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A&M's Sherman: 'Leach in no position to comment' about McGee

5:00 PM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Brian Davis

New Cowboys quarterback Stephen McGee was stunned to read comments from Texas Tech coach Mike Leach that blasted the current Texas A&M coaching staff.

A&M coach Mike Sherman wasn't particularly pleased, either.

"I don't understand Coach Leach's comments about Stephen McGee," Sherman said Monday. "He was named our starter until he got injured. I've always believed in Stephen's character and I've always believed in his talent, and I always will. I see him having an outstanding NFL career.

"Coach Leach is in no position to comment about my relationship with Stephen McGee."

Leach has a history of needling the Aggies. He was quoted Monday in The News saying he was happy for McGee, who was the first pick in the fourth round.

"The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did," Leach said Sunday. He could not be reached immediately on Monday.

McGee, a coach's son known for keeping his cool, bristled at that idea. He said Sherman and former coach Dennis Franchione played a huge role in his life and helped him become the NFL draftee he is today.

"I don't know where that comment came from or who it was directed at," McGee said. "But I am shocked because my time at A&M was very special to me. Obviously I got injured, and many people think that Coach Sherman benched me. That's just not true.

"If I had a son today and he was a college quarterback, I would send him to Coach Sherman or Coach Fran without any doubt, without any question, first and foremost.

"My time at A&M had some ups and downs, bumps and bruises. But I am so thankful for the time and proud to be an Aggie."

 

[28 Joker]

The dude thinks he's a pirate.

 

[ZB9]

Ha I love it

TAMU v. TTech is turning into quite a rivalry...should be fun to watch this upcoming season

 

[speedkilz88]

Leach really did come off as an arse with that comment.

 

[Doomsday]

Im still trying to figure out why we wasted a 4th round pick on a guy that has no shot to beat out MB, FJ or TC. Head scratcher and a waste of a pick if you ask me. He must be a good special teams player.

 

[dadymat]

Im still trying to figure out why we wasted a 4th round pick on a guy that has no shot to beat out MB, FJ or TC. Head scratcher and a waste of a pick if you ask me. He must be a good special teams player.

im still trying to figure out what you are talking about....why would a QB need to beat out MB3...TC...or Felix .

 

[StylisticS]

Leach really did come off as an arse with that comment.

In other words, Leach was being Leach.

 

[speedkilz88]

Im still trying to figure out why we wasted a 4th round pick on a guy that has no shot to beat out MB, FJ or TC. Head scratcher and a waste of a pick if you ask me. He must be a good special teams player.

Can we open up a shortbus zone for this guy?

 

[suspenceman]

He's referring to the Wildcat play

 

[Stash]

He's referring to the Wildcat play

OK.

Why is he referring to the Wildcat play?

 

[Dawgs0916]

I love me some Mike Leach

 

[Aikbach]

Ha I love it

TAMU v. TTech is turning into quite a rivalry...should be fun to watch this upcoming season

A rivalry? Tech owns A&M, hell, Baylor currently owns A&M.

 

[Dawgs0916]

A rivalry? Tech owns A&M, hell, Baylor currently owns A&M.

Tech just owns them because we're the superior team...Baylor is no laughingstock though....apparently you haven't been introduced to the new phenom...

 

[ZB9]

A rivalry? Tech owns A&M, hell, Baylor currently owns A&M.

Ha true...good point...Tech has won quite a few in a row against the aggys. However, it can still be a rivalry. When Texas won 6 straight against TAMU it was still a rivalry

but Texas is going to own both of them this year anyway

 

[Dawgs0916]

Ha true...good point...Tech has won quite a few in a row against the aggys. However, it can still be a rivalry. When Texas won 6 straight against TAMU it was still a rivalry

but Texas is going to own both of them this year anyway

sadly...i am resigned to this fact.

 

[silver]

Leach shouldn't talk, after all he didn't get Harrell drafted despite all the hoopla.

 

[Chief]

A rivalry? Tech owns A&M, hell, Baylor currently owns A&M.

That's what I was thinking when I read that.

 

[Ren]

Tech just owns them because we're the superior team...Baylor is no laughingstock though....apparently you haven't been introduced to the new phenom...

put a half decent team around Griffin and Baylor might just make a Bowl game this season

 

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Dennis Dodd
Dodds and Ends

Mike Leach's rich NFL quarterback history
Posted on: April 28, 2009 12:01 pm
Edited on: April 28, 2009 12:02 pmScore: 138Log-in to rate:Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate:

There's a reason for the NFL draft. There are millions of dollars spent on evaluation, scouting, the combine etc.

What's the old saying? If you can play, the NFL will find you.

The NFL didn't find Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell. We're talking about a league that has put shoulder pads on everyone from former track stars to Australians to Sage Rosenfels. There are not many athletes who can play who the league misses. That's why Mike Leach looks dumb -- again.

Leach went a little nuts on Monday. Doyel went a little Leach on Tuesday wondering why Harrell didn't get drafted. Whatever. Now I'm here to tell you why Harrell isn't the only one who was "overlooked" (see below).

The Mouth That Bored (Leach, not Doyel) blasted the NFL, Texas A&M, the Cleveland Browns and anyone else who was close Monday for dissing his quarterback. The nation's leading passer was not drafted while Texas A&M back up Stephen McGee was taken by Dallas.

"I'm happy for Stephen McGee," Leach told the Dallas Morning News. "The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did."

Classy.

"The truth of the matter is that the NFL drafts quarterbacks notoriously bad," Leach added, "That's indisputable."

That's interesting, Mike, since you just shot down your own argument. Had Harrell been drafted would that have made him part of the "notoriously bad" NFL drafting practices? For a coach whose program hasn't had much of a draft history, it's hard to take Leach seriously. Until receiver Michael Crabtree was taken in the first round on Saturday, Texas Tech hadn't had a player taken higher than the fourth round under Leach.

If the NFL doesn't know talent, then the NFL might make the argument that Mike Leach doesn't know how to produce talent. There are only four currently active players drafted from Texas Tech in the NFL since the 2003 draft, according to NFL.com. Four out of 11 drafted. None of them are quarterbacks. Oh, and did I mention that for the first time during his stay in Lubbock, Leach did not have a player drafted in 2008.

Yeah, sure, must be the NFL's fault.

This isn't the first time Leach has overshadowed his shotgun by shooting off his mouth. During the offseason he also ripped the NFL for downgrading Harrell for playing in the gun. Harrell will get his chance. He is going to camp with the Browns, the coach of which Leach also ripped for allegedly badmouthing Crabtree. So which is it, Mike? Is Eric Mangini brilliant for taking Harrell or not so much for criticizing your receiver?

We'll see what happens but I can't recall many free-agent quarterbacks doing much other than carrying clipboards -- if that.

Leach continues to do his players a disservice. Tell me one way that Texas Tech players are helped by their coach's rant. Leach already hides his stars from the media. I'm not going to say his restrictive media policies keep his players from getting drafted. I'll just go back to a quote from Wake Forest linebacker Stanley Arnoux that I used in Monday's story.

"He brought scouts in," Arnoux said of teammate Aaron Curry, the fourth-player taken. "When the NFL teams turned on film, all the rest of us guys flashed across the screen making some big plays, too."

Then I'll just sit back and let Leach make the case against himself.

"Michael Crabtree has been more successful as a receiver than that guy has as a coach," Leach said of Mangini.

"Michael isn't a diva. He's too shy to be like that. My definition of a diva is someone who's loud and self-absorbed. Michael is the furthest thing from loud that I've seen."

Loud and self-absorbed? Look in the mirror, coach.



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