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JIM LEAVITT PULLS A PATTON WITHOUT THE WINNING RECORD IN CONFERENCE

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At least Patton had a winning record in conference (North African/South European) when he decided to go bonkers and slap a soldier. Jim Leavitt, 17-18 in the Big East and the only coach the USF program has known from its trailer-incubated infancy in the 1990s, may be in the kind of trouble the deepest of waders can't protect you from. This ventures into the realm of commentary we don't even think is humanly necessary, but may be.

A. You don't hit your co-workers.

B. Seriously, you can't punch your co-workers.

C. But if you do, it should be a superior or an equal.

D. Ideally, this should be a sprawling, Old West-style bar brawl where strangers get involved, prostitutes pop out from behind door frames just in time to smash bottles over heads, and you and your best friend wind up to punch each other, realize you're about to punch each other, and then duck to both knock out marauding baddies behind each of you.

E. You never, ever punch your subordinates, because working underneath your supervision is surely punishment enough from life.

In totally obvious summary: he's in deep shit here, even if only temporarily. (And yes, he and Mangino worked together, but Bill Snyder will drive a man to the killing blackness in your brain.)

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The author of said article is former blogger for USF athletics at the Tampa Tribune. He was fired for repeatedly writing inept stories full of half truths and blatant lies.

I’m not saying this incident did not occur, but at this point the sole source for the article is not even remotely credible.

Just weeks ago he confirmed an NCAA investigation into USF’s miserable basketball program; which days later was confirmed to be completely false. This guy has a vendetta against the program and should be taken lightly.

by Leavitt Town on Dec 14, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions  

LSUFreek’s work is becoming even more nuanced these days. I see a place at the book table in Urban Outfitters one day, right in between Vice Do’s and Dont’s and Texts From Last Night.

Oh and Jim Leavitt, way to show the world your tiny, tiny penis without even realizing you had your zipper down. It isn’t hard to be the “most powerful man in the building” when the building is a fucking converted construction trailer stuck in a dirt lot back behind the practice gym.

by Bobby Decatur on Dec 14, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions  

… and this is a problem, how?

by Bobby Knight on Dec 14, 2009 3:49 PM EST reply actions  

If nothing else, this may be the end of the annual preseason hype they’ve been getting the past few years.

by ohiodawg on Dec 14, 2009 4:14 PM EST reply actions  

Does anyone know what Paul Miller did during the game? Is he a kicker? Punter? Deep snapper? Article says he is a special teams walk on…I am just wondering if he missed a kick or had a bad snap or something during the game in question.

by Whoa on Dec 14, 2009 4:38 PM EST reply actions  

I am the most powerful man in this building

Is there such a thing as a He-Man Complex?

by CincySooner on Dec 14, 2009 5:04 PM EST reply actions  

Soon, it will be I’m the most powerful man in this building…..

www.portablesanitation.com

by BulllllllllllllllShit on Dec 14, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions  

Hard to tell what his roll was. According to game stats on USF athletics website, Schwartz hit all his extra points & field goals. Alvarez was the punter. Maybe Miller just stole Leavitt’s cheese.

by BullllllllllllllShit on Dec 14, 2009 5:34 PM EST reply actions  

McMurphy does have a pretty long history of making up shit about USF. Im not saying CJL is above punching a kid in the face (surprised he didn’t roundhouse the poor bastard honestly) but I dont think he would say something quite as cliche as that. The man would just put on the crazy intense smirk while pealing his dermis off layer by layer.

by Bull_Gator on Dec 14, 2009 5:35 PM EST reply actions  

Here’s a counter story that again proves McMurphy to be over stating the truth. This article includes quotes from the father against what McMurphy had reported.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2009/12/report-leavitt-grabbed-player-by-throat-struck-him-in-face.html#more

by Leavitt Town on Dec 14, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions  

Whoa @ 6

Miller was a special teams player. He’s a walk-on and has 11 tackles in 2-3 playing exclusively on special teams.

If Leavitt were to hit some one for playing poorly he’s got plenty more options that have screwed up repeatedly than a kid working his tail off for reps at special teams.

by Leavitt Town on Dec 14, 2009 5:56 PM EST reply actions  

Besides, if Leavitt was really roughing guys up in the locker room, I would have started with Jerome “The Human Unnecessary Roughness Penalty” Murphy first. That guy needs his head examined, perhaps with a fist.

by JD on Dec 14, 2009 7:13 PM EST reply actions  

This is such a typical Brett McMurphy move. “I just saw Coach A get fired from his job for allegedly doing Thing B, so I will try and do the same thing to USF because I hate them for not spoon-feeding me information.” Each attempt gets more and more desperate, and they never work.

It’s like a Road Runner cartoon. At this point the USF athletic department is the Road Runner, and McMurphy is Wile E. Coyote about to strap a rocket to his back.

by JD on Dec 14, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions  

I bet Miller will think twice next time before he badmouths Ed Hardy and claims to not wish he was on Jersey Shore.

by Halpert on Dec 14, 2009 7:41 PM EST reply actions  

Um, the Miller kid and his dad say McMurphy’s exaggerating/lying.
Oops, I see that’s already been posted.
Uh, McMurphy’s a prick. Film at 11.

by jdub on Dec 15, 2009 1:03 AM EST reply actions  

Grandpa Simpson: You can march em off a cliff. You can starve em on some god-forsaken rock. But for some reason, you can’t hit em.

by MCab on Dec 15, 2009 12:26 PM EST reply actions  

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