Tuberville talks about winning championships at Tech
PlainsCapital Bank vice chairman David Seim says he has an April event to put on his calendar for the first time – the Texas Tech spring football game.
While many Tech fans were angered by the December firing of Mike Leach, others are warming up to his replacement. Speaking Tuesday to a crowd of about 700, Tommy Tuberville got hearty applause when he vowed to win multiple championships for the Red Raiders.
“I think it speaks volumes that the place was sold out,” Seim said of Tuberville’s “Lubbock Welcome” sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Tech Alumni Association and the Red Raider Club. “I think people are kind of over the transition that we went through back in December and early January and have accepted and recognized the fact that we’ve got in coach Tuberville a coach that is in the elite status of college coaches in America.
“I told my wife, I’m going to actually go to the spring game, and I’ve never done that.”
Tuberville told the luncheon crowd at the Memorial Civic Center that he didn’t come to Lubbock to win six or seven games a season.
“We know how to win championships,” he said. “You can just imagine here the excitement when we do win … because we’re going to win a championship. We’re going to win maybe two, maybe three, maybe four. It just depends on what the good Lord wants us to have.”
Tuberville devoted much of his talk to what the community could do for the football program and vice versa.
“Whatever happens over in that stadium on Saturday will benefit you, the businesses of this town, the people of this community,” he said. “It will bring people here. Millions of dollars will be brought into this community because of the success.”
Tuberville, who was part of three national championship teams in eight years as a University of Miami assistant, said that school received enrollment boosts of 15 to 18 percent after each title. He said, then, that Tech football would do its part to help achieve Chancellor Kent Hance’s long-term goal of 40,000 enrollment.
In return, Tuberville said the team needed to see Red Raider banners in the community and bumper stickers on cars.
“You will be amazed how that helps when we bring recruits to this community, to see the excitement not just in the football program, not just in the field house, not just around campus, but in the community,” he said. “You will prosper from this.”
Seim said he thinks the business community is excited by Tuberville’s presence.
“I think the entire university is going to benefit greatly,” he said, “and as the university benefits the entire area will benefit.”
Steve Uryasz, head of the Red Raider Club, said the RRC has received hundreds of requests for Tuberville to speak across the state, too many for him to do them all. Uryasz said he’s looking to see where coordinators and assistants could be used to help out in speaking engagements.
In cases such as Tuesday, he said the Red Raider Club is making an effort to combine requests into one bigger event when it makes sense.
“He’s done a really good job of pulling everybody together,” Tech athletic director Gerald Myers said. “I think people like what he has to say about his plan, about what he’s going to do with the team. I think people appreciate his being accessible to go out and visit and talk to different groups, civic clubs, alumni. I think he’s been received really well.”
On other topics:
• Tuberville said he spent about three hours recently talking with former Red Raiders coach Spike Dykes, whom he described as a long-time friend. Though the purpose was not to pick up dinner-speaking tips, Tuberville tickled the crowd a few times, a quality for which Dykes was renowned.
Joking about the unseasonably cold, wet winter he’s experienced in Lubbock, Tuberville cracked, “At least the wind never blows here.”
He said Tech athletic chief of staff Craig Wells “told me, next week (the weather) is going to start getting beautiful. That was three weeks ago.”
• Tech is in the process of adding display and trophy cases to the team’s football building.
“We already had that funded – and built – before he came,” Myers said. “But they’re just now putting them in. It’s going to be nice to showcase the football history. It’s like he said: It’s all about recruiting.”
• Tuberville urged fans to show up on April 17 for the spring game, an event that Leach often downplayed as no more important to him than any other practice. Tech plans to charge $5 for adults to attend this year.
• Tuberville wants to rev up the players’ pre-game arrival at the stadium. In recent years, Tech invited fans to greet players as they made the short walk from the Football Training Facility to Jones AT&T Stadium, though the idea didn’t really take off.
Tuberville envisions the players being dropped off a quarter-mile out and passing through the tailgaters or Raider Alley area west of the stadium.
“I’m not here to change a lot of things,” he said. “I’m here to make it better. I’m here to help you. I’m here to help Texas Tech, and I’m here to win a championship.”
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what a joke.
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I like it and apparently Tuberville is drawing the attention of UT fans. Troglodytes for sure, but UT fans none the less.
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Gerald Myers…is that old piece of bung still around?
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From my corner, in the same breath, I can wish and hope the very best for Spike Dykes, MIKE LEACH and Tommy Tuberville! Tommy Tubervelle and many other Americans were, of course, paying attention to Texas Tech Football during all the Mike Leach years in Lubbock. That includes Tommy Tuberville. That alone should generate some excitement in all of us, I think. At least for now, Tommy Tuberville is using the term “Championships”. May he be using that term well into the future! All we long-time Red Raiders deserve that. We all deserve it! nmredraider1
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Hey Team Bevo: You going to make it to Lubbock for Your Heroes bi-annual loss? It’s really a lot of fun.
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1st mens basketball – basement womens basketball – basement next baseball – basement, football – basement thanks myers, hance, ect. you have done a great job. maybe you should ask for a raise.
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I have not been to a Spring Game since I was an undergrad in the last 80′s.
However, I am thinking about flying in for the game this year.
My frustration over the firing of Leach has now turned to excitement about Coach Tuberville.
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Just called. Gerald still works there. This means that Knight and Curry work there and Leach does not. Pretty smart, huh?
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There willl be a lot more fan support when Bailey, Hance and myers hand in there resignations.
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I agree with Watchdog! Let’s move on.
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Holy Cow Purple Cow,
Are you the poster child for the disgruntled 500? Are you saying fan support other than the Leach 500 is in the ditch? How often did Leach talk about a championships; if one could understand what he was saying on a regular basis.
RedRaiderRoger,
Take care the sky is falling. And, basement football? I don’t think the ’09-’10 season has started yet. Tech men’s basketball has had it good moments, but never a podium team. Marsha Sharp was a winner and a very hard act to follow. Did she and The Indiana Flash get fired; I think not.
Tommy is a class act. He is a winner and articulate. He may not rollerblade down 50th Street like Mike or mumble during interviews, and he may trade a bit of offense for some passable defense at Tech. Offense is fun to watch, but defense wins games.
Tech Alum
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I don’t think a season record of 6 – 6 will win Tech many championships.
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Tommy is excited and that excites me. He does have away of making you feel that he is where he wants to be, and that’s all anyone can ask.
I just renewed my season tickets, We’ll see you at the spring game.
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Could some of you “psychics” please tell me what the winning lottery numbers will be for next week?
I am looking forward to seeing what Tuberville brings to the table but I’m going to have to wait until they play the games to decide if I like him.
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6-6 LOL. T-Bone is a joke
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Tech will win the spring game. We will know nothing about the potential success until the fall.
Enough Said
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Go Tech and Go Tubs!
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Of all the Name coaches I have ever met the least impressive was Bill Walsh when I had lunch w/ him & others in July of 1981 prior to the season the 49′ers won their first Super Bowl. There wasn’t any hype from him…No promises of anything, which is the polar opposite you will find from most coahces in the pre-season. He just went out and proved his genius over the next several years!
Everyone is winning national championships from March-August!
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I n order to win national championships you have to have the players and be able to recruit them, this year wasnt all that great, a lot will depend on this year, how they play during the season and how Tuberville recruits, there wouldnt be a good team and high hopes without the players and Leach and what he and his team accomplished, I dont throw people under the bus, I do appreciate what Leach did, I dont like how it was handled, if they didnt want him, they should have let him go last year instead of extending his contract, simple as that, there are a lot of people upset how this was handled and the basketballteams are doing bad,, you want to build up the university start winning games, not lose them,I dont have a crystal ball and neither do you or Tuberville, I do wish him well, but in order to get respect you have to earn it, anyone can make promises, I will withhold my judgement nd see what the10 season goes. best of luck.prejay..
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Can’t wait for the spring game!! This winter has been cold as the Leach Tech relationship!
WE need some more football coverage AJ, Tech basketball is done, no excitement in baseball, same old party news coming from the Terrace………fire up your pens for football!
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I agree with some of what Purple Crow has said. And I beleive that is why Tommy wanted the job. He is taking over a team that already has potential. He does not have to build a team, he is taking over a good program with most of the pieces in place. With a few adjustments I beleive he knows he can win and win big.
In his words Mike’s/Tech’s offense and his defense will rule the big 12.
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Ya’ll are a bunch or debbie downers… I was a huge leach fan.. still like the guy.. but since Tuberville was hired, i’m seeing the difference between a good coach and a great coach.. the difference between a good program and an elite program… Texas Tech will be better off in the long run… Tuberville has done everything right so far, and i have no doubt that it will continue to get better.
