Russia, Olympics, Gays – What Should We do?

The question is so stupid and the answer is so easy. I don’t even want to give this topic the energy to pontificate a long response. Here’s the solution:



You Go

You Win

You Shove it in their face

History will dictate who was right.



Every time, EVERY TIME, there’s a civil / human rights issue that comes up it’s always best to respectfully and gloriously protest. Whether it’s Germany in 1938 or Mexico City in 1968 the best way to enlighten the world and change minds is for the oppressed to go, participate against the odds and most importantly win. Documentaries are made about the bold; footnotes are for the silent boycotters.

A boycott may work on a local or financial level. The Olympics are not going to loose any money by gay athletes not participating. The only people who would loose out are the athletes who’ve worked their whole lives for this opportunity and the fans who want to see sport played at its pinnacle.

Another saying that I like is ‘history is written by the winners.’ You know why we don’t know much about the Mayan civilization? Because they’re all dead. Do we celebrate “white history month” and have statues erected of great slave owners and wave the flag of the south…ok, I see this isn’t the best example. If the Crusades of the Catholic Church hadn’t been some sort of successes (I hate to muddy civil / human rights with religion) but if the Crusades had been a gigantic failure, everyone had died and the Catholic / Christian word had not spread, I don’t think the Church would have its own country and be an influential part of current society. History books are not written by the losers of the war. Little children in Kansas aren’t using chopsticks to eat their sauerkraut sausages because we lost WWII.

Quickly, name every protestor who used a boycott to win over a global decision… You can’t. Does anyone remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar boycotting the 1968 Olympics? Or do you remember Tommie Smith and John Carlos? Who made the more historical impact? I’ll let you pick two of the three men. Did you pick the one who is arguably the best basketball player to ever live? Didn’t think so.

In sports the answer is easy. Show up and Win. There might not be a greater platform to have than to be the best athlete in your sport. Obama is only president for eight years. Michael Jordan will be Michael Jordan for the rest of his life. Lebron James and Tiger Woods will be forefront in people’s lives for the next 10 years. Even after Obama and the president after him, it’s likely we’ll still be talking about what James and Woods are doing and report on what they’re saying.

Fighting for equality is not easy. It’s hard and scary. If this was easy, you wouldn’t have to “fight” for your rights. If you’re two choices are to either boycott Russia because of their views on gays and gay rights or to go and participate in the games and win (let’s not forget, sometimes showing up to participate can be a win as well); I’m sorry, get off your gay ass and ride that rainbow to Sochi and do your best to win. You may not even have to say one word. Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Jesse Owens (before them) didn’t have to say a word to make the loudest noise.

When success becomes a problem. What a bad season for the Kentucky Wildcats means for their program.

I don’t proclaim to be the best college sports fan.  As with everyone, I root for jerseys in college sports.  It’s the nature of the beast.  Especially in basketball when players are one-and-done or leave anytime after their first year.  I don’t subscribe to ANY high school watching.  I never watched a Lebron high school game, sure I took note of this up and coming kid, but I just don’t believe in watching any nationally televised High School anything unless I have some personal interest or investment in that school. 

The closest thing that I may do is watch the All-American football or basketball games where it’s basically graduated / graduating seniors at an all star game where these are the kids that we’ll be seeing at the next level.  Most of my attention is to how each kid choose his school (again, not that I care because they often don’t turn out to be anything) and to see the family reactions.  I loved this kid on last years Underarmor football game, sitting with his whole family, the happiest day of his life, he’s thinking he’s making the best choice / announcement of his life and goes, “I’ll be playing for Alabama” then looking at his mother, let’s just say Momma wasn’t happy.  She wanted her baby boy to go to LSU (I could have the schools flipped, but it doesn’t matter).  When mom’s not happy, no one is happy.  I often wonder if he still went with his choice or had his mind changed.  Also, because I’m cynical of all these choices that are made by (or for, in most cases) these children, I wonder if the mom was pissed because one school was better than the other academically and knew that the reality of her son playing football was still just a dream and he should take advantage of the only thing that is truly given to these players (a free education) or was she more sold that going to her choice of school would insure that her son have a better chance to make it to the Pros?  Or she could have just been a big LSU Tiger’s fan.  Maybe LSU’s colors worked better her wardrobe.  What was most curious was that all the other family members agreed with the kid.  Mom was the ONLY one who didn’t want her son to go to Alabama?  Surely she knew ahead of time and you’d think the whole family would be together on this decision.  It’s not like USC vs Florida where he would be so far away she’d never see him.  I need to know more!  Other than that, I won’t spend two seconds of thought on High School CHILDREN. 

