{"id":1707,"date":"2015-06-04T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/06\/04\/clemson-players-react-to-leggetts-firing\/"},"modified":"2015-06-04T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:01:17","slug":"clemson-players-react-to-leggetts-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/06\/04\/clemson-players-react-to-leggetts-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson players react to Leggett&#039;s firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clemson players react to Leggett&#8217;s firing<\/p>\n<p>Clemson hall-of-fame baseball coach Jack Leggett was fired on Thursday afternoon. Some of his former players have taken to Twitter to show their appreciation of Leggett.<\/p>\n<p>Just wanted to say thank you for all you did for our program coach. Proud to be a Clemson Tiger.<br \/>\n\u2014 Steven DuggarSteven DuggarJr. Outfielder#9 6-2, 195Moore, SCView Full Profile (@SDugg_9) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t want to play for anyone else. Its about more than just baseball. One love to teammates and coaches<br \/>\n\u2014 Tyler Krieger (@TK3_) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Stand next to you any day of the week 7. You the man and thank you for everything. Much love.<br \/>\n\u2014 Chris Okey (@Chris_Okey25) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Today Clemson let an icon go. We lost our Joe Torre. We lost the face of Clemson baseball. #7 is Clemson baseball<br \/>\n\u2014 Matthew Crownover (@44crown) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>#7 is the reason I came to Clemson. He will always be my coach. He deserved better.<br \/>\n\u2014 Matthew Crownover (@44crown) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s in the Hall of Fame. Can&#8217;t ever take that from you Coach. Thanks for everything along the way 7. You will forever be a Clemson Tiger.<br \/>\n\u2014 Andrew Cox (@RudyCox_6) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for everything you did coach, you&#8217;re one of the best men and coaches I know! #7<br \/>\n\u2014 Robert Jolly (@Jollytime012) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>#7 and Coach Pepicelli are not only two of the best coaches I&#8217;ve been around, but two of the best people. Proud I can call you my friends!<br \/>\n\u2014 Daniel Gossett (@DGossett23) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Clemson lost a great man and leader today. I&#8217;m forever indebted and grateful to Coach Leggett for letting me play for the Tigers. Thanks Sev<br \/>\n\u2014 Jay Cox (@jay_bone48) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Wanna thank Jack Leggett for giving me the opportunity to play for @ClemsonBaseball and teaching me everything he did. BIG shoes to fill #7<br \/>\n\u2014 Will Lamb (@LamboLeap30) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Words cant explain how much he did for me, but every year he turned 32 boys into men who wanted OMAHA! HOF in my book, coach! Thank you, sev<br \/>\n\u2014 Will Lamb (@LamboLeap30) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Hate to hear the news about Coach Leggett today&#8230; He deserved better for all he did for the program&#8230; Thank you, #7 pic.twitter.com\/zSK749yG6m<br \/>\n\u2014 David Haselden (@purphaze_29) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Thankful for the opportunity you gave me to play baseball for Clemson University. #7<br \/>\n\u2014 Weston Wilson (@weswilson25) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Clemson baseball won&#8217;t be the same without you #7. It was a privilege to play for you and thank you for bringing me into the Clemson Family.<br \/>\n\u2014 Pat Krall (@PatKrall24) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for everything Coach Leggett. You&#8217;re the definition of first class and you impacted my life in many ways. I will miss you 7!<br \/>\n\u2014 Drew Wharton (@Wharton_Drew) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Coach Leggett (@JackLeggett7) for all that you&#8217;ve done for Clemson Baseball, and the bat girls! We will miss you! ????????<br \/>\n\u2014 ClemsonBatGirls (@ClemsonBatGirls) June 4, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Click below for the full article<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TigernetClemsonUpdates\/~3\/Mr9zO8xOFGU\/Clemson-players-react-Leggetts-firing-19513\" target=\"_blank\">Clemson players react to Leggett&#039;s firing<\/a><br \/>\nSource: TigerNet Updates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clemson players react to Leggett&#8217;s firing Clemson hall-of-fame baseball coach Jack Leggett was fired on Thursday afternoon. Some of his former players have taken to Twitter to show their appreciation of Leggett. Just wanted to say thank you for all you did for our program coach. Proud to be a Clemson Tiger. \u2014 Steven DuggarSteven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}