In wake of Leach firing, Tech pledge contacted by rival schools
Texas Tech pledge Beau Carpenter, a 6-foot-7, 275-pound offensive tackle from Sulphur Springs, said Oklahoma and Oklahoma State coaches called him the day after Mike Leach was fired.
“I had OSU and OU calling me, saying it’s not too late (to switch) because you haven’t started classes and everything,” Carpenter said Tuesday. “They said we can still work it out and everything.”
Carpenter’s father, Jeff, said Arkansas and Miami (Fla.) coaches also have tried to make late pitches, but Beau Carpenter said he remains solid to Tech. He signed a financial aid agreement with Tech in December, allowing him to enroll at midterm, and he plans to move to Lubbock on Sunday and start classes on Jan. 13.
Carpenter said his only concern is that Tech’s new head coach employs a spread offense similar to Leach’s.
“That’s one of the reasons I committed to the school, because they run the spread so well,” he said. “I would have loved to see Leach stay and everything, but I didn’t commit to him. I committed to the school.”
If he had a choice, Carpenter said he would prefer to see Ruffin McNeill, Tech’s defensive coordinator and interim head coach, named as Leach’s successor.
“He’s a real nice guy and seems like he loves the players and everything,” Carpenter said. “That’s the guy I would want to stay, for sure, and be the head coach.”
Carpenter said he’s been in contact with two other Tech commitments: defensive end Kedrick Dial, his high school teammate at Sulphur Springs, and offensive tackle Denton Simek of Prague, Okla.
“(Dial) said he’s still staying,” Carpenter said. “He said he would like to see coach McNeill stay, but either way, he said he would stay.
“Denton Simek, I had him on Facebook and I said, ‘Are you staying?’ I saw something on (Rivals.com) that said he was reconsidering. He said, ‘Well, it just depends. Are you?’ I said I’m solid either way.”
Another Tech pledge, defensive back Russell Polk of Dallas Carter, told The Avalanche-Journal last week he remains “100 percent” committed to the Red Raiders. Linebacker Fred Harvey of Memphis, Tenn., said the makeup of Tech’s next coaching staff would determine whether he sticks with his commitment, as did the father of Denton Ryan quarterback Scotty Young and the guardian of Lakeland (Fla.) receivers Ben and Javares McRoy.
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I hope the administration knows what it is doing????
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Bring on Rich Rodriquez
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Tell OU & OSU & anyone else we’ll give them Adam James…
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Foul. Isn’t that a NCAA infraction. This is suppose to be dead period with no official contacts with recruits.
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Red Raiders football first in graduation rate in the Big 12 for 2009. That tells me more about Mike Leach than any of this trumped up “abuse” of a spoiled, arrogant kid whose sense of entitlement is dwarfed only by his mediocre talent.
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That should Babs, but we are dealing with Stooges and cockroaches!
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Please demand an investigation into Leach’s firing! I don’t think the Tech administration is listening, so please email/contact Governor Perry http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/ if enough of us demand an investigation the appropriate people will hopefully get fired (Myers, Bailey, Hance)!!!!
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Mike Leach has a law degree. The contents of any “apology” the administration asked him to sign have not been released, to my knowledge, but I think his refusal to sign was the smartest move he made. Not arrogance, my friends, just plain common sense and foresight, attributes sorely lacking in the TT administration.
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MANY RECRUITS WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT COMING HERE AND THE OTHER UNIVERSITYS WILL USE IT AS A TOOL, THE PEOPLE THAT STARTED THIS FIASCO NEED TO BE TERMINATED AND A FULLINVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED, CALL THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OR E- MAIL THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND YOU COULD ALSO CONTACT OUR LOCAL CONGRESSMAN ,SENATORS AND THE NCAA,ALLOF THIS HAS NOT ONLY BECOME A EMBARRASMENT TO TEXAS TECHIT ALSO A EMBARRASMENT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE OF LUBBOCK, THE CHOICE IS YOURS WHETHER YOU DISAGREE OR NOT,FOR ME I AM NOT GOING TO JUST ROLL OVER DEAD AND STICK MY HEAD IN THE SAND, BUT THATS ME YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT THAT IS YOUR RIGHT..
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I hope that puke craig james is happy ,all this crap for his spoiled sissy son’s feelings. I hope Coach Mcneil is hired and not Espn good ole boy Tuberville.What are the chances of 5th string James transfering ?
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Oh, thank you all for the blogs. I don’t even have to say a thing more. I hope TTU administration is listening. I went to work today and saw so many cars with “Fire Myers, not Leach” They better be listening to the public!
