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1. nordberg said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 7:45 am

   Getcha popcorn ready.

2. MerHorn said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 7:52 am

   I love college football…these are the types of stories our conference needs, SECish.

3. ghostofagroundgame said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:02 am

   This is so awesome. Leach is the freaking best.

4. magnusbleuviegner said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:25 am

   This gonna make last years Leach/Tech soap opera tame by comparison. One would think that breaking the lawyers out on your current school in such a public manner, might hinder your chances for gainful employment at the next university. Or, at the very least hurt your earning potential. I see either a step down in conference, or a pay decrease at a lateral school.

5. Texoz said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:29 am

   “I see either a step down in conference, or a pay decrease at a lateral school.”

   You need to get your glasses cleaned.

6. UT wildcatter said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:31 am

   Why? Oh why? did ESPN give James the easy out pulling him from calling the Alamo Bowl?

   That would have been all kinds of allsome

7. ChicagoTTU said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:38 am

   FUCK YEAH! Suck a dick, Craig James!

8. srr50 said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:38 am

   You need to get your glasses cleaned.

   Nope, magnus’ glasses are just fine. Mike Leach is still at Texas Tech because that is the best he could do. That is why he eventually signed his contract extention after putting his name out for each and every job that has opened up over the past couple of years.

   Hell, he paid is own way out to Washington — and they hired an off. coordinator with no head coaching experience. He campaigned for the Tennesse job, and they went with Lanke Kiffin.

   He interviewed for the Miami post and it was by all accounts a disaster. The dude is an entertaining odd duck who is a prime example of The Peter Principle

9. Trips Right said:

   December 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am

   All of this legal posturing reminds me of a movie scene.

10. BobInHouston said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    I keep wondering if Leach has committed false imprisonment. Tech would be on the hook for that.

11. ghostofagroundgame said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 8:51 am

    No one has been desperate enough to hire Leach away from TTU because he is obviously insane. By rumor, an alcoholic to boot. There will come a time, inevitably, when a program is hard up enough that they’ll grab him. It won’t be a top tier job (although I’d love to see what he could do with blue chip recruits) but he’ll be a head coach again.

12. H-TownTsip said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:16 am

    I sure wouldn’t mind him sitting in Greg Davis’ piss stained seat next year. Buy him a nice home in Austin, Pay him a stick a year, and tell him he never has to do an interview again. Let him utilize our athletes. I would like to get this deal done before we play Alabama if at all possible.

13. mockingbird said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:21 am

    Craig James probably didn’t think this one out. He should have just let his kid transfer, given Leach a tongue lashing over the phone and let the issue die. He overestimated his clout and the power of his pretty boy looks.

    Now he has to get muddy with a coach who self-taught football in law school and has zero public persona inhibitions.

14. Mister Mike said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:25 am

    Ditka vs Leach. Who wins?

15. dick said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am

    “There are also emails from former players and coaches who back Leach, in which they belittle Adam James’ talent and work ethic, while also claiming that James was trying to “get back” at coaches for lack of playing time.”

    From the Houston Chronicle:

    Among those identified as writing the e-mails were former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, former Tech wide receiver Eric Morris, assistant coach Lincoln Riley and former assistant coach Dana Holgerson, now the offensive coordinator at the University of Houston.

16. LongHornedFrog said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Bob:

    As I said in an earlier post on a parallel thread:

    From Leach’s official bio on the Tech website:

    “After graduating with honors from BYU in 1983, Leach earned a master’s degree from the U.S. Sports Academy and his law degree from Pepperdine University, where he graduated in the top one-third of his class. ”

    Apparently he skipped the classes on “Care of Athletes” and “False Imprisonment” at each fine institution.

17. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:43 am

    Difficult situation. My (admittedly second hand) sources on Tech’s team are universally behind Leach on this one. The belief is that the punishment was not so bad, the whole story is not out, and that the James kid is kind of a prima donna who really is not all that good.

    Is the AD looking for an easy way to whack Leach for cause and save $$$? Not out of the question at all.

18. LongHornedFrog said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Also from the TTech site:

    “Adam James … born February 5, 1988, in Plano, Texas … son of Marilyn and Craig James … father is a football analyst with ESPN and ABC … has two older sisters, Jessica and Caylin, and a younger brother, Andy … enjoys hunting, fishing and being around friends.”

    … dislikes being confined in dark closets.

    OK. Too easy.

