Congratulations Raiders!!!! Way to come back and take the win over Michigan St. That was a fitting tribute to Coach Leach. You took what he installed in 10 years of coaching and converted it into a win tonight. The meticulous attention to detail that Coach Leach insisted on day in and day out during practice certainly paid off. You should be proud of your performace tonight!! Texas Tech has the most explosive and exciting game in college football today. I hope that tonight’s performance is not the last time we in Raider Nation will expericence it. Thanks to the Tech Administration for putting that into jeporady. More Importantly, THANK YOU COACH LEACH FOR 10 GREAT YEARS AT TEXAS TECH, THOSE OF US WHO COUNT WILL MISS YOU!!!!!!

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Adam (nancy boy) James and family are worms the only thing worse is the bottom feeders in TTU admin Meyer, Hance, Bailey and the idiot in Dallas who are the true scum. Reinstate coach leach and fire the traitors

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Art Briles has been contacted by TT I know that is fact and he is considering it so TT must be considering the buy out

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IF CRAIG JAMES WAS REALLY CONCERNED FOR HIS SONS SAFETY HE WOULD NOT LET HIM BE THERE IM SURE THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND FEEL SORRYFOR THE KID..

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BRING BACK THE CAPTAIN OR WALK THE PLANKTHATS OUR MOTTO AND I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOUTHINK

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Phil Simms son Chris almost lost his life with a vicious hit with the Tampa Bay Bucs. The coach put him in to play knowing he was injured! You didn’t see Phill on CBS calling out the coach and making a big deal in the media. Craig James and the James family are selfish egotistical jerks who only care about themselves. I know this because close friends of Adam even have said so. Unless his boy friend is lieing, though i doubt it!

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I hope they gave a game ball to Leach. For giving them all a chance to coach at Tech, for recruiting them as players, and teaching them to be a team. Coach Leach you have to be proud of coach Riley he did you proud.

This just shows that coach Leach is one of the best coaches in the League as his team took apart the Spartans.

Lyle Leong should of been the MVP of the game for making that catch. OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!! Potts played a heck of a game!

Reinstate Coach Leach,

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THE RED RAIDER NATION WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS , FIRE THE 3 STOOGES AND THE COCKROACHES BEHIND ALL OF THIS MESS AND BRING BACK OUR CAPTAIN OR WALK THE PLANK AND I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK

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FIRE CRAIG JAMES TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Many people may not realize this but Craig James has a hidden agenda. He has just written a book, “A Rollicking Journey to the Heart of College Football “t hat was published November of 2009. If this is not a publicity stunt what is?

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Day-Rollicking-Journey-Football/dp/0470470569

Roll Tide Roll

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Socme, should we all write a review? I don’t think Amazon would allow what I would have to say.

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I say light up the review boards. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

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Thanks for the tip on Craig’s book. Here is the review I just posted at Amazon:

“So, just how does one drum up some free publicity for a new book? Destroy another college football program and the reputation of the school? That’s right, football fans, in collusion, I mean, cooperation with ESPN, Craig James presents a new book.
Beware, coaches, there may be a follow-up book, and Craig may have another son to use as bait.”

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GOOD FOR YOU SOME FAN JUST WAIT UNTIL TECH GETS BACK

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SHADY ACRES DONT WANT THEM

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The Coach Leach debacle was an obvious set up to get him fired. If I were a coach, I would NOT want to coach at Tech. If you make anyone angry, regardless of how well you coach, you will get the same treatment Coach Leach received.

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a friend of mine once proposed that the law allow every person in the U.S. to be able to kill 6 people without any legal ramifications whatsoever, (arrest,conviction, imprisonment, etc.) Talk about thinning the population in a hurry.

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Sorry gang, Leach is one bizarre sucker. Remember, this is college football, not the NFL. Watching the TT sidelines reminded me of a faux Oakland Raiders show…..painted faces and the like . Grow up, for crying out loud……..

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stratman,
Maybe you are one bizarre sucker. And what does that have to do with the subject?
You have a problem with people having fun?

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If Potts was smart he wouldn’t have changed his name from NICK back to POTTS. He would have changed it from NICK to LEACH. The fans would have gone nuts and won over alot of people.

Because NOBODY cares about Tech football next year. We don’t care about a Sticks vs. Potts controversy. All we care about is justice being served against the red and black administrative devils at Tech. Only then will we be able to rebuild.

