Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach = fired
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JM Aggie08
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This is an obvious statement, if this were any other player except Craig James' son, this wouldn't been an issue.
I heard an interview with James on the radio yesterday, when asked about his relationship with Leach, he completely dodged the question and just specifically talked about "the team, the university, the Red Raiders football program" etc. To me its obvious he's using his notoriety as a bully pulpit to get rid of the coach he probably didn't like personally, prior to this incident.
I heard an interview with James on the radio yesterday, when asked about his relationship with Leach, he completely dodged the question and just specifically talked about "the team, the university, the Red Raiders football program" etc. To me its obvious he's using his notoriety as a bully pulpit to get rid of the coach he probably didn't like personally, prior to this incident.
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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-texastech-leachfired&prov=ap&type=lgns
Allegedly misconduct towards an injured player.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/30/sports/AP-FBC-TexasTech-Leach-Fired.html
Stupid move by Leach.
Kinda funny considering that was what Leach was accused of doing to his player.
Stupid move by Leach.
Kinda funny considering that was what Leach was accused of doing to his player.
Leach is going to have suitors lined up to hire him; Tech will have chaos.
As others have said:
Craig James has now been involved in the potential destruction of TWO football programs.
As others have said:
Craig James has now been involved in the potential destruction of TWO football programs.
Interesting....
Leach was due a $800,000 bonus on Dec. 31 if he were still the head coach at Texas Tech.
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They saved the $800,000 bonus, but aren't they on the hook for $400,000 per year of each remaining year on his contract?
MotionMan
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I beleive so.
better to get out at 400K a year and save the extra 800K
I wonder what happened in that incident that we dont know about?
A statement of irony.
Leach got fired by the University because if the NCAA got ahold of this they could have come up with something to nail the University with.
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i have no doubt that craig james's son is capable of being a little bitch but there is never a reason to lock someone you're entrusted with in a closet. (unless they're going completely nuts and need animal control to come get them with that neck thing)
He wasnt locked in anything, and there were Tech personel with him the whole time. Grahm Harrel (former QB at Tech) just sent out a letter stating how much of a spoiled brat this James kid is, and how much of a cancer he was to the team.
To Whom It May Concern:
Texas Tech University and the athletic department is filled with great people from the top down, starting with the chancellor all the way down to the student athletes involved in the programs. In the football program, Gerald Myers and the rest of the administration have put together an unbelievable staff that believe success only comes from hard work and doing things right. The staff expects the players and everyone involved to buy into their beliefs, but like anywhere not every player agrees with or buys into what the coaches and program stand for. At Texas Tech the majority of the players do everything the coaches ask of them and anything possible to improve the team. Adam James is one of the few players who has never bought into what Texas Tech football was built on and in my years there with him had a negative impact on the team because of his attitude and work ethic on and off the field. Coach Leach demands a lot out of every player in the program and pushed his players and coaches as hard as any coach I have ever been around, but he is fair to every player and would never make and decision or action that is not best for the Texas Tech football program.
Before Adam James ever entered the football locker room at Texas Tech I heard how spoiled and selfish he acted in a team atmosphere from many of my baseball friends. Adam was on the baseball team his true freshman year at Tech, before he ever joined the football team, and did not make it through the baseball season because of his selfish attitude. After a baseball game in which he felt like he did not get enough playing time, but the team still won twenty to one, he came into the locker room after the game and "pouted and threw a big fit" according another player on the baseball team. A few weeks later in the middle of the season, he just stopped showing up to practices or game and quit because he was not happy about how he was being treated. One of my roommates was a baseball player on the team and many of my friends were a part of the team that witnessed all of this. These baseball players told me he was "spoiled and selfish" before he ever came to the football team. After quitting baseball he came out for football and his selfish attitude was very evident, as was his laziness. During off-season workouts he often would be caught skipping lifts in the weight room or finding ways to cut corners/get out of conditioning exercises. When we had player organized seven on seven throwing in the summer, when he would show up he was much more interested in playing his own games on the side of the field or telling people that he wasn't going to run any routes because the coaches do not get him a "fair opportunity" anyway. During the season he was often "injured" (it usually seemed like a very minor injury that could keep him out of practice but never out of any other activity, including games) so he would not participate in some drills in practice. None of these acts were productive for our team, but the most detrimental part of Adam was his off field attitude and actions. In the locker room and away from the facility, Adam used any opportunity he had to tell other players how he was being treated unfairly, how the coaches did not give him a fair chance and how we did not have to do everything the coaches told us because they had no option but to play some of us. When I heard these kinds of things I usually tried to put an end to them but Adam pretty consistently talked bad about the coaches or down played the importance of working hard, when he was off the field. When he talked to young players or players that were usually on the scout he would explain how the coaches were not fair to certain players and only played favorites. When he talked to players that did get some playing time he would talk about how we didn't really have to do what the coaches asked of us because the coaches had to play us anyway. And it almost always tied back to how he was not getting a fair chance to play just because the coaches were unfair. The coaches were always more than fair to Adam I felt, because he came in the game during certain formations and situations last football season, but because of his work ethic and attitude, many of the players on last years team had a hard time trusting him or relying on him because he was not always practicing and we had seen his laziness during the off-season. Adam was a kid that seemed like he had been given everything he wanted his whole life and acted like if things did not go exactly how he wanted someone was treating him unfairly or someone needed to be blamed for his failures. He was a selfish player on and off the field that was counter-productive for our team and would be for any other team.
