If Leach had problems with Adam James....

[George S. Patton]

...why not just not renew his scholarship at some point during the spring? If the work ethic was poor and the attitude was awful then say good-bye reagardless of who Dad is. Maybe politics played too large a role here.

[MrMustang1965]

Maybe politics played too large a role here.

And an $800,000 check.

[Ralph]

when June Jones came in he dropped a few players after the first season and some petitioned the school and won their scholarships back, whatever happened to them. Are they on the team, or on scholarship, in school, but not participating with the team. Are there other players this season who did not buy into the program that might see their scholarship not renewed. NLI is next month and what transpires will impact the 25 per year and 85 total. How is the graduation rate, the APR will modify the number of scholarships available.

[smupony94]

Suit alleges phone calls by James' father
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Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach, in a lawsuit filed against the school last week, alleges that wide receiver Adam James stormed out of the athletic offices yelling an expletive and slammed the outer door to the coaches' office so hard that it split and came off its hinges, causing approximately $1,100 in damage.

The alleged confrontation with the coaches took place after Leach and assistant coach Lincoln Riley had informed James that he was being demoted to third string.

Leach
Leach

The lawsuit, filed on Jan. 8, also details conversations and messages Leach alleges ESPN broadcaster (and Adam James' father) Craig James had or left with Texas Tech coaches about his son.

Leach was fired Dec. 30, just days before Texas Tech played in the Valero Alamo Bowl, after the family of James said he mistreated the player after he suffered a concussion, including placing him in a dark room by himself during practice. Leach had been suspended by the university the week prior to the game.

Among the details alleged in the lawsuit:

• In September, Craig James called assistant coach Tommy McVay "to tell him, in effect, that you coaches are crazy and you're screwing my kid."

James
James

• The same day that he made the call to McVay, Craig James left a message for Riley "stating, in effect, 'You don't know what you're doing. Adam James is the best player at the wide receiver position. ... If you've got the [blank] to call me back, and I don't think you do, call me back.' "

• During practices before the Valero Alamo Bowl, Adam James "told Coach [Bennie] Wylie that Wylie didn't know what he was doing and James' effort was just fine."

• Adam James "voluntarily placed himself into the electrical closet and apparently took pictures with his phone camera."

• Texas Tech President Guy Bailey advised Leach that he thought Chancellor Kent Hance was going to try to "railroad" Leach, because of a business relationship between James and Hance.

A statement recently released by the James family on Thursday read: "Since the James family is not a party to the lawsuit, we deem it inappropriate to discuss it."

Craig James, who was in Austin on Thursday for a speaking engagement, declined to comment on allegations by Leach that he lobbied for more playing time for his son.

"That's a matter that Texas Tech and the coach are dealing with right now and it would be inappropriate for me to say anything about it," said James, who said he thinks his son is handling the situation well.

"Adam has been able to endure this because of the love of his teammates," Craig James said. "His teammates know who Adam is, they've seen him practice for three years and they love him. That's the comfort we have as a a family ... he loves Texas Tech."

Court documents filed in the lawsuit -- which amended one filed on Dec. 29 seeking a temporary injunction to allow Leach to coach in the bowl game -- said statements from university administrators "were made intentionally" to harm Leach and expose him to financial harm.

"The mere allegation that a head football coach would mistreat a student athlete threatens that coach's reputation and prospects for future employment and exposes him to ridicule and contempt," Leach's attorney, Ted Liggett, said in the court filing.

Texas Tech spokeswoman Sally Post said last week that the school does not comment on pending litigation.

"We're confident that the facts in this matter speak for themselves," she said.

Information from ESPN college football reporter Joe Schad and The Associated Press is included in this report.

[RGV Pony]

"Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach, in a lawsuit filed against the school last week, alleges that wide receiver Adam James stormed out of the athletic offices yelling an expletive and slammed the outer door to the coaches' office so hard that it split and came off its hinges, causing approximately $1,100 in damage.

The alleged confrontation with the coaches took place after Leach and assistant coach Lincoln Riley had informed James that he was being demoted to third string"


As JJ says, kids should be p!ssed if they're not playing, feeling like they got screwed, whatever.

[EP Pony Fan]

An $1,100 door?

[huskerpony]

An $1,100 door?

[smusic 00]

I don't see how any of that is relevent to his lawsuit.

So one of my employees/customers/work relations is rude to me and doesn't respect me and I become insubordinate to my boss when confronted with my reaction to his behavior. My boss fires me and I sue him cause the guy really pissed me off.

[huskerpony]

I don't see how any of that is relevent to his lawsuit.

....because he is counting on the jury being made up of people from Lubbock?

[smusic 00]

I don't see how any of that is relevent to his lawsuit.

....because he is counting on the jury being made up of people from Lubbock?

exactly! but he'll need the judge on his side, too, otherwise this stuff gets tossed before anyone hears it.

[Stallion]

...or a judge worried about reelection if things don't die down. I think Lubbock is solidly Republican so he might not have to worry much-but some judges might be swayed when the County's biggest employer is involved

[jtstang]

Neither side may like what's left of the jury panel once they get all of the folks with ties to TT weeded out.

[Stallion]

imagine a wrongful termination lawsuit by Jimmy Johnson against Jerry Jones in Dallas County. A little bit of a stretch but Tech is the only game in town