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Tommy T keeps talking about the 3 national titles won in 8 years when he was @ Miami! He was not the head coach. As a HC he had 1 great year & many so-so to slightly above average years for where he was at. The program @ Auburn has seemed to progress since he left.
I believe in giving him a chance, but these are the facts that some of You seem to not want to take into consideration. I hope he does it, but am taking a wait and see attitude.
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Tommy and Leach have the same overall record in 10yrs at each of their last schools. Actually I think Tommy has 3 more wins. He also sent about 80 players into the pro’s during those 10 yrs at AU. Leach sent something like 12 players over 10 yrs. Numbers in the NFL is what kids look at.
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“As a HC he had 1 great year & many so-so to slightly above average years for where he was at.”
Sounds a lot like the last coach at TTU, BetterDays. I guess Tuberville won’t be a step down then.
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Never said he was a step down…He may be a step-up, but we just don’t know yet & I said I will take a wait and see approach!
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Bleeding Red,
Interesting comparison by you stating Leach had about the same record at Tech as Tuberville had at Auburn. To some that may indicate that you think Leach is a better coach since Auburn is an easier place to recruit & attract NFL type players.
The former Iowa State coach who had trouble winning in the Big 12 appears to be doing a better job at Auburn then Tuberville did.
Having said that, I am excited about TT and will give him a chance!
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Tommy Tuberville is kinda like the new trophy wife that dad brought home to the family to replace your mom. Mom wasn’t real pretty but she fed you good and raised you best she could. She’s polite and smiles a lot. Gonna take some getting used to but she could piss you off real easy if she says or does the wrong thing.
I think it will take up to that first conference game to see if he is accepted. Early wins will be expected with not much credit given. How will we fare against the big boys is the test. We have to at least be competitive or the whole things gonna come crashing down.
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I’ll save my $5 and go to 5 basketball games next year!!!
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Leach is gone! He is not coming back. Myers contract expires this year. Why don’t we just move on to something positive?
Potential recruits read this and they have to pick up on the negative things being said by supposedly Tech fans.
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Settle Now,
I hope you are not comparing Tech to I State? How is Auburn easier to recruit at? The hole state has what 10 players? Texas has 100,000 players. At Auburn Tommy had to recruit out of state, in states like Texas. He recruited better players at Auburn from Texas than Tech did.
Heck this should be like picking cherries for Tommy.
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Becky,
You do know Lubbock is in the Bible Belt right? I think Karma is what got Mike. He wanted to leave for years and guess what, now he’s gone. Hum?????
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ttraider,
You really think potential recruits are choosing schools based on what is posted on boards like this? This one is usually tame in comparison to some others I have gone to. It is not unusual for a fan base to be concerned when a new coach comes in, especially under the circumstances here.
In the end, the most successful programs have a demanding Fan & Supporter Base. Those who expect more from the coaches & programs usually end up with more!
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@ Bleeding Red…Sometimes Karma takes it’s sweet time. What got Mike was stupidity from the administration, to be decided in the courts at a later date. Come back and May and we’ll talk about it.
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Leach had one division tie in 10 years. Team Leachers act like we lost Urban Meyer.
Tech baseball is on the upswing.
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The Question Will Be. What does Team Leech do when he gets nothing from Tech? I guess your hope is for bad Krama on Tech.
What A Red Raider your are. Keep up the good thoughts. We are just lucky someone like Tommy wanted to come into this mess, “Krama”. Me thinks Soo.
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Brett said it best. He’s right on target. Well done.
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Why can’t the sheep see the truth? Coach Leach was fired for unsubstantiated accusations, without an investigation. TTU administration and Board of Regent showed no honor, truth, justice or respect for due process. By doing so they have brought shame to the school. Truth and honor seem to mean nothing to Tubberville or he would not have taken the job until the shame of the scandal had been resolved.
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THETRUTH posted this comment agt 7:34 am: “Hey Team Bevo: You going to make it to Lubbock for Your Heroes bi-annual loss? It’s really a lot of fun.”
I’m not an English major, but I thought “bi-annual” meant every two years. But, since Tech has only beaten UT twice in the last eleven years, I must be mistaken. “Bi-annual” must mean every five and half years.
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Tuberville has definately brought in a lot of excitement with him. He says he knows how to run this business and uptil now he surely has succeeded. Offseason have never been know at Tech for suprises or major events. But this season seems to be full of those. For the first time I am going to attend the spring practice and I am actually excited about the whole event.
Go Red Raiders!
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By the way, has Tommy Tuberville signed a contract yet? They may be waiting to see how much they’re out for the Mike Leach fiasco before they can “contract” with him. Contract being an abstract term in this particular situation.
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@ Barry G: Team Leachers are for Tech cleaning house and restoring it’s honor. This is about so much more than football. Mike Leach is just a very uncomfortable symptom. Just hope we can get this thing cured before the same thing happens to Tuberville, if and when he ever gets that “contract” signed.
……And you’re not reading Mike’s mind very well. Maybe you need a new crystal ball.
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Team Leach is still going? Wow. However, I feel striving for honor and getting Leach’s name cleared is all great fun, but it is possible to be excited about Tuberville and the upcoming football season in the process. It must me miserable living a life of doom and gloom and leaving behind something you cared about. Don’t bash Tuberville either, he didn’t do anything to Mike.
And Becky, contracts usually take this long to get sign regardless of the situation. Its the way it goes in college football.
As for the sheep comments: Whatever makes you sleep at night. Call us whatever you want, I’ll still love Tech and I will still be excited for the upcoming football season. If that makes me a sheep, well, BAAAAA!
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I won’t eat the cookies and I won’t drink the Kool-Aid.
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Becky, you have the right to be mad as we all do. But will you still be mad if Tuberville and your supposed beloved Red Raiders do well next year? No matter how corrupt the administration may be, that won’t stop Tuberville from winning or losing games. I feel Tuberville is the right guy to pick up where Leach left off.
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Beware the man that talks so big of things he knows nothing about…How many winning Big 12 teams has Tuberville had against other Big 12 teams? Talk is cheap. We’ll see….
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He was picked by the corrupt administration you talk of . And to answer your question to Becky from me: yes I will be mad as hell even if TTU football wins every game next season because the schools integrity is GONE!! Who care about football at a school under a cloud of shame.
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RedRaiderPower: You really do not get it do you? It is not about Mike Leach it is about RIGHT and WRONG
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The problem with the article is that it is all fluff. Tech football will do what Tech football will do. These attempts to tell the masses that everything is fine and the future is all roses and sunshine is ridiculous. And, if one more person tells me to “move on”, I’m going to blow a gasket! You do what you think is right, XRaider, and I will do the same. I choose to fight for honor and integrity.
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I do get that. I have morals. In my opinion, I think its possible to still love your school at the same time and be excited about the changes. I believe the term is unconditional.
You’ll probably come back with your “its not about football” response. Don’t waste your breath.
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THANK YOU Becky T!!!!
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You don’t get it :( I will pray for you.
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I choose to be excited about where the football team is going. So sue me.
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Talky, talky, talky, too much talky. Big boasts of we are going to win multiple championships. Sounds insecure. Tubs should be thinking about SMU not the Big12 championship.
Sure appreciate Don Williams jab at Leach ” Tuberville urged fans to show up on April 17 for the spring game, an event that Leach often downplayed as no more important to him than any other practice. Tech plans to charge $5 for adults to attend this year.” Awesome Don. Keep up the divisive rhetoric.
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ONa humerous note, Tommy may change his mind after a couple of duststorms and a tornado and hail, and hope he enjoys catching mercury contimanated catfishor the mutated 3 eyeball ones.
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How about 1 dollar for the spring game like the basketball games?
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You all forget one thing…we are Texas tech in Lubbock Texas. We are no auburn. That said, mike leach made something out of nothing. Try recruiting out here better than leach did. Second pat knight is horrid. He gets paid way too much and only got the job because of his dad and Gerald myers. So in conclusion tubberville might end up being great but only after they axe Gerald and Kent and realize ttu sports can be better without their influence.
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Gerald may retire but Perry is still governator and as long as he is then we will have Hanceand bailey and the restof the clan.Wish in one hand anduknow what with the other one and see which one gets full faster, promises are just promises no matter how good intended
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TTUred&black,
What you said is right on! Leach and honor? The trash mouth videos tell the story.
As for Tubbs. Some have said he did not come here to build a program, just borrow one. What a joke. UNless some of you have a crystal ball, no one knows what will happen this Fall. I just put a payment on my season tickets.