Having said all this, I know that colleges need to get their basketball players from somewhere.  You can’t just pluck them off the street courts via creepy old guy street agents who roam the parks and rec centers for young boys who are good at playing with balls (yes, I compared street agents to child molesters.  Come after me street agents.). 

Without getting into all the good, bad and ugly of the NBA’s age limits or the notion of one-and-dones and all the other bad parts of college sports, this is a thought about the problem Kentucky basketball is going to have in the wake of all of their recent success and the nature of their success.

For the past few years, Coach Calipari has done an excellent job of turning Kentucky into the best NBA factory.  For how much I despise how the kids are treated leading up and through the farce of college sports, I actually admire Coach Cal.  He’s performing his job within the boundaries of the NCAA and NBA rules (at least at Kentucky…and at least so far).  Not for a second do I believe when Coach Cal is listing the top 5, hell top 10, reasons to go to Kentucky basketball do the words, “you’ll graduate with a great education” ever pop up.  Maybe he slips up once or twice and HAS to say it, like you HAVE to say I love you to your girlfriend / wife when you leave the house.  Trust me, “later bitch” doesn’t have the same welcome when you come back home.  But I am sure he says, “Keep your nose clean, we’ll help you get through at least the first semester so you’re eligible.  Don’t worry, not every class at Kentucky is algebra or English lit, we have easy bullshit classes just like every other school.  If you work hard enough, you could be a lottery pick in the NBA. THAT I guarantee.”

This is all fine.  Again, I don’t blame Coach Cal.  He’s a great recruiter and a great coach.  He really does turn these kids into great players.  Here’s a list of players that were drafted to the NBA just since the 2008 NBA draft:

Derrick Rose

Joey Dorsey

Chris Douglas-Roberts

Tyreke Evans

Robert Dozier

John Wall

DeMarcus Cousins

Patrick Patterson

Eric Bledsoe

Daniel Orton

Enes Kanter

Brandon Knight

Josh Harrellson

DeAndre Liggins

Anthony Davis

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Terrence Jones

Marquis Teague

Doron Lamb

Darius Miller

That’s twenty (20) in … hold on…I’m counting my fingers…I think that’s what, 5 years?  20 players DRAFTED in just 5 years.  More impressive, is to look at their names.  These aren’t just lucky mid to late round picks.  You’ve got some of the best and future NBA All Stars.  Give me Rose, AD, Cousins, Bledsoe and MKG against any team made up of players drafted in the last 5 years.  You could make a second team up from the leftovers and almost make the playoffs.

Here’s the problem.  So far, in 2013, his kids aren’t that good.  Inherently, you’re going to have a year or two where the Wall’s and Rose’s of the world aren’t passing through.  Not every prospect fulfills their potential.  Not every NBA or NFL draft has Luck and RG3 waiting at the top of the list. 

On average it seems that Coach Cal is turning out 4 – 5 players to the NBA each year.  This leaves space for the next crop of all stars to come in to take their place.  The Kentucky team only has one (1) Senior and one (1) Grad Student.  Let’s just say one of them has 17 minutes of playing time so far this year.  Not average, but total.  If you’re getting regular playing time, you’ve gotten about 450 minutes so far this year.  My point being, with a 12 – 6 record, no one fears that this team will win the championship again.  Again, that’s fine.  That’s the way it should be. 

What about next year?  There’s a whole graduating class of High School Seniors that have their dreams of going to the NBA and a handful of really talented ones want to go to Kentucky, knowing that’s the school and coach that will help get them to the NBA.  But let’s assume that only one player leaves this Kentucky team early.  Assuming the Sr and GS students leave as well, that’s only 3 open spots. 

With the success that Coach Cal has created and the drive that kids have to get to the NBA as fast as they can, I’m sure there are more than 3 five-star recruits looking to join the team next year.  So what do you do if you’re Coach Cal?  My heart tells me he’s a good man and he’s not going to kick off a sophomore or junior that’s working their tails off and getting good enough grades to stay eligible.  However, say you’ve got a group of kids that consists of the next Rose / Wall and AD / Cousins and MKG?  How does he make that decision of who he wants and who will have to “rough it” at North Carolina or Kansas or UCLA (or god please, SDSU)? 

