Mac McClung at Georgetown
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It's actually the most intelligent comment in this thread.
Anecdotal thinkers who say things like "so and so was underrated so obviously the ratings are meaningless" are not worth discussing anything with.
That's not how the world works.
And it causes massive unhappiness for them, because every year they can sift through all 5000 cbb players who were unknown as recruits and find 50 who are now stars in hindsight.
Similarly, a dumb fan can sift through the 320+ nobody schools who never sniff the guys that uk, Duke, Kansas, Arizona get, and between those 300, they'll find five squads that perform at a similar level - then it's "look, that guy knows how to do it! That's how a real coach does it!"
For every kid who blows up like that from that ranking, how many end up doing nothing?
This isn't a matter of opinion. It's a matter of basic logical understanding. People who are using their brains do not draw broad conclusions from examples like that.
I was one of the ones. I watched him several times in high school. Everyone said he wouldn’t make it in college and wasn’t our caliber player. Even last year people were still downing him as a 1 truck pony. The kid is a gamer. And he’s improving steadily. Would love to have had him at UK. He can at least score it. Something we’ve struggled to do.
I’d have taken him too even though he’s a senior. He’s skilled. McClung is a Soph averaging 16 while shooting 40% from 3 and a great athlete. You think he couldn’t contribute here?
I totally agree and also, there are a lot of 4 and 5 star players who are WAY OVERRATED!!! just sayin'.
Maybe?
I know that one of the guys that UK took instead of him is currently averaging 14 ppg. In the NBA.
McClung is a solid player, but he's also an undersized 2 guard on what's probably a bubble team, with a very, very green light. You can't just transfer stats without context.
There’s this dude hunter mcclintock in the 2022 class, his mixtapes are unreal!! Hope Cal gives him a look.
The guy in the NBA averaging 14ppg was also an underrated player people said was a social media phenom who wouldn’t make it or play while he’s here. I’m not saying McClung is anywhere near Herro but it wouldn’t hurt to have a guy like him who can shoot it and plays hard on our squad. I agree with you. You can’t transfer stats but if a guy is super athletic, could shoot it in HS, is still shooting it well now then I’d say there’s a fair chance he could have helped us. That not just for McClung though. I’m sure there’s others out there in the same position. I only say McClung because I’ve actually watched him in person and several on the board were adamant that he would be trash in college.
This is out of touch and a couple years late. People were making this same joke two years ago when McClung first came up here, and it seemed appropriate back then ...but it appears we were wrong.
McClung is not like McClintock. He ain't just a mixtape marvel, instead it turns out he can really play.
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Cal has received massive complaints that he hasn’t landed any top five players in 4 or 5 years and people are really going to lament because he didn’t recruit a 3 star!!!!!!!????
This is a whole new level of stupidity.
There are approximately 365 Div 1 schools with at least 10 players each. I’m sure out of the 3,500 players we could find a few diamonds among the pebbles but most a pebbles.
This is a whole new level of stupidity.
There are approximately 365 Div 1 schools with at least 10 players each. I’m sure out of the 3,500 players we could find a few diamonds among the pebbles but most a pebbles.
That isn't the real question though. The real question is:
Why didn't we get the cool white kid with the crazy vertical?
Seriously, that is the question..
Could never figure out how maclung wasn't rated much higher. 50 inch vertical with handle and range; and terrific scorer.
Interesting that you want to make it a racial issue.
I’m frankly not familiar with the kid but I was wondering the same thing myself as I read through this thread.
No one has a 50 inch vertical.
Can McClung hit his nose on the rim? No, he can't. So he doesn't have a 50 inch vertical.
Excellent leaper, for sure, but he's not Superman.
As for the rating, it was based on competition level in HS and the fact that when he played high level AAU ball (Adidas, on a team with Armando Bacot and David McCormack), he didn't really stand out. Good enough to draw the attention of high level D1, not enough of substance for the really big dogs to get involved.
