Mike Leach suspended for Alamo Bowl

I’ll repeat my question from the forum: why doesn’t Tech realize and appreciate what they have in Leach? They seem deadset on rolling him out of town and quickly returning to Baylor levels of football accomplishment.

Any truth it was the Pony’s kid? aka Pony Boy

Maybe they’re hoping that it will play like the Urban Meyer saga:

A guy leaves as Gandalf the Grey, and returns as Gandalf the White.

(Though it hasn’t worked out for Mangino this way yet).

I heard it was Craig James’ kid and stemmed from how he was treated after a concussion.

Being a dick to Craig James’ kid tops all of the dumb shit Leach has ever done.

Will this be what sends him to detox?

Ruffin’s butt sweat will now rival the River Walk.

What kind of chain reaction did we set off at Kansas? Hadn’t heard of anything like this in how long, and now, in the month since Mangino was let go we hear about Leavitt & Leach.

I’ve heard it’s the James’ from about 8 different people, is that final? That’s freaking stupid on Leach’s part.

HJ, that was an image I could have done without.

I guess that’s what I get for reading.

Ezekiel 18:20, imo.

$20 says somebody’s fat little girlfriend is behind all of this.

What kind of chain reaction did we set off at Kansas?

The Bob Stoops Coaching Tree.

A gift that just keeps on giving.

I really want to know the story behind this. In his defense, Leach was probably wasted.

srr, did Leavitt coach under Stoops too? I knew he was under Snyder, but thought he went straight from there to USF?

I’ll accept Mangino as a “Stoops coaching tree” product, but Leach was in Norman for one year and was with Hal Mumme before that. It was a pitstop, there was no influence from Stoops. He’s LaVell Edwards and Hal Mumme’s product.

Leavitt was a colleague at Kstate

Sumlin to Tech?

If it was done to any kid, it was all kinds of stupid, if it was done to CJ’s kid it was nothing short of intentional self-destruction. That being said, I just hope that the player and parents are being truthful rather than drama queens and kings.

Do any of you think Craig James is squeaky clean? I don’t. I would hate for any coach to be brought down by that mouthpiece.

According to the Alamo Bowl website, Mike Patrick and Craig James are supposed to call the game.

OC: Mike Leach
DC: Muschamp

It could happen.

When you confine a kid with a concussion to a dark electrical closet because you don’t believe the diagnosis you’re a sociopath. When you do it to Craig James’ kid, you’re a sociopath who’s gone full retard.

This is all kinds of allsome.

The James Family confirmed it was Adam James by making a statement….

It puts the playbook in the basket or else it gets the hose.

“When you confine a kid with a concussion to a dark electrical closet because you don’t believe the diagnosis you’re a sociopath. When you do it to Craig James’ kid, you’re a sociopath who’s gone full retard.’

Doesn’t matter, Trips. It’s the fact that this is Craig James’ son, that this is even being mentioned at all. Doubt a walk-on gets the same coverage.

Kid had a concussion… he was sensitive to sunlight… put in him in a dark room. Whats the problem?

“It puts the playbook in the basket or else it gets the hose.”

Awesome. But with Leach: “the 3 X 5 card in the basket”.

Doesn’t matter, Trips. It’s the fact that this is Craig James’ son, that this is even being mentioned at all. Doubt a walk-on gets the same coverage.

Wrong.

First of all just take a look at all the publicity football-related concussions have gotten over the past month. Then add in the Mangino and Leavitt stories, throw it that is the Pirate Master and it would not matter.

fat little girlfriends hate little league dads.

Love it.

http://www.redraiders.com/2009/12/28/leach-suspended/

“During the university’s initial investigation, Leach said the player was a slacker and his father was always calling and acting like a Little League dad.”

Awesome. Sometimes the Mad Pirate just don’t give a fuck, does he?

Mike Leach is commiting the football version of Suicide By Cop.

From ESPN: Leach told the trainer “put [James] in the darkest, tightest spot. It was in an electrical closet, again, with a guard posted outside.”

