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It’s appalling to me how people will countenance bad behavior if sports are involved.

That goes for both players and coaches.

I like a good game of football. I also think Mike Leach is an outstanding football coach. Odd, in an entertaining way, and a winner.

But if a teacher, or an administrator, or your boss, or any other adult in a position of authority had done what he did to that kid, you’d be wanting to throw the book at them.

Can you imagine a young employee sustaining a concussion on the job and the boss telling him to go sit in an air-conditioned janitor’s closet? What an uproar would ensue.

But this was sports, and this was a good coach, and folks don’t like the kid’s dad, so it gets political, and so it’s OK to rationalize the appalling facts of the case.

It doesn’t matter who the kid was or who his dad was. Politics are not an issue. Intentionally mistreating another human being is, in the minds of most of us, bad behavior.

I hope he learned his lesson and is able to find another job coaching.

So there. I just responded to the facts of the case.

But if a teacher, or an administrator, or your boss, or any other adult in a position of authority had done what he did to that kid, you’d be wanting to throw the book at them.

If my kid was an entitled crybaby who was always looking for an angle to shirk responsibility, I'd tell him he was taught a valuable lesson. I wouldn't want my kid to think it was acceptable to leave practice so he can go back to his apartment and sleep. Of course, I'm not an arrogant punk like Craig James so my kid will never be so ill-mannered.

Can you imagine a young employee sustaining a concussion on the job and the boss telling him to go sit in an air-conditioned janitor’s closet? What an uproar would ensue.

Terrible analogy. This is more akin to a warehouse worker hurting his back, and being told to go perform office work. Completely acceptable provided a doctor approved, and the much better analogy.

I’m impressed that Tech did the right thing with Leach. From what I hear about prior efforts to get rid of him, it’s pretty easy to believe that this isn’t the first time he’s crossed the line, just the first time there was enough proof to can him.

People tend to be passionate when it comes to sports, but it also causes people to look right past the real reasons for thing.

Mike Leach was not fired because he mistreated Adam James. He was fired because he was arrogant enough to take his employer to court.

He did...he is now the coach at Washington State.

Regarding, James anybody who takes extra benefits and knows there illegal has no right to run for political office ooops wait, never mind.

Texas Tech didn’t want to pay Leach a $800K bonus he was due. Adam James was just an excuse.