He seems headed for a nice college career, for sure, probably All-Big East for at least a few years. But last year, he was a sub 40% overall, sub 30% from 3 shooter. Going to a slightly less pressure situation was probably the right move for him to maximize his college career. Got him early PT and more room to grow than if he was competing for time on a top 20 team.
UVA is probably 4th in fan popularity in Gate City behind UT, UK, and Virginia Tech.
It was a sarcastic joke....think back to last year in the media
Can he hit his nose on the rim? Looks like he can or close.
The rest I agree must've been the concern
My gripes w/ Cal are few and far between, but this might be the one that irks me the most. Passing on recruiting a lot of really good COLLEGE players!
Yeah, UK obliviously needs the elite talents, but there’s always room for the McClung’s of the world.
I’d honestly trade straight up, him for one of Cal’s 5* this season.
Both Virginia and Virginia Tech let him get away. His dad was a football player at Virginia Tech. Neither recruited him until after he committed to Georgetown and then Virginia Tech called him to try and get a visit.
If Morant would have came here there would have been a bunch of people on here raising hell because he wasn't one of the top 3 point guards in the class.
I have followed McClung's career and he would have been the perfect multi year player here, but I don't think Cal wants that.
Likely bc our fanbase is obsessed w 3 point % since it’s a weak spot currently.
And secondly, and the biggest reason he’s coming up out of all he options in D1, bc McClung came from our backyard and was a high visibility recruit/household name bc the YouTube sensation similar to the fans beating the Chris Lofton horse for years....or Shelving Mack when he was at Butler...so on and so forth.
If you’re looking for it you’ll always find a way to make it about that nonsense......There are people that think that way sure, but often It’s not as deep as your last comment is trying to make it and insinuates our fanbase is racist. That’s not a much better comment than Disney twisting Rupps story and making us the evil racist school in Glory Road
You’re a much better poster and significantly more intelligent poster than to make snide baiting post.
You do realize it's not an either/or choice, right?
The issue is not whether we should offer a three star or a five star. Instead, it's whether we should occasionally offer a three star or NOBODY and simply leave extra scholarships unused, which is what Cal has been choosing to do in recent years (for example, we have three unused scholarships this year).
There have been countless cases of powerhouse programs that have benefited greatly from three star recruits that they took a chance on (some recent examples include Frank Mason becoming National Player of the Year at Kansas, Donte Divincenzo being Final Four MVP at Villanova, Luke Maye being integral to UNC's Championship run, etc.).
But UK is less likely to find those diamonds in the rough because, absent an extremely rare exception (Hawkins), Cal won't even try. He'd rather leave spots empty than do that.
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What isn't a whole new level of stupidity is Cal definitely has and is dropping in signing good teams based on his salary level. That has been going on for several years without a sign of change.
There's little doubt that the effort he has put into coaching has had a negative effect on his recent performance. The worrying part of that is how long is this going to last. He would not be the only coach who waited too long and then was unable to turn back the clock.
Problem is those 3 star kids want to play from day 1. They don’t want to wait around a year or two for their shot. It’s not as easy as offer and they will come. They’d rather go where they will get the immediate playing time. Times have changed, this isn’t the 80s and 90s anymore. The days of playing sparingly freshman and sophomore years and contributing junior and senior years are few and far between. These kids want to play, not ride the pine at a major program. That’s what people seem not to understand.
I don’t understand why people ignore the facts and instead bash cal. I mean our decade was about as good as it gets. And why does anyone doubt cal this year? Guarantee by mid February and March were the most dangerous team in the country
I think I'm calling ******** on this until I see more reliable proof.
I've seen this many times before where it's reported that a player has an otherworldly vertical, yet that guy almost never is able to produce that number under controlled conditions at the NBA combine.
Similar thing with 40 times in football. Players have an odd knack for being slower at the NFL combine than they were reported to be before they got there.
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Jusang was rated much higher. I do understand that but rankings don't depict what the kids drive and enthusiasm is for the game. McClung has a bulldog mentality and has a in your face type attitude when he plays.
I have seen McClung play many times and I have never seen anyone his size come close to jumping as high as he does.