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Jill where were you?
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I think the TTU “big guys” think this will all go away. They are mistaken. We will not forget this mess.! I would like to hear from Coach Leach as well. He needs to speak to his supporters. He is the best thing to happen to Lubbock since Buddy Holly! We are a small city and so lucky to have had him. Very few would know about Lubbock had it not been for him!
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Watchdog. what do you mean? I’ve been here supporting our Coach.
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Don’t impeach Leach! Fire Myers, Hance and Bailey!! That is what I feel and what everyone I talk to think! It is very simple!
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Jill we are all over. I was referring to are you in Lubbock? The campus? The admin. parking lot? Give us out of towners more information….
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Sounds like the recruits are still pretty firm. We need a coach by Friday who will vow to carry on what Leach has started. Ruffin and Riley seem to be key in recruiting.
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What we have is a new world full of crybabies and Beavis and Butthead as Hance and Myers … pitiful admin. Dr. Doolittle Bailey … fire all of them. Then there’s the widdle woofers on the team …
Those players who are “united” took the night off vs. a poor Aggy team this year and could have been 10-3 instead of 9-4. So they need to man up and quit being ready to play when they feel like it.
Leach cost Tech the 29-28 loss to UH or Tech would have been 11-2.
Bear Bryant rolled over this fall looking at this new landscape of crybabies. And Athletes who are not ready to play hard for 60 minutes.
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Watchdog, I think that “dead period” you are revering to starts January 11th. That is why we need the head coach now. Because in that two week time, tech has no control or influence over the recruits.
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So, the James gang finally has enough cajones to appear. Doesn’t matter, this will be the first of many recruits lost to you and your running dogs. Oops, Craig, better go see if junior’s pablum is ready.
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no babs and wd113, we’re dealing w/ a drunk! THAT IS why the pirate had to move on… as one of his players once told me,”that’s not always coffee in those starbucks cups.” time for an adult to run the show, end of story…
GUNZ UP!!!
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Folks, NOTHING good is ever going to come from cheating Mike Leach out of his pay. This initial recruiting debacle is simply first in line. Techsters must immediately begin to turn to other interests. The money you will save will provide some nice vacations. And you can be certain I am a Techster.
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There is life outside of Lubbock. Most of the recruits come from outside of Lubbock. People…let it go. The message we are sending to recruits is…. we base our million dollar program on beating the Horns and the Aggies… winning the Big 12, etc. doesn’t matter to us…our pride and joy comes from sticking it to 2 other teams in the big 12…and by the way…we want Ruffin as our head coach ….we don’t care that he has never been a head coach or because we can score 30 points in a game and still have a loss….the the players seem to like him and he “deserves” the job. If we want an Administrative Puppet…Ruffin is the man.
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“Don’t impeach Leach! Fire Myers, Hance and Bailey!! That is what I feel and what everyone I talk to think! It is very simple! ”
That’s just silly
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noel said:
Do you have any facts to back up your cliams of someone being a drunk ?
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Sally
The Governor is a very big Aggie ! I am sure he is loving all this. He appointed the REGENTS!
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TUBERVILLE the next Raider Coach!
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Tuberville is a great guy and a very successful coach. He has stated that he would leave the spread system in place. He is the only person that has complimented Coach Leach and the his successful system. Ruff still has not said one thing about Leach. Tuberville is a great recruiter. HIre Tuberville NOW!!!!
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I like Ruffin because of his spirit, but I don’t think he is HC material. I would hope that recruits will be come because of the opportunity to be on a team that has a consistent chance of winning the Big 12. I think the adminsitration has killed that chance for at least 2-5 years, no matter who they bring in. In checking Rivals.com, it looks like Riley was more responsible for getting the recruits. I hope that, even thought the adminstration lacks any sense of morals, intrigrity or love for the school, they understand the widespread and lasting damage their self-absorbed interests and arrogance have caused. I can only hope that justice will find them by their firing.
Regardless…Always a Red Raider!
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Watchdog, I think that “dead period” you are revering to starts January 11th. That is why we need the head coach now. Because in that two week time, tech has no control or influence over the recruits.
K. Someone said it was now and makes sense to me no calls during the holidays and bowl games. Hard on familys with coaches calling on Christmas and hard on schools playing in bowls to compete with those not. I think that ends on the 4th. Open season. Why has AJ ingnored this question? Right or wrong someone let us know. If I am right where’s the NCAA?
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Forget retard tceh and root for the only university that matters, THE University of Texas! Get your Horns up for the championship game tomorrow! HOOK ‘EM HORNS! I still want Lyle Setencich to coach the dead ray duhs! HOOK ‘EM HORNS!
