Just heard it, details to follow....
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unrealComment -
yeah, stupid
Adam James is a pussComment -
Craig James has lots of power
He got him firedComment -
They were going to fire him no matter what. James was the excuse and not the cause. I hope the trustees burn in hell!Comment -
It is about the $$$$Comment -
this has to be the dumbest thing a father could of done to a kid, this kid will never be welcome anywhereComment -
Fired a day before he's due a 800K bonus. No way Tech's keeping that money after the upcoming court proceedings.Comment -
Happy New Years Mike Leach.
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LOL! Tech is going back to being a nothing school in College Football. Not smart Tech.Comment -
woukld this have happened if the dad hadnt been on espn?Comment -
Firing seems a little premature if this is all they have !!!!!!!!!!!Comment -
never realized how many dumb ignorant fukks there were in the world, esp on SBR
you guys amaze me
wow, just wowComment -
BS!Comment -
Pain in the ass or not...he has won games and made Tech relevant something that school has never been ever before.
Tech will never get a coach of that caliber to that school. Leach will land on his feet and get a great job.....just watch.Comment -
If TT get blow out of the bowl game, we know who the players trust. The fact that TT fired Leach 2 days before his bonus is due tells me that it's about the $$$.Comment -
Something does not smell right here. I am not shocked by this at all. Their football program may go downhill as a result here also. He will go somewhere else and be a good coach for them.Comment -
no he wont, not at a big name school. auburn chose gene chizik over him, thats all you need to know. leach is too much of a liability for a big name school to take a chance on him.
just watch.
he will end up an nfl off coordinator or something, but not HC at a big name schoolComment -
You gotta love this classic little clip, a foreshadowing of what was to come and we also find out who is really to blame
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I just found this story on espn.
It looks like a big court battle here.Comment -
Two things:
1. Without question, this is all that TT has on Leach. If you're going to attempt to fire someone for cause under their employment contract, you have to spell out the existence of the "cause." In this situation, TT has to lay out their cards at the outset. They can't pile on anecdotal evidence of other issues later. If they want to use the cumulative impact of a number of alleged violations, they'd have had to have done so at the start [and if they did, it hasn't been discussed at all]. This is why Leach's lawyer keeps stating that they haven't been informed of any TT rule/provision/bylaw Leach violated. Such a violation is almost certainly part of the definition of "cause" in Leach's employment agreement.
2. In trying to save his job, Leach [properly] didn't disparage the "victim" [you know, the "courageous" one Craig James described with a straight face on espn last night]. Now that he's fired, that's over. Time for Leach, and others for him [including current/former players/coaches], to explain the other side of the story:
The description of James' past responses to discipline is pretty telling. The sad thing is that it's TT's players, coaches and fans who lose out, and Adam James won't even be around to play there anymore.Comment -
Mike Leach will fight this until the end I guarantee you he won't settle!Comment -
and the more leach fights this the less chances he'll get another job at a decent school because schools will be afraid of him suing them too when he does some more stupid shit
it's kind of like when an employee sues a company for some kind of harassment, no other company wants to hire that employee
difference is that leach's legal shit will be all over the new and EVERY AD in the country will be seeing itComment -
I guarantee you Mike Leach has another coaching job before next football season.
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all due respect, there's a big difference between suing your employer for harassment and being fired without cause in violation of a written employment contract. they're not giving Leach much of a choice but to go to court. besides, we and every AD out there all know that the TT AD was righteously pissed at Leach after the last contract negotiations and wanted to get rid of him.
you are absolutely correct that he will not work at any university next year - if his attorneys allow him to do that and mitigate his damages, they're only helping TT. but if A&M backslides in Sherman's third season or Bill Snyder re-retires, Leach could be back in the Big 12 in less than a year.Comment -
Texas Tech was a no named school before Leach and will return that way. Leach style of team is very attractive and he will get another job somewhere. Players want to play in this kind of system. If it's not a major school, so what, he'll turn that school into a winner.Comment -
Wow, Graham Harrell rips Adam James a new asshole.
o Whom It May Concern:
Texas Tech University and the athletic department is filled with great people from the top down, starting with the chancellor all the way down to the student athletes involved in the programs. In the football program, Gerald Myers and the rest of the administration have put together an unbelievable staff that believe success only comes from hard work and doing things right. The staff expects the players and everyone involved to buy into their beliefs, but like anywhere not every player agrees with or buys into what the coaches and program stand for. At Texas Tech the majority of the players do everything the coaches ask of them and anything possible to improve the team. Adam James is one of the few players who has never bought into what Texas Tech football was built on and in my years there with him had a negative impact on the team because of his attitude and work ethic on and off the field. Coach Leach demands a lot out of every player in the program and pushed his players and coaches as hard as any coach I have ever been around, but he is fair to every player and would never make and decision or action that is not best for the Texas Tech football program.