19. Woody Bombay said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:08 am

    If James suffered a concussion and Leach shoved him in a equipment shed and/or electrical closet for hours on end with a guard outside the door, the old pirate is in (deservedly) big trouble. If the account James has given isn’t true, then he’s the one who’s in big trouble.

    It doesn’t matter if the James kid isn’t very good, or if he’s a prima donna, or if his work ethic sucks. That’s “she was asking to be raped because she wore a short skirt” territory.

20. java said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:13 am

    This is all very interesting. I don’t think the James’ family expected it to get down and dirty. Tech should have expected it. Leach knew that he would get down in the trenches if that is what it took.

    Leach is strange, doesn’t do well in interviews, but I don’t believe he lacks in raw intelligence. He refused to issue an apology, which would be admitting guilt would it not? I doubt the James’ family would have accepted a qualified apology that admits no wrongdoing.

    Does Craig James have something to lose too? Does he lose status at ESPN, does he get relegated to games with less exposure and less interest if it becomes widely know that he expected his son to get special treatment at the expense of more deserving players?

21. Art Vandelay said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:22 am

    How can anyone defend Leach on this? If that was my son I would have done the same thing. It would have been hard to stop me from arriving in Lubbock and not throwing Leach in the equipment closet and beating the living shit out of him. It would probably help Leach as a person to get his ass kicked.

    Tech needs to cut their losses quickly and fire the prick, if not they could be in a world of legal problems.

    From the AP release:

    • On Dec. 17, James said Leach told trainers to put him “the darkest place you can find.” James was sent to an equipment shed near the practice field, where a member of the athletic staff checked on James to make sure he did not lean against anything or sit on the floor. James said Leach told him that if he came out he would be kicked off the team.

    • When the team returned to practice two days later, on Dec. 19, James said Leach told trainers to “find the tightest, darkest place” for the player. James, in his street clothes, was put in an electrical closet inside the football stadium for hours, again monitored by a member of the athletic staff.

    The James family contacted the university after the second practice, the person said.

22. Woody Bombay said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Yeah, see, I don’t think getting pissed off that your concussed kid was held in a dark closet for hours with a guard outside the door (IF that’s what happened) means that Craig James was looking for his son to get special treatment at the expense of more deserving players.

23. Beamwalker said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Guy gets a concussion, can’t practice – so coach tells him to walk around the field. – No problem.

    Guy shows up one day with sunglasses, so coach (admittedly probably being a smartass) tells him to stay in the equipment shed, where it is dark, and “posts a guard” – No problem.

    Coach cusses and yells at players – No problem.

    I don’t see the problem.

24. ghostofagroundgame said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Fellas –

    Let’s keep an open mind on the ol’ pirate. This is the first allegation of this sort against him ever, Adam James’ story should be easily corroborated or discredited by people who were present, and this thing just started to unfold.

25. mockingbird said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    ArtVandelay

    All of your evidence stems from one source, the James family. The coaching staff and former/current players seem to have a different story. Just having looked at other sites, several have posted pictures of the alleged “electric closet”. It is actually a visitor’s shelter the size of a small house, so they are at the very least exhagerating the claims.

    James is right to be angry if his kid gives him this story (true or not), but using a lawyer and doing this through the public is every bit as bizarre and stupid as Leach himself. He should have just transfered the kid and let it go.

26. The Hairline of Wade Boggs said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Mister Mike: Bears. 79-zip.

27. Fried Rice said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    mockingbird, i’d like to see pictures of this closet please…

    I don’t know how Craig James thought this could have ended well. Get Leach fired and maybe the next coach will give his son playing time? It seems to me that the court of public opinion is overwhelmingly in Leach’s side. Unlike Mangino, who had a closet full of haters, the number of former players who have come out to support Leach really reflects badly on Craig James. I hope this matters to ESPN.

28. parlin said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Leach blows his fuse all the time.

29. ghostofagroundgame said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    Ditka walks it, IMO.

30. srr50 said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:14 am

    First of all, ESPN could not care less on how this reflects on Craig James — except that they get to see their four letters in every story coming out of Lubbock.

    Adam James is done playing at Tech – Leach or no Leach – Craig James is well aware of that.

    Public opinion is not overwhelmingly on Leach’s side, and really this story is still in the investigative stage, let’s wait and see where it goes.

    The fact that Leach was the first to go the Lawyer route and go public with his defense gives this story stronger legs and assures us that it will be front and center at least through the Alamo Bowl.

    Pull up a chair, grab a beverage and some snacks — this is gonna take a while.

