A Sea Of Red

Chad Donley

i said in the last thread about the commit i heard, it official.


6'1 shooting guard from NW Florida State College.

Was this the kid at the game tonight?

Hold My Own wrote:Was this the kid at the game tonight?

How good is his kicking leg?

yesir.

Nice, great job coach's

Wow, we took that school's entire backcourt,

So that makes 3 guards for next year and we are now full for the moment. Correct?

ALAFlamesFan wrote:So that makes 3 guards for next year and we are now full for the moment. Correct?

Never to many guards - let's go with 5 starting guards.... Wait - I remember this from somewhere?

We will need those guards. Next year, Jesse will be gone and Speaks will be a Senior, and right now we are stocked with young bigs. Obviously, if we have a shot at a monster like Gielo's teammate on the polish U18 team, we need to make room, but signing guards right now makes perfect sense.

SIGNED!

Welcome to the LU family, Chad!

Just a little update on Chad, he had 17 last night (including 3 treys) in NW Florida's victory over traditional JUCO power Chipola. The victory assured them of a playoff berth and at least a share of their conference championship.

And just a reminder, Chad was a qualifier out of high school so he'll have 3 full seasons of eligibility when he arrives on campus. It is not the typical JUCO situation.

Sly Fox wrote:Just a little update on Chad, he had 17 last night (including 3 treys) in NW Florida's victory over traditional JUCO power Chipola. The victory assured them of a playoff berth and at least a share of their conference championship.

And just a reminder, Chad was a qualifier out of high school so he'll have 3 full seasons of eligibility when he arrives on campus. It is not the typical JUCO situation.

I've always said we needed a Chipola in town.....wait I mean Chipolte!

Purple Haize wrote:
I've always said we needed a Chipola in town.....wait I mean Chipolte!

or even a Chipotle

SumItUp wrote:

Purple Haize wrote:
I've always said we needed a Chipola in town.....wait I mean Chipolte!

or even a Chipotle

http://critograph.com/2012/02/01/chipotle-in-lynchburg/

A little follow-up on Chad's season ...

Steve Forbes Northwest Florida JC was named Panhandle Coach-of-the-Year today. We had several players join Coach Forbes with Panhandle honors. Chris Jones was named Panhandle Player-of-the-Year, as well as a All-Panhandle First Team selection. Joining Jones on the All-Panhandle First Team were Rod Rucker, Trency Jackson, and Neiko Hunter. Chad Donley was selected to the All-Panhandle Second Team

Here's another story on Chad from a local paper down in Florida ...

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Someone told me Chad transferred to Morehead State. Anyone want to confirm?

Yeah, he was tweeting pics from the locker room today and talking about it on Twitter. Good for Chad. I hope it works well for him.

2 questions come to mind.
1. Did Morehead State give Chad a scholarship, and if so, why?
2. If he is paying his own way, why Morehead? Seems a strange choice for a Florida boy.

He grew up in Texas before moving to Florida. But i know of no Eastern Kentucky ties. My guess is that he knew somebody who knew somebody.