Mike Leach was not only my head coach, but he was my position coach all five of my years at Texas Tech. I spent more time with him than any other player during my five years and had meetings with him every day. He was very hard on me and every other player in program and he held very high expectations for every player. He would push us all every day during the season and during the off-season. He felt that hard work, dedication and doing things right was the only way we could be successful and compete in the Big XII conference. He worked harder and longer than anyone else in program and was committed to winning at all cost. He would never have been unfair to a player or not played the best players he had because he wanted to win more than anything else. Coach Leach also expected us to be tough but smart at the same time. He would not pressure a kid to play with a serious injury or play when he did not feel ready to play. Coach Leach is a man that cares about his player and puts his players, coaches and the well being of the Texas Tech football program above all else.
Coach Leach is a great coach at Texas Tech that emphasizes the importance of hard work and doing things the right way so that the football program has the best opportunity possible to be successful. He, along with the administration and the rest of his staff, have built a great football program at Texas Tech that is built on the virtues and principles that give any program an opportunity to be successful. Every single player may not buy into the program's beliefs, but Mike Leach has almost everyone on board with him and the Texas Tech football program on a successful track.
Graham Harrell
To Whom It May Concern:
Texas Tech University and the athletic department is filled with great people from the top down, starting with the chancellor all the way down to the student athletes involved in the programs. In the football program, Gerald Myers and the rest of the administration have put together an unbelievable staff that believe success only comes from hard work and doing things right. The staff expects the players and everyone involved to buy into their beliefs, but like anywhere not every player agrees with or buys into what the coaches and program stand for. At Texas Tech the majority of the players do everything the coaches ask of them and anything possible to improve the team. Adam James is one of the few players who has never bought into what Texas Tech football was built on and in my years there with him had a negative impact on the team because of his attitude and work ethic on and off the field. Coach Leach demands a lot out of every player in the program and pushed his players and coaches as hard as any coach I have ever been around, but he is fair to every player and would never make and decision or action that is not best for the Texas Tech football program.
Before Adam James ever entered the football locker room at Texas Tech I heard how spoiled and selfish he acted in a team atmosphere from many of my baseball friends. Adam was on the baseball team his true freshman year at Tech, before he ever joined the football team, and did not make it through the baseball season because of his selfish attitude. After a baseball game in which he felt like he did not get enough playing time, but the team still won twenty to one, he came into the locker room after the game and "pouted and threw a big fit" according another player on the baseball team. A few weeks later in the middle of the season, he just stopped showing up to practices or game and quit because he was not happy about how he was being treated. One of my roommates was a baseball player on the team and many of my friends were a part of the team that witnessed all of this. These baseball players told me he was "spoiled and selfish" before he ever came to the football team. After quitting baseball he came out for football and his selfish attitude was very evident, as was his laziness. During off-season workouts he often would be caught skipping lifts in the weight room or finding ways to cut corners/get out of conditioning exercises. When we had player organized seven on seven throwing in the summer, when he would show up he was much more interested in playing his own games on the side of the field or telling people that he wasn't going to run any routes because the coaches do not get him a "fair opportunity" anyway. During the season he was often "injured" (it usually seemed like a very minor injury that could keep him out of practice but never out of any other activity, including games) so he would not participate in some drills in practice. None of these acts were productive for our team, but the most detrimental part of Adam was his off field attitude and actions. In the locker room and away from the facility, Adam used any opportunity he had to tell other players how he was being treated unfairly, how the coaches did not give him a fair chance and how we did not have to do everything the coaches told us because they had no option but to play some of us. When I heard these kinds of things I usually tried to put an end to them but Adam pretty consistently talked bad about the coaches or down played the importance of working hard, when he was off the field. When he talked to young players or players that were usually on the scout he would explain how the coaches were not fair to certain players and only played favorites. When he talked to players that did get some playing time he would talk about how we didn't really have to do what the coaches asked of us because the coaches had to play us anyway. And it almost always tied back to how he was not getting a fair chance to play just because the coaches were unfair. The coaches were always more than fair to Adam I felt, because he came in the game during certain formations and situations last football season, but because of his work ethic and attitude, many of the players on last years team had a hard time trusting him or relying on him because he was not always practicing and we had seen his laziness during the off-season. Adam was a kid that seemed like he had been given everything he wanted his whole life and acted like if things did not go exactly how he wanted someone was treating him unfairly or someone needed to be blamed for his failures. He was a selfish player on and off the field that was counter-productive for our team and would be for any other team.