31. CW said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/70523324b1bb7c6a

32. Fried Rice said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Public opinion is not overwhelmingly on Leach’s side
    really? any player come out and take James’s side yet?

33. Mike Leach said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:39 am

    Look you dumbasses – dedfischer and Taylor Potts won the bid to construct a “holding cell” at Jones AT&T stadium and this is where shit got a little fuckin’ crazy. While pouring the slab on the 19th, ded and Potts thought it would be a good idea to run the electric cement vibrator and the rebar shaker on the same circuit (dumb fuckers), which of course tripped the circuit breaker. Since The Golden Pony Boy wasn’t doing a goddamned thing I gave him a cigarette lighter and told him to locate the breaker box, throw the breaker… and take that fucking bad look off your face. I swear, you would’ve thought I’d just asked him to dig a ditch from here to Childress without gloves. Anyway, he walks away muttering something about “you wouldn’t tell Eric Dickerson’s son to throw the fuckin’ breaker”, and the next thing ya know I’m a cross between Hitler and Colonel Klink running the fuckin’ west Texas Auschwitz…

34. Barking Carnival — Blog — Looking for Fifty in a Row said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    [...] topic and as suspected, it doesn’t appear Leach will go quietly into this good night, as he’s seeking an injunction to allow him to coach the Alamo [...]

35. Minnesotahorn said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    The only way this story could’ve been better would’ve been if James had been clamped in irons or had to kiss the gunner’s daughter or something. Actually come to think about it, I’m a little disappointed in Leach now.

36. sizzlechest said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    oh, dedfischer, where for art thou?

37. Fried Rice said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    If Leach coaches and wins the bowl game, it will be the second most epic win in his career. I still don’t understand why James’s punishment is a big deal. A coach thinks a player is faking injury and punishes him, so what? Good coaches do that all the time. There was a person standing guard and he could have gotten help any time he needed it. The punishment itself is neither demeaning and humiliating. It’s just a timeout; I do it to my kids all the time.

38. Sugarpants said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    It’s been a tough season for Leach… the Twitter post, suspending players… etc.

39. raoulduke said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    Guns Up!

    

40. Shaun said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    I look forward to the day when Mike Leach kicks back and writes his autobiography. I will be first in line to pick up a copy.

41. Trips Right said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Wow, even their eyes have chlamydia.

42. enrico rizzo said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    hey, i know just the place for him. this place loves to bring in well-known coaches who get all twisted up and have to leave but nobody wants them. they even gave bobby knight a new lease on life.

43. srr50 said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    If Leach coaches and wins the bowl game, it will be the second most epic win in his career. I still don’t understand why James’s punishment is a big deal. A coach thinks a player is faking injury and punishes him, so what? Good coaches do that all the time. There was a person standing guard and he could have gotten help any time he needed it. The punishment itself is neither demeaning and humiliating. It’s just a timeout; I do it to my kids all the time.

    Wow. Where to begin? We are talking about a concussion. Did the Doctor tell Leach James was faking it? If so you boot the kid off the field, tell him to stay away and you move on. If not, you leave the kid the hell alone until the Doctor tells you he is ready for contact.

    It really is this simple. If the Doctor backs Leach this can all go away. If the Doctor says the kid had a concussion, Leach is toast, and should be.

    Leach is obviously a smart guy who has little common sense. He is already on bad terms with the AD and the Chancellor, and he decides to take on his player with the highest profile parent?

    Again, I believe he is trying to commit the football version of “Suicide by Cop.” And I think he will succeed.

44. EnglishAg said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    The injunction is a stroke of genius. He must either be an evil genius or hideously pissed off to take that approach.

    As for the tech girls, just another example of the failures in my exchange program.

45. Mike Leach said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    “Again, I believe he is trying to commit the football version of “Suicide by Cop.” ”

    I sure as hell am not!! And like Bob, I’ll be the only one doing any shootin’ around here.
    Look, I just want them to give me a shitload of money to go away where I can coach at a place that doesn’t so closely resemble the surface of Mars and has a fan base that doesn’t include fuckin’ tim…

46. T. Penders said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    I don’t understand. Does Mike not have an assistant coach?

47. BobInHouston said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    The injunction is a stroke of genius. He must either be an evil genius or hideously pissed off to take that approach.

    Injunctions aren’t handed out like candy at Halloween. You have to be able to show that you’re likely to win in court…. not just could win, but likely to win. I’m skeptical that Leach has that kind of argument. But I suppose we will see….

