According to the president of the university, Garcia will be watched closely and has not been given "trivial hoops for him to jump through in order to find a way to reinstate him"...yes, he actually felt a need to make that point perfectly clear.
The hope here is that Garcia will now find the beauty in playing the game and, somehow, become the upstanding young man and player that the Gamecocks hope he can.
(Blah, blah, blah)
Listen, no matter what anyone says, it hard not to see this for what it truly is: Steve Spurrier wanting, and needing, all of his offensive options in place.
Spurrier understands that as good as Connor Shaw might become in the future, he hasn't proven enough on the field—against tough competition—to warrant a full-time starting position this season. Only Garcia has the experience and, strangely enough, the mental toughness to withstand the overwhelming expectations this team will be facing this season.
Even more, with Marcus Lattimore likely taking more of a feature role in the offense, they don't need their quarterback learning his position as he goes along. Spurrier is finally tasting the fruits of his recruiting labors in Columbia and he's not about to let his idiotic quarterback be the reason he has to leave the table early.
That said, this whole rhetoric about them just wanting to teach Garcia how to be a successful man in life and make better decisions is nonsense. The guy has been suspended five times in five years...ummm, he's not mastering anything except an ability to be a complete dolt. Quite frankly, he should be playing at a Division II school considering his repeat offender status but, whatever, Spurrier obviously runs a different kind of program at South Carolina—whatever works for the ol' ball coach.
Hopefully, Stephen has learned his lesson, (although, I seriously doubt it) otherwise Spurrier is about to see this whole debacle blow up in his visor-wearing face.
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