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esteban — It looks like you had one too many drinks at your frat boy keg party last night. Of course that was probably at a bar across the street from the UT campus. With writing like that, there is no way you are actually a student anywhere.
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Good job Beau! This is a good sign and we need more recruits like him to advocate on behalf of the Raiders. This can all still work out if everyone will just stay positive and show these recruits we will support them no matter what. We all loved Leach and what he did for the program, but really he just implemented a system that the kids believed in and made work. It has been and always will be about the performance of these athletes on the field, and we are still trending upward by leaps and bounds. I for one believe in the Double T and we have always had an uphill battle whether it be recruits or money or alumni support vs UT, but we Raiders are resilient and can compete with anyone!!! Only one way outta this mess and it is the power of positive thinking and supporting the team and each other! GUNS UP people!
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Esteban, you need to post where people care about what you say. In other words, GET LOST!!!!
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It looks like Kadrone Boone the WR from Florida is the only recruit that has de-committed so far. We need these recruits.
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all you folks…GET A LIFE…move on, the party is over!!!
Don’t fret…techies or slimy frogs (fraudes too)…UT will bring HONOR to our great state tomorrow… UT 38 tide detergent 3
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I don’t get it. Just because you follow the team and hope that it wins, you think you have some voice in the hiring and firing of the coach? Is that about the size of it? Can you cite one example anywhere in the country where “the fans” were consulted on such issues?
Geez. Get over yourselves.
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ut_rebel, looks like you’re the one who needs to “get a life”. Can’t you find a venue where the audience cares about what you have to say? Go watch Jerry Springer and blog about non-UT grads who have nothing better to do than opine about other peoples’ lives.
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Tuberville or McNeill, but not Briles or Sonny (whose offense had “0″ points in loss to Nebraska)! The sooner the better for recruits “retention”! Too bad that admin is not fired, tired of that GdOleBoy Posse hindering our university’s progress (just robbed us of next year’s BCS Bowl money).
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Hey UT Rebel, come back and talk on Friday. We would love to hear from you after you get “rolled”. Loser.
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The Florida wr did not de commit. If so show me where it says that. I read he is coming to tech no matter what coach we have.
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Oh yea, one more thing completly off the subject: But I am so embarrased for these UT players in the NFL. Everytime they score a TD, they have to throw up a “hook em” sign. Once is acceptable but every freaking time? That is the real reason why Romo won’t throw to Roy Williams. He doesn’t want to see that crap as much as the rest of us. How many other NFL players do this? UT and …….? Those guys are the 18 year olds freshman out of high school still wearing thier letter jackets to college. It’s sad. So if you want to talk about getting a life, I guess it’s a trend at UT to be lame and over indulgent. Roll Tide and shut up.
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It just gets worse!
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How Leach was set-up by Hance!!
I know this is no suprise but it shows the depth of deceit that this admiinistration will go to for their own personal gain rather than that of the unniversity. Read how Hance set-up Leach to take a fall. Also, why has the AJ not reported on the fact that the affidavits revealed the day of the game(or the day before) had been taken on the 21st a full 10 days before Leach made his statements based on what those same people had told him in contradiction to their sworn affidavit. This should be pretty easy to check since any sworn affidavit must be dated and witnessed.
http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/d-wil/2010/01/05/the-mike-leach-affair-lessons-in-the-nature-of-power/
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Defensive back and all-around talented athlete Tre Porter of Midwest City (Carl Albert), Okla., says he is on a fast track to a rebound decision.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Kadron Boone has been a star on the field this week, but it has been hard for him to remain focused on football. The Texas Tech commitment found out about the Mike Leach news and he is now confused.
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Mr. Hance, Meyers, & Bailey have thought this might happen.
They made serious and soul-searching considerations before firing Coach Leach.
It is their nature to be very careful.
So after many long hours they gave way to their egos and fired him to save a buck and their exhalted egos.
They needed Leach to bow-down to their almighty powers, and he didn’t do it!
They know they can’t be touched by any of these grumblings.
It will all blow over.
So recruits are like us fans — the very LAST consideration !!
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We want Tubby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Everybody including Tubby costs too much — this is an El-Cheapo operation they run here at Tech.
Ruffin is all we afford and we can’t afford him unless he likes to be micro-managed – a LOT!
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So regret the reality of the current state of affairs regarding Mike. What a great ride to observe these past many years. He deserves a great shot with another program, especially considering the circumstances that have come to light.
Life isn’t fair, and it is full of nefarious people trying to rip and connive their way to solve their selfish agendas. People are what they do.