Mike Leach was not only my head coach, but he was my position coach all five of my years at Texas Tech. I spent more time with him than any other player during my five years and had meetings with him every day. He was very hard on me and every other player in program and he held very high expectations for every player. He would push us all every day during the season and during the off-season. He felt that hard work, dedication and doing things right was the only way we could be successful and compete in the Big XII conference. He worked harder and longer than anyone else in program and was committed to winning at all cost. He would never have been unfair to a player or not played the best players he had because he wanted to win more than anything else. Coach Leach also expected us to be tough but smart at the same time. He would not pressure a kid to play with a serious injury or play when he did not feel ready to play. Coach Leach is a man that cares about his player and puts his players, coaches and the well being of the Texas Tech football program above all else.
Coach Leach is a great coach at Texas Tech that emphasizes the importance of hard work and doing things the right way so that the football program has the best opportunity possible to be successful. He, along with the administration and the rest of his staff, have built a great football program at Texas Tech that is built on the virtues and principles that give any program an opportunity to be successful. Every single player may not buy into the program's beliefs, but Mike Leach has almost everyone on board with him and the Texas Tech football program on a successful track.
Graham Harrell
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God damn...he wasn't locked in a closet or a shed or whatever else the James family has made it out to be. Do a little reading. Shit.
There's even video from a news station that went the facilities. The rooms in question were a large equipment room and a room that press conferences are held in. Not exactly closets. The whole thing has been blown out of proportion by Craig James because he is a little bitch, just like his son.
This isn't something new for Craig. When he was at SMU playing behind Eric Dickerson he whined and whined that he wasn't getting enough playing time. His parents even got involved. Now tell me, who would you rather have carrying the rock, Craig James or Eric Dickerson?
The same is what happened with his son. From all accounts he was lazy, not attending classes and was not a very good player but in his mind thought he was a superstar and should be starting. He tried to transfer to SMU back in November an Leach wouldn't let him transfer to a team that Tech was going to play next season or a team in the Big 12. Tech plays SMU next year.
The part that burns my ass, and I'm not a TT fan, is that Craig James has been going on and on about he and his family are doing this for the good of college football. Bullshit Craig. Fucking bullshit! If you had any integrity you wouldn't have had your hand out back when you played and helped contribute to SMU being handed the Death Penalty by the NCAA. Hypocritical piece of shit!
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meh, i've been getting my reports from listening to sporadic sports news updates on the radio. down here the biggest topics have been indianapolis tanking on sunday (the texans won so we'll complain about indy) and t-mac being a bitch.
craig james playing at SMU did come up for about 5 minutes and the radio host told a story about when he was covering SMU just before the death penalty. he said that a player he was interviewing right after the game reached into his street shoe in the locker room, pulled out a money clip, counted once, counted again, and then did the rest of the interview. SMU wasn't even trying to hide it by having their players work for alums' car dealers.
craig james playing at SMU did come up for about 5 minutes and the radio host told a story about when he was covering SMU just before the death penalty. he said that a player he was interviewing right after the game reached into his street shoe in the locker room, pulled out a money clip, counted once, counted again, and then did the rest of the interview. SMU wasn't even trying to hide it by having their players work for alums' car dealers.
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This will probaby be the best thing to happen to Mike Leach as someone bigger than TT will eventually sign him.
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nobody wanted to sign him before this. even if it's proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that craig james is a bitch and nothing happened in the way they're claiming it's not like he's going to get a premier job anywhere. maybe cincinnati would hire him.
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