Thats how pirates roll

“Mike Leach is commiting the football version of Suicide By Cop.”

There is no way he survives this. Let’s let the wild speculation of his replacement begin.

The guy said he had a concussion and showed up to practice wearing sunglasses because he said the light gave him headaches. So fat little girlfriends tried to cure him of headaches.

I’ll repeat my question from the forum: why doesn’t Tech realize and appreciate what they have in Leach? They seem deadset on rolling him out of town and quickly returning to Baylor levels of football accomplishment.

Because like A&M in the 1980’s, they’ve had a taste of success and have completely lost touch with what their expectations should be.

Mike Leach is the most entertaining coach out there. This isn’t Junction Boy treatment — it’s stupid, especially considering who the kid’s dad is, but it’s still funny.

I doubt he gets fired over it.

They want to fire him. This will be it for the Leach-era. UCLA ought to shitcan Neuheisel right now.

STATEMENT FROM JAMES FAMILY

The James family understands that Texas Tech University has undertaken an internal investigation. Since this situation affects our son and since the investigation is on-going, it would be inappropriate for us to speculate or provide additional information.

Mr. and Mrs. James took the step with great regret and after consideration and prayer to convey to the Texas Tech Administration that their son had been subjected to actions and treatment not consistent with common sense rules for safety and health. The James family believes this is a matter important to protect all the fine young men involved in Tech football and the University’s reputation for developing and educating young men and women.

Over the past year, there has been a greatly enhanced recognition of the dangers of concussions and the potential for long term physical damage to players. At virtually every level of football coaching, cases where children and young men have sustained concussions have generated serious discussion of the importance of correct treatment and diagnosis.

The entire James family is supportive of the University and looks forward to a resolution of the matter.

http://www.redraiders.com/2009/12/28/statement-from-james-family/

Stoops to Texas Tech.

Karma is a bitch.

Now all we need is for Meyer to flip-flop again so Chinless can get down to Florida and we’ll have pretty much cleared all the horse manure out of this shitty conference.

didn’t leach learn anything from stoops? catch the kid doing something wrong and shitcan both the kid and dad.

damn, mike.

Nate-

Cue the chicken little Texas fans claiming WM to Tech.

Adam James had requested a transfer to SMU before any of this happened, Leach declined the request citing his rule of not allowing any transfers within the state.

James received a hit to the head in practice and was sent to a dark quite place as a precaution. It would be really stupid for Tech’s board to fire Leach over this, but Tech wouldn’t be the first program the Pony has ruined.

If I’m June Jones I decline Adam’s request to transfer in, that family is nothing but problems.

Well, Adam’s sister is surprisingly hot. So the James family has that going for them.

I hate to see Leach go because he is such an entertaining bastard. And a hell of a football mind. But he was always a bad fit in Lubbock. He’ll land somewhere after a year off, no doubt. And he’ll succeed whereever he ends up.

From everything I’ve heard, seen or read about SMU in the 80’s CJ might have been the cleanest one on the team. I’ve read reports that he actually turned down money when it was offered. He went to SMU to follow his girlfriend. Dickerson on the other hand…

“It puts the playbook in the basket or else it gets the hose.”

Twenty posts later I’m still laughing. Fuckin’ eh.

Well played, Nate!

The James family believes this is a matter important to protect all the fine young men involved in Tech football and the University’s reputation for developing and educating young men and women.

Um, ok.

HJ, I’ve always found Ezekiel 23:20 to be a more entertaining read.

I’d be sad to see Leach go. All this coaching crap happening across college football makes me more grateful than ever for Mack.

Wouldn’t putting someone in a dark quiet room alone be a bad thing to do with a concussion? When I had my concussions all everyone ever told me was “don’t fall asleep!”.

James received a hit to the head in practice and was sent to a dark quite place as a precaution.

By Leach or the team doctor.

From everything I’ve heard, seen or read about SMU in the 80’s CJ might have been the cleanest one on the team.

