[Husker] Mike Leach Suspended by Texas Tech

[Aaron Wolfson]

I heard a clip of Craig James speaking on SportsCenter about the incident.
He didn't give a single straight answer and really came off like an
overprotective parents, used to special privileges. I'm sure plenty of my
own biases come into play here, as I don't really like James to begin with,
but if you listen to it he seriously doesn't answer any of the actual
questions. He was asked if he was a helicopter parents and he changed the
subject rather than deny it. He kept saying "steps were taken against Adam"
but he never specified exactly what those were. Not a sympathetic
performance.

Aaron


On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> For some reason the link for the emails didn't show up. Here you go:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yhaw383
>
> --
> Skylar
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Skylar Dodds
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:49 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Husker] Mike Leach Suspended by Texas Tech
>
> Here is another article with emails from other players / staff about the
> situation.
>
> Article from CBSSports.com:
> http://tinyurl.com/y9rycuq
>
>
> Read the Emails yourself:
>
> The complicated thing about the matter here is the complainer has
> significant ties to the biggest source of sports news ESPN, which is
> probably why those emails were sent to CBSSports.com.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Skylar Dodds
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:19 AM
> To: 'Husker List'
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Mike Leach Suspended by Texas Tech
>
> Just to add one more thing to this conversation...it's not like he suffered
> the concussion that day.
>
> A few DAYS before he suffered a MILD concussion and had a doctor's note
> that
> he wasn't to practice and was to stay in a shaded area.  Leach sent him to
> the shed/garage whatever and sent the medical staff to watch over him.
>
> On another note, TT players have said that the 'shed' is the only building
> close to the practice facility they have access to and it's used all the
> time by players, especially in the summer when they need to get out of the
> sun/heat for a little while.
>
> Again, there's a context for the story.  A player that was mildly hurt was
> asked to go to a place where players go often to be close to the practice
> facility but to get out of the sun and the coach made sure a medical
> trainer
> was looking out for him the whole time he was there.
>
> Was it because the kid was a crybaby and he was being 'punished'?
>  Possibly.
> Does that mean Leach was in the wrong? No, because by all accounts he's
> been
> a crybaby all year long.   He didn't put the kid's life in any danger and
> even made sure someone with medical training (not a doctor, but a licensed
> sports medical trainer in the state of Texas) was looking after him.  He
> accommodated the doctor's orders for him to be in the shade.  So...are we
> seeing what kind of a joke this whole thing is???
>
> --
> Skylar
>
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