Tech Alum
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So Obama made a bunch of promises as well. STFU, get off of Twitter, Facebook, and all the other social networking Meccas and please for the love of God focus on FOOTBALL!
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Who cares about the spring game? We always win that one, ha ha. I’m ready to see how we do against real competition next fall. I’m ready to see who the starting QB is, Sheffield please. More importantly, I’m ready to see how we do in 3-4 years when we’re playing with kids Tubberville has recruited. That will tell whether this was a good decision or not. Until then, we are playing with Leach’s team and the success we have will be a credit to him not Tubberville.
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Hey Becky T:
Don’t worry – I am not the least bit concerned with what you’re doing let alone telling ya what to do. The way I see it, there are a couple of different methods that a coach can take when attempting to ‘sell’ a program like Tech’s:
Mike Leach sold our program through success on the field that was a product of the hard work, focus, and repetition in practice. Tommy Tuberville is selling the program with offseason appearances and rallying speeches at donor luncheons and banquets.
I like the idea of football coaches focusing on coaching football rather than Tweeting, Facebooking, or the like… Plus I’ll admit that it really annoys me that our new Offensive Coordinator who just got the job upgrade of a lifetime coming from Troy to Tech somehow finds all this time to put up useless banter on Twitter, yet can’t seem to find time to upload a new profile pic with maybe some Tech gear on perhaps? I’m getting really tired of looking at his goofy cocky young ass in that Troy outfit. Is he really that proud and arrogant? Even the player standing behind him in his pic is looking at him like “what the hell are you talking about you douchebag?”
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I am all for Tubbs. I just said the day they fired Leach I would be back on board as soon as Myers is gone. Just leave Gerald. I am a man of my word and I will not be back until Gerald is gone.
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i was disappointed when leach was wrongfully terminated, but it’s time we all grow up and get behind our alma mater (fellow alumni) and support our TEAM.
come on folks, anyone who’s initials are “TT” has gotta be great! don’t get down on tubs, he’s not the man responsible for the coaching change!!!
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I agree with the person who said couldn’t find a better coach TT for TT. Sound like a fighter Tommy the Texas Tech Tuberville.
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I think Team Leech is pissed because we did get a great coach.
“I think it speaks volumes that the place was sold out,” Seim said of Tuberville’s “Lubbock Welcome” sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Tech Alumni Association and the Red Raider Club. “I think people are kind of over the transition that we went through back in December and early January and have accepted and recognized the fact that we’ve got in coach Tuberville a coach that is in the elite status of college coaches in America.
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team_bevo said:
what a joke.
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I detect a great deal of concern in that statement. Tech is going to be a Defensive Powerhouse within the next couple of years. UT knows that they will not be able to handle Tech with a powerful defense (IE 2008 in Lubbock). Offense wins games, Defense win Champoinships. Put the two together and you have one heck of a BBQ. The first Big12 Championship is not far away, and I predict bigger things in the near future.
EAT MORE BEEF !!!!
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we will win championships. we have a great, solid coach now. In time we will keep getting bigger and better recruits. Tubs knows what he is doing.
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Becky T said:
Does this mean I’m in “the shed” now?
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YEP! I think you need a spanking!
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I will miss the times I visited with Mike and the smell of stale beer and cheap rum. Rrrrrrrr! Time to put my patch away and start wearing a tie.
The only people in the country that think Mike was done wrong are the Team Leechers. Why because they never thought we could do better. We did, and they can’t stand it.
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Wow it’s very obvious who has any idea of what they’re talking about. You morons who keep hating on TT are not Red Raiders and never will be Red Raiders. Leach is gone and we have a better coach now so why don’t you quit complaining and support our team, because we actually have a shot of going somewhere now.
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peejee I just stated the truth about basketball, womens basketball, baseball are all in the basement. TT can say whatever he wants, but I can promise you that he will not win any champ. while at TT. Last night I was at a Pro Basketball game in another state and 5 people came up to me that said I use to love TT but after what they did to Leach, I will not support TT in anyway
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Becky T,
You’ve lost your freaking mind. You’re trying to tell us Mike freaking Leach had Texas Tech’s best interest in mind?!!! What a crock of BS!
-The guy REFUSED to sepak at fundraisers despite his large salary. That is standard for any big time coach.
-He interviewed at other schools yearly, in fact begging for the interviews he got. (i.e. Miami, Washington, UCLA, etc.)
-He NEVER once disputed or shot down these types of rumors.
-He never once won any thing of note. That’s right his biggest accomplishment on the field was a Holiday Bowl victory. I’m sorry if you can’t get over the Cotton Bowl A** whoopings.
-The guy built his record with an extra game and weak non-conference. His conference record was very similar to Dykes.
-The guy had zero class and embarassed us frequently in the media.
-He paid no attention to penalties, defense, or special teams on the field.
-He was way overvalued for what he truly brought to the table.
Kent Hance is a lifelong Red Raider that works his tail off for our school in sooo many different factions (Who do you think is raising money and awareness for out Tier 1 push?!!!). He is the one with TEXAS TECH’s best interest in mind, not MIKE FREAKING LEACH who left his players and staff high and dry. What a joke that guy was. It’s time for you and others to wake the hell up!!!!!!
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May have blown our chance…….my opinion. I have not heard one allegation that leads me to believe Coach Leach ever hurt a player……my informed opinion, again. My aim here is to defend Coach Leach’s name and his honor. Nothing more, nothing less. Kent Hance screwed the pooch on this one….my opinion.
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Nice too see you’re dealing in opinions. Why the change in heart?
Regardless, your opinion is as good as anyone elses. You know as much as anyone else does and just because your against the popular belief doesn’t make you or your opinions anymore credible. Yes, you have the right to voice your opinion but the again so does everyone else. Respect what we think and we’ll respect what you think.
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Who did I disrespect, except possibly the guy who didn’t capitalize God? I’ve been responding to questions for the last 2 hours. No disrespect intended. I never called anyone a moron. (Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to, but it wouldn’t be the right thing to do).
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Well, it looks like I’m fixing to get censored because I’m not towing the company line. It’s been fun!
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If that were the case Becky, you would have left a long time ago. You’ve been here since 1 “answering questions”. You’re obviously against the popular belief among the majority of Raider Nation. You’ve been defending your stance which was admirable. Your belief will in turn will cause people to disrespect you, and you in turn, returned the favor, even though you may not have meant it. People look at things differently, and thats where respect and what not comes in.
I, respect wanting Honor and truth, but I hate when people talk down to the school I love in the process. It isn’t necessary. AT ALL.
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To TTU1905: You think Hance has done so much for Texas Tech! HA! Maybe you should trace back to the toxic waste dump
he has been a great part of bringing to TEXAS, and maybe you should check into who is lobbying to make Texas a Nuclear waste dump. And guess where it is? West Texas buddy!. So when Texas Tech and all the West Texans up there start coming down with different kinds of cancers and mutant animals and children you can thank your wonderful chancellor Kent Hance and all his political kiss ass cronies. This is much more than football. It is like everyone who is not drinking the Kool aid and are not following blindly without questioning and using their own minds. It is about TRUTH, HONOR, and INTEGRITY. Come on you guys are all either educated or getting an education from Texas Tech. Do your own research. Don’t just believe everything that is spoon fed to you. Read articles outside the Tech controlled media. They are printed everywhere. Dallas, Houston, New York, etc. Most of what you read in Lubbock is controlled by what University officials want you to know, many things are left out.I challenge you to seek the truth. No I am not a troll, or a Tsip. Quite the opposite, I am a concerned citizen of the Great State of Texas and a mother who wants to see her student be proud of the diploma they earn.
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@Red Raider Power: Not talking down to the school. I love it too. I don’t love it being dragged down by an incompetent chancellor. And if the people who commented on this site disrespect me, oh well.
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To Red Raider Power: No one is disrespecting Texas Tech the school you love. Quite the contrary. They are wanting the best for Tech and that means they want a new chancellor one that is an educator and not a butt kissing politician. That is what Kent Hance is and he doesn’t know how to educate he only knows how to move things around by playing the crooked political game. Well people now days or tired of being shoved around by politicians that are only there to feather their own nests. They should be there for the good of the people who put them there. Sure Hance wants to make the University enrollment 40,000, but in order to do that you have to have the facilities to put that many people in class and in dorms. They had an enrollment increase this year and kids were sleeping in the common areas of the dorms for lack or room. This is all about making Tech an honorable place not a hillbilly talking university. Watch your chancellors interviews he sounds like an uneducated hillbilly. As I told TTU1095. I am a concerned citizen not a Tech basher. I want the best for Tech and I just don’t think that is what we are getting right now. As long as you have a politician in charge it will never be Truth. He has been a politician too long and you just can’t change a leopards spots.