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garyount, you need to see a therapist. That’s some serious manlove for Leach you’ve got going on there.

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TINA REED- Exactly! Maybe that’s why Briles declined to come to Tech and stay in the East Texas toilet of Baylor?

Unless we cast out the demons known as Hance, Myers and Baileybubb WE WILL NEVER GET A DECENT COACH to help us. Therefore, WE WILL NEVER GET DECENT PLAYERS. Nobody will come to the games, nobody will donate to the university, nobody will buy Tech merchandise, Tech will go into massive debt (from the Leach lawsuit, the expansion, and no funds coming in) and chaos will ensue.

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Glad Tech won and showed they could win without Leach!! Great job team and coaches.

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Hey it was a hell of a game I was there of course I’m very proud of the RED RAIDERS they had me going there for awhile
but they kept there poise through out the game, but somehow somewhere I hope COACH MIKE LEACH gets justice from all
this controversy and I hope somewhere down the line TEXAS TECH realizes they made a big mistake in firing MIKE LEACH
and possibly reinstate him as head coach nothing can replace COACH LEACH NOTHING!!!!!!

LOYAL TECH FAN

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I’m a Kansas alum-fan-explayer who has alot of respect for TTech football and for Coach Leach. Great win last night! Coach Leach has brought alot of excitement and recognition to Big 12 football. It’s a shame that he’s gone. I was disgusted by the way the ESPN announcer (who replaced Craig James) handled the game last night. He said the evening was all about the game and the team. But then, he bagged on Leach the entire time, as did other ESPN announcers during the last several days. It seemed inappropriate for ESPN to go out of their way to influence public opinion in favor of Craig James.
The James family said they called to complain after “praying about it”? So, God told them to complain? Did he tell them to make all their previous calls to the coaches and administration too?
Laziness is a four letter word to football coaches. It’s clear from Leach’s comments that his treatment of little James was the result of frustration that has built up over a long period of time. It’s too bad he couldn’t find a way to just take the kid’s scholarship away at the end of the year (though the administration probably would have interferred with this action too).
Also, Leach didn’t report directly to the Chancellor did he? Why no published comments from the AD?
Good Luck Red Raiders. You did the Big 12 proud in the Alamo Bowl.Despite the efforts of ESPN, your athletic administration looks a bit dull, but your football team will be fine. Please beat Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska for me.

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Techfan wrote: “Glad Tech won and showed they could win without Leach!! Great job team and coaches. ”
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You’re living in a fantasy world if you believe the Red Raiders won “without Leach.” The game plan and strategy were already in place before any of “Baby” James’ tantrums came to light. Coach Leach may not have been on the sidelines last night, but the victory belongs to his preparations … carried out by coaches he hired and players he recruited and trained.

I’ll keep flying my Pirate Flag and will support Coach Leach no matter where he ends up (even if its A&M!). He’s a breath of fresh air in the PC-tainted world of Collegiate athletics.

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Mike Leach deserved what he got, whether or not James was a lazy player. You do not defy your boss. That’s the first rule of business. And on top of that, what the deal with locking a player — any player — in a room of any kind. Leach should have to wait at least two years before getting another college coaching job. Arrogant jerk.

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Wow, I find it sad that it had to come down to this (Leach’s firing), BUT on the other hand, there has to be some morals in place. It doesn’t make you tough to go out and play with serious injury…it actually makes you stupid. I see no reason for Adam James to placed in a dark equipment room, due to a concussion….had that been my son…I would’ve been waiting for him in the parking lot after practice….and NOT to talk! There’s nothing wrong with being a fan, but some are blaming this young man for speaking out against a coach who has some ‘different’ methods of operation. Leach IS a good coach, but some of his methods are questionable. JMO

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The Texas Tech athletes worked hard and won their season finale – kudos. While there is controversy and accusations surrounding the coach and football program, keep in mind, the players did win. Played hard, worked hard, kept on trying, and delivered a winning season.

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Wait, let me get this right…..if YOUR son had a CONCUSSION (regardless if he’s lazy or not), he is then LOCKED in a DARK EQUIPMENT ROOM, that would sit well with you and you really think.that’s normal?!! Leach’s actions were criminal (false imprisonment, defamation of character, etc.), and he’s lucky he wasn’t brought up on charges. I like his system, but he was wrong….DEAD WRONG…and the James family aren’t the only ones speaking out, add the team physician, and trainer, so it’s not JUST the James’.

