Sounds like standing for 2 hours is torture.

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what happned to your other story about ,lincoln riley, decide to pull it,hey im retired and ill watch your posts all night and now you come out with this crap, sorry, tpical lubbock and i could care less if you dont lr=et me post again on your website..

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iWOULDNT BELIVE ANY THING THE jAMES FAMILY HAS TO SAY, i WOULDNT BELIVE THEM IF THEY TOLD ME THE SUN WAS COMING UP..

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What about the statement that Coach has,2 different statements or what??

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Its a bunch of crap. I’ve worse stuff happen to me and nothin has ever gone wrong. I mean come on it Coach Leach, we all know he’s a little…weird. but what Texas Tech coach isn’t. I support Coach Leach. Reinstate him.

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Interesting e-mails:

http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/19238949

I am sick of hearing that Adam wasn’t allowed to sit down! What was keeping him from sitting on the floor?! Maybe he is too good for that! Leach should be reinstated now! It’s a sad time to be a Red Raider!

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Texas Tech…censoring what your coaches are saying? The kids own coach’s are saying he is soft, and the only reason this is an issue is becaue he is Craig James son. Other than that hes like your 10th best reciever, and anyone who can catch can play in your offense. Truth is, the people running your school/athletic department obviously are not huge Leach fans. So that added on to the fact the player is Craig James son makes this a perfect storm. What Leach, the coach’s, and ex players said about James should be on here. Did you guys decide to take after China and start censoring MAJOR stories for obvious political reasons? Those statements made by YOUR OWN COACH’S and EX PLAYERS should be a story on here, I don’t know how its not. I blame half of this on ESPN in the initial reporting of the story, they were so biased. However, as more facts come out, its obvious Adam James is a soft kid with a serious sense of entitlement, and a famous daddy. Tell the kid to man up, its football and there is NO CRYING. I came to this website to try and get some more perspective on it, instead of just reading bias ESPN crap. Im highly diasppointed in the quaity of the reporting on this website. I thought they took football matters serious in Texas? I don’t know what kind of education program YALL have down there, but hopefully it youre not a journalism school.

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Miraculous recovery in time for the all-expenses paid trip to the Bowl Game.

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Meyers have never liked Mike Leach. This seems like a perfect time for Meyers to try to run him off. Looks to me like it is time for Gerald Meyers to take a hike. We support Coach Leach and certainly hope he is around for a long time. I cannot comment on the James kid or his Dad as it would only stir up trouble. Mike, hope your hearing goes well this morning and that we see you on the Tech sidelines in San Antonio Saturday night. Go Raiders!

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Anyone defending the coach has probably never suffered a concussion. The treatment of James is simply not how you treat another human being. I can understand the coach not wanting the player to treat the time off like a vacation, but that’s ridiculous. Defending the coach is asinine.

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The concussion is not what this story is about, it’s just the cover for Myers and Craig James. It’s about a smart Alec kid who thought the rules didn’t apply to him. Tech overreacted, and now the entire football program is on the brink. This could have been handled so much better, but Myers put his personal vendetta above the well being of the University.

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The question to be answered is did Leach’s action endanger Adam James’ health or did it endanger his dignity. This is why it should be brought out in court. Only Dr. Phy could say with reasonable accuracy since he is the only physician who examined Adam at that time. The court has the powers to reveal all of the facts to all of us. The court is the shield for all three parties and their actions. It may not side the way each individual wants it to. However, at least all of the facts will be out in the open for us to decide how we truly feel.

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More Notes on Leach vs. James Family

1. Statement by Inside Receivers Coach, Lincoln Riley-

“Two practices before Adam James claimed he had a concussion, Coach Leach and I were forced to discipline him for poor effort from the previous practice and poor effort during the early drills of that day. This has been a common theme about Adam’s work ethic and attitude during his entire career… He complained to me that we were not doing our jobs as coaches and that his effort was just fine… I have no doubt that anger from this led to where we are today with this situation and is his way of trying to ‘get back’ at us coaches.”