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Okay Susan, thats the first part. I am all fine with what you just said. Now, support the football team that plays for the university we all love. Is that so hard? We all have the capability to be excited and ambitious at the same time. I would love to see Team Leach back Tuberville in the same fashion. We all need to get on board. It seems some of you over there are content with bashing him.
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AMEN, WRECK’EM TECH!!!
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I never, not one time, bashed Tuberville. I even went so far as to say we may have to be here to defend him next year if things don’t change.
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Thats good Becky, and I respect that. Unfortunately, you don’t speak for everyone.
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Not trying to, Red. Just for myself. What? You mean everyone won’t show up to support Tuberville if they fire him for no reason?
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Oh, and Becky, I’m not changing my tune. ;) This conversation, however, has. We’re talking in a civil and mature manner now. I will never look at this situation the same way you do, unfortunate as that may sound.
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My statement to you Becky was regarding the bashing of Tuberville in the present time.
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Point taken.
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It took me a few years to get on Leach’s bandwagon. My verdict is still out on Tuberville. If he coaches as good as he talks then he should have no problem winning people over. The problem is there are a lot of people that don’t like Tuberville, but they are also infuriated by the fact that people on this side won’t admit the good that Leach did for this program too. He had a good student athlete graduation rate. He brought in a lot of people to watch Tech games because of his quirkiness. People just have to admit he was a good thing for Tech. No one even believes that he will ever be back, but don’t just wipe his name out of the book like he never existed. He was very good for Tech and I will admit to you that Tuberville might be the same, but he has yet to prove it . I remember the years that Tech was at the bottom of the heap. Leach brought them out with his recruiting. People got to where they respected Tech football. I want it to stay that way! Once you taste the sweetness of being a winner, you don’t want to have the bitterness of defeat. No one will blame Tuberville if it turns out bad this will all be on Hance!
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I agree Susan that the verdict is still out. In the mean time, you have a decision to make. Will you hop on board and be excited? Or will you go on standby. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with standing by, but IMO that evolves into bashing of Tuberville just because he isn’t anything like Leach. Not saying thats you Susan, I’m just saying that what happens. Also, I think it causes people who have chosen to be excited to look at TL in a negative light.
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Yes Becky, but those people seem to be out numbered greatly. I haven’t heard of anyone outside of TL cancelling their season tickets. Everyone I’ve talked to is renewing. We all have one common theme regardless of how we view the Leach situation, we all want the best for Tech, we just want in different way and that in turn causes people to butt heads.
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Tuberville would have never taken this job, if Leach had not put Tech on the map.
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@Susan: Couldn’t have said it better myself sister ! High five!
@Steve: “Get over it.” That’s what they keep telling me. On a serious note: Leach was here for 10 years. He was a great coach. Let’s not erase that.
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Tuberville does have a way of making you feel he’s happy where he’s at.
Just like he said the night before he left the Mississippi program “the only way I’ll leave here is in a pine box”.
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I have to believe that if Tuberville gets treated like Leach was treated there would be a Team Tuberville movement too. It is about treatment by Hance, Bailey and Myers, not about whether Leach was a bad coach, or should have left sooner, or should still be here. Tuberville IS the coach and he has a lot to work with thanks to Leach. Now kick the rest of the Big 12′s butt! GO RAIDERS!
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Becky T – “… The problem that comes into play is that lots of people (Tech alums and others) don’t want to support (monetarily) an administration that is corrupt. They just don’t want to spend money that is going to be used by the current administration to further their own agenda. It’s as simple as that.”
I do not see how it could be explained any clearer. Good job. I live out of state but try to get back for at least a game or two. I still plan on doing so in 2010. But, I have put my financial commitments to the school in escrow waiting for Hance’s departure. Tech will get it all once he is gone, even if it is 10 years. The administration knows this and the governor’s office has also been informed. To use your words, “They just don’t want to spend money that is going to be used by the current administration to further their own agenda.”
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Glad to see T-ville making the rounds!!
Being a head coach is more than calling plays off a bar napkin.
Keep it up Tommy, let’s get this program from a good past to a Great future!!
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I will be laughing when tt falls flat on his face. Yes, i am still mad about the Leach firing and i can stay mad and not move on as long as i want. Fire gerald, that will increase support for your new raider nation.
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Looks like you girls need to get your big girl panties on, pull them up, and realize your Pirate is gone!
Pooooor Raiders!
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Man all you doom-sayers and negative thinkers can take a hike! I am more of a positive thinker – someone who likes to plan his work and then work his plan until you get it right. So is Coach Tuberville. You have a right to your opinion. But that is like an a##hole – everybody has one and you are really stinkin up the site. So I guess you will get to eat your, uh words, come this fall when you see a very good football team and then an excellent recruiting season followed by an even better football team winning many games. And, yes, don’t let your hearts be troubled when they start winning some championships in the Big 12 – somethin Leach N E V E R seemed to do. Get over it and move on!!!
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nOT BASHING TUBERVILLE. on the contrary, wish him the best, just dont like injustice that has been done to Tech and Leach, my opinion, still dont know how this will all play out in court or a settlement, which we havent heard a word in awhile. It very clearly states in this article how many millons are brought in to this community by Tech foootball, wonder how much difference there is between Spikes time andLeachs last few years in millons spent here in Lubbock, attendance was around 30,000 now its around 40,000 big difference wouldnt you say, by bungling the fiasco deal with leach , how many millons have they cost Lubbock and Tech,? people came to see the games because of the offense and the way Leach orchestrated the offense, it was fun, remember now were talking millons of dollars, how much money has the motels, hotels, restraunts,etc.lost the past few years under Knight and Currry? I dont see a lot of people at the games, why. they lose, nobody wants to see a team lose in the meantime Tech and Lubbock loses millons, MILLONS, FOLKS, GET IT? If Tuberville doesnt get good recruits here, guess what they will lose, Leach got the most out of what he had because of the offense he had, can Tuberville do the same? we dont know that, do we? ThIs is not bashing Tuberville, but look at who Texas and AM get and this year,we simply do not get the players that they get, that is a fact. period. Now you have a po fan base and these people are still in charge and Tech is losing milons and Lubock and may lose more because of their incomptency, MILLONS, FOLKS. nOW YOU TELL ME THIS MAKES SENSE BUSINESS WISE? iT DOESNT..? DOES IT?
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Thank You Golfwoody… I too live out of state and make two to three games a year. I have been debating for months about my donations. I think i like your idea and will turn over what has colIected when Myers/Hance is gone. I love Tech. I love what Leach did for tech. I am alwaysexcited with TT football. I will support Tubbs and wish him well. I am disgusted with the Admin. I often hear from someone on the inside and I am completely disgusted on how Mike was treated when he wanted to simply remove his personal belongings. He deserves better than that no matter which side you are on. Shame on GM. How can we forget Raiderville, full bars, the atmoshere he created for us, the excitement. He is gone but we the RaiderNation should still thank him..including GM and KH………Then we can move on. Go Tech
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Tell me how many millons Leach brought in and how many may be lost now?
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If BS wins championships, then Tubville the BS artist, will win.
Integrity. BSer Tubville fired his new Offensive Coordinator halfway through
the OC’s first season. Really gave him a chance.
Then they ran Tubville off. Whhhoooweee. Funny.
But he found the right place. They eating up his weak BS with a soup spoon.
Just like they do cousin Hance. Welcome home to Arkansas.
Get your Snake Oil right here!
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like hearing this because the expectation with Leach or without Leach is this.
Our year 2010! The schedule is in our Favor UT, OU, Colorado, ISU, OSU and Missouri are rebuilding all wins
BU and A$M are better, but we win. 8-0 conference
1. We wil Win the South,
2. We Play for the Big 12 Championship, and
3.our first BCS bowl.
Anything less this yr is a failure. We have the players to do this right now. TT has a very talented team he is reloading not rebuilding.
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You stupid people and your Lame Leach Talk. If you idiots are so freaking in lovre with Mike Leach, then freaking move to Key West, FL. and become his dang servant!!!! Im so sick of you Idgits with all of your darn boo hooing and slobber blubberin about your Beloved Mike Leach, and OH TECH WILL FALL IN TO THE SEA WITHOUT MIKE LEACH AT THE HELM! Plllllllaaaaaasssssseeeee!!!!!!!!!
