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Mike Leach (HC Mississippi State, a National Treasure, R.I.P.)

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Iron.. that was intriguing video... it just doesn't add up... if this video is all true... I stand down... but if what was ordered by Leach was for the kids benefit and not punishment... then just turn him over to the trainers and say "you take him... he has no value to me"...

I don't think of Craig James as powerful... maybe I'm wrong...

but I don't think we've heard all we're gonna hear... sooner of later we're gonna hear from the attending doctor... and other doctors... plus the 'guards'... or so I hope...

cuz again, if this vid is on the up-and-up... I'm shocked... and wrong
 
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ScriptOhio;1628550; said:
Everyone's favorite (Jay Mariotti) weighs in on this one; however, he makes some good points:

For Losing His Mind, Leach Earns Ride Out of Lubbock

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We are hours from the second decade of the 21st century. Sports people should be more medically aware than ever, particularly about matters of the brain. When an athlete sustains a head injury of any sort, a coach should have the educated sensibility to drop all other priorities and concentrate fully on that player's well-being. In the case of Adam James, a redshirt sophomore receiver, Leach reportedly doubted that he had suffered a concussion during a Dec. 16 practice and thought he was just another player disgruntled about playing time. Even though James had been examined a day later and told not to practice after being diagnosed with a concussion and an elevated heart rate, Leach wasn't a caring, compassionate soul about it. Actually, he came off as a warped and sinister ogre when, according to sources who spoke to ESPN and the Associated Press, he told a university trainer to move James into a secluded room -- "to the darkest place, to clean out the equipment and to make sure that he could not sit or lean. He was confined for three hours." If James tried to leave the area, a source told the AP, he would be kicked off the team at once. The Lubbock Avalanche Journal reported that the room was a shed and that Leach forced James to stand in it for two hours during practice.

Sick? Inhumane? We're only beginning down this twisted trail. Two days later, Leach allegedly told a trainer to place James "in the darkest, tightest spot. It was in an electrical closet, again, with a guard posted outside." Know what comes to mind? The movie "Midnight Express," the true story of an American who was tortured for years inside a Turkish prison after trying to smuggle drugs through an airport.
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Entire article: For Losing His Mind, Leach Earns Ride Out of Lubbock -- FanHouse
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To Jay Mariotti, a couple hours in a media room (as seen in the video on a recent post) = years in the Turkish prison in Midnight Express.

What a worthless douchelozzle.
 
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pure speculation

I wonder if this went down as a pissing contest. When the AD heard from Craig James, he goes to Leach, and said something like 'look, make an apology, make promises about playing time, make nice and this all can be handled quietly.' Leach's response: '<censored> that, I won't do it.' Rapidly downhill from there. Workable theory imho. :wink2:
 
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Anybody else see the quote from Chris Perry that they put up on CFB Live? They're just fishing for ways to bury Leach. They're spinning this as though every single player on the team is thrilled to see Leach go. [censored]ing amazing. I'm astounded that ESPN can pull something like this with no apparent shame. I hope he sues the living hell out of them for libel and slander. Crazy people like him are good for one thing: putting the screws to assholes who think they can pull shit like this. Go get em, Mike.
 
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TheIronColonel;1628660; said:
Anybody else see the quote from Chris Perry that they put up on CFB Live? They're just fishing for ways to bury Leach. They're spinning this as though every single player on the team is thrilled to see Leach go. [censored]ing amazing. I'm astounded that ESPN can pull something like this with no apparent shame. I hope he sues the living hell out of them for libel and slander. Crazy people like him are good for one thing: putting the screws to assholes who think they can pull [censored] like this. Go get em, Mike.
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They'll defend themselves with "Absence of Malice". It's very difficult to prove malice by media entities.

I'm not a lawyer, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I saw the movie of that name.
 
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jwinslow;1628619; said:
:rofl:Maybe in kindergarten or 1st/2nd grade. After that you usually have to try out to even make the team.
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Our traveling & select teams didn't kick in until 6th grade or so.

The normal leagues had enough kids so that you could get on a team no matter what...but that didn't mean your butt ever left the bnech.



The only thing more sinister than the competitive streak of soccer moms are soccer grandmas. I'm not sure where they get the lovable, tender stereotype, they are viciously bi-polar on average.:slappy:
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Yeah I remember the moms in our league were more like DC United fans than constant apologists for their children. "John get off your ASS and RUN!!!!"
 
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TheIronColonel;1628660; said:
Anybody else see the quote from Chris Perry that they put up on CFB Live? They're just fishing for ways to bury Leach. They're spinning this as though every single player on the team is thrilled to see Leach go. [censored]ing amazing. I'm astounded that ESPN can pull something like this with no apparent shame. I hope he sues the living hell out of them for libel and slander. Crazy people like him are good for one thing: putting the screws to assholes who think they can pull [censored] like this. Go get em, Mike.
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All of the support for the decision made by the university has surrounded around the James incidences. We're still not hearing anyone that supports his firing for any other reason than the way he "mis-treated" Adam James. This is getting enough fire that you'd think his "abuse" victims would speak out--unless they are afraid for their lives of being locked in the 4' x 4' dungeons with a space heater and continuous Coke Zero ads.
 
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