2. Former TTU Coach Dana Holgersen Supports Leach

http://www.facebook.com/l/95009;www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/local/091229-leach-goes-court

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The court hearing is going to be closed.

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Someone needs to stop at Jones Stadium and tell them to hold off on the construction. We might not be needing any more seating for a while.

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Impartial reporting can be found, but not at the dallas morning snooze. Read this:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/12720824/emails-dispute-james-claims-of-mistreatment

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The actions by the James should prove they are not to be trusted and they are only out to flaunt their imagined importance. Adam James doesn’t deserve to even be in San Antonio. I wonder if, in their compliant, they demanded a certain amount of playing time in the Alamo Bowl? And where are the doctor’s/hospital’s report that Adam James was put in harm’s way at any time?
Thanks Tech for bowing to either pressure from a nobody sportscaster with a whiner of a son or from a AD who puts his own interest before the school. This put the the football program back 10 yrs. Leach will be gone becuase how could he ever feel the support of the school now? Jeers to the administration for making a ruling before the “on-going” investigation is complete and making a joke of our program.
And, yes, I am an alumni and so is my son. Have been a die-hard Red Raider for 30 yrs and support the students and athletes, but not the current adminstration. Fire Meyers. Wreck Em Tech in San Antonio!!

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I will await the ruling today. As a Tech Alum for many years I have supported my university in many areas. If Coach Leach is fired I will cancel my long standing season seats. There should be plenty available for others this Fall; possibly mine. If Meyers is behind this he should also go as his actions have hurt a very good football program.

Tech Alum

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I’m not sure anyone is disputing whether or not the kid was diagnosed with a concussion. That is irrelevant. The point is that they have an insubordinate player that they attempt to get to do something, anything, during practice while injured and can’t get him to do anything. So they send him, like a child, to the corner.

As I said before, standing in a dark room is “mistreatment” about like making AlQaeda prisoners build a cheerleading pyramid is “torture.” Our definitions of things today are all fouled up – bent out of all reason for ulterior purposes.

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Coach Riley dropped an atomic bomb on Adam James’ head last night on ESPN. Why is the AJ failing to mention this crucial development?

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Those two sheds must be the locker rooms.

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Mike Leach NEVER played football.

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@Amatech
Coach Riley also dropped a bomb on the Tech football program. They knew James was a slacker, but still kept him around. Riley said James was brining down his other receivers, but they never kicked him off the team. Graham Harrell said James acted like he was entitled to something and was lazy. Yet, he remained on the team those years.
I find it amazing that a bunch of old Tech has beens are now coming out of the closet (pun intended) to berate Adam James.
Tech football is done.

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Amatech, please elaborate on said atomic
bomb.

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If Leach gets fired, this opens the door for x-amount of kids to sue over running too much or being yelled at, and not just at Tech but society in general. How did this turn into a dispute between coach/player to probably getting fired? Screw off Meyers!!!!!

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Gerald Myers must go or he is going to take TECH back to the stone age. Can Myers get fired, if so who do we need to talk to about that. FIRE GERALD MYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Are those sheds really the locker rooms??????

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Alabama going down…

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Why didnt Leach just cut the kid? If he was a premadana as the Saskatchewan duo states it, why didnt Leach just cut him instead of wasting valuable time and scholarship money on trying to adjust his attitude. Thats what needs to be looked at, placing a kid in a shed, because if I had this building I would put a lawn mower, rakes, trash barrels, christmas decorations and not concussed players. Then placing him in a media room which no one frequents, it was obivious discipline but when a kid has an injury it grazes the brim of torture. Even if everyone thinks or knows that he was faking treat the kid, why let it get to this stage of Leach acting like his in junior high while damaging facts are presented on mistreatment, why not expose the kid before all of this stuff happened. The kid has a decision if he wants to be there or not, if everybody had a consensus about why was he still on the team?

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James is a good kid. Leach is just being Leach. Is he abusing alcohol again?

