Rivals Joe Yeager ..asst Coaches are suspect ..

by centexraider on Jun 23, 2009 1:03 PM CDT

Joe Yeager takes issue with Athlon mag. assistant Coach anonymous comment/critique of M. Leach. Check it out folks.

"When it comes to college football - or just about anything else, for the matter of it - you expect media types to say dumb things. Journalists are usually not expert in anything but journalism, and besides, outrageous statements sell copy. It is just a little bit startling, however, when a bona fide expert says something that is outright silly.

A classic case in point is an anonymous quote about the Texas Tech football program from an opposing Big 12 assistant coach. The statement, which appears in the 2009 Athlon's college football annual, reads as follows: "They [the Red Raiders] were better on defense last season, but they're still way behind their offense in terms of talent. Mike (Leach) is going to spend all his time working on offense, but you have to have a great defense to be good in this league."

The critic of this quote is paralyzed by giddiness much like a mosquito at a blood bank, such is the bedazzling array of targets on display."

http://texastech.rivals.com/

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As I said before

No one separate of the Texas Tech program, whether as a coach, fan or local media (blogs included), has a clue of where this program is or where it is headed. Any coach of an opponents team knows his/her team really well, but knows nothing about the other 11 teams. So, when one makes such a statement, ignore, ignore, ignore……..and no reply needed, because it would not be accepted, appreciated or understood by said coach.

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Jun 23, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions

centex...

I thought that Seth did not want websites one had to pay for listed on the blog. I might have seen that somewhere, but I could be wrong.

By the way, check this one out by Tim Griffin….

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-10-88/Big-12-coaches—records——as-head-coach-and-assistant.html?post=true

by txt3ch6uy on Jun 23, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions

This is acceptable (though only just) because he posted a quote from the article and a link back to the website (as opposed to the whole article). While it was a pay article, Joe brought up some very good commentary.

by kayakyakr on Jun 23, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions