Interesting article on Shane Beamer and recruiting with CrooM

[msucivilen]

</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thestate.com/gogamecocks/story/662435.html">http://www.thestate.com/g...mecocks/story/662435.html

My favorite part.

Q: What's your strangest recruiting story?</p>

A: Coach Croom and I took a trip one time. I was off the road recruiting so I couldn't have any contact with the guy. We were going to see a quarterback in Lexington, Tenn. We were going to take the school plane. But it was bad weather, so we had to drive - about a three-hour drive.</p>

He wanted me to drive him and just talk to him, spend time with him. So I get in the car, drive three hours to Lexington, Tenn. He went in the quarterback's house, did the home visit. I had to sit in the Wal-Mart parking lot the whole time. So I drove three hours, went to Wal-Mart, sat in the parking lot for an hour waiting on him to call me, went back by the guy's house, picked him up and drove three hours back to Starkville. He went to sleep when he got back in the car. I can remember driving through Tupelo, Miss., the home of Elvis, just hanging my head out the window trying to stay awake.

Must be that kid ...Ty Evans....anyways Croom sleeping...lazy azz.

</p>

 

[KurtRambis4]

sums up crooms whole time here. worst.coach. ever.

 

[bonedaddy401]

Beamer should have done the trick where while Croom was sleeping he slams on the brakes and yells oh ****. Croom probably would have woken up with the same face he had after a delay of game penalty.

Can anybody fark the cover of Driving Ms. Daisy with Croom and Beamer in it?</p>

 

[dawgatUSM]

Wow, that a boy Croom. Run off one of the better assistants you had...

 

[Todd4State]

Thanks Gene!

 

[msucivilen]

Don't blame Beamer for leaving

 

[jmbeck]

I've been some places where you brought up a guy's name and the first thing the head coach would want to know is, 'Well, who else is recruiting him?' If it wasn't any other SEC schools, there was a chance you wouldn't be recruiting him, either. Thankfully, coach Spurrier's not that way.

Must have been Fulmer then, cause we all know that damned sure wasn't our bunch.

 

[RebelBruiser]

I always love that picture of Henig. Are we sure it wasn't taken from the kids camp when he was 12 years old? I've never seen a recruit look more like a little boy than that one picture.