Video, notes from Shane Beamer's press conference 3/2/23
On Thursday, South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer met with the media. In addition to the the full press conference that you can watch below on Gamecock Central’s YouTube page, here’s a brief recap of what was discussed.
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Injury Report:
- Doesn’t anticipate Tonka Hemingway or Cason Henry available for spring practices. Both are coming off surgeries that Beamer called “non-major.”
- Jordan Strachan and Mo Kaba will be limited as they continue to make progress coming off ACL injuries in the fall. Their rehabs have been going well.
- David Spaulding might be able to do more in spring practices towards the end
Quick Hits:
– The three suspended players are not with the program right now. Beamer added that he doesn’t anticipate them being with the program at any point “in the near future.”
– Want to be a balanced offensive that is physical and can be explosive. Whatever the idenity is, need to protect the ball better. Called it “embarrassing” with how they’ve finished near or at the bottom in his first two years at USC.
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– Mentioned how excited he is for the new coaches on staff as well as the ones who stuck around. Specifically mentioned how one turned down an opportunity at another SEC East school earlier this week.
– The transfer portal adds another layer of urgency when learning about prospects. Says you have about 48 hours to gather as much information about a player as you can compared to building relationships with recruits over a couple years who are being recruited out of high school
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– With the SEC growing, there’s a chance the conference switches over to a nine game SEC slate. Even if that happens, Beamer wants to continue to play Clemson. He enjoys the tradition the two schools have with playing one another and doesn’t want to see that rivalry go away.
