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Schools think nothing of firing a coach in the middle of a contract. Cannot demand of a coach what you do not demand of yourself. Texas Tech has no real say in any of it. You either give him what he wants, or you lose him...

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET  02.12 by 50yearfan

Schools think nothing of firing a coach in the middle of a contract. Cannot demand of a coach what you do not demand of yourself. Texas Tech has no real say in any of it. You either give him what he wants, or you lose him...

Or in the case of Texas Tech basketball a coach thinks nothing of leaving in the middle of the season.

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Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  02.12 by KingFootball

Or in the case of Texas Tech basketball a coach thinks nothing of leaving in the middle of the season.

Kind of convenient that his son got to take over the program don't you think?

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Originally posted 09:48 AM ET  02.12 by Dr. B-f-G

Kind of convenient that his son got to take over the program don't you think?

Exactly.

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Originally posted 09:48 AM ET  02.12 by Dr. B-f-G

Kind of convenient that his son got to take over the program don't you think?

Were you at AC around the time McCoy's dad was there?

I spent a few months working in Abilene. Very nice people there.

Gerald Myers is an absolute embarrassment to TTU.

Does it matter? It's not like Tech lands an all star class anyway. The Grand Pirate seems to do fine with whomever he lands.

TT's offer was more than fair for a coach who's been mediocre in conference play for his entire 8 year career. I mean be realistic, this was his BEST SEASON EVER. It's all down hill from here.

That's a ridiculous statement as Mike Leach has gotten the most out of the players and facilities since the beginning of his tenure. It takes time to build a program in a competitive league and Graham Harrell was the first highly-rated QB he has ever had and you saw what he did. His record is irrelevant; he has the program pointed in the right direction and made Texas Tech a part of the national title chase. If Mike Leach had the same roster and facilities at Texas or Oklahoma, would he have had any losing seasons? Highly doubt it.

Frank Beamer had 3 or 4 straight losing seasons to start his tenure at Virginia Tech but the school knew it would take time to build the program up, get the right recruits, schedule and facility upgrades.

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Originally posted 03:50 PM ET  02.12 by Sandy Underpants

TT's offer was more than fair for a coach who's been mediocre in conference play for his entire 8 year career. I mean be realistic, this was his BEST SEASON EVER. It's all down hill from here.

Get back to slobbin' Gerald's knob.

People keep stating that Myers is the reason for this mess. If Myers did not have the support of his president and major boosters he would change the contract. Remember Myers refused to extend Leach last season. If top people thought Leach was great they would extend him at every opportunity. Myers is not stupid. He knows Leach must accept an embarrassing contract or walk, and it appears most top people know Leach is not the long term answer.
I suspect Myers and others (for financial reasons) want a BCS bid, and it seems clear Leach is unlikely to reach that level.

Charmit...huh? Obviously you haven't been paying attention. The dispute isn't over money...and it's not about how badly TTU DOESN'T want him...it's about the buyout clauses and other terms that TTU is insisting on because they want him to commit to the University without constantly shopping around. They don't want him signing a contract now and leaving next year. Sign it and stay around for a long time because that's what we need from you. The money is irrelevant at this point.

It sounds to me like TTU and Myers and the president and major boosters all like Mike Leach just fine and WANT HIM TO STAY and are trying to lock him into staying.

Geez...pay attention.

I hope there is more follow up to this story. I just don't know enough about it, but it seems to represent the whole of the college/coach dilemma.

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Originally posted 06:03 PM ET  02.12 by Orphean

Charmit...huh? Obviously you haven't been paying attention. The dispute isn't over money...and it's not about how badly TTU DOESN'T want him...it's about the buyout clauses and other terms that TTU is insisting on because they want him to commit to the University without constantly shopping around. They don't want him signing a contract now and leaving next year. Sign it and stay around for a long time because that's what we need from you. The money is irrelevant at this point.It sounds to me like TTU and Myers and the president and major boosters all like Mike Leach just fine and WANT HIM TO STAY and are trying to lock him into staying.Geez...pay attention.

Leach was offered an insulting contract which his agent said would not be signed under any circumstances. TexTech was so anxious to have Leach that they gave him a deadline for signing it. More than that no other university is making similar efforts to hold on to their top coaches even though they are clearly superior to Leach. So I do not follow your thinking. In order to get Torre to walk away he was offered a contract with insulting clauses. TexTech wants Leach to walk away (or perhaps agree to stipulations not in the contract).

If Tech wants to stay a decent program they better cut out the bs and just give him what he wants...

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Originally posted 06:35 PM ET  02.12 by AUTigers08

If Tech wants to stay a decent program they better cut out the bs and just give him what he wants...

I think the Tech administration wants more than a decent program. Ten SEC teams finished higher than Tech in the recruiting rankings. There's not much to suggest that Leach will ever be better than 'decent'.

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Originally posted 04:29 PM ET  02.12 by andrewwa

Mike Leach has gotten the most out of the players and facilities since the beginning of his tenure. It takes time to build a program in a competitive league and Graham Harrell was the first highly-rated QB he has ever had and you saw what he did. His record is irrelevant; he has the program pointed in the right direction and made Texas Tech a part of the national title chase.

His record is irrelevant? Now you're starting to sound like a Charlie Weis fan. I thought the record is the most important number when evaluating a coach. Especially after NINE years as head coach. If Leach needs a great quarterback to be successful in the Big-12 then Leach isn't a coach worthy of a fat contract. Graham Harrell is gone, btw. So it'll be back to 4-4 seasons in the Big-12 I guess, unless they've got a phenom coming in.

After 9 seasons coaching, Mike Leach is 42-30 against Big-12 opponents. Sorry, but with a conference filled with mediocrity, that doesn't impress me, or people that sign multi-million dollar checks.

And who the hell is Gerald? And where is his knob?

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Originally posted 08:20 PM ET  02.12 by Tbrent

Open your eyes, then open your mouth and step back a foot or so and you'll find his knob right in front of your face.

For someone who never has any facts, and only criticizes others you do very well.