

[UofCT]

Solid post lol. Please enlighten me with the impact "Calhouns players" besides Bazz had on their careers while "playing" for Jim Calhoun? And Bazz was coached by KO as well when he was assistant as well as HC. But nice try your hatred is well noted!

Now back to Clingan, really good news he was on campus with Corey I would say. The staff is going crazy huh, amazing job how will they choose if they have multiple players form positions this will be interesting?

The day Calhoun retired KO had to re-recruit each player to commit to UConn which then made them all KO's players. They were no longer Calhouns.

 

[huskymedic]

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Here are the last two paragraphs - the second to last got truncated by Outline:

-> He’s taking the month off from AAU to focus on his visits and will return in July to play for Boston-based Team Spartans during the live evaluation period — also a new experience for the big man.

“I’ve really never had the opportunity to do this, play in front of a bunch of coaches like this live,” Clingan said. “I’m excited, just trying to get my name out there even more than it is, and help my teammates get offers and win games.” <-

 

[bendm]

no mention of him going back to UConn after visiting UM

 

[uconngb]

Bristol Central four-star recruit Donovan Clingan living out dream as he visits UConn, Michigan, Syracuse and Ohio State

Despite having already seen and done more than the average high school basketball player, Donovan Clingan is still in the midst of a summer of firsts. Goodbye virtual campus tours and recruiting pi…

www.courant.com

few quotes in this piece are gonna raise some eyebrows here

 

[Delrayhoops]

Howard isn’t going anywhere his son Jett is a top 50 6-6 guard in the class of 22 out of Florida who is sealed to Michigan.

 

[Fishy]

LOL. As opposed to KO, who was viewed as an assistant coach in uniform by players and front office personnel alike his last few years, and won a friggin national championship his second year as a coach.

When do we get past the point where we have to keep making up history? KO's performance fell off a cliff his last two years here and he got fired. The program has moved back into the right direction. But no amount of failure erases what was accomplished or how he was viewed before the failure.

No, KO’s performance started to drop off before we won the title.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Bristol Central four-star recruit Donovan Clingan living out dream as he visits UConn, Michigan, Syracuse and Ohio State

Despite having already seen and done more than the average high school basketball player, Donovan Clingan is still in the midst of a summer of firsts. Goodbye virtual campus tours and recruiting pi…

www.courant.com

few quotes in this piece are gonna raise some eyebrows here

Yeah. Howard isn't going to be a fan of this quote.

“I thought it would be a lot bigger than it actually was,” Clingan said of Michigan.

Might as well have said it was "okay" in size and felt good.

 

[BGesus4]

Yeah. Howard isn't going to be a fan of this quote.

“I thought it would be a lot bigger than it actually was,” Clingan said of Michigan.

Might as well have said it was "okay" in size and felt good.

Um… that’s what she said?

 

[uconngb]

Yeah. Howard isn't going to be a fan of this quote.

“I thought it would be a lot bigger than it actually was,” Clingan said of Michigan.

Might as well have said it was "okay" in size and felt good.

I was thinking more along the lines of this one:

“I know [UConn] is close, but to me it’s really no different than any of the other schools recruiting-wise. People think I’m going to UConn just because it’s close, that’s just not true.”

 

[Fishy]

Watching you people trying to parse the meaning out of these throw-away quotes is one of the more the more painful things I can do with my time.

 

[superjohn]

I was thinking more along the lines of this one:

“I know [UConn] is close, but to me it’s really no different than any of the other schools recruiting-wise. People think I’m going to UConn just because it’s close, that’s just not true.”

He's said that since day 1.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Yeah. Howard isn't going to be a fan of this quote.

“I thought it would be a lot bigger than it actually was,” Clingan said of Michigan.

Might as well have said it was "okay" in size and felt good.

Is it the biggest I've seen? Well, it's the nicest.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I can't see how his stopping by "fresh off" his Michigan visit can be interpreted any way but positively.

From reading every posted article, I regard his re-visit to Storrs as a sign of DC's maturity in evaluating options. His quotes about Michigan reflect a thoughtfulness and patience in the process, which strikes me as very positive for him. I find that quite appealing.

 

[uconngb]

He's said that since day 1.

I make absolutely nothing of it. I said it was gonna make people on here nuts.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Is it the biggest I've seen? Well, it's the nicest.

According to some of the other threads Mich St is bigger but not as nice as Michigan.

 

[CL82]

Watching you people trying to parse the meaning out of these throw-away quotes is one of the more the more painful things I can do with my time.

... lol, and yet here you are. That is the nature of these threads.

One interesting takeaway, IMO, is how carefully neutral Clingan's statements are. He's determined not to tip his hand and smart enough to know how to avoid doing it. I respect both of those things.

 

[Umami Zen]

... lol, and yet here you are. That is the nature of these threads.

One interesting takeaway, IMO, is how carefully neutral Clingan's statements are. He's determined not to tip his hand and smart enough to know how to avoid doing it. I respect both of those things.

Think Dad may be coaching him on his choice of words at this point in his recruitment.. Smart kid.

 

[imno1]

Is it the biggest I've seen? Well, it's the nicest.

That's what she said

 

[rollskies]

For people who worry when Donovan talks about the proximity of UConn. Really means nothing. He’s just exploring options.

 

[KingAG]

For people who worry when Donovan talks about the proximity of UConn. Really means nothing. He’s just exploring options.

Now some will say the fact that he went out of his way to clear that up is a positive lmaoo. No matter what they say fans are going to read to much into it

 

[Dooooooomed]

I'd have that look too if a school dressed me up as a fruit.

 

[CL82]

For people who worry when Donovan talks about the proximity of UConn. Really means nothing. He’s just exploring options.

As he should.

 

[CL82]

 

[formerlurker]

I'd have that look too if a school dressed me up as a fruit.

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[Hey Adrien!]

Pretty cool that part Syracuse's recruiting visit process involves visiting a wax museum where you can dress up like a real Syracuse basketball player (jersey and all) and pose with a wax sculpture of the Hall of Fame coach himself, Jim Boeheim:

 

[Woodson]

I'd have that look too if a school dressed me up as a fruit.

I'm not a recruiting guy,,, and I may just be an overly simple person. But seeing this picture , I understand this young fella is from Bristol? I have to think there is zero shot this guy is even considering coming here