Mike Leach fired

[J0nnD0ugh]

A parent complained about how Leach treated their injured son & the scholl won't let him coach while the investigation continues.

[Bamafan3723]

Re: Mike Leach suspended from Alamo Bowl

Just saw this on ESPN's ticker. Any more details about this incident?

[J0nnD0ugh]

Re: Mike Leach suspended from Alamo Bowl

Just saw this on ESPN's ticker. Any more details about this incident?

It just broke. I just googled it & all the news reports have the same info. A complaint was filed & while the investigation continues, he's suspended & the DC will take over in the interim.

[WazzuRC]

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He chastised players after a loss to Texas A&M in October for listening to "their fat little girlfriends," and thinking the Aggies were a pushover.

LOL, oh the pirate strikes again. Mods should change the title of this thread to "How Do I Tell Me 'Fat' Girlfriend...that the coach is suspended for the bowl game."

[Solidice]

Re: Mike Leach suspended from Alamo Bowl

well, that is one way to level the odds for the Alamo Bowl.

no clue who it could be or what he could have done. there were so many players injured this season for Tech.

[BurghFan]

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Sheesh, just heard this while watching the Independence Bowl. He's what, the third NCAA coahc to get in hot water in the past month or so?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls0...ory?id=4776848

[Sting]

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College football is goin to crap. Everyone has to be pc. Too many lawyers and cry babies. It sometimes takes a mean sob to get points across. You think Nick Saban isn't an *******? He is one and he's a damn good coach because of it. Lots of coaches are like this. They're being neutered (sp) in todays game, its ruining the game imo.
Leach, Leavitt, Mangino, they're all okay in my book but maybe I'm just old school.

[KHood55]

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Rumor is it is Adam James, son of Craig James.

[Cebby]

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Dear Mike Leach,

Don't take discipline ideas from Peyton Manning's SNL skit.

Sincerely
Cebby

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Rumor is it is Adam James, son of Craig James.

Hmmmm.....

[Solidice]

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maybe he made someone "walk the plank". lol

[BurghFan]

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When they went to a gamebreak in the Independence Bowl they said what it was though I didn't catch it clearly. I think it was something about putting an injured player alone in a dark equipment room and making him lift weights.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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More_details_provided. & yes, its is Adam James.

.....A source close to the family told ESPN's Joe Schad that James sustained a concussion on Dec. 16, was examined on Dec. 17 and told not to practice due to a concussion and an elevated heart rate. The source said Leach called a trainer and directed him to move James "to the darkest place, to clean out the equipment and to make sure that he could not sit or lean. He was confined for three hours."

According to the source, Leach told the trainer, two days later, to "put [James] in the darkest, tightest spot. It was in an electrical closet, again, with a guard posted outside."

An attorney for Leach said that while James was secluded twice, the circumstances were not as portrayed in that account.

Ted Liggett, Leach's attorney, said James "was placed in an equipment room as it was much cooler and darker" than the practice field "after a doctor had examined him and returned him to the field."

Liggett said that on that day, a trainer was posted outside the room and that James was provided ice. Liggett said that James was secluded for one to two hours. Liggett said that on another occassion, James was placed in a "press room with air conditioning and a stationary bike he coud use."

Liggett also said Leach placed James in those environments was because "Mike tries to keep the players that are unable to practice as close as he can."

Liggett said he will "soon begin" legal steps to overturn Texas Tech's suspension and allow Leach to coach the Alamo Bowl.

The family released a statement Monday explaining why they filed the complaint but refusing to speculate or provide additional information out of respect for the investigation.

"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 statement read.

The statement went on to say the family felt the matter was 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."

[ftball11]

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College football use to turn out men ready to take life by the horns. Now we just have a bunch a prima-donnas who whine to mommy and daddy because they feel like they were mistreated. When I was 18, 19, 20 I was calling my own shots and taking care of my own business. Man how times have changed.

[Cebby]

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Now we just have a bunch a pre-madonnas who whine to mommy and daddy because they feel like they were mistreated.

So you're expecting a lot of Madonnas in the future?