48. er said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    “I don’t understand. Does Mike not have an assistant coach?”

    T. Penders

    The 3 x 5 notecard/playbook is the assistant, don’t you know anything about Mike Leach’s drinkability?

49. java said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    Since I’m on vacation this week, ESPN is providing bits of entertainment. They just aired the doctor’s statement that stated, “The Coach did nothing that would hurt the player, in fact, he may have helped the player.” They also gave accounts from Harrell and other players who supported Leach, including some critical of A James.

    Now folks, where does that leave us? We have two high profile people, one a coach and the other a sports broadcaster. ESPN is forced to present balanced coverage. Does anyone win?

50. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Thankfully, LSUfreek is already all over this one:

51. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Hmmm – won’t let me post images here. If one of you guys wanna do ti for me, here’s the link:

    

52. Trips Right said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Craig James now using his ESPN bully pulpit. This shit is hilarious.

53. spider said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    A shitty little situation for a shitty little man at a shitty little school. Leach hired some asshole to go on TV and pound the table, as if it matters if the kid is a prima donna. And then they’ll bitch about Craig James going on TV, too.

    Nice move, trying to get a judge to push your employer around. I’m sure that just improved Leach’s stock all over the country. Hire this litigious drunk and you too can have your progam in the news for the wrong reasons at bowl season.

    Small town, west Texas lawyer just walked into a buzz saw. Couldn’t happen to a nicer hired piece of shit.

54. BEHorn said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    “The injunction is a stroke of genius. He must either be an evil genius or hideously pissed off to take that approach.”

    He’s a lawyer. It’s his natural response – and the correct one. Whenever you’re in deep shit, fight back hard. Get as much leverage, actual or perceived, as possible and see how it plays out. If you let the other guy dictate the media agenda, you’re fucked.

55. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    This whole story is the gift that just keeps giving:

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/news/story?id=4779341

    The lawyer for Mike Leach says the suspended Texas Tech coach did nothing wrong in how he treated a player with a “mild” concussion, and Leach is seeking a court’s help in allowing him to coach in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2.

    However, Leach and his attorneys anticipate Texas Tech will try to fire the coach in the near future, multiple sources tell ESPN’s Joe Schad.

    Leach led Texas Tech to the best season in program history last year, going 11-2. But he and the university were at odds for months over negotiations for a contract extension. In February, Leach and the school agreed to a five-year, $12.7 million deal that could keep him there through 2013.

    The clock is ticking on a portion of that contract. If Leach is the coach as of Thursday, the school owes him an $800,000 bonus.

    Massive, epic charlie foxtrot on the horizon……..

56. tree said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Craig James just wants his kid to be safe. What could be more safe than alone time in a dark room? Sounds pretty safe to me…

    Mountain meet mole hill… geezz

57. ghostofagroundgame said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    I’m not hearing the best things about Leach’s choice of counsel. Even Lubbock has a couple of trial lawyers — but he didn’t pick the best of the bunch.

58. Blueshorn said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    Whatzis? Leach made a poor choice? For a lawyer? For a player? For an employer? To go for it on fourth and five from his 25?

59. jimmyjazz said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a play for the $800K. Sure, Tech might fire him, but it gets tougher to do so when there is a potential court order to let him coach. All it takes is a day’s delay, and they’re out some significant cash.

60. GuruDoo said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    ESPN’s monopoly on all sport perception is seriously going to be tested.

    Everyone needs to read UH’s OC Dana Holgorsen email to Texas Tech Univ:

    http://tinyurl.com/yhucsyh

    “Adam should be thankful for the opportunity to play at Texas Tech and for Mike Leach, who gave him the opportunity,” Holgorsen writes. “During the rest of my time at Texas Tech I was Adam’s position coach where I always remained critical of Adam’s ability to play at this level due to being lazy in not only the classroom but also in the offseason and during practice. In my opinion playing 5-10 plays a game in an outstanding offense is more than he would get at any other school in NCAA D1 football.”

    Imo, horrible move by the Tech athletic administration, as Tech brings tons of negative pub to a school looking for respect. Even worse considering the timing (days before a bowl game, all leading up to the best recruiting class Tech has seen).

    As a Lubbock transplant, albeit incredibly juicy internet fodder, Tech football is losing the greatest coach it has ever seen.

61. Groundhog Day said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Guru,

    That is incredible. If Leach is fired over this incident, it will set a very bad precedent for coaches and student athletes. Leach has done incredible things for the Tech program and anyone who thinks Tech can just plug someone into Lubbock is kidding themselves. They also have a great recruiting class signed up for Tech standards.