Reality Check:
Don’t do like Alabama did and suffer through a gajillion coaches over a ten year period to nowhere before hiring Coach Saban. By the way, the AD and President at UT eventually got the boot after people got fed up. The public pressure never went away after they mishandled the program when Coach Stallings resigned after winning 70 games in 7 years and winning a national championship in ’92. Yeah that’s right, those morons ran him off and Alabama got EXACTLY what it deserved. Remember the name Bob Bockrath…yeah, he came from Texas Tech, so I have read the book. Must be in the TT Admin watercooler. Thought the Tide would never recover.
Bring on UT, and hopefully we can all get a little relief if BAMA can beat their tails.
The 2010 Season will come, and we will support.
Good Luck Coach Leach.
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Leach–the best thing to happen to Lubbock since Buddy Holly??
Are you serious??
One ten win season (with a bowl loss)? That makes him the best thing since Buddy Holly?
Don’t think so.
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Clay, Buddy Holly did not coach football. Glue is not good for your brain.
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Major correction:
previous should have said AD and President at UA (University of Alagama)
not UT
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University of Alabama not Gama…yes, college educated
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garyount, just what are we supposed to say to the governor’s office? You think they care?
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Here is an article from Sports Illustrated dated last February titled: Firing Mike Leach would be program suicide for Texas Tech. Seems pretty relevent to today.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/02/18/leach/
Here is an excerpt:
Apparently, Myers and company think the program can continue on its current path without Leach. They’re wrong. It’s hard enough to find a coach who can recruit players to Lubbock, Texas. It’s impossible to find another coach who will have SI, 60 Minutes and The New York Times scouring Southwest flight schedules for the least inconvenient path to Lubbock so they can bring the world the story of a well-read, pirate-obsessed former attorney who never played college football but who still managed to devise a mind-bending offense that has befuddled some of college football’s brightest defensive minds.
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the Texas Tech Administration and staff are State employees, so if they are trying to get away with firing Leach for no true reason, not to mention their plan to fire him in the emails http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texastech/stories/123109dnspoleachletters.2d4b0ea8.html …..someone who is a State Official (such as the Governor) who is above them, needs to be contacted and we should demand an investigation!
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Great article golfwoody!! Thank you!!!
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THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN MY OPINION AND IM SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHERS THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY , IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SAVE TECHS REPUTATION AND THE CITY OF LUBBOCKS REPUTATION IS TO FIRE THE AD, GERALD MYERS AND HANCE ANDPRESIDENT BAILEY AND THE REGENTS THAT ARE BEHIND THIS INJUSTICE, FIASCO, INSANITY, THEN HIRE A COACH IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT FIRED COACH LEACH ARE GOING TO HIRE THE NEW COACH OF TEXASTECH, TO ME THAT IS PURE INSANITY ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE FACTS WE HAVE,DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN WE ARE THE RED RAIDER NATION, WE ARE THE PEOPLE, THEY WORK FOR US NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN CHARGE POF THESE PEOPLE THEY HAVE BOSSES ABOVE THEM THEY ARE NOT GODS, DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
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WAY TO GO, GOLF WOODY,..
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Leach’s contract, http://lubbockonline.com/pdfs/leach122909.pdf , Termination clause on page 13 states he should have been given 10 days notice.
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Actually the contents of the “apology” have been released. The “apology” is attached as Exhibit A to TTU’s court response to Coach Leach’s application for temporary restraining order.
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MOVE ON, NOT ONLY FOR THE CURRENT BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF IT ALSO.
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Here is an interesting Associated Content article from last September. The subtitle is: Few Are More Qualified Than Mike Leach, Head Coach of Texas Tech’s Red Raiders
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2208595/mike_leach_head_of_texas_techs_red.html?cat=14
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garyount,
You’d better sit down and take breath before you have a coronary attack and brain seizure. The human body does have to breathe every so often. Oxygen is important!
I love Leach and what he accomplished at Tech. However, he is gone, bye-bye, adios! It is time to move on. I, for one, believe AD Myers will hang around a while after the new hire and then retire. It will be good riddance.
Tech will survive. However, my sources are telling me we will lose several top recruits if Ruff isn’t hired. Their parents see this as a race/minority test. If Tech goes other than Ruff, the school administration is viewed as racially biased.
In the mean time, take a cold shower.
