Posted on 01/04/2010 8:29:16 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
...In interviews late Thursday night with the NY Times and ESPN and Friday with the AP, Leach denied mistreatment of sophmore receiver Adam James...
Multiple statements from Tech athletic staff members - which came to light Thursday and were obtained by the Dallas Morning News from a Leach representative Friday - have surfaced that contradict James' version of events.
... Leach told the Times he only ordered James to be taken "out of the light" and said "he was never locked anywhere."
... Leach said Craig James called Lincoln Riley, Adam's position coach often to lobby playing time & also called Tech administrators.
"I think he used his position at ESPN to coerce me into allowing Adam to play more," Leach told the Times. "He made it clear that he had a business relationship with our chancellor, or was certainly in conversation about such things."
... A statement from Steve Pincock, Tech's head football trainer, details a version of events different from initial reports that Leach had locked Adam James in a shed and an electrical closet...
Pincock's statement said James came to practice in street clothes & showed "a non-caring attitude" when asked to walk during the session. When Leach noticed the "poor effort" he "asked that Adam be placed in a location where sunlight could not bother him, as he was wearing sunglasses" the statement said.
"While in the garage, Adam was walking around, eating ice, sitting on the ground, and at one point, sleeping; at no point was there any enforcement to make Adam stand up..."
Pincock wrote that during the second incident, James was taken to a media room that "was at least as big as a two-car garage and contains an electrical closet. "At no time...was Adam ever placed in the electrical closet," Pincock wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Forgive me if I don’t care about Coach Leach and his millions in salary ($12.7 million over five years).
Lets put things in perspective folks. Leach is just a college football coach, basically an entertainment director for TV viewers.
A coach of a sport with declining viewership and less relevance to Americans struggling with a terrible economy.
So, I think I will pass on my worlds smallest violin whither of not Coach Leach gets more millions of dollars.
Also, how were other players with concussions treated?
The Double Yes was the D Coordinator's way of saying, "Hey, I'm a company guy! Everything at Tech will ALWAYS be wonderful on my watch! Want to know what I think? Wait a minute! I'll ask the athletic director what I think and then I'll tell you!"
The defensive coordinator’s open disloyalty to Leach is not going to help him get another job or even keep his current one when TT hires someone else.
When did Adam James get his concussion?
Due to the apparent contradictory statements from Tech football staff, it appears that it is now a he-said, he said thing over the electric closet and shed. What the other players (present and former) have to say about James and Leach may factor into this.
Then again, a judge/jury (if it goes to court) may think that the first account from the TT football staff was the correct one and that they may just be trying to keep their job - like some here have said. Who knows? Indeed, who knows...
Phone companies keep records.
If calls were made by Craig James to the chancellor or the position coach - that won’t look good. If there is an investigation into things, it won’t look good if there was (as Leach said) a “business relationship” between Craig James and the chancellor.
The e-mails don’t look good for the administration at TT, either.
Did ESPN’s Craig James hire a communications firm (as a poster here brought up) to tape anything?
In the end, all will come out.
I haven’t seen any taped footage that shows Adam Craig being in the shed.
Second, the footage from the YouTube link that I gave (Adam James Footage.mov) seems to still be contradicted by the other YouTube link below it (Adam James is a liar).
Well James contradicted himself by saying there were no chairs and he was locked in. His own video shows red chairs and a lock on the door that is accessible from inside.
Indeed he did.
And contradicted by the trainer as well over where he was put.
Adam James says that he was placed in the electric closet and locked in.
The trainer says otherwise. James’ credibility as to where he was put is hurt by him saying that the room was locked and that there were no chairs.
What a genius that Adam James is! sarcasm.
Re: best college football team money could buy
Yep, Craig James and the “pony-up” express.
I concur with other posts ... Craig James comments using the ESPN microphone during a national broadcast stinks to high heaven. Very biased coverage & commentary all around at ESPN before facts were known.
Major league “entitlement” here by Craig & Adam ...
No attempt at ESPN to make the conversation balanced.
Who is "Hutchinson?"
Surely you aren't referring to our Senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison?
Yes, her. Sorry for the N.
Leach is a millionaire, therefore any libel against him is irrelevant.
Leach’s 3rd Amended Complaint:
http://www.doublet1043.com/media/lib/146/c/c/f/ccfcea0d-8b39-4169-a54b-c8c8a148d5d2/011210leach.pdf
Thanks for the ping. Interesting reading. If the information is true then I’d guess Tech needs to get ready to write some humongous checks.
And at least Hance needs to be freshening his resume.
Good link. Wow, if 90% of this is true, Tech is in big trouble and might as well settle out of court. I also think Craig James’ days as a future politician also went up in smoke.
Missed you on the ping to Leach’s complaint.
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