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Congratulations Red Raiders! (players and coaches, not the ‘nation’)

How many RR fans(geeks) have come across the middle to be hit head on by a 250# linebacker while trying to catch a pass?

Concussions from collisions of ‘giants’ in today’s college and pro football games need to be taken seriously!

As to the controversy re: coach Leach and James (bad by the ‘pirate’ coach…worse by the ‘fans’…of what…barbarism?)

James, go take a look at other schools; there are more attractive places to play football than Lubbock.

Leach, go take some time off; maybe hunting with Bobby Knight?

Hoosier Daddy ( I U grad )

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Oh, the irony. What MIke Leach detests the most in others, he’s the most guilty. The world does not revolve around Mike. He is not God. And pride always goes before a fall. Now, he’s an even more hacked-off, selfish knucklehead who will keep showing us how much he loved Texas Tech by going to the ends of he earth to badmouth it. Did you notice how the team was so distraught, so downcast in wake of the Head Pirate’s firing that they performed terribly in San Antonio? Big difference between hard-ass and jackass, and Mike had become the latter.

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ESPN…. could you possibly be more biased??

The Alamo Bowl coverage was so sickening. ESPN was trying so hard to promote the replacement coach.
Agenda setting at its best (worst?).

Congrats Craig, you ad your wuss of a kid have taken down another Texas football program. How bout y’all move to Colorado or Cali… you’re no longer welcomed here.

Go pimp your book somewhere else.

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Would like to know if this kid was the source of all the trouble earlier in the season….anyone know?

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luluche – doesn’t seem you’re having much fun, with all of the vitriol in your comments………..

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What does imprisonment have to do with football? You guys defending leech (the worm) really sound like barbarians, but I will bet you are all just a bunch of sissys. As an American we fight for freedom and I would rather die than be treated like the the James boy was. That “blood worm” should have been locked up for what he did.

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To all of your that are so d*** ignorant to acknowledge the facts. He (Adam) was not LOCKED in a f****** closet!!!! It is a media room with an electrical closet within. The little puss took his phone video by opening the door, turning on the light, then filmed it. Absolutely amazing that a coach can be fired for telling a trainer to take him somewhere that was dark. and rest. I am a soldier in the US Army and in my 40’s and just can’t believe that this 22yr. old young adult man is such a p**** that he had to get his daddy involved.

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dave,

grow up. 40s? really? and you get this angry over something that doesn’t involve you in any manner?

take it out on the real enemy “kid”.

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ATTENTION ALL TEXAS TECH ALUMNI:
Join me in withholding all alumni giving and Texas Tech related purchases until Hance, Baily, and Myers, are fired!! All those involved in the Texas Tech Administration who fired Leach with no investigation should be fired! Leach helped them to boost their salaries, expand the stadium, increase Alumni giving, increase enrollment, and graduation rates even increased while Leach was there!! The obvious increase in Texas Tech Pride was due to Leach leading the Red Raiders to the best years they have ever had!! Please withhold your giving…..it is the only way we can be heard!!

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The little cry baby could have walked away at any time if he din’t like the way he was treated. The first step to being a man is to stand on your own 2 feet. If he was so badly mistreeted, daddy could have paid his tuition anywhere with all that SMU money. This team will be lucky to be 6-6 with McNeil as coach maybe 7-5 with Leach’s players next year but downhill after that.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKp55qG1av8

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Adam, would you apologize to Mike for being a brat. Then ask you father to call off the dogs so we can rehire our coach. We can write this off to publicity and get on to wining a National Championship. Forget and forgive. You would be doing the right thing.

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It is astounding that lunatics continue to lie that Adam James was “locked in a closet”. No one who was there besides Adam James articulated that lie. Adam James took videotape with his telephone. He would have called police with his telephone if he had been “locked in a closet”. It would have been the ideal way to punish Mike Leach for not playing him. Craig and Adam James instead lied to media that he was “locked in a closet”, because they perceived that they would be charged with filing a false report to police, if they tried that. Police would have entered the closet to verify that no DNA or fingerprints of sissy Adam were inside it.

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Time for moving on with new coaches for football. yes, the new coach will need to replace the other coaches and over the next few years all of the players. The same as with any business-new management, new workers. Just like with men and women basketball there will be a couple of rough years, but this is to be expected. I recently attended the TTU mens B Ball and there was not enough people in there to pay for the lighting, but with time there will be.

