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Some data on Leach's Agent

O' Hagan article

Even if you haven't heard of O'Hagan, you probably have heard of some of his clients, such as legendary college basketball coaches John Wooden and Bobby Knight, former Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio, a former Vikings linebacker.

The NFL offseason has been busy for O'Hagan, whose clients Wade Phillips and Cam Cameron each landed multimillion-dollar head coaching jobs (with the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins, respectively).

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I had no idea he had such a big-time agent. This guy probably knows how to play hard ball with the best of them. Meyers is probably WAYYYY overmatched in that little negotiation.

by Tech92 on Dec 4, 2008 1:05 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree that GM may be overmatched

but since this represents Knight and Leach, he ought to be familiar with his tactics.

by Dub Parks 88 on Dec 4, 2008 2:16 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's not just Gerald on his own

and they’re not in some smoke filled room. They won’t even meet until/unless an agreement in principal is reached. We have more lawyers than Leach does, and our chancellor was a freaking U.S. Congressman when I was a kid. Our BOR members are upper crust, millionaire types who deal with this kinda crap weekly. Leach isn’t gonna be able to get some clause in the contract turning the North end zone seating area into a ship like Tampa Bay.

by Plano Jeff on Dec 4, 2008 4:45 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly.

Outmatched is some poor soul on a huge piece of oil land in the 1930s getting jobbed by oil men. Gerald Myers that ain’t, he’s seen his way around a contract before and he’s got an army of people behind him who have too. The idea that Gary O’Hagan is simply too much for Texas Tech University is insulting.

Go register. Or else.

by Skin Patrol on Dec 4, 2008 4:56 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Honestly

I understand your feelings on this. But keep in mind that Meyers had no major difficulty raising enough capital to expand a stadium that, if Leach leaves, may end up being a collosal waste of money. Knowing that Leach was going to be a REALLY hot property roughly 9 weeks into the season, the wheels should have started moving for Meyers/Hance or whomever was going to handle this extension. An offer, approved by the BOR, should have been in the agent’s hands no later than Sunday morning. End of story.

And it won’t take a $4mm contract to keep the guy. Pay him close to $3mm and he very likely stays unless he just WANTS to leave Lubbock. In that case, it doesn’t matter.

For us to wait was, to me, a pretty big tactical blunder. I place that in Meyers’ lap…so at this point, no, I don’t have supreme confidence in the man. Or Hance.

by Tech92 on Dec 4, 2008 5:00 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like the article..

If I were Leach, I wouldn’t want to mess with negotiations either. It seems that Leach wants to free up as much time as he can for family, faith, pirates, Starbucks Coffee, football etc…the things that are important to him. Who can blame him for that?

If I were Leach, the thought of playing in that stadium next to the water, would be very enticing…but that’s just because I LOVE the outdoors…but for now, these West Texas sunsets and an occasional coyote sighting will have to do.

by TT4EVER on Dec 4, 2008 1:33 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whether you think O'Hagan is over, under, or rated just right

You cannot deny that the general aroma of this story is calculated to have Tech boosters taking sledgehammers to their piggy banks.

by mojavereject on Dec 4, 2008 9:13 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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