This year Coach Cal has constantly, and correctly, said that this team needs time to gel and learn to play together.  Last year’s team was special.  A group of mainly freshmen and sophomores don’t usually learn to play so well together and unselfishly in just a few months.  What if this team and these players need another year?  Or worse, TWO?

Will the NBA factory dry up for a few years?  I have no doubt that if you give Coach Cal even B+ players, over time he’ll turn the group into a solid title contending team.  But that’s not the job Coach Cal has.  He’s supposed to turn out players each year to the NBA.  He’s supposed to be making final fours and “get these kids the fuck out” (my best Eddie Murphy’s drunk father standup voice).  What if that’s not the case for a few years.  What will the Kentucky brand look like?  An actual college athletic program?  It’s, almost, unthinkable.   Maybe Kentucky will only get one new Rose or AD per year.  Maybe they’ll have to be like…DUKE?!  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.  “I don’t wanna graduate my students, you can’t make me” a manic Coach Cal screams as he’s curled up in some dark hallway in Rupp Arena. 

In the end, all these kids will be fine.  In fact, this could be the best thing for some of the Kentucky players.  Every year, EVERY YEAR, too many kids think they’re ready for the NBA and leave college early to try and make it in the Pros.  Most of them never realize their dreams of fame, fortune and championships.  They’d be better served staying in college.  There are also plenty of other fine colleges that will get who Kentucky can’t and have the coaches to make them into top NBA prospects.  They’ll most likely be one-and-done regardless of the college they go to.  You have to admit; having the Coach Cal label slapped on you sure helps put more eyes on you and gives you the benefit of the doubt.  Would Cousins still be seen as having great potential if not for his time at Kentucky and Coach Cal’s blessing.

Success in the college world is so fleeting for the schools and especially for the players.  That’s why it’s so rare to have schools and coaches that are successful for years, multiple classes, generations or decades.  Syracuse, Duke, UCLA, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas and Indiana are such rarities that we don’t often take a step back and see what true success is.  It’s not just one class of freshmen.  We should be judging them on more than the last two years. 

Unfortunately when you’re seen as the NBA factory, you’re success is not just winning but how fast you can churn out winners, mold these talented but raw kids and move them on.  I wonder if Kentucky looses in the 2^nd round of the NCAA tournament a few consecutive years because they’ve been “saddled” with this crop of players for a few years, will Coach Cal still be seen as having success?  His version of success is a lot different than all the other coaches in the NCAA.

Then again, these are good problems to have.   

Peyton's Power

Wanna see what true power is? Look no further than Peyton Manning.

Yes, it’s sad to see him leave the Colts. I don’t know why but it was. He’s not retiring or dead. Both team and player will go on but for a player and owner to put up such a classy divorce is very rare. We all know this was a business decision that was only made because of a hundred rare occurrences had to take place, but a business decision none the less. Here are just a few things that ALL had to happen to lead up to the Colts cutting Manning:

Andrew Luck comes out for the draft in 2012
Manning has not 1, 2, 3 but FOUR neck surgeries
Manning misses an entire season, which before that he played 14 years and never missed a game
The Colts lost 2 games. Winning 1 more would have knocked them out of the first slot in the draft.
For the first time in 9 years I believe they won less than 10 games. You’d think a team like that could at least win 3 games with a backup QB?
Manning just signed a new contract prior to last year which included a $28 MILLION bonus if still on the team March 9th
Only a grainy cell phone video has come out of Manning passing, no other proof he can play let alone throw a football
Almost all of Manning’s “friends” on the team where in their final year as well, i.e. Saturday and Wayne
No other team in the league, Cleveland / Miami / Jacksonville / St. Louis / Seattle / Minnesota, (just to name a few horrible teams) couldn’t have lost more games than a recent Superbowl champion

It’s such a confluence of events that is almost unbelievable. But they all happened and more, which led the Colts to decide on cleaning house and moving forward to a new era in team history.

