“They’re my kind of people.”
We offhand ask them, do you like Waffle House?
If the answer is yes, we sign them.
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If its no, we never get them.
They were like Waffle House?
Hell nah, I dont want to go to Waffle House.
Im like, Okay, my bad.
Well have a go at eat somewhere else.
Long story short, we signed neither one of those guys.
Can we go there tomorrow?, Cross remembers.
He was our first signee and he was one of the toughest guys we ever coached, Cross said.
Stampley now plays professional basketball in Germany.
Yall could save [the program] a lot of time and money, Cross said.
The team celebrates wins and birthdays at Waffle House, making it a part of the Trojan experience.
The people at Waffle House, theyre my kind of people.
I absolutely love them, Cross said.
