Shane Beamer Goes Of On Media For "Horse Crap" Reports From Spring Practice

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer wasn't happy with the local media this week.

While speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Beamer called out some of the local guys for spring practice reports that he didn't agree with.

Most importantly, Beamer didn't like reports that listed players by which teams they were practicing with. Per On3:

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“I’ve got great respect for all of you and know that you have a job to do and I try to give you all the access that we possibly can while also understanding that there’s a competitive aspect of it as well. Our practices are closed for a reason, but I also understand you have a job to do to report things,” Beamer said. “But it is frustrating for me as the head coach when … an article comes out that says here is the first-team offensive line, second-team offensive line and third-team offensive line. That’s horsecrap guys! We don’t have a first-team, second-team, third-team right now. We don’t. It’s freaking April. So for a reporter to come out there and say, ‘Here’s the third-team offensive guard,’ I mean, what are we doing?”

“It’s disappointing and frustrating for me when we’re talking to our players, I’ve not used the words all Spring — first group, second group, third group — with our players,” Beamer continued. “We’ve got an A group, B group, C group and guys that might be redshirting this year are getting work with the A group. … So (it’s troubling when) an article comes out (reporting) here’s the third-team offensive guard when I’m telling the players we don’t even have that, because we don’t. … I try to give y’all access and make your jobs easy, but also just make sure we’re smart with what we’re reporting as well.”

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Beamer also didn't like a recent scrimmage report about Jayden Sellers, who didn't scrimmage:

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“Plus I love all the insider reports from our scrimmage last weekend about Jayden Sellers — he didn’t even scrimmage! … He was sick! He didn’t scrimmage,” Beamer concluded. “Again, If you come out there to practice, and it’s your job — I’m not telling you what to report or what not to report — but be smart about reporting here’s the first-team, second-team, and third-team based on what you saw of 17 offensive linemen doing a drill by themselves.”

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