LEACH FIRED, SUCCESSOR INEVITABLE

I’m a tech grad and completely fucking disgusted with our university. Stupid hicks trying to run a major program.

hey TexasTech – I hear Mangino’s looking for a job… and he promises to be nice

Sometimes, it’s the shortest ones that are the most beautiful.

wait… you were joking about Craig james, right? right? tell me you were joking

if the kid had just worn an eye patch to practice instead of sunglasses, this whole mess could’ve been avoided…

I think we can all agree that Leach should, nay MUST be in the SEC; it’s the only canvas large enough upon which to paint his apocalyptic vision.

Urban, if you must go, please go now. Leach would own the Swamp.

What a chickshit move by Texas Tech. I would like to thank Indiana University for setting this precedent where the players are more powerful than the coach.

@WarChiziken – dads taking over programs so their sons can play has a history in the Big 12… where else would Lil ’Hawk get to play QB in D1?

Fucksake, this is ridiculous. The crapocolypse is upon us.

Great write up, though

Will we get a heart-warming synopsis of Leach’s run at Tech like you wrote for Bowden and Urbz?

Has anyone ever seen Gerald Myers and West Virginia AD Ed Pastilong in the same place? Absent such, I defy a lawya to prove they’re not the same person.

I humbly request that The Detestable Mr. Leach remain a fixture, regardless of what form his future employment may take.

This is represents an extraordinary level of hypocrisy for a university and athletic director that hired Bobby Knight, after he was fired from Indiana for doing the same shit, only worse.

Yarrrrrrrrrrrrr

Guns down.

Tech just banished itself to hanging out with Hawaii in the "always have crazy stat guy but
no national respect for said stat guy’ column. Some TTU guy is still going to chuck it eleventy
batrillioneese yards, but no one will care.

TTU just banished itself to a solid decade or two of obscurity. Sad.

Guns down.

Texas Tech, The Pony and his Jonah son all deserve each other.

What Warchiziken said. This is a joke, right? Is this what Phil Steele means when he says a program has been “Baylored?”

What a bunch of dickbags.

Salt their fields.

Hey if you’re a pirate, you gotta expect a little mutiny every once in a while.

So I can bring my fat little girlfriend to the team banquet?

Gator Leach Dept:

Makes sense to get the ’Ol Pirate to coach the Florida Gators next year.

Runs the same whacky spread, chuck and duck offense, and would fit right in with the zanies in Gainesville.

Plus, he has more hair than Addazio.

How do I retract my vote for “Texas Tech Pirate Corsets For Pudgy Goth Girls” as most innovative team-themed product? It’s now simply the least timely. sigh

Ri-goddamn-diculous! I can’t believe I’m reading this…I can’t believe I once had a crush on Craig James! /sticks finger down throat

Luckily, Craig James isn’t announcing the game tonight. That could get awkward. Oh wait…

Dear Texas Tech,
We’ve been saving your spot here in the Big XII cellar. Welcome Back!

These people must watch According to Jim. The absurdity of such a decision ranks up there with the BCS and the War on Drugs.

Wow, I hadn’t even considered the Bobby Knight parallel. Jesus.

This Craig James guy is completely over the line. I can’t stand overbearing players’ fathers.

Craig James is a douche and his son, evidently, is a whiney douche.

The kid has a bad attitute, didn’t get playing time, and so he complains to his ego-maniac dad, who gets ESPN involved in this whole trumped-up “incident.” Beautiful. Well done.

Craig James should be ashamed of himself. He just single handidly knocked Texas Tech’s program down to the middle-bottom of the Big 12 for the forseeable future all because his kid didn’t like the coach. Hope he and is dip-shit, pre-madonna son are happy with themsevles.

i hope UK gives joker phillips coach-in-waiting ass the boot and picks up Leach. He’s prowled the booth here before, let’s let him put up mast on the sidelines of commonwealth asap

Good one Baylor.

And did anyone else hear Craig James on ESPN last night trying to explain the alleged incident and his role in reporting it to ESPN? He sounded like a bumbling idiot. Dodged every question with mumbling and incoherent sentances. About all I got out of it was “I’m just a dad.”

I think the guy knows he stepped in it and that he (and his kid) took this fiasco too far. Shameful.

If there’s any justice in the world, Indiana will fire Bill Lynch and hire The Detestable Mr. Leach forthwith.

Cue the recruit fallout in 3…2…(1)…

The real criminal in this whole situation is ESPN. If his last name weren’t James, we never would have heard about this shit. Instead, ESPN allowed Pony to use the network for his personal vendetta against Leach, and the network perpetuated the smear campaign.