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I believe that if this happened in the NFL, Leach would have been fined a very large amount and life would have kept going. The question is, if Leach stayed, what would he have done next? You know that TTU will have to pay James at least 6 figures to settle this and transfer him to another school. With James’ attitude problems (per the affidaviit of the asst. coach), I hope he doesn’t stay in Lubbock as I don’t want him around my children.

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Good Riddance to Leach. Glad to see him gone!!!!

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illlionoi_boi,
You sound like you are a James clone. This is big time football, get use to it.

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Mike Leach is a fantastic offensive mind, and a good coach. He disciplined a lazy, disruptive and arrogant player. What does everyone think Bear Bryant would have done to this kid thirty years ago? I can tell you, he would have kicked him in the groin, and beat him til his hands bled, with that attitude. Then, he would have pulled his scholarship, and had anyone, parent, administrator, or booster not liked it, he would have told them to kiss his a#$. Had he been fired for that, Bama fans would have taken the AD, the President and all others involved out and shot them. I am a Mountaineer, but I am solidly behind the TTU fans on this one.

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RJ WROTE:

“Mike Leach deserved what he got, whether or not James was a lazy player. You do not defy your boss. That’s the first rule of business. And on top of that, what the deal with locking a player — any player — in a room of any kind. Leach should have to wait at least two years before getting another college coaching job. Arrogant jerk.”

No the first rule is -Your BOSS should not ask you to apologize for something you did not do or ask you to admit to wrong doing ,……WHERE is THE HONOR it that? Some BOSS.

Second LEACH DID NOT LOCK SWEET BABY JAMES IN A CLOSET. FACT!!!!

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Well SAID DAVE!

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illinoi_boi – you sound like you have taken the ESPN sound bites hook line and sinker. Do just some research do not rely on ESPN. Check out Matt Hayes Sporting News article Dec. 31. Go to CBS, check out USA Today,and SI etc. ESPN is taking a pounding independent reporters.

ESPN does not do much coverage, on Universities, individual players, player stories, coaches etc. THEY ARE NOT KEITH JACKSON! NO real reporters. They just show up do a game, no background info, or homework is done. They can not tell you where a player played HS football. They run their mouths on one subject and throw in a ton of commercials. Watch next year at the start of the season watch any game. I long for Keith Jackson. It was very unfair to both the MSU players (who were fighting through their own adversity) and the TTU players – both worked hard and prepared well and both put on a great game last night. But you would not know listening to ESPN.

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I can’t even begin to express how disappointed I am, as well as countless other TTU alumn that I was with at the game last night, with all those that embarrassed themselves, the university, and the thousands of former students with their disrespectful and moronic behavior at the game. If you still find something to admire in Leach, that’s your right. But to carry on the way you did with your pathetic yell-downs at James, Meyer, etc and the juvenility you displayed certainly set a new low in standards for the university I love, and to which I’ve given thousands of dollars over the years.

Amazing how a few hundred jackass’s can ruin it for so many others. Something tells me that you’re so clueless that even when you read that many (most?) current players aren’t disappointed to see Leach gone, you still just don’t get it.

Thanks for doing your part to bring the school down another notch on the respectability meter.

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THANK YOU COACH LEACH! Thank you for all that you have done for Tech, the football program and lives of young men that you have helped mold. You have brought pride, enthusiasm, excitement, and great success to Raider football. You have filled the stadium with fans young and old. You have brought the student body back into the stadium – they love you and the team. You will be greatly missed. I am very sadden how this all went down and how you have been treated. I wish you and you family the best. I know this has to be very hard on you family. Sometimes people forget Coaches are human and have feelings also. And they have families who are equally affect by all this. I attended the Alamo Bowl last night – I was glad we won but it was not the same without you. Please know there is an entire Raider Nation that loves you and are willing to walk the plank for you at any time. You will always be our Captain. Guns Up!

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Sports are riddled with spoiled brats both player and coach alike. Not all, of course, but let’s get real here. College sports are supposed to help prepare the kids to be more successful people and adults. That’s become a mercenary joke.