I will tell you al; this much, Tech will make MULTI MILLIONS MORE now than it did with SUPER LEACH. Finally we have a class act of a coach that knows how to show up to his freaking news conferences on time and looking sharp dressed, and not being 30 mins late looking like he just got out of bed with a Major Hangover. SO FREAKING WHAT, Mike Leach had a good offensive system going here, but DAMN PEOPLE! He is not GOD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
Mike Leach is not the only coach that can have a good offense. If Mike’s offense is so darn hot, why is it that TECH never played for the Big12 Championship. Over the years, Tech has only been mediocre, like last year when he couldn’t even beat just a decent Houston Couger team? Why did he get Totally Embarassed by the total butt whipping he got from A&M? Look at the stupid quirky decision calls like 4th down on Tech’s 30 yd line. That don’t sound like a head coach that it all together there. Maybe he was drunk off his ass on the fiels like he has been before in practice or when he would go out and people would have to carry his butt to the car cause he was slobber-butted drunk.
Every year Leach would be unfaithful and unloyal to Tech anf the fans by goin job hunting at all the coach empty schools only to get turned away because they refused to pay him his rediculous asking price to start out, and why was that? Because all they saw was a total SLOB of a so called Head Coach that was unloyal and sneeking around. Every Year his name would come up in the media on schools possibilities for a new coach and Leach never would be the Loyal Coach and make it known that he was not intrested in any other jobs, like Snot-Nosed Bob Stoops would everytime his name would surface. NO, instead, Mike Leach never would say a word untill he knew for a fact that he didn’t get the job he was seeking, Then he would say, I never was intrested and never talked to anyone there. He screwed himself with the University of Washington cause they called Tech telling them that he was coming to talk to them about their opening at head coach, and they formally asked permision to talk with him about the job. Thats why the contract signing was so hard to get done, because Tech was just so fed up with his sneeking behind their backs and wanted to get rid of him. No one ever knew if Super Mike would leave Tech or stay, Who Knew! Though he had a good offensive scheme going, for which it was good enough that Tech will continue to run it nearly like it has been, I am so thankful that he is gone!
For you real Tech Fans out there, there is a true sigh of relief finally. Mike leach never talked about winning a championship of any kind because he didn’t think he ever could get that far. I was close enough to the goober on several occasions on and off the practice field to have heard enough of the BS he would say. Maybe we on ob this comment page should pre judge people on here like thay are doing coach Tuberville and think that maybe people like Purple Cow is a real to goodness Longhornn fan! Or we all could give him the benefit of the doubt and alow him to prove himself of actually being a Tech fan that has just been Blinded By The Light, and has wound up, Out Of Touch, lol. Well that was a couple of good ole songs, lol.
YOU MIKE LEACH LOVIN DOUBTERS take notice, you all will see how ridiculous you all are when Tech starts KICKING BUTT AND TAKING NAMES in the BIG12, starting next year. And If they don’t, then have at it and have your hay-day on here and say I TOLD YA SO! But if Tech does start kicking butt, then all of you Idgits can go joing the Longhorn Naysayers and their Boo Hooin after Tech Kick’s their Darrel Royal Butts, hehehe!
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Oh and Clinton, how do you like your BS soup served to you, with a spoon or a straw? lmao! Being that everythin you said up there^^^ was BS un unfactful, you may need a straw, oh and do you want that with the BS crackers too?
Whhhoooweee. Funny is what you are Clinton, LMAO!….NOT!
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The reason why we have had success is because of the increase in overall support in all facets of the program. Now is the time for all Red Raiders to pour it on and fill up Jones AT&T every game with rabid fans. Also, we need to get rid of most of the idiots who post their negative comments on this site. We have many more reasons to be positive about our football team than there are negative aspects to worry about. May all of the negative people on this site get run over by a train soon!
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I wouldn’t get so worked up over fools like these people are on here, I Hate Purple. The will figure it all out in time, and then lookie at who will be the real jokes on here. Actually I com on these comment pages to get entertained, and I get my time well spent on here with a lot of laughs at people like you were reffering to up there. Some People think they are God’s Gift to Information and Facts, but in all reality, they are totally Clueless. The Spring game is coming up and we all will get to have an idea of what to expect for the upcoming season. Meanwhile all of the non tech fan doubters can all sit together and hollar Boooooooo, at the Red Raiders and their New Coaches. No confidence in coaches means there is no confidence in the players at all either.
You know the Bible simply states, Judge not or you will be equilly judged. I know most of these Mike Leach Lovers have a Christian background cause nearly evetryone here in Lubbock does, which means, they know all too well about what I am saying. I simply ask you all this one question. Before you start needlesly running your mouth with all of your pre false judging of the New Coaching Staff, think of this first before you cast you Judgemental Stone, W.W.J.D.? I hope that you people are inteligent enough to know what that means, and for those of you who are clueless to its meaning ,then I will spell it out for ya, Ask yourself, What Would Jesus Do, n This Situation?
And with that, thats all I have to say about that, and as always,
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it submitteted itself before i was through, lol. AS ALWAYS, WRECK’EM TECH! Hehehehe!
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RedRaiderEveryYear said:
May all of the negative people on this site get run over by a train soon! Lol!, now thats really funny, but not good to wish harm onto anyone, due to their handicaps, lol. Chooo Chooo! lol. WRECK’EM!
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You peeps up there are dog gone right about the administration’s handling og the Leach deal. It is valid fully, BUT, Like the fella above said in a mouth full up above, Mike Leach Did This crap to himself and paid for it by his being fired. At the sametime, the administration acted in a completely unprofessional way with the way they underhandedly acted by railroading Leach just because they were very unhappy with him. Yes, Everyone of those involved in the Railroading of Leach should be punished for it as was he for his unprofessional condiuct over the years. Now thats said, People, Open your minds to thier fullest capacity and give this Coaching Staff the true benefit of the doubt. Afterall folks, they nor the players were at any fault in the firing of Leach,, well accept for one player you know and I’m not saying,, lol. Get behind these coaches and players and get behind them all by giving them all of your full support and lets just all see how This will all work out without any negativity. There has been nothing done here in a negative way yet to start pointing a finger at or a judgemental word against. LETS GO RED RAIDER FANS! ….WRECK’EM TECH!
Sorry I don’t have PomPoms, lol.
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Giving Tuberville the benefit of the doubtand like I said wish him well,Iam merely stating facts, 30,000 to 40,000. from a filled United spiritarena to a almost empty one now, taT IS NOT BEING NEGATIVE, WHATS NEGATIVE IS IGNORING THESE FACTS. If and I say if you dont recruit good players you lose games, look at what Texas recruits year after year and who we recruit including this year, there is no justification for treating Leach the way they did, my opinion, it was not handled profesionally, period and it has po a lot of people like it or not, fact, we stand to lose millons like were doing in basketball if the football team doesnt do well and dont forget the po fan base, you dont havea crystal ball ,but facts are facts, like it or not, AND iAM STILL MAD AS HELL TOO!!
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Purple Crow,
Your facts are wrong, Tech has 30,000, we want 40,000. When I was at Tech in the late 80′s the enrollment was almost 30,000. Enrollment at Tech has only change 3000 or so students in the last 20yrs. Tech’s enrollment this year was around 31,500, not 40,000.
help achieve Chancellor Kent Hance’s long-term goal of 40,000 enrollment. “Long-Term Goal”
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Thats 30,000 fan attendance average at Jones to the last couple of years 40,000, misstated it, my bad.
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Purple Cow,
That’s Ok, but you still could have help yourself even more. With the correct numbers. Avg under Spike around 40,000, Avg under Mike 50,000. Since the beginning of the Big 12.
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Susan,
You’re bat sh** crazy if you’re trying to compare Leach’s loyalty (to Texas Tech) to Kent Hance’s loyalty. The guy took a freaking pay cut to come to the school that he loves. He works his tail off everyday for the university in thousands of different factions. We’re the ones being spoon fed the BS? Is that correct? I’d say Mike Leach is a hell of a lot more publicized in the media than the man behind the scenes, Kent Hance.
I can’t speak intelligently on the nuclear waste dump subject but I can say without a doubt that Kent Hance always has West Texas and Texas Tech’s best interest in mind. The guy is a West Texas native and a Texas Tech alumni and yet you’re trying to tell me he’s trying to screw the two over. Please tell me, outside of some nutty environmentalists reports, what you really know about nuclear waste and the reasoning behind why Hance MIGHT be supporting this. Either way I’m not trying to stray the focus here.
If you want to cry for an arrogant multi-millionaire coach that never gave two SH**S about Texas Tech or West Texas then have at it. I’ll support the guy from that was born there, went to Texas Tech and quit a higher paying job to go back and serve the university. You can continue to believe your CONSPIRACY THEORY BS and I’ll continue to trust those that go to work to improve Texas Tech everyday.