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MOVE ON TO WHAT, JUST STAND BY AND LET THESE PEOPLE GET BY WITH THIS FIASCO, YOU CAN AND EVERYONE ELSE CAN, THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG, I DONT LIKE CORRUPTION AND I DONT LIKE MY TEAM THE RED RAIDERS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE PEOPLE OF LUBBOCK NAMES AND REPUTATION BEING DRUG THROUGH THE MUD BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY ARE GODS, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THOUGHT JUST LIKE THE MOVEON FOLKS AND ITS OK, WELL BE OK, THIS IS ALL GOING TOBLOW OVER,THERE WAS A TIME BUT NO MORE, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I WILL NOT GIVE UP AND THINK MY VOICE DOESNT MATTER, THIS GAME IS NOT OVER AND I WILL NOT GIVE UP..
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I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG, I DONT LIKE CORRUPTION
Yep, ditto, though I would hit the caps key first. ;-)
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All you folks think you have it figured out. Tuber or Ruff. Well, you are about to get the surprise of your life. These interviews are cover for the administration. The new coach was interviewed in San Antonio the Friday before the Alamo Bowl game. Much like Bobby Knight was before James Dickey was fired. It was very discrete in order to protect everyone. I suspect he will slip into Lubbock tonight, tomorrow or Friday morning. My guess is the announcement will come on Monday so as to appear there were serious discussions. Let’s put it this way: the administration apparently wants to rid the school of everything Leach, including the air raid. This is a good coach, but Tech will lose its identity. Recruiting will take a huge defensive focus at the expense of offensive skill players. Think of one of the best defensive coaches in the game and you have it. This is a sad time for Tech football. I just can’t believe what is about to happen.
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Well, I’ve been quiet for a while and will pipe in now. I know, from my coaching connections, several top recruits will abandon ship if Coach Ruff departs. Note Tuberville’s comment about keeping the offense, but making a few defensive changes. If he gets the nod, Coach Ruff is gone along with the recruits. If we’re lucky, Coach Ruff will take the assistant HC and special teams job. However, I don’t believe he will do so. I believe Tuberville will keep the spread, but change the air raid. He will implement more running game as did Dykes and Briles. We will look like a hybrid cross between Baylor, Arizona and Mizzou. We should know soon!
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Sowell denies any year-long pre-planned plot to fire Mike Leach http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=11776556 Here is someone who doesn’t care about right and wrong!
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THE MOVE ON MENTALITY IN REALITY ARE PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT,DONT YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND NOT STAND FOR THIS OBVIOUS CORRUPTION AND JUST STAND BY AND WATCH A GOOD MAN GET RAILROADED, BUT I GUESS NOT ALL YOU MOVE ON PEOPLE AND ITS GOING TO BE OK, THIS WILL ALL BLOW OVER, WE DONT CARE ABOUT WHAT IS WRONNG OR RIGHT, WE JUST CARE ABOUT A NEW COACH AND WE JUST ACCEPT THAT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT FIRED A GOOD COACH FOR NO REASON THAT WAS RIGHT OTHER THAN GREED, POWER AND MONEY ARE GOING TO HIRE TUBBY OR RUFF OR WHOEVER ,WE DONT CARE THAT WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT COOROPTUNION AND PURE INSANITY IS ALLRIGHT, WE JUST CARE WHOO THE NEXT COACH IS, TAK E THE EASY WAY OUT , THAT IS YOUR CHOICE, YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOUR HEARE DESIRES THAT IS YOUR RIGHT, BUT THE TECH PROGRAM IS DAMAGED AND THE REPUTATION OF TECH AND THE PEOPLE OF LUBBOCK THAT HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM AND THE ALUMNI.., NOW IM WAITING FOR ALL THE PERSONAL ATTACKS AND THE POINTING OUT OF MY SPELLING TO DISTRACT FROM THE FACTS, LESS RECRUITS , WORSE PROGRAM..
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Don’t believe anything Sowell says. He is now in damage control for himself. The emails speak for themselves.
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Ruff McNeil has the job. Administration’s comments about him too obvious. They could hardly keep their emotions in check. Comments on Tuber were much more reserved. For those who believe Tuber is the man, go to bleacher report and type his name. You’ll see why he will destroy our offense with his tinkering and tweaking.
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A little advice for Texas Tech fans. You should be pulling for Tommy Tubberville. He has a history of great recruiting and has alot of experience in recruiting from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Can you imagine what successful recruiting from these areas would mean for your program. All Tech needs is a solid defense to contend for the National Title. Tubberville is a solid defensive mind. Good luck in your pursuit of a new Coach. Leach was great for your program and really help put Texas Tech in the limelight.
Roll Tide Roll
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garyount,
Relax-breathe-chill-take a Q
Leach will be fine. He’s a big boy and doesn’t need you.