And there’s no such thing as bad publicity so Leach will do just fine, thank you. As a Tech Alum I stopped following TT during the disastrous Bob Knight days. Maybe Bear Bryant didn’t have access to the medical evidence that we have now. It’s apples and oranges — spoiled celebrity sports babies prepping for bigger leagues and larger messed up lives is one stripe and belligerant, abusive coaches are another. We’ve turned college atheletics into blood sports. Don’t mix it up; you all sound like spoiled fans who’re looking for a hero so you have an excuse to get emotional and beat somebody up. I think somebody said something about killing someone. Shame on you for not speaking up.

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Take no prisoners!

He made the students go to class, learn and graduate. What else do you have a problem with? You want us to be like uT win and do so with funkies?

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Oh here it goes again “Your comment is awaiting moderation.”

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Boys,

The coach lost it long ago. It is all about Mike.
What parent is going to trust him with the well being of their child?
The Coach thinks he knows better than the doctors.
Where are his former players defending him? Doesn’t that say it all.
He doesn’t care about anyone but himself.

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Does andybody Remember Bear Bryant and the Junction Boys!
Tech ran off a good coach. If I were a Tech Allumni I would be PO’d. The only good thing out of this is that my Baylor Bears maybe able to beat Tech in the future.
Any coach that has good graduating record, winning record in bowls, increases the draw and runs the coach off. It does not make since

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@John Wooden. Learn the facts before you speak stupidly. To name just a few former players, Graham Harrell, Eric Morris, and Wes Welker have all said that Leach was a good coach to them. The problem is that this year’s team was ripe with megalomaniacs who did not like it when Leach disciplined them. He grew fed up with James’ antics and told the trainer to take him to a dark place. He did not expect him to practice, but he did expect him to show up dressed in team gear, which he did not, and be supportive on the sideline, which he was not. He simply chose to remove him and eliminate the distraction. Who brings a cell phone to practice? Apparently, Adam James does. Here’s a fact most don’t know: he was also on the baseball team, but quit due to lack of playing time. Anyone else see a pattern here?

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We need to know why the team doctor and the trainer gave differing accounts to the NYTimes and in their signed affidavits.

Also, do Kent Hance and Craig James have business interests together?

I have never used my mute button so much as in the Alamo Bowl. The ESPN “coverage” was shameful!

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tina, leach has been a pain in the neck working its way down for a good while now. when all comes to light, you’ll find that leach needed to move on. question is now, who’ll hire him?
WRECK’EM!!!

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lEACH DESERVE WHAT HE GOT, ARROGAN, SELFISH BASTARD.

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Texas Tech football program is all done once Leach was removed… all of you knew that…. unless it got a great coach like Stoops of Oklahoma, Meyer of Florida or Saban of Alabama. ESPN should be shamed for having James on its program. Leach will get the last laugh in few years after crushing the Red Raiders in a bowl game. As an OU fan, I always respect for Leach because he was able to beat OU several times. He will find a coaching job in no time. Craig James, I am very surprised at you for acting like a crybaby over that no big deal incident. You turned me off BIG TIME! Your boy acted like he is important just because you are the father. Tech fans, let make his life hell by booing or whatever you can to make him realize that he is not wanted at the stadium this fall of 2010. Scandals stick to the James family: SMU and now Texas Tech.

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Leach was fired becasue he refused to sign papers regarding medical treatment of players and because he filled a restraining order aganst the university. He is to blame. When the college was investigating the allegations, they suspended him, but he was the one to take it where it is today.

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he refused to sign papers regarding medical treatment of players

I thought you were griping that he wasn’t a Dr. Why should he sign medical papers?

filled a restraining order aganst the university

To correct a wrong!

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That is the point. He isn’t a trained medical expert. The university wanted such matters to be left to the experts. Leach’s order was just a sadistic act because he didn’t like the player or his family. He thought he could get away with it and was busted.

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spin spin spin….

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So who are all the 50,683 members?

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=w…id=233352393576

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I can’t believe the barbaric way Tech fans treated James. Can you really defend a caoch who treats players in such a degrading and possibly medically neglegent way? My daughter is a 6′4″ high school freshman star b-ball player who her and I loved Texas Tech until we saw the way James was degraded by fans, and Leach was supported for being a barbarian.

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Sportsfan……ditto

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Once again for the uptenth time James was not following TEAM rules and was slacking off.

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Watchdog…..guess you think it is ok to “kick the dog” too

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IF HE BITES SURE. RUFF.