P.S. Please defend Mike Leach’s refusal to speak at fundraisers (standard among big-time coaching jobs) and his annual job searches.
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Purple Cow gets it. It amazes me how stupid some of our fans are. They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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I would like some facts from government reports backing up that the Stake Plains are suitable for nuclear waste. I think Susan is smoking something. Lubbock sits on a water shed. And don’t give me Team Leech.com or Trees for life.com.
I think Susan and Becky are the same person. If I can’t win my point one way then I’ll make something up.
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A coach locking a hurt player in a closet is abuse and was called so by doctors on the case.
I know it’s all make beleive. Hance asked his buddy James to make the story up, just so they could get rid of Mike. I can’t wait until it comes out that Mike made Sheffield play with a broken foot and with out a doctor’s release. Do you really think he was healthy enough to play against OSU. Come on he was limping on the field before the first play.
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Tuberville is talking out of his back-side. I’m a Tech alum and have been a fan all of my life. The fact remains that Lubbock is still going to be Lubbock. In order to win all those championships you have to have more than excitement in the communtiy, you have to have a location that is inviting to youngsters. If you’re from West Texas, Lubbock is great. If you’re from South Florida, it sucks four ways from Sunday. It is easy to win championships in Miami and it’s relatively easy to win in Austin, but winning the same in Lubbock is a pipe dream. Without commiting Craig James like offenses against NCAA policy there is no way in hell you are going to get the same talent base to come to Lubbock that our neighbors in Austin are able to attract. I wish the man all the best, but it appears that he is experiencing delusions of grandure and is on the verge of mental collapse with his grand pronouncements of championship football coming to the South Plains. Leach was crazy too, but at least he was honest about it. Tub is in serious denial that he is in a dead-end job and is destined to end his coaching carreer in utter mediocrety.
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THETRUTH posted this comment agt 7:34 am: “Hey Team Bevo: You going to make it to Lubbock for Your Heroes bi-annual loss? It’s really a lot of fun.”
I’m not an English major, but I thought “bi-annual” meant every two years. But, since Tech has only beaten UT twice in the last eleven years, I must be mistaken. “Bi-annual” must mean every five and half years.
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.-March 3rd, 2010 at 12:01 pm
It seems that neither one of you smart guys majored in anything. Biannual means twice per year.
I’m having a hard time connecting much of the conversation on here to the actual story. I liked Mike but he’s gone. I’m much more interested in what knowing what Tuberville brings to the table than pondering the demise of Mike Leach. Do I think the admisitration needs an overhaul? Yes. Does that in any way relate to this story? No.
I like what I’m hearing from Coach Tubberville. I’m fired up over the level of professionalism that he brings to the program. If our guys get winded from walking a quarter mile then we’re in big trouble. I really don’t understand where all this fear of change comes from. Look, Lubbock went “wet” and the sky didn’t come crashing down. I’ve never growing up in Lubbock and attending Tech I never went to a spring game, but if I can get up to L-town I’ll be at it this year.
T-sips, don’t you have better things to do than make stupid comments on our site? Do the other hippies at the commune know that you snuck in a computer?
Wreck ‘em Tech!
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cody is correct in his statement. Any other profession they DO suspend an individual accused of wrong doing. LEACH broke that process by suing them to let him coach in the bowl. he broke the process…. he fracked up! All you team leachers are coming on here griping about crooked hance and myers.. they may be but its not the reason leach was fired. You come on here with no facts to back up your conspiracies and use this board to express your political views its kinds pathetic. Witnesses came fourth and placed leach in the wrong get over it… he and team leach are grasping at straws.
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Hey Lane H–
Tech has 4 recuits coming from Florida next year; three from south florida (2 from Miami and 1 from Ft. Lauderdale) and 1 from central Florida (Lakeland, whose brother is coming next year and is the preseason #2 player in all of Florida according to the Orlando Sentinel). I guess that makes your statement about Lubbock sucking to Florida kids look kind of silly.
Also , all this “Lubbock can’t compete with the big boys” talk is just a frame of mind, a losers frame of mind. It just takes the right person to change things. Texas sucked before Darrell Royal, Florida sucked before Steve Spurier, Alabama and so on. There are a lot of podunk towns in the SEC and most of them have great teams. Coach Leach brought us to this level; now maybe Tubs will take us to the next level. Unite! Quit being haters and doom and gloomers and support those kids that play for us.
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I see what you’re saying and I’m sure Leach didn’t harm Adam James. I defended everything Leach did for ten years until he played sticks, who was too injured to play, against OSU. All I’m saying is it’s not uncommon for someone to be suspended and then the investigation follows, especially when it involves students and injury. That is not denying due process and Leach sued the school for that. Now I’m exited about how Tuberville is working so hard, something Leach was never known for. I have to go to bed. Good Night.
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Becky,
You tell me if my facts are wrong. Why was leech fired? There has to be some reason. “Reason”
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What did they have to gain. I just told you money! They hired another coach at a cheaper salary and they renigged on Leach’s bonus. So like I said it is all about money and egos. Some of those in charge just couldn’t stand that people liked Leach and came to see him and his team. They wanted to see what he had up his sleeve this week. You know when the coach gets more popular than the big alums and the chancellor it doesn’t fly well. Another reason he was fired and this is probably the real one is that he wouldn’t kiss the rich alumni asses like everyone else does. Sometimes a man has to decide he wants to be a man and not a ass kissing brown noser. The alumni should have been happy he was filling the stadium. So much for this debate your head is about as thick as the concrete they poured in the new part of the stadium. We will just have to wait and see how everything plays out. You and I arguing aren’t going to change a damned thing.
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I’m just glad we got a great coach to replace him. Please remember Leech was not fired so Tech could hire Tommy. Tommy came after. This seem to be the point you are missing.
When Tech suspended Leech, he was never going to coach here again. With or without the buy out.
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Your team oh Coach Bleeding Red! I didn’t realize I was talking to the coach. Wow! I have watched Tech probably longer than you’ve been alive. I lived in the day when they were in the cellar all the time. It was nice to have the be respected and feared for a change. I am not saying Tubs won’t do the same. What I can’t make you understand is all that is wanted is a good man’s reputation restored. Whether or not you think he was a good man there must have been a lot of people in Lubbock who did. And yes it was Mike Leach’s team. Do you think those boys could get out there and play like they did if they didn’t have a coach. It is just like at UT the team is Mack Brown’s team. The team at Tech will now be Tubs team. So get real! Who do I think built the expansion? Yes season ticket holders and all the other alumni that gives their money to help support Red Raider football. Sure the big alumi gives, but they aren’t the only ones.
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Hey, I want Tech to do well also. I make my money from the students.
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OH and I heard Spike was asked to leave too. Do you want that for Tubs? That is what this all about. You can’t just get a jolly thought to fire someone and just throw them away. But Tech seems to have a habit of that. Good night Red Raider Nation. Dream of next years football team. Hope they are sweet dreams and not nightmares!
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wait until he goes 0 and 5 then we see how many people want him to speak
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he knows how to win a championship as long as he uses someone else recruits.
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To All Of The Negative Naysayers against Coach Tubberville,Theres absolutely is no way of knowing what will happen untill happens and it is over with. So put a freaking sock in it and just wait to see what really happens. If all of you wre as freaking smart as you think you are,n then you all would be Millionaires, and not on some comment page trying to stir up trouble with your ignorance. Personally, I would rather be a lil more on the positive side than be all on the negative side. Because if Tech is successful, then you don’t wind up looking like the Dumbest Morons in the world, and if Tech falls on their face like you think they will, then you have all the right to stand boldly and say, I TOLD YOU SO! But untill then Keep your supid comments to your self!!!!
Oh and just a lil ditty to set the record straigh on here about the average age of Leach Lovers on here. The majority of those fools are over 30, because I know who a lot of you morons are, but I won’t say your name as to protect the IGNORANT!
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Is it warm enough in Lubbock for another Save Leach rally? Can we have chips and dip this time?
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And to Neutrallist: Boy if you are neutral I would hate to see what you are like when you take sides. You must be a really foul person then. And to Dowdy and Red: maybe our next rally will be a BBQ and you can come and mix with the rest of us that do love Tech just as much as you. We just have different agendas. No harm to the football team intended.
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I WAS planning to attend the annual Red and Black game this year. But, once again, Tech is going to screw the fans by charging $5… to watch a scrimmage! This is the main reason I canceled my season seats I held for 20 years and have also said “adios” to the Red Raider Club.
Way to go, Tech! Just how many fans to you intend for Gerald Meyers to alienate before you see him for the liability that he is?
