Tolo Mongo says we're way too tough on Shane Beamer for being chippy in press conferences

Tolo Mongo (0:00)

Let me ask you guys something. You know I love you both.

Diesel (0:03)

I love you both.

Tolo Mongo (0:04)

Okay?

Cole Bryson (0:05)

Oh boy.

Tolo Mongo (0:06)

What do you expect out of Shane?

Cole Bryson (0:09)

What do you mean?

Tolo Mongo (0:11)

Listen, this was a guy that not four weeks ago, the whole world was calling for his head. Literally, his head was in the guillotine, and the world was holding the rope.

Cole Bryson (0:25)

Why?

Tolo Mongo (0:26)

I can, and I get what you guys are saying.

Cole Bryson (0:29)

But why were people calling for his head though? Because we were just bored and saying that he deserved to be fired?

Tolo Mongo (0:35)

Or because they had lost eight straight SEC games? No, no, the team was underperforming. The team was underperforming. But, but playing devil's advocate here, a guy like Steve Spurrier comes out to press conferences and goes, Well, you know, we just, we can't hit the broadside of a barn, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And he is, they show videos of it. He is vaunted for it.

Cole Bryson (0:58)

Because it's funny.

Diesel (0:59)

It's funny. When Shane Beamer does it, he sounds like an ass.

Cole Bryson (1:03)

Yeah.

Diesel (1:05)

He sounds like a jerk, Mongo. I mean, are you really, I know you're sticking up for him because he's your coach. If he was any other coach, you wouldn't be making the same phone call.

Tolo Mongo (1:16)

Well, no, I would, because I have something to say about Dabo 2 if I've got time.

Diesel (1:20)

Yeah.

Tolo Mongo (1:20)

The point I have is these guys are under intense scrutiny all the time, and they get paid really well to be under that intense scrutiny. I'm not taking away from that. But as a football fan, not just a Gamecock fan, as a football fan, I'm playing devil's advocate here and saying, look, man, these guys get, and I'm not defending the way he acted with that guy in the press conference just now because it was kind of asking. But these guys get asked some stupid questions sometimes, and you know what? Maybe he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, maybe he's kicking the Gatorade cooler on the way to the press conference. Who knows?

But that brings me to Davos. OK, I could care less if every crayon in the library melts at Clemson, OK? It doesn't matter to me. However, what gives these Clemson fans the right to string Davos up when if you listen to what he said in that press conference earlier, brother, they have went to more national championship games in the past 10, 12 years.

Than they ever did since 1982

Diesel (2:36)

Yeah. Yeah, but will they go to more if nothing changes?

Tolo Mongo (2:41)

Who knows? Who knows? And look, Davos is one of these that I don't know if he ever will change. But what if he does? What if he does? What if he gets on board?

Cole Bryson (2:51)

Well, I've always said, yeah, I've always said from the very get go, I said this many times on this show that I felt like if Davos were to have the bull by the horns on portal and NIL hit, I think he'd still be winning national championships.

Tolo Mongo (3:06)

Absolutely. And look, man, I don't care about Clemson, but it kind of rubs me the wrong way.

And I guess it's because I'm a Gamecock fan. And look, I'm going to tell you two something right now. Don't you ever tell me that I can't anticipate the Gamecocks having a bad game. Because I've been a Gamecock fan for almost 50 years, and I've seen some bad games. It sounds like you're always anticipating a bad game.

Cole Bryson (3:29)

Well, hopefully, that's not the case, Mongo. Hopefully, it's not the case.

Tolo Mongo (3:33)

But take it a little easy on these guys, man. Because these cats are under some serious scrutiny, man. You're right.

I would like to have their money, but I damn sure don't want their lives sometimes.

Cole Bryson (3:48)

Well, look, I'll say this real quick. Diesel and I are at a much lower level, much lower. But even as two radio show hosts in a small market, and I mean a much lower level, we get criticized every day.

And we make pennies. If your bi-weekly paycheck, Mongo, was $192,000 after taxes, if your bi-weekly paycheck was $192,000 every two weeks, guess what? I can criticize you however I want. You had lost eight straight, that's $192,000 bi-weekly.

Tolo Mongo (4:29)

Rich or not, they are human beings. They are human. They are human beings.