Before Adam James ever entered the football locker room at Texas Tech I heard how spoiled and selfish he acted in a team atmosphere from many of my baseball friends. Adam was on the baseball team his true freshman year at Tech, before he ever joined the football team, and did not make it through the baseball season because of his selfish attitude. After a baseball game in which he felt like he did not get enough playing time, but the team still won twenty to one, he came into the locker room after the game and “pouted and threw a big fit” according another player on the baseball team. A few weeks later in the middle of the season, he just stopped showing up to practices or game and quit because he was not happy about how he was being treated. One of my roommates was a baseball player on the team and many of my friends were a part of the team that witnessed all of this. These baseball players told me he was “spoiled and selfish” before he ever came to the football team. After quitting baseball he came out for football and his selfish attitude was very evident, as was his laziness. During off-season workouts he often would be caught skipping lifts in the weight room or finding ways to cut corners/get out of conditioning exercises. When we had player organized seven on seven throwing in the summer, when he would show up he was much more interested in playing his own games on the side of the field or telling people that he wasn’t going to run any routes because the coaches do not get him a “fair opportunity” anyway. During the season he was often “injured” (it usually seemed like a very minor injury that could keep him out of practice but never out of any other activity, including games) so he would not participate in some drills in practice. None of these acts were productive for our team, but the most detrimental part of Adam was his off field attitude and actions. In the locker room and away from the facility, Adam used any opportunity he had to tell other players how he was being treated unfairly, how the coaches did not give him a fair chance and how we did not have to do everything the coaches told us because they had no option but to play some of us. When I heard these kinds of things I usually tried to put an end to them but Adam pretty consistently talked bad about the coaches or down played the importance of working hard, when he was off the field. When he talked to young players or players that were usually on the scout he would explain how the coaches were not fair to certain players and only played favorites. When he talked to players that did get some playing time he would talk about how we didn’t really have to do what the coaches asked of us because the coaches had to play us anyway. And it almost always tied back to how he was not getting a fair chance to play just because the coaches were unfair. The coaches were always more than fair to Adam I felt, because he came in the game during certain formations and situations last football season, but because of his work ethic and attitude, many of the players on last years team had a hard time trusting him or relying on him because he was not always practicing and we had seen his laziness during the off-season. Adam was a kid that seemed like he had been given everything he wanted his whole life and acted like if things did not go exactly how he wanted someone was treating him unfairly or someone needed to be blamed for his failures. He was a selfish player on and off the field that was counter-productive for our team and would be for any other team.
Mike Leach was not only my head coach, but he was my position coach all five of my years at Texas Tech. I spent more time with him than any other player during my five years and had meetings with him every day. He was very hard on me and every other player in program and he held very high expectations for every player. He would push us all every day during the season and during the off-season. He felt that hard work, dedication and doing things right was the only way we could be successful and compete in the Big XII conference. He worked harder and longer than anyone else in program and was committed to winning at all cost. He would never have been unfair to a player or not played the best players he had because he wanted to win more than anything else. Coach Leach also expected us to be tough but smart at the same time. He would not pressure a kid to play with a serious injury or play when he did not feel ready to play. Coach Leach is a man that cares about his player and puts his players, coaches and the well being of the Texas Tech football program above all else.
Coach Leach is a great coach at Texas Tech that emphasizes the importance of hard work and doing things the right way so that the football program has the best opportunity possible to be successful. He, along with the administration and the rest of his staff, have built a great football program at Texas Tech that is built on the virtues and principles that give any program an opportunity to be successful. Every single player may not buy into the program’s beliefs, but Mike Leach has almost everyone on board with him and the Texas Tech football program on a successful track.
Graham HarrellComment -
The truth seems to be coming out now. The players aparently had seen and heard enough out of this egomaniac. According to reports, the players are very happy to be rid of him.Comment -
I knew Adam James was a spoiled selfish brat. This is a disgrace for Texas Tech firing coach Leach.Comment -
1st of all, we don't even know if that really IS graham harrell's letter
2nd of all, OF COURSE graham loves leach, leach WAS MOCKING the nfl for NOT picking his qb at all in the 2009 draft
think about that, NOT ONE NFL ORGANIZATION SAW HARRELL AS DRAFTABLE !!!
harrell is now playing qb in canada
harrell will ALWAYS be loyal to leach because since HS, ONLY LEACH thinks he's any good (in america at least, harrell should thank GOD for canada)
another example of me playing chess while you're playing checkersComment -
You can play whatever you want to sir, he still ripped him a new asshole. Click that link. Several people, not just Harrell, are hammering James. I think that's a little low, and who knows if they are all really them, but they are well written and didn't come from some bozo off a cbs message board. More than one person is questioning James character.
Texas Tech will get what they deserve. Lubbock is a dump. The only reason kids went there is because they had an offense that catered to skill position players. They'll fall back being a mediocre program. Won't sniff the top 10 again for a long, long time.Comment
