Angry Beamer broke foot after S

• Chris Low, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterOct 17, 2023, 04:04 PM ET

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South Carolina coach Shane Beamer broke a bone in his right foot when he kicked something in frustration after his team squandered a 10-point, fourth-quarter lead Saturday and lost 41-39 in your home to Florida.Beamer hopped into his weekly news conference Tuesday but doesn’t anticipate to have surgery.”It wanted the game, and definitely that was a gut-wrenching and psychological loss,”Beamer informed press reporters.” I was annoyed and kicked something I shouldn’t have actually kicked and thought I was OK, and after that the adrenaline of the game wore away.” The Gamecocks(2-4, 1-3 in the SEC), who have been beleaguered with injuries, are off to their worst start given that Beamer arrived in 2021.”Before anyone begins the narrative like the head football coach is annoyed and lost his grace and all that– no, I care. I appreciate these kids, and I was actually upset on Saturday night since I didn’t do enough to assist them overcome the hump and win the football game,” said Beamer, who assisted the Gamecocks to winning records in each of his very first two seasons.” It harms like you-know-what, but I’ve got to reveal toughness and fight through it. Been among those years

.”Beamer, never ever shy about revealing emotion or passion, stated his athletic director, Ray Tanner, “passed away laughing”

when Beamer informed Tanner he had broken his foot.” It’s like I told the players. I do not excuse it and not saying it’s OK to kick things after the game. I feel bad as a daddy.

My kids saw me, and they resembled,’What the heck? ‘So, lesson discovered. Foolish on my part.” In keeping with the injury theme on the team this season, Beamer joked that he was”really probable” for Saturday’s game at Missouri.

“The problem will be not being on any sort of discomfort medication … because I’ll be loopy if I’m on pain medication,”stated Beamer, adding that he needs to be focused to make the calls.