He just doesn’t seem very convincing.

I think Myers is to blame somewhat for not having an offer immediately ready and I think Leach is to blame for wanting to look elsewhere.

I don’t think blame is the right word here.
This is just hard ball million dollar negotiating.
There are no villians just men looking out for their own best interest.

If coach Leach turns down 12.1 mill during our current economic times he can expect his
public image to take a hit, which in the long run could in up costing him.

but Turner Gill is a fantastic coach. Anyone see what his Buffalo (BUFFALO??) team did to Ball State last night?

It will be interesting to see how far he goes in coaching…He seems like a great guy!…I enjoy rooting for coaches like that…but to be honest, I had no idea what he was doing until last night.

I’m a big fan of Lou Holtz…He’s my favorite espn personality…I wanna have a sense of humor when I’m his age

Losing Leach will cost big. Tech will lose the cream of a great recruiting class, program continuity and momentum, and tens of millions of dollars. Leach made Tech football relevant to people outside the Tech family and that is why we are expanding Jones Stadium. Take him away and those seats go empty. I also wonder at the silence of the Lubbock business community. It was reported that the UT and OSU games alone pumped $18M into the Lubbock economy. Myers is basically telling the world that Tech is a second-rate school that lacks the means to compete with the big boys, so why have Lubbock business owners not stepped up to sweeten the pot? Has Myers taken any initiative to raise funds outside of Tech’s apparently meager athletic budget? This is not just about keeping Leach. This is about showing the world that Tech is the destination and not just a second-rate stepping stone. And on a final note, if these negotiations reveal a growing rift between Myers and Leach, we all know which one has to go. (Whew! Thanks, I feel better now.)

The ACC interest is a joke. Watching their championship game, it looks like maybe 20,000 people are there on a perfect Tampa afternoon to see VaTech and BC. Tonight in a frozed Kansas City, there won’t be an available seat.

Our conference is in the NC conversation every year

The tone of the negotiations seems to be that Leach’s agent wishes something could have been done sooner, and Myers felt that waiting was in the best interest of the university.

That might be what coach wishes but it’s hard to imagine one way or the other that O’Hagan cares whether the deal was done sooner or later. That’s a talking point he’s going to use but not the kind that should have much weight against a University. It is an ego issue and that’s what bothers me about it. It’s like coming into a negotiation and demanding a higher price because the contract was signed in blue, not red, ink. You know how much I hate blue ink!

How are Mike Leach’s BUSINESS interests negatively affected by delayed negotiations? Hasn’t he used the time helpfully to ramp up the contract by visiting Washington and putting feelers out for other jobs? If the delay hurt anyone it wasn’t Leach, it was the school, as they’re now having to pay a 12.1M deal that might’ve been wroth 10M at season’s beginning or 11.5M had they grabbed Leach immediately after the Baylor game and said look at this shiny thing we’ve got, Coach. We students, alumnus, etc. are the ones who should feel wronged, not Leach and O’Hagan.

cause the pay he was asking for, before the season, was higher than what he wound up getting offered yesterday. He may have been asking for 2.6mil a yr or even more.(I don’t know!)

That, or maybe Leach is as insecure as he looks, and got offended by Myers letting him come so close to the end of his contract.

Either way, I’m with you, it shouldn’t have been an issue for Leach or Myers. Even if they had signed him for less, Leach probably would have come asking for more after this season.

 Let’s just get this over with, so we can get ready for the Cotton Bowl already! I wanna see some Slobberknockin!, Big Body Bangin!, Snot Slingin!, and Pound a Mudhole in Ole’ Miss! The patty cake I saw the last two games has left a bad taste in my mouth! And these seniors deserve better than to go out like that!!