Xzavier McLeod gone
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I got blasted on this forum for not having all the details of an altercation with a teacher when he was still in high school that I was told about.
Seems like trouble may have followed him.
Seems like trouble may have followed him.
Have heard that behavior problems from high school followed him to college. I'm sure specifics will leak out.
Heard the same back then. Figured it was a similar situation.
He was highly recruited, but hasn't made much impact yet as a TF. But not exactly like we got a bunch of quality DTs laying around either.
Good questions. Hasn't played much this year but was one of our highest-rated recruits from the 2023 class. When you're USC, you never want to lose a 4* recruit.
From Herman McLeod....Xzavier's dad. Says he came here to win and don't like losing, but also wanted to RS. We told him he couldn't RS bc we needed him, refused to travel to Mizzu, booted. Sounds like there's no sour grapes from the post. Kind of wild that a situation like that plays out and ends with "he's OK, gamecocks for life". Not sure I believe that's the whole story though. I'm sure there's more to it. Sounds janky to me.
I'm seeing a variation of the account in post #10, to the effect that he refused to travel to Missouri if he wasn't named a starter. In any case, you can't have that, but it's an example of the types of cancer that can hit a program when it's losing.
Our DL is certainly not wearing out the opposing OL. If he can't break into the lineup, what does that say about his 4-star skills?
Never heard of a kid getting disgruntled bc he wanted to redshirt and not play. Usually they get disgruntled bc they can’t play.
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Never heard of a college kid turning down a free road trip!
I heard the RS or start issue as well. It's understandable for the kid to feel that way if he is only going to get 2-3 snaps a game. I think the starting request is a bit much, but why waste the kid's year if you are going to hardly use him? This seems like this could have been worked out as both sides have a point.
Probably could have if this was the only issue. Sounds like there were other things going on.
Probably Gifted, Lazy, Entitled. UGH, so in essence no big adds to the D-Line from last year. None. the tall guy from Maryland is playing but he is an edge guy, not a Run stuffer. WE NEED RUN STUFFERS. Three 350 lb. guys that clog it up.
It hurts because it's a position of need on the roster which is woefully short of SEC caliber personnel and so far we are also woefully short on numbers for next years class.. I'm a long time supporter but there's no way to spin this one except it's bad.
With no depth, we need players like him to give the others a break. You can't play every down and be effective. We aren't in a position to red shirt everyone. It sounds like he wasn't good enough to start, but serviceable enough to play 10 to 12 snaps a game.
Heard nobody in locker room is upset with this move.
If nothing else, it shows Shane is a strong leader. Kicking a top recruit off the team (or letting him quit) sets a good example. It's a team and you do what's best for the team.
I always take that kind of talk with a grain of salt. The guy quit on the team, I doubt people will be complimentary.
It's lime when someone dies. Even if he was jerk, people still struggle to just say nice things about hum.