It's all well and good to have a convo about what use to fly in 1975 but it isn't that time frame anymore, you have to realize what you can and can't do and what will not be looked upon favorably when you have a public job.

I'm PRETTY sure Craig James can afford paying his kids through college...

dude if I make it to age 30 in general, score 1 for me

like someone said earlier...

With Mangino, everyone came out and blasted the guy...

With Leach, vice versa...

Dude is going to get a HUGE payout and land another job sooner than later.

All Leach had to due is state that the kid wasn't medically cleared to play and wasn't required to come to practice.

End of story.

Instead, Leach tried to force is will upon a student and unfortunately for him, he chose the wrong student to **** with.

Adam Craig sounds like a spoiled piece of shit but even if that's the case, he shouldn't be locked in the dark in a room with guards.

It's college, not the military.

It's what happens when you have a coach who has shown himself to be a bit wacky, and a kid who's been spoiled. Remember his dad was involved in one of the greatest NCAA penalties of all time. Too much ego all the way around.

Not everyone wants to live off of their parents even if their parents have the means.

Yeah, but there's still plenty of coaches who still act like it's "1975", or worse. Everybody acting like Leach is out here on some island of torture are kidding themselves.

well based off of what I've been reading he's already doing a pretty good job...as the only reason he got to TT in the first place was because of ol' pops...

An attorney is going to get Leach paid his full $1.6M for being fired without cause. These stories are surely invited in large part, and from supportive pepole, but that doesnt' make them un-true.

And for the record, the same could easily be said (about an attorney ripping apart a statement) about the James family side of things.

In the end, the knowable facts will come out, and it seems very reasonable that Leach got into a pissing match with this player, he played his father, the trump card, and in the end lost.

Are you saying the kid lost? I didn't see the kid get canned a day before the bowl game.

We'll see. $1.6m would be a good deal for TT given the full value of Leach's contract. There could very well be a quiet settlement reached or there could be a loud and long court battle. I doubt TT wants a lot of that kind of publicity. Are you a Techy Jaz?

If you've ever played organized sports in your life, you know that not being allowed take part in practice is not some "get out of practice free" card, and that the players are routinely required to show up nonetheless.

The issue here isn't that the kid had to be at practice, and anyone that tries to claim it is should probably be culled from the herd. The issue isn't that the kid was forced to stay in a specific area, unless we're going to fire every teacher, coach, police officer, administrative clerk and other person who's ever set up a specific area for people.

The only significant issue I've seen so far is whether the kid was forcibly prevented from leaving, and the threat of him losing his scholarship is not a physical deterrent.

Uh....yea, how much is that scholarship worth ? I don't care who you are, no young man wants to have to make that phone call telling dad he's gonna have to pony up tens of thousands of dollars.

Just because you aren't cleared for contact, or to do sprints, or even can't walk, that doesn't mean you don't have to be at practice. Leach still makes his players participate as much as their health allows. They still have to attend practice even if they can't take part in some or all of the physical aspects.

Well, at the end of the day looks like the biggest loser in this mess is Texas Tech football, followed closely by Adam James. There's no way he'll stay at Tech now, and after the allegations that have come out, good luck catching on anywhere else.