And Trips was the soberest drunk at the BC Christmas Party.

Does Tim post as “slorch” on the shag?

James will not work the Alamo Bowl broadcast.

I keep seeing this “Craig James is bringing down Tech just like he brought down SMU” thing pop up across the internets.

Do people really believe this?

“But he was always a bad fit in Lubbock.”

Are you kidding me? He’s a PERFECT fit in Lubbock. He’s fucking insane, just like every Tech grad I’ve ever met. (OK, very few of them actually graduated, but you know what I mean.)

Did anyone else catch Lou Holtz’s comment… let me paraphrase…

“Boy when you hear thomething like thith, you thure hope it’th true, becauthe if it’th not, how doeth Mike Leach get his reputation back?”

Yes, when I hear about a kid being locked in a closet, I hope it’s true, becuase it would be WAY WORSE for it to be an untrue rumor that tarnished a football coaches reputation. Dumbass.

Bear Bryant would not have been able to coach today’s vaginas and he is considered the greatest coach of all time.

A good conference is good for Texas. It’s no accident that the death of the SWC was one of many factors that contributed to Texas’ swoon.

I hope the fat little girlfriend stays in weird world.

“Ruffin’s butt sweat will now rival the River Walk.”

There’s all kinds of win on this thread, but that one deserved special notice. Still laughing.

“Does Tim post as "slorch" on the shag?”

I don’t know, but Tim’s post on this thread puts the “fucking stupidest shit ever written in” into “fucking stupidest shit ever written”. Even stupider than slorch’s increasingly ridiculous defenses of the Pirate on shag.

For the few rational Techsters who may visit this site, here’s a basic principle: LEACH FUCKED UP. BIG TIME. There’s no way to argue it down, modify it, “put it in context”, or otherwise excuse it. It’s simply the logical extension of his “fat little girlfriends” nonsense.

He’s not Jack Sparrow any more, he’s Davey Jones.

“Ruffin’s butt sweat will now rival the River Walk."

Yeah, but the River Walk still smells worse…

Funniest damn thread I’ve seen in a long time. Leach just keeps pushing the envelope — he really, truly just doesn’t give a flying shit, does he? I don’t know that this’ll cost him his job but, dayum, Mike, you’re pushing it dude.

Personally, I’m saddened by the news that Craig James will no longer be calling the Alamo Bowl as planned. How much fun would that have been?

At this point, is there anyone who actually wants to go to the Alamo Bowl?

We’ve lost about half the MSU team, the Tech head coach and the lead color guy for the broadcast.

As far as Ezekiel goes, which one is the one that Samuel L. Jackson’s character quotes in Pulp Fiction? Put me down for that one.

Fascinating story. Obviously we don’t know all the facts but, given the suspension, is there any way that Leach stays at Tech? Does Tech fire him, is there a negotiated settlement, or does Leach quit? My guess is negotiated settlement.

Does Leach coach anywhere next season? Does he get a good job or is his careeer ruined? My guess is that he is done with Tech, does ot find another job in time for next season but that his career is not ruined (he should always be able to find work as an OC, at minimum)

Tech owes Leach an $800k bonus if Leach is employed by Tech on Jan 1, 2010. Is there any way that Tech fires Leach before then? Probably not.

Did the James kid actually have a concussion or not? In the NFL they do brain scans on all the players so they can compare pre and post injury scans to see how an injury has affected a player’s brain. Is this done in the Big 12? I don’t think so. If the James kid did not actually have a concussion, does that make it a lot tougher for Tech to fire Leach?

How long does the James kid stay on the team? How will his teammates treat him? The James kid wanted to transfer to SMU but Leach would not OK him playing imediately at SMU (i.e. the James kid would have to sit out the normal year when he transfers). The James family was upset with Leach for not cooperating, did this have any impact on this story?

Does anyone NOT think Craig James is a Little League dad? I will miss Leach.

Where the hell is dedfischer? Is he knuckle glazing to Von Miller footage from last night?

