Texas Tech fires Mike Leach

[troublesome one]

Poor guys....

First a nutty basketball coach (Bobby Knight) and now a nutty football coach (Mike Leach). You'd have thought they wouldve learned.

Although I hear Lubbock is rather desolate so maybe the locale attracts whack jobs.

[john40]

Poor guys....

First a nutty basketball coach (Bobby Knight) and now a nutty football coach (Mike Leach). You'd have thought they wouldve learned.

Although I hear Lubbock is rather desolate so maybe the locale attracts whack jobs.

Shame,shame this sounds like a personal attack to me be careful the Lords of the fence post might get you.

[paslone]

Shame,shame this sounds like a personal attack to me be careful the Lords of the fence post might get you.

Nope wrong names involved here

[armyda]

Although I hear Lubbock is rather desolate so maybe the locale attracts whack jobs.

My brother lived there for awhile. One time when I was visiting I went out for a couple of drinks. My brother told me that if I got into a fight, do not win. It seems there were several incidents where the loser of the fight would go out to their pick-up, grab their rifle and come back and shoot the winner.

By the way, this was the upscale bar.

[john40]

Nope wrong names involved here

Yeah you're right.

[HoosierHelen]

My brother lived there for awhile. One time when I was visiting I went out for a couple of drinks. My brother told me that if I got into a fight, do not win. It seems there were several incidents where the loser of the fight would go out to their pick-up, grab their rifle and come back and shoot the winner.

By the way, this was the upscale bar.

Armyda,

You are telling the truth as I remember it. In my younger years I spent some time in Austin & Dallas. Those gun racks in the back window of the pickup trucks are NOT just for show. It is really a different culture down there and the bar scene has it's own set of rules. I haven't been there in ages...hopefully they have retired the mechanical bull rides. Maybe not?

You also called it right Armyda...these rules applied to upscale clubs & restraunts too. Remember their favorite slogan...Don't Mess with Texas? LOL! Most other states try to attract visitors with their slogans. Not Texas!

[john40]

Armyda,

You are telling the truth as I remember it. In my younger years I spent some time in Austin & Dallas. Those gun racks in the back window of the pickup trucks are NOT just for show. It is really a different culture down there and the bar scene has it's own set of rules. I haven't been there in ages...hopefully they have retired the mechanical bull rides. Maybe not?

You also called it right Armyda...these rules applied to upscale clubs & restraunts too. Remember their favorite slogan...Don't Mess with Texas? LOL! Most other states try to attract visitors with their slogans. Not Texas!

A long time ago a female friend of mine went toTexas determined to make it with a cowboy when she got back she had changed her mind the size of the condoms in there hip pockets scared her off. True

[HoosierHelen]

A long time ago a female friend of mine went toTexas determined to make it with a cowboy when she got back she had changed her mind the size of the condoms in there hip pockets scared her off. True

She must have ran into Paul Bunyan! It's been said he vacationed there.

[ebbieday]

A long time ago a female friend of mine went toTexas determined to make it with a cowboy when she got back she had changed her mind the size of the condoms in there hip pockets scared her off. True

LOL...it's usually the ones who "put on" that have the least to brag about. I would have wanted proof first. She should have stuck around, she may have been pleasantly surprised.

[LuciusBeebe]

Eh, I side with Leach on this one. His position is more believable.

[HoosierHelen]

LOL...it's usually the ones who \\"put on\\" that have the least to brag about. I would have wanted proof first. She should have stuck around, she may have been pleasantly surprised.

This is too funny ebbie. Many Texans store their SKOLL in their back pockets.

[ebbieday]

This is too funny ebbie. Many Texans store their SKOLL in their back pockets.

Exactly. I would not have backed off so quickly! ;-)

[tallrob]

The coach was a winner. Texas Tech's loss. I hope he sticks it to the school.

[armyda]

Eh, I side with Leach on this one. His position is more believable.

Still Believeable?


story on affidavits from Trainer and Doctor]

[LuciusBeebe]

Yes. The truth is usually in the middle of two sides, and that seems to be the case here. The coach wants you to think he did nothing wrong and the kid had a rock star mentality. The kid wants you to think the coach did everything wrong and he is an innocent victim in all this. The truth is in the middle. If players are required to wear uniforms to practice, even while injured, he did the wrong thing by showing up to practice in shorts and shades. The coach was wrong in his reaction to this. He should have simply said to get off the field. It is my belief that the kid's attitude, alluded to by the coach's statements, led to the overreaction by the coach. Was the coach wrong in his actions? Yes. Was the kid wrong in his actions? Yes. Also of import, was the university wrong in its actions? Yes. By canning the coach before an official investigation was complete, they show they did not want to pay the coach his eight hundred thousand dollar bonus. Usually there's two sides to every story, but the university makes it three sides.

[hideaway70]

Shame,shame this sounds like a personal attack to me be careful the Lords of the fence post might get you.

If I understood correctly, public figures are fairgame. I assume that also includes cities...

[matt_s]

Plenty of blame to go around on this one. So many places where the situation could have been averted.