I miss the days when a disgruntled player would just, you know, TRANSFER

2 of the Big 12 get rid of coaches because their kids are big pussies.

Next Headline – OKLAHOMA FIRES STOOPS FOR MAKING FOOTBALL PLAYERS RUN SPRINTS.

They might as well just start playing flag football now.

so, the really high-larious thing is that they served the walkin’ papers on Leach’s attorney right before they were to go into court for the TRO on the suspension. Yeah, uh, I ain’t an employment attorney but I did stay at a holiday inn express / went to GSU Law for 3 years (and graduated!) so it seems to me to be colossally stupid (if you’re TTU, or should that be TTTU? heh /abovethelaw’d) to simply hand the plaintiff all the ammo they could have possibly wanted for a retaliatory termination suit. Somebody done made a slight misunderstimation. We were discussing it here at the office and can think of no good reason for such timing of a firing. Unless they just decided they liked the guy, deep down, and wanted to pay him MORE $$ to go away (I wish he would end up at Vandy, he could teach Piracy Law).

I used to always think that the people who thought that the world was going to end in 50 years were crazy. Now, I dunno.

Ok, I have an idea.
South Carolina sould hire Leach as OC/Head Coach in waiting. Then when Spurrier is gone—PirateCocks all around.
Leach could live in Charleston when he isn’t in Columbia and be a real pirate.
Plus SC could pull out all their old “black magic” stuff from the 80’s which has…wait for it ….Skull and Crossbones on a black field.

Lets compare TT with SC:
TT- Middle of the pack in the BigXII south
SC- Middle of the pack in the SEC east
TT- Red and Black
SC- Garnet (dark red) and black
TT- Underarmor unies
SC- Underarmor unies
TT- Irrelevant prior to Leach
SC- Irrelevant prior to Leach
TT- Back to irrelevant post-Leach
SC- Would be back to irrelevant post-Leach

Calling it first: Tuberville to TAMU.

Was listening to Cowherd when the news came across ESPN. Cowherd had just finished answering stating that the reason Carig James got to comment on the matter as much as he did is because he works for ESPN. Then, he blew it saying that he “didn’t have to do it, of course.” I went from a respectful “No freaking shizzle, really?” agreement to wanting to jack him up in about two-tenths of a second.

“He didn’t have to comment.” Really, Cowherd?

PT

I dont care how or when, but his agent needs to get in touch with Sexton so that they can work some behind the scenes shit and get that scurvy bilge rat Leach into the SEC….and I believe Leach at Florida is a match made in heaven…..

I’m still taking ’Tech over Sparty.

ccrider:

I must say, I like it. That works.

That would undoubtably make the SEC East the most interesting division in CFB.

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Please Tech, please.

Lost in all the hoopla about the dirty James family’s conspiracy against Leach and ESPN self-servedly blowing up a non-story is the fact that Texas Tech was clearly looking for an excuse to fire Leach. Seriously, have they investigated Alex James’ claims at all? It took them what, four days to go from the story breaking to giving Leach the boot. This is like the Mangino situation— whether Leach deserved it or not, clearly SOMEONE at TTU was pissed at him long before this happened.

@28 – No way Craig James is ashamed of this. He’s probably still cashing checks from his days playing at SMU. Funny how no one ever asks him how much he received from boosters back when he was an “student-athlete.”

Karma is a mo-fo. Look out for falling pianos, Craig – you’re due… overdue…

Imagine Leach at LSU….

HC: Les “Mad Hatter” Miles
DC: Comrade Chavis
OC: Yarrrrrrr Leach

Endless entertainment.

That’s the second program Craig James has ruined.

Can Texas Tech trade conferences with TCU right now?

Leach to Cincinnati. Promise him a majestic ship on which to patrol the Ohio River.

Maybe Coach Leach will have time to be my Facebook friend now.

In other breaking news, Nick Saban wanted this leaked to make his team the underdog again.

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-8849059d.html

If you don’t like Pirate Cocks then how about Georgia just go ahead and fire Richt and hire Leach. I am sorry but Georgia is soft and has been for sometime now, teams start to reflect the attitude of their head coach, and right now Georgia is soft. Georgia is not the type of school that should be excited about beating A&M in a December bowl. There is more wrong there than just Willie Martinez.
The Detestable Mr. Leach is many thing but soft is not one of them, sir.