    The more I hear of this story, the more I think Leach will be vindicated in some form or fashion. This story is the complete opposite of the Mangino saga. Mangino had very few supporters whereas Leach has supporters far and wide except the Little League Dad and his little vagina.

62. dedfischer said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    This world has officially been pussified. False imprisonment? There are some fucking sissies around here as well. I’ll be back in town tomorrow and it doesn’t seem I’ll be able to avoid the theatrics.

63. Fried Rice said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    Not all of us, ded. Do not judge a city by its fags.

64. Groundhog Day said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    Agreed, ded. I’m a die hard UT fan, but appreciate what Leach has done in Lubbock. A nationally competitive Tech is good for the Big 12 and Texas. I don’t excuse what Mangino did at Kansas, but this incident is hilarious on so many levels. When kids and parents can threaten coaches in this manner it sets a very dangerous precedent for sports in general. From some posts I have read the past few days I bet people think of Bear Bryant as one of the greatest criminals to ever walk the planet.

65. BEHorn said:

    December 29th, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    A tough disciplinarian sends the semi-concussed slacker home.

    A borderline head case with a mean streak that could turn ugly puts the semi-concussed slacker into a shed, room, closet, or whatever, and posts a guard over him.

    You can wait for the borderline head case to go full Mangino, or you can cut your losses (and if, into the bargain, you avoid paying 800,000 doubloons to the head case — or convert that two to years worth of buyout payments — then you really are cutting your losses).

66. GuruDoo said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 1:15 am

    Video tour of “shed” by Leach’s redneck lawyer: http://tinyurl.com/yklbbrf

    Looks like only way Tech can save face is to immediately reinstate Leach and fire AD Gerald Myers.

67. SpiralOut said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 6:01 am

    GuruDoo — Say wha??

    It doesn’t matter whether Leach stuffed this kid in an equipment box and went all Captain Hook and the “Boo Box” on his with scorpions, or stuck him in a 30,000 square foot mansion with a bunch of Playboy bunnies. You don’t fucking lock kids up under guard in this day and age.

    It’s obvious Leach wanted to get back at this kid and/or Daddy James and figured since he was the crazy, kooky pirate he could do whatever the hell he wanted. If Leach was thinking straight he would have just sent the kid home both days. Instead, the TECH team doctor says this kid was legitimately hurt/concussed/etc. and Leach gets all pissy and locks him away. Smart move there, Mike!

    And as has been mentioned before, all parties in this situation are acting like jackasses. Tech can’t do better than Leach and Leach can’t do better than Tech. Yet they’re on this path of mutually assured destruction.

    Here’s hoping Leach does get fired. One less Chinless protege to fuck us over come voting time.

68. srr50 said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 7:19 am

    The bottom line is that Leach is an adult — one who is in charge of a multimillion dollar organization. He obviously believes that he made a mistake in recruiting James. He also must believe that he was faking the injury.

    Fine, send him to the training room and then drop him off the travel squad to the Alamo Bowl. Cut your losses.

    Instead Leach chose to get into a battle of wills with one of his players. That is a stupid, immature thing for the supposed adult in the relationship. It is especially stupid to get into it with the one player on your team that has a high profile parent.

    Leach should have listened to Mark Twain.

    “Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”

69. magnusbleuviegner said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 7:30 am

    Was Leach wrong to engage the puss? Of course, but this incident isn’t bad enough to suspend him much less fire him.

    They do have a decent class especially at WR, I can’t wait to see them implode if they fire him. Some people just don’t know how good they have it. The AD might have a bigger ego than Leach. That appears to be the real pissing contest.

70. srr50 said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 7:42 am

    The AD isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, but he is tired of having Leach desperately try to get every other major D-1 job that opens up, along with his shenanigans like this.

    The fact that neither side is willing to admit is that they are each the best either can do.

71. jimmyjazz said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:01 am

    I love how every transgression in this day and age deserves the death penalty. Leach fucked up, but to me, it doesn’t seem a firable offense at this point. Everything is binary to the message board jockey (until, of course, it’s his job on the line).

72. srr50 said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    I love how every transgression in this day and age deserves the death penalty. Leach fucked up, but to me, it doesn’t seem a firable offense at this point.

    The point is that this latest incident didn’t occur in a vacuum. It is the tipping point for Tech to arrange for the least expensive divorce possible. And Mike Leach gave them all the ammunition they needed, from applying for every job the came open, to calling out his team at every turn (fat girlfriends included) to telling the AD and the Chancellor to piss off.