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sportsfan has found what should be the true concern in this scenario. This could have huge impact on the women’s basketball recruiting. Y’all quit supporting Leach right now.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfs_RnGbk6g&NR=1&feature=fvwp

This video speaks volumes about Coach Leach, his character, and his methods. Coaching is a tough, high pressure, demanding job. Unfortunately, Leach has fallen victim to his own success which has led to an arrogance and haughtiness towards his players and anyone that questions him. No one doubts his football intelligence. But these controversies are getting more frequent and an indication that he is caving into the pressure. He could have bent, instead he made a choice and he broke. Simple acts of humility, admittings things could have been handled differently, and showing that he is capable of listening to others in authority would have saved his a*s and probably regained respect from his players and bosses.

Fans are usually rabid, insane idiots who never listen to reason when something goes wrong. There is blame to go around here but Leach just didn’t play his cards right and he lost this time. Will he learn? Can he resurrect his career? his reputation? Time will tell. My guess is he is smart enough that if he really wants to get back into coaching he will have to change his attitude and grow a little more emotional intelligence.

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School Football Revenues Football expenses Profit Margin
BU 11,900,000 10,900,000 1,000,000 9%
KU 17,700,000 13,300,000 4,400,000 33%
ISU 21,300,000 14,400,000 6,900,000 48%
KSU 21,400,000 14,000,000 7,400,000 53%
MU 24,100,000 15,700,000 8,400,000 54%
TTU 23,600,000 14,800,000 8,800,000 59%
OU 42,600,000 20,800,000 21,800,000 105%
OSU 26,500,000 12,500,000 14,000,000 112%
CU 27,800,000 13,000,000 14,800,000 114%
TAMU 38,400,000 16,000,000 22,400,000 140%
NU 55,200,000 17,900,000 37,300,000 208%
UT 87,600,000 22,500,000 65,100,000 289%

http://www.doubletnation.com/2010/1/5/1235433/coach-leachs-dismissal-it-wasnt

This ought to “shed” some light on expenses and cost-to-benefit ratio of Coach Leach. Mike Leach was a boon to TTU and brought in tons of revenue. This was all about personality clashes and power.

Check out the link. This ought to get your dander up.

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School ……… Football Revenues……… Football expenses………Profit ……… Margin
BU ……… 11,900,000 ……… 10,900,000 ……… 1,000,000 ……… 9%
KU ……… 17,700,000 ……… 13,300,000 ……… 4,400,000 ……… 33%
ISU ……… 21,300,000 ……… 14,400,000 ……… 6,900,000 ……… 48%
KSU ……… 21,400,000 ……… 14,000,000 ……… 7,400,000 ……… 53%
MU ……… 24,100,000 ……… 15,700,000 ……… 8,400,000 ……… 54%
TTU ……… 23,600,000 ……… 14,800,000 ……… 8,800,000 ……… 59%
OU ……… 42,600,000 ……… 20,800,000 ……… 21,800,000 ……… 105%
OSU ……… 26,500,000 ……… 12,500,000 ……… 14,000,000 ……… 112%
CU ……… 27,800,000 ……… 13,000,000 ……… 14,800,000 ……… 114%
TAMU ……… 38,400,000 ……… 16,000,000 ……… 22,400,000 ……… 140%
NU ……… 55,200,000 ……… 17,900,000 ……… 37,300,000 ……… 208%
UT ……… 87,600,000 ……… 22,500,000 ……… 65,100,000 ……… 289%

http://www.doubletnation.com/2010/1/5/1235433/coach-leachs-dismissal-it-wasnt

This ought to “shed” some light on expenses and cost-to-benefit ratio of Coach Leach. Mike Leach was a boon to TTU and brought in tons of revenue. This was all about personality clashes and power.

Check out the link. This ought to get your dander up.

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no dummy, it shows that if leach would’ve at least helped, he could’ve increased revenue at ttu.

but, he spit in the face of the administration. he refused to solicit funds. he just walked around campus in his shorts, mumbling to himself and talking about pirates.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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BV, that’s all good info and makes a valid point. I also checked out the Londonraider article and it was good info. But as others have said before me “that ship has sailed”. I am a leach fan but I am a Red Raider first. I will wait and see what the BOR does here. If they settle with leach, get a top notch coach, and Meyers retires then they have made chicken salad out of this. My concern is for Tech, Leach was insubordinate. I don’t blame him for his disgust with some, but we’ve all had a bad boss and when you are there he is still the boss. You have to at least pretend he is in charge.

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