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Mike Leach Gives Interview to ESPN, Trainer refutes James
ESPN ^ | 01/01/2010 | ESPN

Posted on 01/01/2010 6:41:58 AM PST by rintense

Texas Tech head football athletic trainer Steve Pincock said Red Raiders receiver Adam James was placed in a "sports medicine garage" and media room as "big as a two-car garage" while recovering from a concussion, and was monitored by two trainers at all times.

Pincock's account of the incident, given in a statement to representatives of former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach, contradicts James' version of events that led to Leach being fired Wednesday.

James, who is the son of ESPN college football analyst Craig James, sustained a concussion on Dec. 16. He was examined the following day and told not to practice because of the injury and an elevated heart rate.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


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To: bwc2221

If this is true (and it could be), it’s sad. Any coach who puts untoward pressure on student-athletes with diagnosed injuries should be disciplined.


81 posted on 01/01/2010 9:16:38 AM PST by the808bass
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To: the808bass

It is clear from multiple sources including players on both football and baseball teams that he is in fact a spoiled whiney bitch. I see no possible way that that fact is not part of this conversation. He and his punk dad are the entire reason this is going on.


82 posted on 01/01/2010 9:19:52 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: bfree
Yes, we will disagree. I don't have a problem with disciplining lazy, entitled kids. I don't have a problem with driving a kid to be the best they can be. But you cannot treat a kid with an injury punitively, refuse to apologize for it, hire a lawyer to fight the discipline for it and then be surprised at the consequences.

In my estimation, Mike Leach has been done in by one main thing. And it's not Adam James. It's not Craig James. It's not ESPN. It's not even the university bureaucracy. It is his ego.

83 posted on 01/01/2010 9:19:56 AM PST by the808bass
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To: the808bass

I think a jury will find differently and award him a huge check.


84 posted on 01/01/2010 9:22:47 AM PST by bfree (The revolution is coming and it will be violent)
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To: csmusaret

Yeah, I know what “seems” means. It’s a weasel word people like you can use to smear somebody with baseless conjecture.


85 posted on 01/01/2010 9:23:33 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: ilgipper
It is clear that Coach Leach has been on the phone getting everyone who likes him to come out and say Adam James is a problem kid.

The fact is that Leach treated a kid with a diagnosed injury in a punitive fashion. It really doesn't matter if the kid was Adolph Hitler Jr. The coach is entrusted with looking out for the physical well-being of his student-athletes. Treating a diagnosed brain injury in a punitive fashion is not the recipe for a long tenure at any institution. And refusing to apologize for such an obvious mistake is gross insubordination. Hiring a lawyer and going public attacking the university and the student in the center of the investigation is begging to be fired. He got his wish.

86 posted on 01/01/2010 9:23:58 AM PST by the808bass
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To: SeaHawkFan

Agreed.


87 posted on 01/01/2010 9:26:30 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I support Coach Mike Leach and think Gerald Meyers should be run out of Lubbock!)
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To: bfree
I predict this will be settled out of court for roughly the amount of the bonus due on December 31.

A question no one on Leach's side wants to answer: why did Leach cuss out the kid before sending him to "the shed"?

88 posted on 01/01/2010 9:27:10 AM PST by the808bass
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To: Lancey Howard

Why can you not disagree without getting mad and attacking people. You need to go in a darkened media room for a few hours and contemplate your shortcomings.


89 posted on 01/01/2010 9:27:19 AM PST by csmusaret (Pelosi and Reid have controlled Congress for three years. This is their recession.)
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To: rintense

As I said the other day, I’m truly sorry MSU is having to deal with this when they should be having the time of their lives being feted at a Bowl Game. I do hope they were able to sidestep the circus and enjoy San Antonio - it is a great place!


90 posted on 01/01/2010 9:29:29 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I support Coach Mike Leach and think Gerald Meyers should be run out of Lubbock!)
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To: csmusaret
Why can you not disagree without getting mad and attacking people. You need to go in a darkened media room for a few hours and contemplate your shortcomings.

Latest studies from Tech doctors say this is great treatment for any number of medical ailments.

91 posted on 01/01/2010 9:31:03 AM PST by the808bass
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To: the808bass

I doubt if many on this thread will get it thiugh.


92 posted on 01/01/2010 9:33:01 AM PST by csmusaret (Pelosi and Reid have controlled Congress for three years. This is their recession.)
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To: csmusaret

Cuss them out until they do. This builds character.