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Susan,
If Tommy can’t win the big game, “NC” after ten years. Then I say, fire him, just like we did Spike and Mike. It’s about winning the big game. Not playing in the toilet bowl every year. Mike took us as far as he could. Spike was a good coach, Mike was better, now let’s hope Tommy is better.
We are close to the next level. Ten years is enough time. As a matter of fact, to much time. Look at Stoops Ou sucked, and in two years wins a “NC”. Same thing Urban Meyers. Great coach’s win and win fast.
This is not a re-build, but a reload. This time with a coach. Let’s just hope Tommy is not our Gun Smoke. If you really follow football you know who Gun Smoke is.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/10837/big-12-south-breakdown-will-texas-repeat
ESPN has a lot of confidence in Tuberville!
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If you are a Red Raider. Would you expect anything else. They had us not going to a bowl game last year. I think it was 5 W- 7L. Last Year.
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Jesus loves me, but he can’t stand you! (Thanks for the Link)
This quote is from the ESPN article which picks Tech dead last in the South
“Tuberville and the Red Raiders making a bowl game wouldn’t surprise me , but they also have the highest potential for disaster of any team in the Big 12.”
This stuff means very little other then it is an un-bias opinion, which comes free of spin! Given the circumstances those last 10 words are something to keep in mind. Please don’t take this as a negative statement, but as the educated statement it is.
Heads in the Sand will get us nowhere!
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Tech has a lot of talent returning and the Big 12 will be in a down year, without out all of the disruptions we would have owned the Big 12 in 2010. Now we have the most potential for disaster, I still can’t figure out why we got here.
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I suspect that we will see Mike Leach coaching again soon, maybe in the Big 12. Keep in mind that Tuberville had zero job offers despite putting his name out there for every opening. Tuberville left Auburn because his Administration and boosters didn’t like him. His best season at AU they flew out to interview other coaches during the season.
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Sounds like Tommy is AU’s Mike Leech. Your saying Tech did the same thing to Mike. So Tommy got screwed by AU. And why don’t you like Tommy? Sounds like the same person according to you.
According to Tommy could not find a job. “I’m retiring” he never once looked at another job after AU. You are spouting Crap.
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I can’t understand why you guys hate Tommy so much. He has done nothing to you. Thank God atleast someone wanted to coach at Tech.
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Wow Tuberville came out of retirement just to coach at Tech, the unreliable media had him calling Kansas trying to get that job. I am sure that he contacted South Florida as well or maybe they had that wrong too. Niether of those jobs would be as attractive as Tech.
I have nothing against Tuberville and think he will be adequate as a coach for Tech, but for the Red Raiders to win in the Big 12, we cannot be just like everybody else. We need to be a Team, we need to do our jobs, we need to be the most exited to play, and we need to be smarter than the opposition.
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Here’s ESPN’s latest up date same columist. This is in the Big 12
9. Texas Tech
What injustice! The Red Raiders below the Bears? Tommy Tuberville is a good coach, but the transition to Tech could be a difficult one. “Don’t be surprised if the Red Raiders prove me wrong, “
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The reason why Leech was fired.
“In a defiant act of insubordination, Coach Leach continually refused to cooperate in a meaningful way to help resolve the complaint. He also refused to obey a suspension order and instead sued Texas Tech University,” the statement said.
Texas Tech officials provided Leach a letter setting out guidelines for dealing with student-athletes. Leach refused to sign it. The letter was included in court papers filed in response to his motion for a restraining order.
Among the guidelines:
_ “Decisions regarding whether an injury warrants suspension from practice and/or play will be determined by a physician without pressure from you or your staff.”
_”There will be no retaliation against any student who as suffered an injury.”
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Every time you bring him up during a story about the new program, I will continue to make fun of Leech and Team Leechers.
Go ahead and have some fun with it. What I think is funny is that I am not nor have ever been a Team Leacher. I saw them as an emotional group that would peter out without accomplishing anything. That has pretty much proven true.
What I am is one of the masses who have been disgusted by the whole affair. I don’t live in Lubbock, am not a homer, but bleed red and black in a sea of maroon and orange. My friends who aren’t TT alumns had become fans but have now lost interest. Our reputation as a program has been tarnished. Not by what happened on the field, but by the politics off of it.
The Team Leacher’s are the least of Tech and Tuberville’s problems. They may differ with you on this issue but they are still rabid fans. They care deeply. Tech’s problem is that it just lost a lot of its casual fan base. That is where the recruits come from, where the tickets and merchandise are bought. That is where the demand for TV coverage starts. This whole episode just threw water on a building fire. That said, winning cures all ills. That is the case in Austin, Norman and College Station. It will prove the same in Lubbock. If you wins 10 games people will support you. 6 wins won’t even get regional coverage. If Tuberville wins 9 games next season, the pressure is off and the program regains some traction. Otherwise, we slide back to the Jerry Moore days.
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@ Bleeding Red
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dont listen to bleeding red, hes usually drunk by this time and rambles incoherently.
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Man, what a bunch of “Stepford fans”. The Admin and the b.s. spewing from Tubers mouth has you guys hook, line and sinker. You guys look like one of those lame fish being reeled in from a playa lake. Tuber is a con man with the rest of ‘em. Of course it was sold out. Plenty of people want to say “they shook the hand of Tuber” while he is at Tech. Notice I say “while”. He hasn’t signed. Hmm. I wonder if he’s go for the trifecta and send a resume to A&M again.?
How many of those people in the crowd bought tickets on their own and how many were given those tickets by an Athletic Department still licking it’s wounds over the Leach deal?
Sure Tuber is gonna say he didn’t come to Tech to win 7 or 8 games, sheesh, that’s part of a script written by Kent Hance. What do you expect him to say? “Um, I’m coming from the SEC where defense is king and I can’t wait to be stomped by Texas, OU and A&M’s Big 12 style air game?” Nope. He’s not gonna say that but he’ll have all the answers come next fall when he doesn’t win 6 or 7 games.
Maybe we should go over the excuses now for him so he’ll have them memorized:
A) “Um, I’m just picking up the pieces of a program left in shambles”
B) “They played great offense but we played better defense, but in the end the defense couldn’t win the game”
C)” I’m having to deal with bad attitudes left to me by the former coach.”
D) “Did I say we played good defense”
E) “Well, it was tough game and someone has to lose, unfortunately it just wasn’t our day to win”
F) “We played tough D”.
G)”I have a staff that is still trying to get a grasp on this team and we hope to have the kinks worked out by the end of the season”
H)”Oh, did I say we would have the kinks worked out by the last game? I was talking next year”
I) “It was great coaching here at Texas Tech, I’ve decided to go to A&M”
So there you go “Stepford fans”, line up behind your guy, he’s leading you right off a cliff.
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Hey Raider Red, Go on and take your F**king A*s to STUPIDVILLE Station. Just keep nyour sorry Butt there where You F**king belong You FAGGOT because thats where all the QUEERS in Texas go to School You MEHO BIOTCH! Only You Pathetic PUSS Bags can go to school there because you are not welcomed anywhere else. You would get youe ARSES KILLED If you dared stepped foot on any other campus. Im not even a Tech fan but I already smell rotten flesh with uyour comment. You obviously are the Stupidest F**KING MORON thay I have ever seen! You kinow absolutely nothing about what you said. Is it that COOL for everyone to kknow what a DUMB F**KING ARSE YOU ARE MEHO? I tell ya what I’m gonna do here. I’m gonna set a program with your name on it, then the next time you make a Boguscomment on here , I will get yoour IP and then will know exactly who you are and where you are. Then I will pass that information out to all of the Tech Fans to SEEK and DESTROY your MEHO ARSE! NOW HOWS THAT Ya LIttle SMART ARSE MEHO???? HA HA HA HA HA HA!
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Neutralist, Now that was a funny one, I don’t care who ya rae or where you are from, that was funny and to the point, lol!
And thats all I have to say about that and as always, WRECKE’EM ŦECH!
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I am a little skeptical of someone who comes riding in blowing smoke up everybody’s dresses. Tuberville is quite the salesman with major delusions of grandeur. Never trust a snake oil salesman. Good luck with that one!
The house that Mike Leach built will always be present at Texas Tech. He was the one who brought in the revenue to rebuild Jones Stadium.
Make no mistake about it… Texas Tech IS going to lose a lot of money when they have to ‘pay out’ the money it owes Mike Leach!! That will only cause ticket prices to go up and I don’t think that most Lubbockites have that kind of money to be spending on a football game. Lubbock, being stuck out in the middle on nowhere, will never be an economic boom town. To forecast economic stimulus from a football game, is a little insane, to say the least.