As I said, Manning is not dead. By all accounts he’s ready, willing and able to play again. This has made him into the most coveted free agent in NFL history. I can probably only think of 5 – 10 teams that shouldn’t blow up their current roster to get this guy and give him everything he wants. From offensive player selection, signing free agents, whom to draft, what coaches he wants and the plays that he feels comfortable with. As head coach, you basically have become a glorified defensive coordinator. Let Manning be Manning if you’re going to let a man, who will be carried into the Hall of Fame, cook the meal than let him shop for the groceries. Done deal. Even if you think you have a potential QB, you don’t…. Unless you have a QB with the name Brees, Manning, Brady or Rogers; you don’t have a QB as far as this is concerned. I know Stafford and Newton look good. I know teams have invested tons of money into first, second and back up’s waiting for their chance QB’s but forget all that. this is Peyton Manning who could be still in his prime who’s had a years rest. If he can play, you do whatever it takes to get him. Because at this point, you don’t have to give up anything in a trade, it’s just money. Unlike in other sports, the NFL is printing money right now. It’s not just the big markets, it’s every NFL team. So spend some of this money and immediately turn your franchise into a Superbowl contender.

This is what true power is. What’s crazier is that the earlier that Manning decides where he wants to play the more power he’ll have; over the draft and free agent signings. If he waited a month, teams would have already made some of these key decisions. But the sooner Manning finds a home the more control / say the team will be able to give him.

Manning is also the biggest domino to fall. He affects every free agent QB. He will affect what ever team he goes to current QB situation (Smith, Kolb, Schaub all frozen in fear). He will affect how and what position players teams are going to draft. Manning is truly the first domino.

It’s hard to come up with words that have not already been said about this process. For one of the first times that I can remember, this is the most power that any one player has had over any sport. The next few days should be completely fascinating. Then the repercussions of Manning’s decision will also be fun to watch.

What’s wrong with the heat, from a champion’s view.

Ok, I’m not a champion basketball player. I’ve never made it past high school in my illustrious career. I did spent a few years as a decent street baller when I got out of high school and was really working out. Keep in mind I was captain of my high school team, even thought we lost all but one game my final season. Never the less, I’d say I know a little about the game. I’ve studied it and maybe if the chips fell differently in my life I could have played at the collegiate level. The one thing that made up for in any lack of skill was that I knew the game. I’d spend off time sketching out plays and trying to figure out what match-ups where going to be most efficient. I still watch the game and can pick up an offense or defensive strategy fairly easily. Again, I’m not anywhere close to a coach or scout or anything that would make me official but I’m no just some schlub that say, Kobe should shot more and the Lakers would never loose.

Getting that out of the way is part of what baffles me about the Heat. People are coming down on the Heat like the world is coming to the end. The first thing I would say is that it hasn’t been a full season. These are superstars trying to fit together. Although you’d think it would be opposite, it’s much harder for Alpha dogs to get along and figure out there role as would it be if you got four talented 2nd or 3rd tier players that came in knowing what they needed to do. I do believe this is humbling for all three of these guys. First Bosh got the heat (maybe pun intended ) for not being a “star” like LeBron or Wade. Now it’s the big two that are really feeling it. Now Coach Spo is REALLY feeling it.

Put this in a vacuum. This is their first year playing together. You can see the egos on their faces being confused to why they aren’t winning. It’s not mad. It’s not disappointment. It’s confussion. They don’t know why this is happening. Which almost makes me feel sorry for them, except they asked for all of this.

I have a question. There 30 teams in the NBA now? Why only 3 – 5 teams really make it possible to even get two of these players to come to their city? Let’s face it, we saw Donnie Walsh clear what might have been the worst possible situation into something that would have allowed at least 2 max contracts. Why didn’t every team except the Lakers and Celtics do the same thing? If getting just two of these players would instantly mean championships, and there was also a very good chance that Bosh could be worked in, why didn’t more teams jump?

Because smart basketball people know that it’s not always the best “talent” that you put on the court the one who wins. In a book that Jordan wrote, he said he’d rather go out there with four guys that new the game and new their roles than ever to be joined with another superstar. Granted Jordan’s ego might have something to do with that statement but it’s never been more true. Look at all the championship teams they had. Jordan needed Pippen. But if Pippen didn’t have the personality or didn’t recognize Jordan’s greatness none of this would have worked. The where the first team without a real point guard and without a superstar center to win multiple championships. But that doesn’t mean that the players that they had where from the free agent scrap heap to at least fill up a 12 man roster. Cartwright, Armstrong, Grant, Paxson, Perdue, King just to name a few from the first run. Then by the end you had players like Harper, Kerr, Kukoc, Rodman, Wennington and Longley. I was a huge fan of the Jordan Bulls so I knew all these guys. None of them would jump off the page but they where all talented, all knew their roles and where all slapped on the ass by Jordan and pushed by Pippen and zen’d by Jackson.

