Shane Beamer gives his take on Dabo Swinney radio show banning callers

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney made the decision not to take calls on his weekly radio show this year, one year after an infamously disruptive call from ‘Tyler from Spartanburg’ made headlines.

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer has no such plans to abandon weekly radio call-ins, he said on Tuesday, even though he sometimes holds his breath during them.

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“I do. We were 2-6 at one point last year, so yeah, you get a little worried about calls when you’re 2-6,” Beamer said. “But, one, we’ve got great fans and I enjoy that aspect of it. I do. I don’t mind asking the questions. They have the right to call in, and if they think I’m doing a crappy job they’ve got every right to call in and question what we’re doing and tell me I’m doing a crappy job.”

South Carolina has had some serious ups and downs under Beamer, so the fourth-year head coach isn’t lying when he says he’s gotten nervous about the call-in show before.

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Still, he doesn’t see himself changing that element of the program like Dabo Swinney did.

“I understand why Dabo did it. Not disagreeing with it,” Beamer said. “I don’t mind that aspect of it. We take questions from the studio audiences, as you guys that have been there to that show know. And people that are there in the crowd. And then people that are willing to call in as well.”

For now, South Carolina’s in decent shape. The team is 1-0, though many fans are probably a little rankled at how that 1-0 unfolded, with a sloppy win against Old Dominion.

In any case, expect Beamer to be there standing in the paint ready for the questions as they come.

“I always look forward to hearing from Hampton from Ohio, who typically calls in every week,” Beamer said. “And whoever else calls in, I enjoy it, and part of one of the things that makes college football great… for now. We’re 1-0. I may change my tune as we go.”

Dabo Swinney explains the change

Swinney explained last week that the change to the call-in show was something that had been kicked about long before Tyler from Spartanburg’s now-infamous call.

“That’s what people will assume and that was brought up and all this stuff, but actually internally they’ve been talking about it for a while to make a change to the format and look at what most other people were doing, being able to take more questions,” Dabo Swinney said. “Being able to talk more ball. Being able to not just have two or three people that you spend the evening talking to.

“But that certainly didn’t help the calls, that’s for sure. But it’s all good, man. Tyler’s a great Clemson man and always will be.”

The new Dabo Swinney radio show is called “Tiger Sports Hour with Dabo Swinney” and will be held every Tuesday from 8-9 p.m. throughout the season.