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Anyone who thinks that “standing in a shed” is torture or grazes torture is an idiot! Anyone who thinks the James kid is anything other than a spoiled little prima donna trying to get by on his pompous dad’s fleeting fame is also out of touch with reality! The changes at Tech need to go MUCH higher than Gerald Meyers!

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I really want to commend Gerald Myers for his handling of the Coach Leach suspension. This morning, Texas Tech was one of the top stories in almost every major media outlet. You can’t buy that kind of publicity, especially during recruiting season! I haven’t seen that kind of leadership since hurricane Katrina. Also, raidernation, you might check out the film “2012.” It provides some great graphics of Myers’ vision for Tech athletics. Keep up the great work, Gerald. You’ll be head of FEMA someday

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I was under the impression that when James was punished, he had been cleared to practice by the team doctor.

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How is this even news? Everyone knows the kid had a concussion. What difference does it make how it happened? The issue is he had to stand for about an hour and a half on two separate occasions while not being exposed to direct sunlight. Why don’t you talk with some physicians and report on the physical dangers that action poses to a kid with a concussion? I’m sure there are some lengthy medical journals out there focussed on the dangers posed to student athletes subjected to standing for an entire 90 minutes. That would actually be some news we don’t already know.

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Facts are in dispute – team doctor cleared him to practice – OR have no contact??

Leach sure didn’t cause him to have any physical contact that could have hurt him further.

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Yeah MRM changes need to happen and it starts with ignorant fans like yourself, sounds like your a bit out of touch with the medical dictionary and ways to treat a concussion. True standing in a shed is no big deal, but how about a kid whos had a concussion. Looks like he was pretty close to the action too huh? Seemed like a pretty good idea to not allow him to sit or lean to get over that concussion. What would your call leach’s form a therapy, is it the jump start program?

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somebody send Adam some tissue. Daddy’s little boy can’t make it on his own….

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Guns Up Red Raiders and show up to win the Bowl Game.

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Tech offensive lineman Malon Winn said the team is supportive of Adam James.

“He’s our teammate,” Winn said. “We love him. We’re going to continue to treat him the same way. He hasn’t done anything wrong to any of us.”

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http://www.kcbd.com/Global/category.asp?C=4404&nav=menu69_5

Check out the shed, and closet

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Rule #1

If you can buy this type of building at The Home Depot or Lowes then it is a SHED !!

Craig James played football.

Mike Leach NEVER played football

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The point is they tried to demonize the area he was kept it. Making sound like these small dark places that they had to move brooms and mops out of to fit him in there and that simply isn’t true. It always throws up a red flag when they feel the need to over embellish in order to gain support for their argument. Where do you think the media got those descriptions… from Leach?? Of course not, so why the need for the embellishment? And just to keep facts straight here, Home Depot sells sheds, stand alone garages and outdoor storage. That’s not me describing it, that’s home depot.

http://www6.homedepot.com/homeservices/sheds/index.html?cm_mmc=rm_google_hs_29326

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Tim, I liked the point you made earlier, why was he even on the team, or still on the team? First off, you can’t go off what any of the current players or coaches are saying at the moment. They are not allowed to say what they think, so it is next to pointless to listen to them. However the former players and coaches are not under those same restrictions and the link I’m pasting at the bottom of this is from many of those individuals.

Now back to what Tim asked why was he on the team to begin with? One of the letters from Leach’s former inside receiver coach, Dana Holgorsen, paints an interesting picture. I’m most interested in him saying, “After a conversation between Coach Leach and Adams father Craig, Coach Leach acquired a brief highlight tape of Adam and made the decision to take him as a scholarship student athlete. I was opposed to doing so in belief he was not a D1 football player.”

