https://medium.com/@alex.walulik/aaron-clark-early-career-scouting-report-8b30b3aece6
https://twitter.com/BrewsterHoops/status/1559359741716996097
https://twitter.com/endless_motor/status/1519389320372797446
Slight bouncier Woldo with more playmaking ability. And wiggle. A more versatile scorer for sure.
If this was our 2014 roster, a developed trio of Silas Demary, Cameron Carr, and Aaron Clark would have been nasty in the packline.
My eyes are just bright with all the possible targets in 2024. Something about appreciating what you can actually have or something like that.
Did we know that Konās mother played at UW-Green Bay?
And that her brother / Konās uncle Jeff Nordgaard played at UW-Green Bay as well? If Iām looking at the timeline right, he missed playing with Tony by a season but did play for Dick Bennett for a few.
Believe sheās the all time leading scorer on the womens side at Green Bay.
I saw that reference but wasnāt sure if it was still current.
@HoozGotNext are kids like Silas Demary, Aaron Clark, and Cameron Carr still being available a product of schools planning to use or prioritizing the transfer portal? Feels like these kids, who are all really solid, still being available wasnāt a thing at this time in years past. I mean kids do become available after the anticipated decommits that happen
Or maybe they were available and Im just new to this as a UVA fan who isnāt used to senior fall recruiting LOL.
Watching more of what @Richan34 shared Aaron Clark plays a lot like Dontaie Allen, that Kentucky transfer we briefly showed interest in. Quick release and quick but mostly a spot up shooter with some good vision.
Caleb Williams is taller by an inch and more of a forward. Aaron Clark is more guard and quicker.
With Aaron Clark the main schools involved are St Johns, Seton Hall, BYU, and Iowa. Also saw Wake forest has their whole staff following him LOL they need a guard bad. His most recent follower is the assistant head coach at Texas so maybe other schools lurking.
No thereās always guys like this, but I guess itās true that everybody is being recruited less because of transfers. Most coaches are just taking fewer high school players.
Usually theyāre special situations. Like Clark missed all summer with an injury. Carr didnāt post big stats, so I think itās taken coaches a little while to catch on to his potential. And well if there was any assurance of Keatts being around past next season at NCSU, DeMary would be committed there already.
This transfer portal situation has drastically changed recruiting. I have friends who have kids who are low to mid major recruits who are getting very few offers and are being told it is because schools have to leave x spots open for the kids coming through the portal. Hearing the same from the hs and aau guysā¦a lot fewer offers out to the high mid to low d1 kids. And the frustration from the parents and coaches is real.
I want to see Kon Knueppel season soon.
His junior and senior are highly anticipated.
It essentially means recruiting never stops for them. Theyāll need to take whatever offers they get, and continue auditioning to upgrade to better programs.
One thing I could see happening is a cap on how many transfers a program can take over a given time period. This isnāt a direct restriction on the studentās freedom of movement, but does have an indirect effect since it just limits the amount of slots available. So this could cool down the impact of transfers (esp NIL-driven transfers) weāre seeing right now.
I havenāt seen it yet in this mini discussion, I donāt think, so worth pointing out that the numbers crunch isnāt coming from transfers (theoretically, no sit out should mean guys work through the system faster, right?); itās coming from the Covid 5th year.
So the decision to favor the Covid 5th year guys was also a decision to DISfavor non top 100 guys in this and the next class or two.
Edit - there was speculation about coaches giving out fewer schollies, but I donāt know to what extent thatās actually happened.
Good point. This is the last year for that? Or do we have one more year? Things may get better for those types of students after thatās done.
This year, and 2 more, I think. Through Reeceās class. Reece is a junior, so has his senior year and covid senior year left, eligibility wise.
Yeah, IIRC, the ā25s are the first class that wonāt have to deal with it, meaning itāll actually be a moderate benefit for their recruiting since more guys will exhaust their eligibility than normal.
Thanks all. Me bad at mathing.
After sleeping on it I think Aaron Clark would be better for us
Looks like he might be legit legit before the injury took him out for the summer. Had a lot of big schools after him that filled up over the summer and he was the leading scorer in group phase at FIBA 19 last year (including Jaden Ivey on US and that Victor Wembvjkdhkjfsk kid on France. Clark played for Puerto Rico).
Size and 3pt shooting. And fits with Gertrude. Carr overlaps too much.
Might just be a Northeast thing but Clark seems tougher mentally and physically
Continue building that Northeast pipeline. Didnāt Vandross himself play at Brewster Academy? Also doing a quick instagram scan, it looks like Aaron Clark is Reid Ducharmeās room-mate. Life comes full circle.
Marco Anthony 2.0, with that stupid hitch jumpshot. LOL.
Curious how many of those offers are actually committable. If they are were, youād think heād be off the board by now