Living in Rock Hill with the J. Belk talk

May 17, 2018, 7:13 PM

I don't post about topics such as this because I don't have "sources." I do know someone in Rock Hill that I consider a good man that has a son being lightly recruited. He knows a lot of people in the high school circles just simply because he's such a likable guy. He doesn't keep up with all this message board talk and he doesn't listen to talk radio.

I said all that to say he approached me this afternoon without me bringing the subject up. He said man I'm goinna tell you right now. The South Carolina coaching staff has been staying in touch with that young mans family the whole time he has been on the Clemson campus. The boy was lazy at Lewisville and the coaches at Clemson thought they could get him down there and coach it out of him. He went on to say it's not so much the demands of working out, it's also the demands Dabo has of his players off the field and the commitment Dabo requires in the classroom. He said at Scar they don't have those demands on the players academics that they pretty much coast to graduation if they don't transfer or leave early. He also told me that Clemson didn't have those same strict requirements under Ford, West, or Bowden. He said Hatfield tried to enforce it but failed miserably. He said Dabo changed that culture and will not alter it for any player.

Like I said I don't do the whole posting about "my sources" but this guy knows a lot of people in the York, Chester, Lancaster high school ranks. Heck he's not even a Clemson fan he's just a football fan in general. You guys can take this post for what it's worth, but I believe every word this guy told me. His character and the number of years I've known him is all I need to believe it.