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Texas Tech fires coach Leach
espn ^ | 12/30/09 | espn

Posted on 12/30/2009 10:27:47 AM PST by rintense

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech has fired football coach Mike Leach.

The school handed a termination letter to Leach's attorney, Ted Liggett, on Wednesday just before the two sides were to appear in a Lubbock, Texas, courtroom for a hearing on the coach's suspension.

Liggett says the letter says Leach is "terminated with cause effective immediately."

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KEYWORDS: coach; collegefootball; fired; mikeleach
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To: rintense
Wasn't Craig James the guy who said he took a paycut when he went to the NFL after being on the death penalty SMU teams in the 80's?

Runs in the family, I guess. The good thing is that my team is out of the news for the game for our own Winston and Jenrette distractions.

181 posted on 12/30/2009 3:41:33 PM PST by Darren McCarty (We do what we have to do.)
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To: BnBlFlag

A few players have commented - several are bench warmers. I tend to believe the overwhelming response from former players and coaches over the few disgruntled boys. We will see how it all shakes out.


182 posted on 12/30/2009 3:51:55 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I support Coach Mike Leach and think Gerald Meyers should be run out of Lubbock!)
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To: crusty old prospector

I’d put him on the kick return team and let the MSU players bury him.


183 posted on 12/30/2009 4:42:55 PM PST by bfree (The revolution is coming and it will be violent)
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To: BnBlFlag

I just watched the lying, money taking Craig James on ESPN whining about his spoiled brat kid. I hope both suffer immensly from this. Craig James is nothing more than an overbearing obnoxious father and it shows.


184 posted on 12/30/2009 4:47:02 PM PST by bfree (The revolution is coming and it will be violent)
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To: NoDRodee

The puke James was just on the Nebraska game trying to play all nice and innocent. I want to watch Nebraska, but not with James there. Even one of the announcers turned away from him in disgust.


185 posted on 12/30/2009 5:54:20 PM PST by rintense (You do not advance conservatism by becoming more liberal. ~ rintense, 2006)
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To: BnBlFlag

Really? Local news stations reporting many seniors are thinking of not playing.


186 posted on 12/30/2009 5:56:47 PM PST by rintense (You do not advance conservatism by becoming more liberal. ~ rintense, 2006)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

As an Auburn alum and huge fan, it would be odd to see Tuberville anywhere else. However, Tuberville is a good guy and any program is lucky to get him!


187 posted on 12/30/2009 6:49:37 PM PST by AUJenn
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To: cowtowney

look at the closet on video. It was the opposing coach’s media room. And how is isolating a bad apple a firing offense?


188 posted on 12/30/2009 7:45:03 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: CSA Rebel

Making a lazy kid sit in a media room by himself is hazing? No wonder we lost the last election, if our side keeps buying exactly what the MSM says.


189 posted on 12/30/2009 7:47:53 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: CSA Rebel

Good idea:

Someone shows personal weakness so just give up on him


190 posted on 12/30/2009 7:59:19 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: CSA Rebel

Good idea:

Someone shows personal weakness so just give up on him


191 posted on 12/30/2009 7:59:38 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Tech might have all that stuff, but what respectable coach is going to want to work for that idiot AD who hires and gives extensions to people he doesnt like, then tries to fire them?


192 posted on 12/30/2009 8:05:43 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: rintense

These must be the "Fat Girlfriends" that Coach Leach was talking about.

193 posted on 12/30/2009 8:08:45 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: starlifter

As a recent graduate of Tech, the AD has a god complex and is a backstabber.

And football can transcend into other arenas, such as practices of how public schools hire and release their employees.


194 posted on 12/30/2009 8:10:34 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

What spots are on his record?

Researching pirates? Graduating his players?


195 posted on 12/30/2009 8:11:49 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Hoodat

To get away from the liberal hellholes of Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso and the hostile border towns.


196 posted on 12/30/2009 8:18:44 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Just got back from Lubbock from my son’s basketball tournament. The local media and Raider Nation are going nuts. Everyone, and I mean everyone is canceling season tickets today.


197 posted on 12/30/2009 8:19:09 PM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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To: starlifter

And your mindless hatred of football speaks volumes. Im sure the patron saint of being boring is inspired by your slavish support.


198 posted on 12/30/2009 8:23:48 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: neodad

Well it is a shame but who can blame them? Who wants to go watch some liberal namby pamby who has to wipe off the cushions before the team can sit down?


199 posted on 12/30/2009 8:36:25 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I support Coach Mike Leach and think Gerald Meyers should be run out of Lubbock!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Do you really think it was just a coincidence that the enrollment grew during a time when our football team was having the best 10 years of our entire history?

The increase in the enrollment at Texas Tech most likely has something to do with the Top 10% Rule and the fact that the University of Texas at Austin turns away half the in-state students that apply to UT.

200 posted on 12/30/2009 8:46:40 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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