OT - Chris Clark and Syracuse part ways
http://www.scout.com/college/syracuse/story/1602071-syracuse-clark-part…
Starting to think.....well, nevermind.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
The show was brilliant. She was amazing. They all were, really.
October 26th, 2015 at 4:40 PM ^
Betty White is a national treasure.
October 26th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
You think so?
Damn. I are old.
That's Ted Knight. Mary Tyler Moore Show, Caddie Shack, and countless other westerns, dramas, sitcoms, and movies spanning 30 years. Frickin hilarious.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
That's Ted Baxter. You're thinking of Judge Smails.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
and I never slice
October 26th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
You can owe me.
October 26th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
owe you nothing!
October 26th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
Help the Judge find his wallet
October 26th, 2015 at 2:32 PM ^
Although I will say that in some of those stills he is doing a very good impersonation of Ted Knight playing Henry Rush on "Too Close For Comfort", which was a pretty funny show, I always thought. Had Ted Knight sadly not succumbed to colon cancer in 1986, that show might have lasted a little longer than it did.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
October 26th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Hope he's doing alright mentally and emotionally. Truly a strange story.
October 26th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Plenty of HS kids take a year or more off before college to work and "figure it out". I should have and did after my freshman year. I took off 2 and went back to school with a purpose.
Sounds like Mr Clark would do himself well to figure out things before he makes a commitment.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:02 PM ^
Yea, they're called tradesmen.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
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October 26th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
What if you were a Mormon Tradesmen, would you take off 6 years???
October 26th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
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October 26th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
Louisville? Do you hear?
October 26th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
I can't stand when people say, "We dodged a bullet with Chris Clark" or "Lucky he didn't come here." As a college student myself, I totally understand the importance of staying with big commitments. The kid no doubt has some commitment issues, but don't act like you know that the same thing would've happen if he had come to Michigan. He still would be a great addition to this football team.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
I just can't stand when people say those things without knowing him or the situation.
They very well may be correct, but without knowing for sure...why would you say such a thing?
October 26th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
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October 26th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
October 26th, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
Craziest idea here, maybe he took 8 girls to prom.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
Is it possible to wish the kid the best and still be glad he didn't pick Michigan?
This is where I am at. I believe Clark is a great talent that hasn't found the suitable fit for him. I wish him the best--even if he doesn't play football in college. However, I also am ok with the fact that IF he was homesick in California, he could have also been homesick at Michigan. It is terribly tough to know this for sure, but knowing his history with indecisiveness mixed with homesickness, I am willing to guess that he would have left us too.
October 26th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
Of course I am assuming that he has baggage, because I don't know him personally, but to be on 2 separate campuses and to leave each within a week says more about the kid leaving than it does about either of the schools in question. I hope he works through his issues (again, an assumption on my part) and finds a place where he fits, but if you don't see the last year as a neon-bright danger sign, I just don't know what else there is to say
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October 26th, 2015 at 3:17 PM ^
October 26th, 2015 at 4:01 PM ^
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October 26th, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^
but to be on 2 separate campuses and to leave each within a week says more about the kid
Except he wasn't on Syracuse's campus, at least not as a student, not yet. He just committed there. Probably visited recently, whatever, but he couldn't have been enrolled.
The UCLA thing was strange, no question, but we don't know what actually happened there. Regardless, this thing with Syracuse is not the same, not even close.
He will need to make a decision soon, though. Virginia?
October 26th, 2015 at 5:07 PM ^
Wasnt the visiting of multiple schools, meeting coaches and players, and determining whether you wanted to go to school there supposed to take place during, oh i dont know... the recruiting process?
October 26th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
I think
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October 26th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
AFAIK it's not like we would have used up a scholarship on him that could have gone to someone else. Worst case scenario if he commits here is he leaves and opens up another spot for 2016.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
a daisy
October 26th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
Is he every going to play somewhere? I could easily see him bouncing around schools and then getting so frustrated with not being able to play in games that he just quits football.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
He's getting some bad advise from his parents IMO.
We're talking about a kid who probably has more raw talent that Jake Butt, he's an NFl TE waiting to happen. What a shame that he's missing the boat.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
He's 20 years old now. He has to sit out 2016 which means he'll be a 22 year old freshman if he plays in 2017.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^
October 26th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^
Yeah, maybe twice even?
October 26th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
So you're saying he'll fit right in at BYU?
October 26th, 2015 at 2:32 PM ^
He's 20!
October 26th, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
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October 26th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
I think he is trying to become the first player to ever commit/play for all the P5 conferences.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
The 'Cuse. It lacked chill.
October 26th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
'Cause chill is what they've got in abundance. Several feet of chill come down every year and it doesn't melt until late June.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
Maybe he needs a gap year. Some kids are truly not ready at high school graduation to take that next step. It's too bad that might reflect negatively on him, and it's also too bad he would lose a year of playing/coaching time if he did that. It really might help.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
Hope the kid is OK. Glad he isn't coming to Michigan.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
October 26th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
Not all kids would have that freedom. I didn't when I told my parents I made the wrong choice within the first three weeks of freshman year. They made me stick it out the whole year, and I transferred sophomore year to Michigan. In hindsight, it was a good experience to have to deal with that kind of adversity. I was very unhappy. Obviously I don't know this kid's story, but sometimes giving things a chance to air out before you make a decision is a good thing.
October 26th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
October 26th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
I would say you get one mulligan, at most. But not two. I don't know how the parents are responding to him, and how much influence they have or don't have but honestly, doing this back and forth thing isn't helping him at all. I was lucky; no future coach, boss or employer was watching me flounder. He's not so lucky. Everyone is watching him.