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Thanks again to Alabama/Auburn/SEC people for bringing Tubberville info to light. He is my choice for the future at Tech for a number of reasons. And to those who keep bringing up the racial angle, please drop it. We need the best available for the job. I would be more concerned that our admin would hire Ruff for small money and then use the racial angle to justify the hire. Ruff is not ready. I would like to see him AC a little more and then take a HC position at a non-bcs school for a few years. I will say again we went through this before in ’78. It takes a short time to hit the cellar but a long time to get out. TT may not be the answer but aside from him who are recruits going to look at with the skins on the wall? Non of the other options!
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Govenors Office.. or even more laughable…Call the FCC… REALITY CHECK TIME….
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If you think Tuber is the guy, go to bleacher report and search him. Read the article on how he tinkers and tweaks offenses into the ground. It is so spot on! Don’t believe for moment he won’t implement more running game and distort the air raid. Tech will be a hybrid of Baylor, Arizona & Mizzou.
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YOU JUST PROVED MY POINT, THIS IS ABOUT WRONG AND RIGHT, BUT I GUESS YOU WOULDNT KNOW ABOUT THAT, WOULD YOU ,ITS OK THOUGH IVE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND OTHERS LIKE YOU ALLMY LIFE, ISNT AMERICA GREAT, THERE WILL BE LES RECRUITS, CONTACT THE NCAA, FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION AND CONTACT OREILLY @FOX NEWS AND THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND THE FCC, DONT GIVE UP, THIS GAME IS NOT OVER YET..
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garyount,
Are you blue yet? I’ve never heard so much hot air. Don’t fart by your fireplace tonight.
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Tuberville isn’t a real option. He had to ask to be considered. They brought him in to make it look good, but it’s going to be Ruffin.
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Just take a second to compare KU’s coaching prospects to TTU’s…
It just makes me wonder if TTU leadership is serious about taking the program to the next level. Tuberville has been the only “next level” type coach interviewed. (…and he just wants a job) I like Ruff as much as the next guy, but likeability has never won a National Championship! However, I honestly think that Myers, Bailey and Hance have never understood the value of a football tradition. I give them no credit for bringing in Leach. They never expected him to have the success he had. Leach gets the credit for proving to Raider Nation and the world that the “mad scientist” wasn’t so mad after all.
GOOD LUCK COACH!!
I’ll be there when you lead your next team to a National Championship!!
Ruff, please stay tough on these kids and push them to expect more of themselves. Kids need discipline. “Entitled” and spoiled kids typically beg for it!!
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oops…here is the KU link
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/1623907.html
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They were hoping Leach would fail? Well that probably might have some truth to it….
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The Sowell article is very interesting. First it appears he is already attempting to separate himself from Hance and Myers. Secondly, his tone sounds very similar to the Craig James’, “I’m a dad” pre-prepared speech. Sounds like a connection at Spaeth Communications, the PR firm that leaked the Adam James cellphone video. Rats are hiding in the same hole but will be quick to turn on each other when the exterminator is heading for that hole. I would keep a spotlight on Jim Sowell. He may be the source of many answers.
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The Stooges are left in the woods to wonder wiithout coachroaches? Hum. Would they finally see the light of their ways and call Leach up and offer a nice deal for him and then retire. We can all still hope.
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Cockroaches do not light the light you know. Way to go guys! Keep up the fight.
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Good for the players that remain committed. Very respectable. Hopefully, McNeil can stay whoever is hited as head coach. But it takes more than a nice guy to be head coach. I am sick and tired of players leaving Texas for programs outside of Texas, like Zero U. I refer to Texans who play for non Texas programs as Texas traitors, sometimes jokingly, and sometimes very seriously depending on different circumstances.
If you could only recruit players from your own states then I’d love to see how some of these programs like Zero U would do because actually there are enough recruits in Indian Territory (and I’m Indian so I’ll say that if I want to) for Tulsa, Okie State and Zero U.
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Reasonable men can disagree.
Lots of people are looking at only one side of issue and seeing only the materials to reinforce their opinion.
To get to the truth you must look at both sides of the issue without bias and seek out only the facts.
In any litigation both sides manipulate the stories to assist their desired goal and ignore facts which help the opposing side.
Take Sowells email. Conspiracy or not?
In reading Sowells emails to Hance was he planning to fire leach at the end of the year? We do not know. Could it appear that way?
Sowells email about firing Leach was written before the new contract was signed, while the contract was still still being negotiated. Could the statement about firing Leach next year have been a heated comment in the midst of contract negotions? We do not know. Does it look suspicious in light of actions taken?
