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JoesterVT

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By the way...here is text from the espn article about the asst hoops coach


In one of the videos, Smith was recorded talking about trying to recruit Williamson.

"I'm meeting with his stepdad," Smith said in the recording. "Me and his stepdad are going to work it out."

Smith later said that he told the stepdad that if Williamson goes to Duke or North Carolina, the stepdad is "outta the play."

Smith had been invited to the hotel room for a meeting with Blazer and Dawkins -- and attended by an undercover FBI agent posing as an investor.

"We'll be able to make sure everything's good for the parent and everything like that," Dawkins told Smith in the recording.

Blazer testified he took the discussion to mean that if Smith felt he was close to securing Williamson, Dawkins would help out with any financial assistance. And he said if Williamson went elsewhere, the father wouldn't get a cut.

In the video, Smith talked about the influence he had over whom players decided to work with, and he said it was important to keep a "tight" group. He referenced his relationship with Code, a former Clemson standout who he said he called upon when working with Clemson player KJ McDaniels, although he didn't offer specifics.

"That's why football is so successful," Smith said in the video. "If you do it and use resources at Clemson, like you really can keep everything tight."

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