93 posted on 01/01/2010 9:37:40 AM PST by the808bass
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To: the808bass
Tearing into Adam James is inappropriate and indicative of low character.

You are now grasping at straws as you see your defense of Sweet Baby James and his daddy melting away. You bought the ESPN torture line how do you feel now? Adam James isn't a child, despite how he acts and his daddy treats him. He just cost a man his livelihood and millions of dollars. You're damn skippy that man has a right to call out Baby James. And Leach isn't the only one. Baby James alienated the baseball team as well. He is a lazy spoiled immature brat.
94 posted on 01/01/2010 9:39:31 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: rintense
He isnt’ playing, but he will likely be on the sidelines. The smart move is to keep him off the field altogether.

preferably in a small enclosed dark space.

95 posted on 01/01/2010 9:39:52 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("'Diversity' is one of those words designed to absolve you of the need to think." Mark Steyn)
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To: the808bass
It is clear that Coach Leach has been on the phone getting everyone who likes him to come out and say Adam James is a problem kid.

Ohhh I see! Anyone who tells the truth about Baby James is putting their own careers on the line to LIE for their buddy Leach. No way they could just be wanting to set the record straight. On the other hand, Craig James is unbiased and impartially telling the truth about his son and so is his employer ESPN.

Got it - thanks!
96 posted on 01/01/2010 9:43:23 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: the808bass
Cuss them out until they do. This builds character.

Sir, or ma'am, or whatever you are: If cussing from coaches bothers you, better start a campaign to completely eliminate college AND pro sports.
97 posted on 01/01/2010 9:45:18 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: csmusaret

lol, I think you’re right.


98 posted on 01/01/2010 9:49:26 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: over3Owithabrain
You are now grasping at straws as you see your defense of Sweet Baby James and his daddy melting away. You bought the ESPN torture line how do you feel now? Adam James isn't a child, despite how he acts and his daddy treats him. He just cost a man his livelihood and millions of dollars. You're damn skippy that man has a right to call out Baby James. And Leach isn't the only one. Baby James alienated the baseball team as well. He is a lazy spoiled immature brat.

I haven't changed the narrative of my story a bit. I laid it out quite clearly above.

As a college football coach, you cannot treat a diagnosed brain injury in a punitive fashion, refuse to apologize for it, and attack the university's handling of the investigation and the student in the center of the investigation publicly without facing harsh repercussions.

I will say it again pretty plainly. Adam James didn't get Coach Leach fired. He doesn't have that power. You don't think that the University officials who actually fired Leach know that they will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars for this decision? They probably had numbers on how much this would cost them before they did it. And they're probably within a reasonable range of being correct. You don't think that they know how many commits this will cost them? They probably are pretty close to being right on that, too. Do they know how many wins this will cost them over the next 5 years? They probably have a good idea.

So why did they make the decision?

Leach needs to do something he hasn't done in a long time (judging from his handling of the issue). He needs to see what part his actions contributed to this situation and how he could be a better person in the future. I'm not holding my breath.

99 posted on 01/01/2010 9:49:29 AM PST by the808bass
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To: csmusaret
You are a retired command sergeant major? Over your career you undoubtedly held positions of authority over large numbers of young men, some easy, some difficult, a few impossible to effectively discipline. Almost assuredly you had a few like Adam James who had attitudes of entitlement and important daddies. I seriously doubt that you coddled them. You probably dealt with them much more harshly than Leach dealt with the James kid. A few of them and their daddies or mommies probably dislike or despise you to this day, and would give you an "F" for people skills if asked for their assessment.

But your job was not to make everybody like you. Your job was to get the mission accomplished and turn as many of the kids under your authority into highly effective team members and responsible, tough men. On the whole you achieved admirable results. The mission got accomplished and the vast majority of the men under your authority came out stronger, smarter, and tougher than they came in.

Leach had a similar challenge. He met it fearlessly and full-on and made Texas Tech a feared competitor on the football field in one of the most difficult college football conferences in the country. Over the ten years he served as head coach he established himself as the winningest coach in Texas Tech history. At the same time he pushed his players' graduation rate nearly to the top of the heap in Division 1 football.

Those are remarkable achievements, Command Sergeant Major. They are NOT evidence of a man who failed at people skills.

100 posted on 01/01/2010 9:50:05 AM PST by behzinlea
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