Beamer Does More With Less Through Portal
Cole Cubelic
I think Shane has done more with less through the portal than anybody else. Joshua Simon from Western Kentucky at tight end — no one talked about that kid. Rocket Sanders was done. He was banged up. He couldn't stay healthy. He goes out there and has a great year. Spencer Rattler was like a mental problem — he had the ego too big to deal with, and he'll never succeed anywhere. He had a pretty good run at South Carolina. I heard South Carolina fans boo Xavier Legette in game, and then he comes back and has a developmental — look what Juice Wells did when he left South Carolina. Not what he did when he was there. Not a lot. So there are things he's doing that he deserves more credit for.
Context
Cole's evidence file for why South Carolina fans should pump the brakes. The portal résumé under Beamer reads as a string of resurrections and developmental hits: Joshua Simon (unknown WKU TE → MVP-level production), Rocket Sanders (medically written off → great year), Spencer Rattler (USC washout → productive), Xavier Legette (booed at home → NFL hit), Juice Wells (way better post-SC, suggesting the room held him back).
Pairs with Cole's "remember who you are" take — Beamer's portal eye is part of why running him would be the trigger-happy move.