Coach Paris met with five-star hometown prospect GG Jackson Question how did it go?
March 29, 2022
New South Carolina basketball coach met with five-star hometown prospect GG Jackson for the first time Monday. Paris visited Ridge View High School to meet with Jackson and his father.
“It went really well,” Stoneman said on SportsTalk Radio show with Phil Kornblut. “Coach Paris is an amazing person. I think he is going to be similar to coach (Shane) Beamer. And the community is going to get behind him, want to be around him just because of his personality. “... They are a little behind and he knows he is really behind, but they are really working hard to build that relationship between the Jacksons and himself.” The meeting was a good first step, Stoneman told The State, as Paris laid out his vision for the program and how Jackson could fit in it. Jackson’s mother couldn’t make the meeting because of work, and another meeting could follow.
Because Paris is a new coach, Stoneman said it’s possible NCAA rules will allow another meeting on campus even though Jackson already has taken an official visit to Gamecocks. “It doesn’t have to be an overnight visit,” Stoneman said. “That is a possibility they could sit down on campus or in a nice restaurant, which I think would be exciting to do for GG. They can sit down and meet the coaching staff and their families.” Paris is in the process of finalizing his staff but said last week at his introductory press conference that he is waiting to see if one of his former assistants gets his old job at Chattanooga.
Jackson will play the AAU circuit with the CP3 team out of North Carolina in the first live event in Orlando on April 8-10. Jackson and his father told The State last week there was a possibility of a college decision before the first live event.
March 29, 2022
New South Carolina basketball coach met with five-star hometown prospect GG Jackson for the first time Monday. Paris visited Ridge View High School to meet with Jackson and his father.
“It went really well,” Stoneman said on SportsTalk Radio show with Phil Kornblut. “Coach Paris is an amazing person. I think he is going to be similar to coach (Shane) Beamer. And the community is going to get behind him, want to be around him just because of his personality. “... They are a little behind and he knows he is really behind, but they are really working hard to build that relationship between the Jacksons and himself.” The meeting was a good first step, Stoneman told The State, as Paris laid out his vision for the program and how Jackson could fit in it. Jackson’s mother couldn’t make the meeting because of work, and another meeting could follow.
Because Paris is a new coach, Stoneman said it’s possible NCAA rules will allow another meeting on campus even though Jackson already has taken an official visit to Gamecocks. “It doesn’t have to be an overnight visit,” Stoneman said. “That is a possibility they could sit down on campus or in a nice restaurant, which I think would be exciting to do for GG. They can sit down and meet the coaching staff and their families.” Paris is in the process of finalizing his staff but said last week at his introductory press conference that he is waiting to see if one of his former assistants gets his old job at Chattanooga.
Jackson will play the AAU circuit with the CP3 team out of North Carolina in the first live event in Orlando on April 8-10. Jackson and his father told The State last week there was a possibility of a college decision before the first live event.