    This is merely the final act of a play that was written a while back.

73. BEHorn said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:26 am

    jimmy – agree with you regarding the absence of internet grayscale. But srr’s right, too; this is “Lubobck in My Rearview Mirror” and we’re hearing the last few bars.

74. magnusbleuviegner said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:36 am

    Alright, so if you guys think he’s gone, who’s his replacement? Me and a couple of friends have been throwing some names around. I like Chris Petersen for it. A million dollar raise to leave Boise Idaho for Boise Texas isn’t bad. Also his passing prowess would be good for transitional purposes both schematically and recruiting wise. Although he doesn’t spend much time in Texas he does have a Texas presence on his current roster. Maybe he holds out for something bigger, but I think Dan Hawkins misery at Colorado hurts as far as the big boys go. And, no Tech, you’re not exactly a big boy.

    The million dollar raise comment was a rough estimate. I don’t know what he gets paid as opposed to what it would take to get him to leave.

75. Blueshorn said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    I’m on pins and needles waiting to hear which Tech douchebag comes out on top.

76. srr50 said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:46 am

    Alright, so if you guys think he’s gone, who’s his replacement? Me and a couple of friends have been throwing some names around. I like Chris Petersen for it.

    Thre is a backstory for Petersen and Boise State. He has a son who was diagnosed with brain cancer at a very young age (I think 13 months). Boise has an outstanding medical center, and his son is now cancer free. He is 11 and I seem to remember hearing that Petersen loves Boise and thinks rooting up his family at this time (at least until his son Sam is out of High School) isn’t worth it.

77. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Won’t everyone at Tech lose in this? If the school wins, Leach gets fired. If Leach wins, he collects his $800k, coaches the game and leaves.

    And am I the only one who can’t figure out how this hearing can be found for anyone other than the school? The school owns the team and can let anyone they want coach. They haven’t fired him yet, so Leach cannot argue they’re trying to stiff him his bonus.

78. srr50 said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:54 am

    I don’t think Leach really expects to win the injunction. I think he is using it as leverage for the buyout negotiations that no doubt are going on today.

79. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:56 am

    That makes sense – I guess he’s running in the league where lawyer’s time is relatively cheap.

80. NorthDallasSooner said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Leach will be fired. That much is undeniable. This motion is only to collect the $800k due tomorrow and secure a better financial departure.

    But, I seriously doubt there’s any program in the COUNTRY that will touch this James kid.

81. magnusbleuviegner said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 9:07 am

    Sounds like nobody wanted to take a shot on him before, but maybe June Jones lets him walk on. That way young James will be close to his mamas teet.

82. CoachBoomismycopilot said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 9:27 am

    magnusbleuviegner said: I like Chris Petersen for it. A million dollar raise to leave Boise Idaho for Boise Texas isn’t bad.

    Dude, You’ve obviously never been to Boise, ID…one of the cooler small college cities in the country…Lubbock, it ain’t…

83. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    I heard the same thng about Peterson – that he really likes it in Boise due to family issues. He was not interested at all in the A&M job – no chance he’d entertain overtures from Lubbock.

84. magnusbleuviegner said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am

    I’ve been to Boise, and I actually have a sister that lives in Twin Falls. Admittedly I was younger and wasn’t able to hit it with the fervor I would nowadays. Sorry to any bleufielders I might have offended. Still, if forced to go to the Meth State, I’m hitting Coeur D’lene.

    Thanks for the correction though.

85. jimmyjazz said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    I’m not sure a lack of interest in the A&M job implies a lack of interest in the Tech job (should it become available). B/CS is one of the few college towns Lubbock can rightfully look down upon.

86. Ag_in_TX said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am

    I’m certainly not talking up B/CS. But he has made it clear he would only consider blue blood positions like Florida, Notre Dame, etc.

87. spider said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    ESPN’s monopoly on all sport perception is seriously going to be tested.

    Everyone needs to read …

    And therein lies your problem.

88. Gary Egeberg said:

    December 30th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    The time has arrived in which coaches will have to have every conversation and practice session filmed to protect them from “sensitive” athletes and coddling parents. Here’s how it will be: “Son, would you mind running a forty-yard sprint? If not, that’s okay. You’re a terrific person, and I love you as a human being.”

89. Renato Svehla said:

    January 8th, 2010 at 8:02 am

    Sei Gegr

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