All championship teams need their role players and need good ones. More importantly they needed their stars to know their roles. The great Celtic teams now and then know this. The Laker teams have known this. Do you think that Rambis ever aspired to be better than Magic? No. He would do what 100 other players wouldn’t and it was all for the betterment of the team. If not for the loss of Perkins last year would the Lakers have won the championship? If the Celts had ANYONE that could fill the void at center maybe they win game 7?

Why didn’t the bulls clear off more space to get all three of these guys? They had the pieces to trade and dump salaries. Even if you had to get rid of Rose, you’re getting 3 top 10 players in the league right? Why not give up on superstar for 3? Because 3 superstars don’t always make a good team. Why didn’t Portland blow up all the young talent they have to bring these guys over here to the west? Why didn’t San Antonio get rid of their aging superstars and replace them with this trifecta of talent? Why didn’t the Thunder take apart their team to bring in these superstars? Because they have a TEAM not just a few all stars that can run up and down the court and destroy the bottom dwellers of the league.

I’ve been hearing a lot of criticism about Bosh lately. I don’t think it’s his problem. He’s not the one that’s been causing these recent defeats. In fact if I where going to make the decision to get rid of one of the three it wouldn’t be Bosh. Bosh is their forward / center presence. The problem is LeBron and Wade. This isn’t an all star team league. Not every game is run and gun and whoever scores last wins. It was fine when they got their sea legs and where able to rattle off a few victories by playing good / fun street ball. But now you’re seeing the real season start. March and April where teams are locking down playoff positions and actually playing like they care, notice the Lakers (who where on the brink of collapsing) have run off 7 straight wins against all types of teams, most notably the Spurs last night.

LeBron and Wade play the same position and need the same things. What’s worse is neither seems to want to tell the other, no this is my shot!! They’re still playing as friends and don’t want to offend the other. James might be the greatest player right now. All around, I take him first no questions asked. He does everything, except make that last shot. Why do you think Kobe is the most feared player in the league. He’s not close to the athletic player he once was when he was winning dunk contests. He’s not even the best team player consistently and always need Phil to remind him what it takes to win. The reason no one wants to play the Lakers is because in the last few minutes of a game, Kobe will kill you. You know he’s getting the ball and you know you’ve got a very good chance of him finding a way to score (and possibly get a key assist). He’s a winner. Love him or hate him, he’s a winner. I hate to use that term today because Charlie Sheen has seemed to change the meaning of that, FYI great SNL weekend update this week.

Wade has that. We’ve seen it in the playoffs when they won their championship and the year before when he was a star on the rise. For all of LeBron’s greatness and eventually he’s hold all the records for scoring and wins and rebounds and assists or whatever he sets his mind to, what he may not be able to win is a championship. That’s not something you can just say, yeah I’m going to that this year.

My opinon is you trade Wade or LeBron and fill the rest of the team up with defensive stoppers a knock down shooter AND most importantly a point guard. You’re now in the East where you’re going to go up against Williams, Rondo, Billups and the MVP Rose. At the moment they have no one to stop or even slow down a #1 point guard.

Celtic and Laker length can kill them but it’s not something that their speed couldn’t offset. The Heat’s pure athleticism will offset the length in a well played game where they can keep the tempo up. But where they can’t hide their faults is in the point guard position. Even if the Lakers don’t have a true point guard, they haven’t in 5 championships seasons. They make due and with Phil coaching them they can seem to manage. But the Heat haven’t proven that they can do that. We give the Lakers the benefit of the doubt when they trot, even drag there asses around for the first two thirds of the season we’ve seen them turn it on. Shit, they’ve played 100 plus games for the past 4 years. Not even the Bulls did that because Jordan took those two years off. I dare say if the Lakers could three-peat that would be an even bigger monument to their ablity since they’ve had to endure a loosing finals experience at the beginning of their run (not to mention Kobe and Gasol being in the Olympics in 2008).

I don’t hate the Heat. I think it’s great to have a villainous team in the league and I wish they owned up to it more. Just be like yeah, we did what we did and we’re going kick your ass. That’s what takes a game to higher levels. But when I watch them play, I see LeBron and Wade getting in each other’s way more often than I see them knowing what is going on. Maybe it’s coach Spo. I have a feeling that it’s just hard to get kids that have been told all their life, they are the man; now differ to this other guy. What’s worse is that they like each other. So they’re each trying to be nice. If they hated each other they’d probably do better because they’d each want to prove why they want to take the last shot. At the moment they seem confused. LeBron, who’s never been the greatest last shot taker, is hoisting up 3’s while Wade is open on the wing?

