DMN: Blog: A&M's Sherman: 'Leach in no position to comment' about McGee
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Visit both team's boards for any considerable amount of time and it becomes pretty obvious to an unbiased observer that both groups of fans are very obsessed with one another. Any tiny snip of news about one school inevitably winds up with a multiple page thread on the opposite school's forum. Horns say that the Sooners are their main rival, but their actions indicate otherwise.jimmy40;2755548 said:
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Tech is upset because they have no real rival. Texas has OU and A&M. A&M has Texas. Tech is that third wheel that has a couple of years of success and claims to be better than everyone.Aikbach;2754145 said:
Tech has no real historical rival. They are trying to create one.
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mv09;2758037 said:
A&M's period from 84-94 was the biggest and only domination between the two teams that ever happened. They went 10-1 I believe and that one 1 Texas win was in 1990. Besides that, Texas has basically dominated the series and I don't think that changes anytime soon. With the history of both programs, Texas has much more in common with OU than they do with A&M. A&M does not touch Texas success. However, they are rivals. Just that Texas number ONE rival is OU and always has been OU. There is mutual hatred between the two while there is mutual respect between Texas and A&M. Now A&M and Tech is where you see mutual hate but the A&M fans do not want to acknowledge it for some reason.
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lol Leach responds
Leach shocked by Aggie outrage over draft comments
April 29, 2009 · Print This Article
BY DON WILLIAMS l AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Mike Leach signed his new contract two months ago and ended spring practice a week ago, yet the Texas Tech coach wandered into the headlines again this week in what’s supposed to be down time.
Leach said Wednesday he’s shocked that a comment he made about Texas A&M’s Stephen McGee stirred up a hornet’s nest in College Station.
“The remarkable thing is, all my life I’ve never been upset with the Aggies one time,” Leach said. “They get upset with me anywhere from every four to six months. However, of all the times they’ve gotten upset with me, our fans or anything I’ve ever said, it takes a heck of a detective to find something offensive in what I had to say about the draft.”
Sunday, after the Dallas Cowboys took the former A&M quarterback with the first pick in the fourth round, Leach told a reporter from The Dallas Morning News, “I’m happy for Stephen McGee. The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did.”
That perturbed A&M coach Mike Sherman, who addressed the issue each of the next two days. On Wednesday, Leach said he can’t see what the big deal is.
“I never questioned the handling of the (A&M) players in any way and have always expressed the utmost respect for their coaching staff,” Leach told The Avalanche-Journal.
“I’ve always said that it is truly exciting to play Texas A&M - the quality of coaches they have, the great team and great tradition and, above all, the quality of players they have,” Leach continued. “I’ve always known A&M had great players. The fact that they have the luxury to put a third- or fourth-round draft pick on the bench, to me, identifies what a truly great team they are.
“It’s an honor for us at Texas Tech to have the opportunity to play them. There are numerous players on our team that will never get a look or play a down in the NFL, so you can imagine how exciting it is for me and them to go play a team the magnitude of Texas A&M and look over there on the bench and see third- and fourth-round draft picks.”
Leach has been a burr under Aggie saddles. His teams have beaten A&M seven times in the last eight years, extending Tech’s recent dominance to 11-3 in the series since 1995. Leach has mixed praise for A&M and its traditions with his wry humor.
After a narrow victory in College Station in 2006, he said, “Glad we got out of here with a win. This is a tough place to do it. Once in a while, a pirate can beat a soldier, you know?”
That was a reference to his self-styled team of pirates and A&M’s Corps of Cadets.
On Monday, in the Austin American-Statesman, Sherman responded that McGee was the Aggies’ starter until he got injured last year. McGee, who started three games as a senior, said he was hurt, not benched, as some believed. Sherman went on to say that Leach had no place commenting on Sherman’s relationship with McGee.
On Tuesday, Leach said he was sorry if Aggies were offended, but didn’t apologize. He then wondered aloud where Sherman thought McGee should have been drafted, given Sherman’s background as an NFL head coach.
Apparently, that prompted Sherman to release a statement sent out late Tuesday through A&M’s sports information office.
In it, Sherman said: “There is nothing Mike Leach could ever say that would offend me. I do find it unfortunate, however, that a college coach feels the need to question the handling of a player by a staff particularly without any knowledge of the facts or the extent of a player’s injury. It is equally bothersome that a football coach would question the draft status of a player. This doesn’t make any sense to me.”
Sherman added that, numerous times before the draft, he said McGee figured to be a late third- or early fourth-round pick - right where the Cowboys took him.
Leach said he was surprised the tempest had drawn as much attention as it had over several days.
“How can anyone not be shocked that they’re offended by this?” Leach told The A-J. “How is that possible? I mean, they’re the ones that keep issuing these official statements. I haven’t issued any official statement. I just answer questions when somebody asks me one.”
http://www.redraiders.com/2009/04/29/leach-puzzled-by-controversy-with-aggies/
Leach shocked by Aggie outrage over draft comments
April 29, 2009 · Print This Article
BY DON WILLIAMS l AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Mike Leach signed his new contract two months ago and ended spring practice a week ago, yet the Texas Tech coach wandered into the headlines again this week in what’s supposed to be down time.