This doesn’t matter. The Ags will take their rightful spot at the top of the Big 12 hierarchy next year. Book it.

Sometimes a sports analyst can beat a pirate.

Maybe Coach Leach will have time now to be my Facebook friend.

@CCRider: East Carolina will call and raise you actually being named the Pirates.

Cue the Sarcastic Symphony for the James family in their time of hardship and struggle.

In its neverending quest to protect the misunderstood and oh-so-abused dregs of college football, ESPN will now tell Texas Tech that they must hire Lionel Tyrone Willingham.

I see your being actually named pirates and raise you being in the SEC as opposed to Conf-USA…so check and check-mate.

@ Dan
Although the fact that ECU is not in Columbia, South Carolina (a.k.a “The Puckered Butt-Hole of the South”) may be enough to out-weigh the crappy Confrence.

@ ccrider (58):

You’d be amazed at the similarities between Greenville, NC and Columbia, SC. I say give ’em both back to England.

In response to True @ post #45, I agree with you! Craig James was the QB during those reckless “cash handshakes” at SMU and made all his money playing in college. Then this schmuck goes out and ruins Leach because “his son doesn’t get any playing time….whine, cry, bitch, moan, complain.” Makes me sick.

How much you wanna bet Brian Kelly at Notre Dame is licking his chops to get an OC up there to open things up for the Irish?

Spent three years at the University of South Carolina School of Law. If there is anywhere else in Dixie as God-awful as Columbia, South Carolina (or even close) I would hate to see it.

I just want to know where Ron Prince fits into TTU’s plans. Given how this firing has devolved into a clusterfuckinshitslinging, it would be totally logical of the TTU administration.

@cc #51:

Can you please point out to me the UGA fan who was “excited” we beat aTm?

“…just ate a hand grenade salad, shat out the pins, and then gave the thumbs-up as the whole mess rumbled in their belly. "

Beautiful.

@ 42/60 Craig James may be a schmuck and a little league father, but he was one of the few who didn’t take money at SMU. He only went there because his girlfriend, now his wife and the proud mama of little Princess Adam, was already there. That said, James has royally pissed into the wind on this one.

Dickerson, on the other hand, rolled into town in a Trans Am that Aggie boosters bought him and got directly on the SMU payroll. That’s how it’s done.

NewAZTiger,

Care to give us a heads up of what that is before we download?

@Darkknight

Don’t get me wrong I am not putting Georgia down, I am a Georgia fan, have been my entire life. I live in Georgia and trust me there are a lot of UGA fans excited about the win.
The talk is that Georgia is on the right track, and the next DC will be some great hire, and if Meyer is gone UGA could take the east.
So far I think three DC have turned the job down.
Richt has let a loss to South Carolina (UGA should never loose to SC) keep him out of a possible Nat’ Title game. He has also lost to Vandy and UK both unacceptable for a program like Georgia.
I am not saying they should beat the Vols every year but they should never get blown out the way there this year. Richt has done a good job building the program but I just don’t think he can take it the next level. Even with his success he can’t beat UF.
I just don’t want to be like the Shamecocks always talking about next year, or how hiring this cord. will make all the difference.

Laugh it up while you can. The llano estacado produces more than 30 % of Nolan County’s wind power and the royalties go to texas tech fans. You can’t keep the man down.

CC:

UGA lost to USC in 2007, one of two losses – just like the SECC and MNC LSU had that year. To say one conference team should “never” lose to another is shortsigthed.

And please tell me the DC’s that have turned UGA down? We had preliminary talks with Foster, but never offered officially. We (probably) gauged Koenning’s interest, but definitely never offered him. His agent extrapolated that exploratory conversation into a “UGA offer”. Do you really think someone would pick (redacted] and Illinois over Richt and UGA?

I heard they (TT) were to pay him $800k if he was still the coach as of 12/31/09……..what a difference a day makes???? coincidence…..I think not.

61

A few worse cities & towns than Cola:

Fayetteville, Lenoir, Wadesboro & Gastonia, NC
Chester, Lancaster & Bamberg, SC

Cola is a garden spot compared to those places.

