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.
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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.
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.
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.
I think a jury will find differently and award him a huge check.
Yeah, I know what “seems” means. It’s a weasel word people like you can use to smear somebody with baseless conjecture.
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.
Agreed.
A question no one on Leach's side wants to answer: why did Leach cuss out the kid before sending him to "the shed"?
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.
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!
Latest studies from Tech doctors say this is great treatment for any number of medical ailments.
I doubt if many on this thread will get it thiugh.
Cuss them out until they do. This builds character.
preferably in a small enclosed dark space.
lol, I think you’re right.
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.
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.
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