So if no other D1 schools were considering him and Leach is obviously a pretty darn good judge of tallent especially when it comes to receivers, why this kid? I can’t imagine Leach caring at all who Adam’s dad was, unless he was genuinely convinced by the guy his kid could make the necessary improvements to be a D1 player. The other possibility is Craig could have already gone over Leaches head to someone else in the administration and unbeknownst to Holgorsen, Leach was feeling pressure to sign the kid. I’m not saying it was Myers directly, but maybe some Alumn that Craig is buddy buddy with and then they were able to apply some pressure on the department… who knows. I do know for a fact that type of thing goes ALL THE time. I’ve seen it first hand, so I don’t believe it is some wild theory. I think both scenarios are possible, however, I believe the second to be more probable. That would be a nice piece of journalism to dig that story up.

http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/19238949

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I doubt UT or A&M has “sheds” next to the practice fields for injured players with head injuries.

Word is Leach called James a “slacker”. Of course this slander is used to avoid owning up to the real issue which is why does Leach go against what a doctor states was a concussion ?

Leach NEVER played football.

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Biggest overreaction ever. So what do we have to do to reinforce karma here and ensure that Adam James never plays football again?

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In the DFW area, I am hearing that Tech has fired Leach…

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The proper response was done. Some of you people have screwed up priorities for sure. Let him go back to selling fishing tackle or whatever the hell he did before.

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This story is mute now that Leach is fired. I think the remaining coaches and team should get on the bus back to Lubbock and forget the Bowl game

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John Koktosten: I’ve had a concussion and I’m supporting Leach. The James kid was forced to REST for crying out loud. This is what giving participation trophies gets you. I’ll bet that a girlie man like you has a few “We’re All Winners” trophies. C’mon, be honest. No, if the James kid was in bad shape he wouldn’t even be at practice. I am so sick of girlie men like you who are destroying America. Go to Canada, son. They love guys like you up there.

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Yep, that’s a shed. A manfactured steel shed, but still a shed. And putting someone in there after a concussion makes no sense. But then, choking a player never made sense either, and that did not put G Myers or Raider Nation off either.

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TECH SUCKS HAHAHAHAHHA

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I’ve been trying to figure out what the broken record was trying to say with the, “Mike Leach never played football” bit. And then it hit me… GREAT IDEA…

Gerald, get us another coach who has never played football. They make the best football coaches. Leach is the only one of those we have had and he became the most winningest coach ever for Tech football.

Cross your fingers piratesRcowards… lets hope lightening strikes twice!

LET THE TORTILLAS FLY IN PROTEST DURING THE ALAMO

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This is why Texas Tech is Texas Tech….

and why Texas is Texas….

Hook Em :)

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Maybe they will hire his dad to coach and he will get to play!!! GROW UP ! You are in the wrong sport puss !!!

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Texas Tech… you really stepped into it this time. Just goes to show what money will buy these days. Adam James now has his own college football team … thanks daddy!!! Sounds like Tech is going to have to eat some crow before all is said and done. what a bunch of morons!!! Bring back the Pirate!!! aarrrhhh…. Coach Leach ROCKS!!

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A bully should not be a coach!

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Mr. James defended his actions in the Mike Leach situation on ESPN and said he only did what any other mom or dad would have done and now he is being victimized. I think most parents would have considered the possible effects that their actions would have had on their own child. Mr. James’ family has truly been victimized by his own actions. I hope that young James will not suffer lasting damage from this situation.

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I hope Adam James gets over his concussion soon. Otherwise, I hope he never succeeds again. He doesn’t deserve it.

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It seems to me (an outsider) that most of the fans that have posted so far are really focusing on the wrong things, for the wrong reasons. The kid had a concussion and he was not treated properly – you don’t have to call it torture – but that is not the proper way to treat someone with a concussion. The underlying concern amoung most posters doesn’t seem to be that the football coach was mistreating a student athlete. Instead it seems to be that Red Raider football will suffer. This brief glimpse of Tech football shows that it wasn’t something worthy of becomming so attached to in the first place.

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Dr. said no harm was done. Enough said.

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amazing this coach should be locked up.
whether or not the player was a lazy bum as the coach fans claim,he was injured and most importantly to the head.
what he had stroke or became epiliptic and dies in the so called holding areas.
this is crap.

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