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Hey Neutralist,
Put down the bong pipe and get back to your class work, oh thats right you have to go penny someone in or play a prank in the dorm. Grow up boy, When you can learn to type or spell I’ll chat with ya but until then shut the flip up you big ol’ retard.
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Hey TTU Football Professor,
You need to work with that kid “Neutralist”, he’s making all you “Stepford fans” look like morons. Now, THAT’s funny.
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Well, at the age of 65, a person of principles, I am certainly glad that I don’t have to depend on some of you to watch out for my back! Wow! I’m appalled at the lack of respect towards others in here AND the lack of principles. If you are younger, I expect that,…but I shouldn’t! I just know that the attention span of most younger people are that of a gnat, and the strength of character is lacking in so many. If you support Tubs, so be it, but respect those who don’t. If you support Coach Leach, fine, but don’t speak against those who don’t. I support Coach Leach because he is an outstanding coach and brought excitement to Tech that I had not seen in my lifetime. Tubs may bring that and more, but I haven’t seen it yet, and I won’t put him on a white horse before he “shows us the money” so to speak!!! I love Tech, and will ALWAYS love Tech, but my Tech spirit has been deeply wounded and it will be a long time before it returns, if it does. For many, that is just the way it is. For those of you who don’t like that, so be it, but you don’t have to show lack of respect towards those who feel that way. When I first heard what was coming out of Lubbock back in December, I thought,…surely there has got to be more to the story than that!!!!!! There was and is, and we hope that it does come out. That should be part of the honor of the school. It is good that Coach Leach is gone, because there was a misfit there that could not be overcome. Regardless of whatever you say about Hance, positive or negative, he did not act in good faith and that is a fact. His best interest for Tech might have been there, but he acted inappropriately and illegally. Those two words plus a few others such as principles and strength of character seem to be missing in here today. I have been around Kent Hance, and he is a fraternity brother of one of my close friends. Sorry, he might be a good guy, but I’m just not that impressed. He was hired to raise money, and he has. He has done so using Coach Leach’s name and record. THAT is funny! The love/hate relationship they had helped Tech, but it may have hurt Tech also. I do know that the growth of the school, the campus, the football program, and all other programs grew tremendously with the excitement over Coach Leach and what he brought. He just wasn’t a good fit for the small-minded west Texas mindset, and that is all right. He has moved on. MEANWHILE, throwing a person’s good name and reputation under an 18-wheeler is not justified, and therefore, that is where I am focused for the time being. Until Coach Leach’s honor and good name is restored, I just can’t get too excited over anything else about Tech, because I don’t believe in any institution who will trash someone like they did and get by with it. “Striving for honor” as the song says means more to many of us than just words. Tech, due to the administration and the BOR, lost that trait for Tech, and it needs to be restored. Meanwhile, Tubs is welcome to try to make a better football program. It will be a while before what he does has HIS trademark on it, because what he has right now is mostly Coach Leach’s. Regardless of the HATE that some of you seem to have towards Leach, that is true. I do know that Tubs is a good coach, so he stands the chance to have success. I just hope the small-minded west Texas people will give him the chance when Tubs does something that they don’t like. Tubs is there for one reason…to build a great football program. That is all! They need to stay off his back.
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So whats up with Tommy not signing a contract yet?????????
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Not sure what’s up, but what difference does it really make?
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Pamela you are so very right and explain it real well, my feeling exactly..
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@ Becky T: TRUE! ML’s contract didn’t mean a thing, so why bother.
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Pamela,
Well said, but let me ask you a question—should a “person of principles” take action when they see illegal acts occur? More to the point—have you or anyone else besides Mike Leach filed any complaints with any appropriate legal policing body? If not, then don’t we loose the right to call ourselves a “person of principles”. Or, we shouldn’t say someone has acted illegally unless we follow that statement up with a formal complaint. Right?
I have seen obvious violations of the OP 10.11 Ethics Policy. The Standard of Conduct has been thrown under the 18- wheeler. How many people have written complaints to the Texas Ethics Commission? I’m told only one—mine. Where are the rest of you? Only one complaint coming in doesn’t seem to count for much.
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Don’t buy it folks.
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Tuberville has done everything right so far
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Except for the fact he is talking championships in March. DUH
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The one thing that keeps getting between my support for a new coach? On Jan. 5, I was told by Kent Hances secretary that “our position is this will all blow over IF we make the right hire”. Now, if Tubbs is as great as he thinks he is and he was the right hire there is an inherent danger in supporting him.
It is like a mid 20th century German saying “Well, Adolf did say he would improve our military position” AT WHAT COST
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Seems Team Tubs is running out of steam here. Fight on Team Leach! We’re still here and will be here until honor is restored to Our Captain!
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Becky team tubbs is running out of steam your a joke Leach is out of steam. Your garbage site on facebook that your on every single day with the same 10 other people is pathetic is your life that sad that you worship a retarded coach thats done may never coach again. Lard Leach begged teams for interviews and still couldn’t get a job . Nobody wanted the fat tard then and nobody wants him now Tubs is 10 time the coach leach was he has the right to talk about championships because he won some Lard Leach cant say the same the pirate hick fool.
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I rest my case, your Honor!
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Team Leach Fools said:/strong>
“Becky team tubbs is running out of steam your a joke Leach is out of steam. Your garbage site on facebook that your on every single day with the same 10 other people is pathetic is your life that sad that you worship a retarded coach thats done may never coach again. Lard Leach begged teams for interviews and still couldn’t get a job . Nobody wanted the fat tard then and nobody wants him now Tubs is 10 time the coach leach was he has the right to talk about championships because he won some Lard Leach cant say the same the pirate hick fool.”
You would think that Hance’s friends would be at least not as illiterate as this one.
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Neutralist, Illiterate Leach Hater said
“Hey Raider Red, Go on and take your F**king A*s to STUPIDVILLE Station. Just keep nyour sorry Butt there where You F**king belong You FAGGOT because thats where all the QUEERS in Texas go to School You MEHO BIOTCH! Only You Pathetic PUSS Bags can go to school there because you are not welcomed anywhere else. You would get youe ARSES KILLED If you dared stepped foot on any other campus. Im not even a Tech fan but I already smell rotten flesh with uyour comment. You obviously are the Stupidest F**KING MORON thay I have ever seen! You kinow absolutely nothing about what you said. Is it that COOL for everyone to kknow what a DUMB F**KING ARSE YOU ARE MEHO? I tell ya what I’m gonna do here. I’m gonna set a program with your name on it, then the next time you make a Boguscomment on here , I will get yoour IP and then will know exactly who you are and where you are. Then I will pass that information out to all of the Tech Fans to SEEK and DESTROY your MEHO ARSE! NOW HOWS THAT Ya LIttle SMART ARSE MEHO???? HA HA HA HA HA HA!”
Neutral Neutered. You display your stupidity very well, Ignoramus.
As did the Bible quoting hate filled TTUFootball Professor hipocrite.
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funny how you have stated you are not on here against tubbs but you are all for team tubbs to run out of steam. you are a fool and a liar!
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RR Fan
Yes, I filed, so the fact they told you just one is telling you that they don’t want this to go anywhere!
I have filed, written, called, etc. I feel very good about what I ‘ve done and where I stand. I’m not a child, and I know of what I am speaking and I doing.
Again, after viewing what has been written since I wrote my first entry, I’m appalled and ashamed at the behavior/language/verbiage expressed in here! Maturation would do a lot of you good in that you will be better able to express yourselves without showing so much ignorance!
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Pamela,
Thank you for writing back. I wondered if I was getting the correct information. I also wonder what the actual number is regarding how many complaints they have received?
Your thoughts in gereral are well expressed. Texas Tech has a good future with so many quality people like yourself looking out for it!
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If you’re still stuck on Team Leach, you’re an idiot.
This coming from a current tech student.
Support coach Tuberville, he is our future.
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FIRE THE 3 STOOGES, BAILEY, HANCE AND MYERS AND THE COCKROACH REGENTS TOO AND THE 2 LOSING BASKETBALL CACHES, WHAT A DISASTER, FIASCO, CF, AND THESE BUFFONS ARE STILL IN CHARGE OF A LOSING , SINKING SHIP AND A STINKING CESSPOOLTOI BOOT, HOW MUCH MORE WILL IT TAKE TO GET RID OF THESE IDIOTS!!!!!
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Colin,
This isn’t about Coach Tuberville, who I happen to like.
I found out this morning that the TEC can’t suggest more than your individual complaint if filed. In other words, they can’t by law suggest additional complaints are filed or pending. Anyway, that’s what they said.
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