Shane Beamer explains why the Gamecocks' small class was 'on purpose'
South Carolina had four players sign with the Gamecocks on Wednesday, and Shane Beamer’s first class as coach in Columbia was ranked No. 76 by the 247Sports Composite rankings.
The small class was not a surprise to Beamer, who explained that it was by design in order to be selective. What the recruiting rankings don’t factor in are the players who transferred into the program since the coaching change from Will Muschamp.
“We were selective with guys we brought into this program,” Beamer said. “I could have gone out in December and signed a bunch of players for the heck of it, gotten 20 players, had a higher ranking, but I didn’t want to do that. For me, it was important to take a deep breath, get these coaches in here, figure out what fits us and our offensive and defensive schemes and then go recruit to that.”
“… no one talks about when you talk about the signing class, the guys that transferred in that are fantastic football players.”
The daunting task Beamer walked into only doubled down on Wednesday as South Carolina opponents like Georgia, Clemson, Texas A&M, Florida and Tennessee finished in the top 16 in recruiting this year.
“Let’s go. It is what it is,” Beamer said. “You want to play against the best. One of the core values of this program is competition, and we get to go compete against the best each and every week. It’s nothing that I would consider daunting. Is it a challenge? Yes, but we’re working every day to go attack that challenge.”
Beamer: “Small class… that was on purpose… no one talks about when you talk about the signing class, the guys that transferred in that are fantastic football players.” @abc_columbia pic.twitter.com/2ofz7MsJKn
— Mike Gillespie (@MikeABCColumbia) February 3, 2021
Chirp. Apparently the USC fans have given up.
Players from the transfer portal don’t count towards recruiting class. Beamer went big on the transfer portal and that’s why this recruiting class looks so small.
Also no, I’m never giving up. This year is probably going to be crushing but who cares? At least I don’t have to look at that fat idiot Will Muschamp ever again.
Yes they do.
They count toward the class, they don’t count toward the ranking.
I-95…Agreed 100% That disease called Muschamp is history.
It tickles me when jawja fans chirp at other schools/fans. How many more millions has uga spent than everybody else over the past decade or two and how many national titles did it bring? Heisman winners? SEC championships? (hint: not many) SC may not get all the recruits or win all the games but at least we have fun doing it and not spending outrageously to come up short year after year. Go Cocks!
Yeah you have no room to throw shade at UGA for coming up short. And you need to probably look up those spending figures because you’re dead wrong.
Sadly I agree somewhat here…if it’s things and buildings you like then we will give you a great game day experience…but what we actually do in the game, not so much.
Found an article from 2017 that shows uga in the top 5 of spenders in college football, and I know that they have the biggest recruiting budget. Now I will list what achievements the football team has done over the past 30 years. SEC champs- 2017, 2005, 2002. National champs-0 Heisman winners-0. Now for the amount uga spends i’d say that is pretty poor return on investment!! and SC still comes into athens and takes a big dump between the hedges regularly!!!
Your original claim was “How many more millions has uga spent than everybody else over the past decade or two”. That’s demonstrably false. UGA hasn’t spent millions more than everyone else over the last 10-20 years. When CKS came to UGA he greatly increased the recruiting budget to previously unseen levels. Since CKS and his large recruiting budget, UGA has an SEC championship, won a playoff game and two other NY6 bowls, and appeared in the NC. I admit the returns could be better, but that’s still pretty good.
If you think uga isnt spending millions more than USC then you are lying to yourself. I tried to search for only college football spending online but i couldnt find much. But I did see that uga budget for recruiting (only recruiting) was $3.7 million. clemson spent 2.2 and Oklahoma spent 1.28. So yes, uga is spending millions more and not getting a great return on it.
Not over the time period you claimed, though. You said 10-20 years. And you’re wrong. Only since Smart did they start spending so much. And of course they out spend South Carolina, no one ever claimed otherwise.
What kind of return on investment is South Carolina getting by paying all those tens of millions to Muschamp? Especially if Beamer fails to raise the average win total. Those 4-5 win seasons are going to be pretty expensive.
Boxster, I think another way to look at your question is what kind of investment return would USC realize if we had retained Muschamp? Greg McGarrity made a similar decision when Mark Richt wasn’t retained. Hiring a new coach, especially one without head coaching experience is a crap shoot. In our case, we chose someone who was familiar with the ins and outs of USC. I think we made the right move. Time will tell though.
Rooster, in the long run I think South Carolina made the right move too. But for the first few years, it will be an expensive right move. Ultimately, I wasn’t trashing South Carolina’s decision to move on from Muschamp, just throwing recent turns of events in Willybob’s face on account of his asinine previous claims.
“I could have gone out in December and signed a bunch of players for the heck of it, gotten 20 players, had a higher ranking, but I didn’t want to do that.” As Tucker Carlson says on his show after hearing something really stupid: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
lol a tucker carlson fan? that explains alot
ah but i see you are a bootlicker so im not surprised anymore. btw injecting bleach works for killing covid trdump said so
Having different political beliefs is one thing, but a backhanded comment telling someone to kill themselves is another. You’re trash.
There are lies, dammed lies and CNN. Even Ted Turner is embarrassed of what they’ve become.
Nothing stupid about that – he needs players who can contribute NOW! It just show ignorance to ridicule (pathetic attempt actually) another school trying to do the right thing! I wish WE had all those four and five star players like GA and then WE wouldn’t lose to them like we have the last two years! Oh wait, we DIDN”T lose the last two!!!
Well USC will never have all those 4 and 5 stars. But when you significantly undersign for a year it can have a multi-year effect. You guys better give him 4 years to put up a winning season or you’re just gonna be the next Tennessee.
After all the Will-players left/opt-outed/quit…South Carolina just needs some decent players to coach up. Every head coach begins each season with the players he has and does his best to mold them into winners. South Carolina’s next year or two may not be pretty but the program is on the way back up for sure. The SEC needs a more competitive East.
That’s not very smart to waste scholarships on guys you can’t really even evaluate. He took a more calculated approach his first year.
No where to go but up.
This actually will be the norm going forward. Bring in a higher percentage of transfers from the portal. College experience vs high school grad with no college resume. He is setting the pattern.
I don’t think that’s necessarily true. He came in late and everyone knew the class was going to be small and ranked low. I also think COVID has made an impact with no visits. Once COVID clears(if ever) I think we will see a definite change in class structure. It’s easy for the rich teams to get richer in recruiting based on their past history and recent production. South Carolina already had a tough time being close to UGA and Clemson and now Mack Brown has pretty much locked down NC since Muschamp couldn’t develop wins against him.
Maybe. Lets see how many transfers he signs.
7 as of right now
Muschamp losing to UNC was brutal. First time we’d lost to a NC team in 20 years.
You have to admire the Leadership and Situation Evaluation of Coach Beamer! He saw needs and went after EXPERIENCED players to fill them. I like his style and hopefully will LOVE his results!
He definitely took a more calculated approach. I appreciate that and it shows he is planning for short and long term.
Rooster…Shane Beamer does have the many years of experience of his father to lean on & my feeling is that he will ultimately be a good hire for the Cocks. All those former players like Lattimore/Garcia/Shaw gave him rave reviews. Year #1 & #2 will be challenging but upward & onward for the Cocks now !