The problem with the Heat is the same problem that a lot of failing corporations have. They have too many people that may be great but they’re all trying to do the same job. And because they both make a lot of money, there isn’t enough left to fill up the rest of the company with quality workers.

Congrats Saints

OK, I was totally wrong about every part of my Superbowl pics.

It was strange because I really did want Peyton Manning to win another SB, but I can't say I'm upset that the Saints won. They've shown that they know how to party.

Whether or not it's true that the Saints bring the city of New Orleans together and gives them hope is a real question of mine. Sure it's great but it doesn't build houses and doesn't pave roads. Even if it brings one business back or makes one person feel better, than I guess that's a good thing for a city that's been through so much and has so much culture.

So go Saints. And let's hope the Colts can make another run for the championship next year. If I'm not wrong, I believe the SB will be held in Indy next year or the following year. Now that's something that I've always wanted to see. A Superbowl where one of the teams has a true home field advantage.

Early pic for SB

Here's the Bear's pic.

Colts 35 - Saints 24.

This could be a shoot out. So if anything I'd bet the over.

I never like that one team is talked about more than the other. It seems everyone is jumping on the Colts band wagon, more than that the Peyton Manning wagon. Let's not forget that the Saints are not to be overlooked offensively. They can match the Colts score for score. If the Saints get just 2 or 3 turnovers defensively I think they could win.

I don't think the final score will be close either way. If you like one team or another, pick that team and forget the points. We're talking about teams putting up 7's so I'm guessing that one of teams will win by more than 7 points. Specifically, the Colts will win by more than the line and if you like the Saints take the points.

This game smacks of scoring (so it'll probably be 13 to 10 :) ). Realistically, this should be a shoot out. Both teams are very good at moving the ball. The Saints give up a lot of yards and rely on turnovers, so if the Colts don't turn it over, they'll be putting up lots of points.

Good luck to all.

Take the NFC to win the coin toss. Believe it or not I think they've won for 12 straight years? And take the under on the amount of times they show Kim K in the stands. This is football, they'll only show her 2 or 3 times depending on if Bush does well.

Texas Tech vs. Leach

I find it hard to believe that things at TT are so bad and have been that they are really firing the biggest name in their history. Sure they had Bobby Knight but he wasn't what Mike Leach was.

I'm not going to pretend like I know what went on between Tech officials and Leach or Leach and the football staff and the players but I do know success. Leach had been slowly putting Tech on the map for the past 10 years (I think that's how long). No one knew about or care what Texas Tech did in football not to long ago. Then you started to see these shootouts. Then in the last few years they where contenders for the Big 12. Now it's not unrealistic to think that Tech could soon challenge Texas for the top dog of the Big 12 or via for a BCS bid.

There has to be something more to this story because not only did Leach bring attention, wins and, by the way, education (Tech ranked high on graduation rate for it's players) but most importantly for schools MONEY; to just throw him out? And they're still going to have to pay him at the very least about 2.5 million if not more.

Unless something comes out that's totally insane, I guarantee Mike Leach will be the head coach somewhere very soon. It might be a little late for this year but definitly by next year, he'll be at an even better job. Worse is what the NCAA is going to do (or not do) to the current football players. If they choose to follow Leach or just go elsewhere, they'll have to sit out a year. I don't see another coach being able to come in and run the same crazy system Leach did. So the parts aren't there to have a winning team for the next coach. Basically Tech is screwed for the next 3 - 4 years. All because a kid was put in a shed.

Again, I don't know what's true and what's not. But it doesn't seem like anyone is going to win EXCEPT for Leach who will move on. I really don't know the point of this post because like the situation it's very cloudy on who's right and wrong. Leach will move on and get paid, the kids that are at Tech now will suffer, the school will suffer, the students will suffer... oh and did I forget to mention, not a year ago Leach signed a new contract?

I guess the point is, that once again, a school doesn't take a learning opportunity and use it for good but instead screws everything up. Whether it's because of money or administrative pride, I'm getting sick of college football for everything non football related. If Leach was so horrible to this kid, don't you think they could teach him a better lesson by educating him and the world on how to treat injured players who have concussions? Or if there is some sort of dissagreement between Leach and the administration, why sign him to a multi-million dollar / multi-year deal at the end of last season?

I just don't know what to make of this one. I just know that everyone, including us fans, are loosing out and no one really knows why.