So I finally got the whole truth from my trusted source. I'd go to the bank with this info.....
Amick was a walk on. 0% scholarship player. His meeting that has been referenced here many times went well except for the fact that EB didn't offer him any scholarship money after the season he just had. I don't know if EB just assumed being at Clemson was enough for the Amicks or maybe assumed that he didn't need any scholarship money, but it's kind of a big deal in the college baseball world to be on scholarship (there are many walkons). When Billy informed dad that EB indeed had not mentioned putting Billy on scholarship, they took that as an insult. I don't have any insight as to EB's thinking on this....but the fact that he drove up to see the kid and family tells me that he was willing to put him on scholarship and maybe just assumed it wasn't necessary.
Sounds like a total lack of communication in which the coach thought the kid/family were good with existing arrangement while the family at least expected an offer of scholarship money whether they needed it or not. Just the mere gesture of offering scholarship money likely would have headed off any of this nonsense. But I'm not sure EB can be totally at fault here given the situation he inherited (Amick coming as a walk on).
Anyways - not to rehash but to bring some clarity to the situation.
Amick was a walk on. 0% scholarship player. His meeting that has been referenced here many times went well except for the fact that EB didn't offer him any scholarship money after the season he just had. I don't know if EB just assumed being at Clemson was enough for the Amicks or maybe assumed that he didn't need any scholarship money, but it's kind of a big deal in the college baseball world to be on scholarship (there are many walkons). When Billy informed dad that EB indeed had not mentioned putting Billy on scholarship, they took that as an insult. I don't have any insight as to EB's thinking on this....but the fact that he drove up to see the kid and family tells me that he was willing to put him on scholarship and maybe just assumed it wasn't necessary.
Sounds like a total lack of communication in which the coach thought the kid/family were good with existing arrangement while the family at least expected an offer of scholarship money whether they needed it or not. Just the mere gesture of offering scholarship money likely would have headed off any of this nonsense. But I'm not sure EB can be totally at fault here given the situation he inherited (Amick coming as a walk on).
Anyways - not to rehash but to bring some clarity to the situation.