@69

Maybe never is too strong but I can’t remember the last time Florida lost to Vandy or Kentucky, it is rare. Georgia looses too many games to lesser teams. How many times has Richt beaten Florida? If you are happy with being the third best team in the SEC east that’s fine. The Conf has changed a lot since UGA’s last SEC championship.
Meyer has had time to build his recruiting, Saban is at Bama, Lester is a screw-up but even he hasn’t totally undone Saban’s work at LSU, and Monty Kiffin (and I do mean Monty) is getting that UT team better everyday (esp with uber-recruiter Orgeron). Richt continues to loose to one of the three “have nots” in the east every year, can’t beat Florida, and look to be falling behind UT.
Foster, Koenning, and Smart. What do you think preliminary talks mean?
“Hey this is Mark Richt, I need a DC are you interested? No okay.” That is turning the job down. If they didn’t then one of these guys would be the DC by now, unless Smart is just wanting to wait until after the Nat title game.

#66: It’s a PDF of the Jarrell Harris Gadsden Investigation, complete with VIN number of the Charger, as well as emails from Davidson showing how grades were changed to get Preyear qualified at Alabama.

This is part of the packet sent to the NCAA back in 2008 over the summer – or the infamous “three weeks” letter.

@71
Never been to Fayetville or Lenoir but those other places don’t have meter maids that will give you a ticket for every minute after your time expires, so that when you return to your car 10 minutes after time has expired you have $400 in fines. Honestly you ain’t Atlanta you don’t need parking meters!

ccrider, the Gamecocks are just grateful for the opportunity to annually share a field with the mighty Bulldogs and bask in your reflected glory. Some of the parents of current HS players even remember when Georgia was a national title contender.

This will ultimately also make the Big Twelve suck worse – something most of us probably didn’t think was possible.

@75

You are chg “was a national title contender” that is the point I am trying to make. It has been a while since Georgia was really a contender on the national stage.

yoyofutbawl – oh come, come…. Fayetteville has the best massage parlors this side of the Mississippi… if you like Asian ladies that smell like kimchi

78

Sadly, most have been shut down or try to act “professional”. Hay St. was about as seedy as seedy can get back in the 70s.

Salisbury still has the Alpine at Exit 75. And the only massage you can get in Boone is by some washed up hippie chick who reeks of Patcholi oil.

So does this actually mean that “Winning isn’t everything?”

Seems like a perfect time for June Jones to take a step up, now that he’s come across the waters to the mainland.

I am not trying to get all the Gamecock and Mark Richt fans riled up, so sorry. I am just saying that Carolina is what it is: a major conf program in a small state that it shares with another major conf program, traditionally bad at football, and has made three great coaches look a lot less great.
As far as Richt goes I understand that he is really nice, a good role model, a good christian man, etc. but life is about choices. Alabama chooses to be a National Title contender so they do what it takes to get who and what they need to win.
If Georgia wants to be in Athens the first week of December every year watching Bama play UF or UT up the road in Atlanta that is a choice.

“Some of the parents of current HS players even remember when Georgia was a national title contender”

Like a #3 finish in 2002 and a #2 finish in 2007?

@81

Please don’t ever refer to the University of South Carolina as “Carolina” or, while we’re at it, “USC.” Each is degrading to a superior institution. If South Carolina needs another appellation, I prefer the ESPN-bottomline-given “SCAR.” Seems appropriate on several levels.

Wind Power and Llano Estacado FTW.

That being said, I think the biggest victim in all of this is Mrs. Leach. She can stop picking out drapes and pouring over color swatches for the future beach house now that the 12 million dollar contract is gonners.

I think leach will catch on somewhere though, even if it’s just some place like New Mexico or something.

Okay, I am certainly in the minority here, and I appreciate the humor, but something is seriously wrong when s coach locks a player in a small room for several hours, forcing him to stand. It’s not waterboarding, but it’s certainly highly inappropriate.

Are the facts in dispute?

@85 -

Pretty much, yeah.

The “small room” at discussion here is the room where the oppo media gathers to interview visitors to Jones/AT&T (per CBS sports). Perhaps that room didn’t have enough pictures of Adam James’ pappy to make him happy.

Craig James was already a douche in my book. Looks like the drip doesn’t fall far from the bag.

As I understand it there were two rooms where he was confined. One was the room you describe SierraSpartan. The other was, I thought, and electrical closet or something.

I am not disputing anyone’s douchiness. But being a douche doesn’t justify poor treatment.

One would hope that Mr Adam James has the common sense to transfer after the bowl game. Or, much better, get the hell out of Lubbock rat now before he has to walk the plank into the nearest lake. He could go to Arizona, a skool that obviously does not have a functional football program. Or Michigan, whose coach would appreciate his tactics.

This is the biggest fuck job I’ve seen in my 56+ years. TTU has shot the hand that feeds it. Watch the commits scatter. How dare they screw with our beloved Cap’n Leach.

AAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!