Davis' coach explains Sunday drama over potential Clemson visit |
Former Clemson running back James Davis wanted his little brother, Stone Mountain, Ga., running back
Mike Davis
Mike Davis What ensued was a battle over Twitter on Sunday when James Davis tweeted that Clemson head coach
Dabo SwinneyDabo Swinney "He [Swinney] sent me a text saying he did not want my brother to come on a visit for ect reasons,” Davis wrote on his Twitter page Sunday afternoon. Davis followed that up with unflattering comments towards Swinney – including calling him arrogant - and then said, “I think some ppl missing the point. We just lost by 100 points in a BCS game. We should not be turning anyone away who will make US BETTER!” TigerNet spoke with Corey Johnson, who handles recruiting at Mike Davis’ Stephenson High School, and he said the whole situation could have been handled better by all parties. “I don’t think Mike ever really wanted to take a visit,” Johnson said Monday afternoon. “I thought it was more that James wanted him to go and take a visit up there. He committed to South Carolina two weeks before he even came out with it, but Clemson still wanted a visit.” Johnson said he received a call from Clemson on Sunday saying that the visit was off. “I got a call yesterday from Clemson’s running backs coach [Tony Elliiott], and he told me the visit was off because Mike was committed to South Carolina and some other stuff. I told him I wasn’t even aware that Mike was coming. Mike, I am quite sure, is fine with where he is right now. I think it was just more a thing of Mike’s brother wanting him to take a visit.” Johnson said he was pretty sure that a visit to Clemson wouldn’t have changed Mike’s decision. “Mike had already told both Georgia and Clemson he wasn’t taking anymore visits,” Johnson said. “James wanted him to go up there, but this gave Dabo the opportunity to say, ‘Nah, you picked South Carolina and we are good with that.’ I don’t think they had a chance to get him anyway, and I think they are going in another direction.” James Davis continued to tweet about the situation into the afternoon, saying, “A call would have been nice but thru a text message just shows no kind of heart!”
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, to take a visit to Clemson even though his little brother had already given his commitment to the University of South Carolina.
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sent him a text saying he didn’t want Mike to take the scheduled visit to Clemson next weekend.
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