Leach said Wednesday he’s shocked that a comment he made about Texas A&M’s Stephen McGee stirred up a hornet’s nest in College Station.
“The remarkable thing is, all my life I’ve never been upset with the Aggies one time,” Leach said. “They get upset with me anywhere from every four to six months. However, of all the times they’ve gotten upset with me, our fans or anything I’ve ever said, it takes a heck of a detective to find something offensive in what I had to say about the draft.”
Sunday, after the Dallas Cowboys took the former A&M quarterback with the first pick in the fourth round, Leach told a reporter from The Dallas Morning News, “I’m happy for Stephen McGee. The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did.”
That perturbed A&M coach Mike Sherman, who addressed the issue each of the next two days. On Wednesday, Leach said he can’t see what the big deal is.
“I never questioned the handling of the (A&M) players in any way and have always expressed the utmost respect for their coaching staff,” Leach told The Avalanche-Journal.
“I’ve always said that it is truly exciting to play Texas A&M - the quality of coaches they have, the great team and great tradition and, above all, the quality of players they have,” Leach continued. “I’ve always known A&M had great players. The fact that they have the luxury to put a third- or fourth-round draft pick on the bench, to me, identifies what a truly great team they are.
“It’s an honor for us at Texas Tech to have the opportunity to play them. There are numerous players on our team that will never get a look or play a down in the NFL, so you can imagine how exciting it is for me and them to go play a team the magnitude of Texas A&M and look over there on the bench and see third- and fourth-round draft picks.”
Leach has been a burr under Aggie saddles. His teams have beaten A&M seven times in the last eight years, extending Tech’s recent dominance to 11-3 in the series since 1995. Leach has mixed praise for A&M and its traditions with his wry humor.
After a narrow victory in College Station in 2006, he said, “Glad we got out of here with a win. This is a tough place to do it. Once in a while, a pirate can beat a soldier, you know?”
That was a reference to his self-styled team of pirates and A&M’s Corps of Cadets.
On Monday, in the Austin American-Statesman, Sherman responded that McGee was the Aggies’ starter until he got injured last year. McGee, who started three games as a senior, said he was hurt, not benched, as some believed. Sherman went on to say that Leach had no place commenting on Sherman’s relationship with McGee.
On Tuesday, Leach said he was sorry if Aggies were offended, but didn’t apologize. He then wondered aloud where Sherman thought McGee should have been drafted, given Sherman’s background as an NFL head coach.
Apparently, that prompted Sherman to release a statement sent out late Tuesday through A&M’s sports information office.
In it, Sherman said: “There is nothing Mike Leach could ever say that would offend me. I do find it unfortunate, however, that a college coach feels the need to question the handling of a player by a staff particularly without any knowledge of the facts or the extent of a player’s injury. It is equally bothersome that a football coach would question the draft status of a player. This doesn’t make any sense to me.”
Sherman added that, numerous times before the draft, he said McGee figured to be a late third- or early fourth-round pick - right where the Cowboys took him.
Leach said he was surprised the tempest had drawn as much attention as it had over several days.
“How can anyone not be shocked that they’re offended by this?” Leach told The A-J. “How is that possible? I mean, they’re the ones that keep issuing these official statements. I haven’t issued any official statement. I just answer questions when somebody asks me one.”
http://www.redraiders.com/2009/04/29/leach-puzzled-by-controversy-with-aggies/
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@ Leach. That is hilarious.
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He is an arse, but he is amusing.
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Leach is gold.
He doesn't talk, act, dress, design plays, or coach, like most and that's a good thing. So many of these coaches are worried to death about their image and are frightened to try anything different.
New York Times Magazine had a beautiful article about him three years ago. He looks at things differently than most coaches -- no preconcieved notions, none of this, "that's the way it's always been done."
I have a friend that used to work at A&M (high up in the Athletic Department). This stuff cracks him up because the people at A&M don't know what to make of the guy. Here comes a guy from Cody, Wyoming, who gets a law degree from Pepperdine, never played college football, but studies what everyone else is doing (and asks himself why), comes up with a plan, works his way up, gets the perfect head coaching job for himself, then beats a traditional powerhouse like A&M seven out of eight times with many players A&M wouldn't even consider recruiting.
I guess I like how he never takes himself seriously. When I watch these other coaches, all I see is worry. When I see Leach, he hasn't a care in the world. :laugh2:
He doesn't talk, act, dress, design plays, or coach, like most and that's a good thing. So many of these coaches are worried to death about their image and are frightened to try anything different.
New York Times Magazine had a beautiful article about him three years ago. He looks at things differently than most coaches -- no preconcieved notions, none of this, "that's the way it's always been done."
I have a friend that used to work at A&M (high up in the Athletic Department). This stuff cracks him up because the people at A&M don't know what to make of the guy. Here comes a guy from Cody, Wyoming, who gets a law degree from Pepperdine, never played college football, but studies what everyone else is doing (and asks himself why), comes up with a plan, works his way up, gets the perfect head coaching job for himself, then beats a traditional powerhouse like A&M seven out of eight times with many players A&M wouldn't even consider recruiting.
I guess I like how he never takes himself seriously. When I watch these other coaches, all I see is worry. When I see Leach, he hasn't a care in the world. :laugh2: