The real question is: If this were your son or my son, would it be a big deal?
If it were my son, it would.
However, I’m not sure that’s all that’s going on here. Leach, a brilliant coach, is (ahem!) as ODD as he is good at coaching. He is one downright weirdo. And the Tech AD was trying to get rid of him long before this incident.
Sometimes I wonder if Tech hires the likes of Leach and Knight just because it’s so otherwise boring in Lubbock.
Ive heard 2 stories on this.
1) Leach thought James was faking so he made him go to a dark room
2) Leach had him in a dark/cool room with a trainer and a grad student monitoring.
If either of those is true, I would not have an issue. It isnt much different than hazing in a fraternity. Plus, James was always free to leave. He didnt get put in there at gun point. Sometimes you have to fight your own battles, and not let daddy do it, or you end up a democrat.
It’s hard to believe Bobby Knight is 69.