I post over at the Shag under a different name, but I defended Leach over there and will here, too.

I’m sure he did something with the kid and a confined space, but since the James’s clearly have an incentive to exaggerate and smear him, and since the university seems to have love-hate relationship with Leach and is sensitive about his eccentricities, I think there might be more smoke than fire here.

Not to mention that since the media has recently been on such a “mean coach” witch hunt lately, Leach would have to be absolutely stupid to do anything as cruel as what some people are attributing to him here.

If it was as bad as some people say, then he should be fired, but I have a hard time yet believing that it is.

Jameses, James’s… whatever

Holy sh!t. I put down the internets for a couple of days and the world falls apart in the NCAA.

Leach is entertaining even when getting fired. The classic take a dump on your bosses desk before security can escort you out.

The silence of the lambs reference made me laugh loud enough to wake up my hung over cousin.

I’m keeping an open mind on this until we get all of the details.

Pro-Leach:
1. The James kid had motive to bs about Leach because of the denied transfer.
2. No other players have come forward with similar tales.
3. There are not program rumors of the sort that surrounded Mangino.
4. The James kid background indicates a higher level of entitlement than usual.

Pro-James:
1. Leach is crazy, benign or not.
2. Leach clearly hates the James kid.
3. why would a kid make this sort of thing up when he knows the truth will come out?
4. Myers suspended Leach, leading me to suspect that other players corroborated something about the James kid’s story.

BTW —

Bates, are you sleeping with your cousin???

“Where the hell is dedfischer?”

Be sensitive magnusbleuviegner. Keep in mind the only weakness Leach has is loyalty!

Yes, if anything, he’s too punctual…..

Classic interview bs. Love it. He might want to get in front of a mirror and practice his shtick.

Sit up straight Leach, exude confidence. Leave the parrot at home. Typical checklist.

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.

What a megalomaniac! I agree with Sasha, et al., that this just reinforces how great it is to have someone with Mack’s character at the helm. Hook ’em, indeed.

What is this “shad” you guys keep referencing?

In the few short days since srr50 posted http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2009/12/24/a-sign-of-the-coming-apocalypse/ about the TMZ National Enquirer-ing of sports, college football jumps in with both feet. Who can resist headlines like “SUV and Rent Free at USC”, “Meyer Retire Quagmire”, and now, “Leach Locks up Lil Pony”?

Apocalypse now!

dedfischer is skiing in Taos, maybe (blissfully) unaware of the mediastorm

I’m thinking he started to pick up more shifts at Allsups, what with the holidays and all.

Nah, I’m not that degenerate.

I’m in town for a family function and I’ve got family crashed out all over my Mom’s house. I thought I would die cleaning up all the lonestar bottles this morning. Such is life in a family of functioning alcoholics.

Ghost agree with all but:

“4. Myers suspended Leach, leading me to suspect that other players corroborated something about the James kid’s story.”

I’d make it:

4. Myers suspended Leach with lightning speed with no corroboration whatsoever in fear of the media fallout.

Also, a big difference between Leach & Mangino is that Leach’s former players are coming out of the woodwork to defend him, unlike Mangino’s who acted like Andy Dufresne climbing out of 500 yards of shit-smelling foulness to scream at the sky before getting to the business of fucking over the (obese) warden that had screwed their lives over for a few years.

I’m thinking Pony Jr. whined to daddy because he was embarrassed ‘n’ all but once Pony Sr. was in full “Leach & Tech won’t apologize??? I’m Roy L Fuchs goddammit!!” mode, it was too late to take it back.

Nice Used Cars reference.

“Where the hell is dedfischer? "

Holiday cruise…Lake Alan Henry.

sizzle, I am a little old to be playin’ in the fuckin’ mud.

:-D

Mike Leach fired. His lawyer was handed the termination letter minutes before the court hearing on the injunction to allow him to coach.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/news/story?id=4781981

Something tells me he’s about to become a very rich man.

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