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Yep, Ŧ Watchdog113, exactly my point.
Let’s fake…no…let’s pretend to fake that Ruff is hired. Who will run the defense? Ruff’s first head coaching job. Having Ruff be HC and DC would be setting him up to fail. He would be spread too thin. Thoughts???
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Hey, “emily” … ever consider that most high school players / college recruits have absolutely no control over their residence? Nope, they live where ever the family lives. Period.
No reason to jump on HS players who go out of state … it may be their first opportunity to travel to the United States! Besides, you have to admit that in certain cases there are players you really, really want to leave the Motherland!
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Rodney – Alum ’96 said:
… Having Ruff be HC and DC would be setting him up to fail. He would be spread too thin. Thoughts???
From the photos of Ruff it appears there is plenty of him to be spread around …..
;-)
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Believe Ruff has said he would hire an OC and an new DC and only be the HC
OIC …
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Landing, that wasn’t very nice. TO THE SHED!
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A 6-foot-7, 275-pound offensive tackle says, “That’s one of the reasons I committed to the school, because they run the spread so well,” he said. “I would have loved to see Leach stay and everything, but I didn’t commit to him. I committed to the school.”
No offense, but unless he is a one or two star 6-foot-7, 275-pound offensive tackle why wuold he want the spread if he is aiming at pro football. It is a great offense because it does not require high quality pro style splits run/ pass blocking tackles. OU, OState, Neb, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miami, most of the Texas teams.
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JUST LISTENED TO THE TOMMY TUBERVIILE INTERVIEW ON TV , HE JUST STUCK A KNIFE IN RUFFIN,HE HASNT EVEN BEEN HIRED YET AND HE IS ALREADY SAYING WHAT HE WOULD DO, HILARIOUS, IM SURE THE PLAYERS AND THE PEOPLE HERE INLUBBOCK THAT LIKE RUFF ARE REALLYGOING TO JUST LOVE THAT, HILARIOUS!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!
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beta raider said:
“Believe Ruff has said he would hire an OC and an new DC and only be the HC”
hmmm…I would like to know your source, but if true, I am guessing he could and would promote from within; maybe Sadler as DC and Riley as OC. That would leave an opening for a LB coach, given they continue with their current duties. Any ideas there?
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My blog did a debate on this topic yesterday. I thought and still think Leach got hosed. Tell me what you think.
http://thesportsdebates.com/2010/01/05/the-firing-mike-leach-debate-%E2%80%93-mike-leach-got-hosed-and-you-know-it/
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Leach is gone. Let’s move on.
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Yes, let’s move on and forget the debacle that the administration put upon the alums and fans. I don’t think so. I don’t care to keep harping about Leach as a coach, but I will not quit speaking about the incompetence of Gerald Myers, etc. He must go. Get a coach hired, and give him the option to retire or be retired.
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I’m from PA, the second generation of a 3 generation Penn Sate family, daughter of a sports editor, and a rabid football fan. Next to PSU, I always cheer for Texas football, all your teams, as I feel that the heart of football in this country is in Texas. That being said, I know nothing about your Ruff and his chances for the head coaching position, but he lost my vote when he never even mentioned Leach in his post game interview. A simple acknowledgement, a simple thank-you would have sufficed, would have been the mark of a man of character and dignity. His silence was deafening.
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babs, good observation. Ruff should have defended Leach and stood by him, instead of stabbing him in the back. the Tech defense was their weakness – he should have been glad Leach kept him on and didn’t fire him like the last defensive coach!!
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@garyount, where did you see the interview of toomy at? I want to see it. Thanks
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Tuber will destroy the air raid within three years. He went through three o-coordinators in 10 years and the offense just continued to slide south. One of those o-coordinators went to Louisville and set the field on fire. He commented that Tuber couldn’t keep his hands off the offense and tinkered it unsuccessful. He allowed his QBs very little audible flexibility and two of them were nationally ranked coming out of high school. Yes, he said he would keep the offense and understands the spread. Well, there are many spread offenses, but only one air raid. I assure you he will modify the offense with more running. Dana Holgerson has even modified it at Houston because Sumlin wasn’t comfortable with the wide splits. Stoops told Dykes he wanted a tad more balance than Tech so Dykes modified the scheme. If Tech is serious about Tuber, we are teetering on losing the identity that earned us a national seat.
