Simulated Gameday Experience

From the annals of the truly bizarre comes Mike Leach’s termination, effective immediately. Leach is a bit of a character in his own right; as I’m writing this I’m half-staring at a pirate flag across the street, which is doing nothing but reminding me of Leach and his fascination with pirates. That, along with a prolific passing offense and tendency to act a bit bizarre at times (sometimes that qualifies as understatement), is why we’ve heard of Leach.

That, not coincidentally, is why he ended up getting canned. On some level, this came down to a he-said he-said argument; Adam James (and, by extension, Craig James, and, by extension, his employer ESPN, albeit acting as a platform only and not with any sort of agenda – would’ve made it a wee bit awkward had James gone through with broadcasting the Alamo Bowl, which TTU is a part of) assert that Leach treated him unfairly while he was injured. Leach, of course, denies this, although he does assert that he did take disciplinary action. I’m not going to get into all the details here. What’s important right now are two factors:

- Mike Leach is now available as a coach, at least in theory

- Texas Tech brass, Leach, and possibly the James family are about to get embroiled in one heck of a legal mess

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