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NO1 TECH FAN , THE TUBEVILE INTERVIEW WAS ON KCBD AT 6, IT AS A RADIO INTERVIEW OF HIM BY A MEMPHIS RADIO STATION, DONT KNOW IF IT WAS PICKED UP BY ANY OTHER LOCAL NEWS OR NOT, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE ON SOME OR ON AT 10 ON KCBD11, VERY INTERESTING REMARKS BY HIM.
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I didnt catch that bout Ruff. Yeah he should have said something
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Thanks G
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The regal threesome have decreed that Ruffin is the new coach.
All the rest is show and pomp and dotting the I’s, and checking the boxes.
Tech is an el-cheapo place and will be for a long time.
Myers will really have some fun micro-managing to his heart’s content.
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REINSTATE COACH LEACH, FIRE MYERS AND HANCE AND BAILEY, DO WHAT IS RIGHT, REINSTATE COACH LEACH, DO WHAT IS RIGHT…
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THE 3 STOOGES NEED TO SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO AND TAKE THE COCKROACHES WITH THEM, REGENTS= COCKROACHES, 3 STOOGES= BAILEY , HANCE AND MYERS, E- MAIL THE GON=VERNOR, AND THE FCC AND THESENATORS AND O REILLY @FOX NEWS.. REINSTATE MIKE LEACH…
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Any guess how many kids will NOT go to Tech now after verbally committing given the Leach fiasco? My guess is Tech will lose every one of the top tier commitments. Who would blame them? Not me..
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One more for…
REINSTATE COACH LEACH
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I would like to know if all of the people who are as upset about this mess as I am, are going to stay angry and continue to let this foolish administration get away with it, or are we all going to continue to let them know we want Myers, Hance, and Bailey fired. Please tell me we are all going to continue to fight and support Leach! I am sure they all think this will just go away. I for one am not willing to do that. Watchdog, I am in Lubbock, born and raised here, and I have only talked to one person who agrees with the firing. Everyone else, different ages, making different amounts of money, rich or poor, support Coach Leach!
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I agree, do not let the roars of fire meyers, hance and bailey disappear. Mike Leach should be reinstated and when he is he should fire that son of a bi*** , back stabbin mthrfkr ruffin
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prosecute the pirate for treason, high crimes and misdemeanors. It is about time the TTU adminstartion stood up and let the errant and hubris laden pierat is not bigger than the university.
Raises for Hance and Myers!!!!!
UT 38 those other guys 3 Colt MVP
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Where the heck is Mike Leach anyway? Has he been in public view lately?
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Gary, your posts would be easier to read if they weren’t ALL CAPS……. Thanks
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If you are waiting for Gerald to be fired…… you’re in a a very long wait. It’s not going to happen.
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jason55 are you gerald’s illegitimate son? you sure take his side. Probably the offspring of gm’s one night stand with that hooker.
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/secfootball/sc/story/967950.html
Kadron Boone report 01/08/10
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bernie,
foul and a moron?
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TTU Football Professor….Best. Comment. Ever.
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No. No no we are the Matadors! The “Red Raiders” came about from a sports writter writing about our red uniforms. If you have a problem with Pirates which the student body liked then you should not like the “Red Raiders” because some outside unassociated person decided to call us by that name.
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Sum up if you can’t see…we are the Matadors and go read up on our history if you do not know the facts!
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guess you cant say pirate. ;-)
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HEY Prof ! Who appointed Hance, who can fire him??????? Not asking the Gov speak to Leachs’ guilt
or innocence, but complete & utter foolishness of TTU Adm handling of this matter. Did you hear Hance’s
prepared statement during half-time of the Alamo Bowl? Were you not embarrassed by same? Did you hear
his remarks, made to espn, played over and over in the days leading up to the bowl game. I can’t quote,
but something to the tune of, GROWIN’ UP IN DIMMITT TEXAS, IF YA SUED YUR BOSS YA PURDY WELL
KNEW YA WERE GONNA’ GET FARRED’ (intentionally misspelled). Good Lord, take out your wrath on the
man at the top, who sounds like the TOP DOG HICK of all time to me. I AM a country hick & damn proud of it.
I grew up in the same county as AW SHUCKS KENT, and I can assure you, we’d just as soon he quit talking
about where he came from. If you’re from the Panhandle/South Plains you’re a hick too, in someones view.
Embrace your inner Hick, it’ll feel good, once you quit “putting on airs”. You’re not fooling anyone but yourself,
anyway. I aspire to be the best hick I can be & encourage you to do the same.
As always I remind everyone,
KENT HANCE IS A SNAKE IN THE GRASS & ALWAYS HAS BEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not like this kid is needing remedial edumacation and everything. We have too high standards for a guy like that, do we? Send him where academic problems proliferate, not here.
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