Team Leach Rally-Thursday

My daughter ( a junior at Tech) and several of her friends are attending the rally to not only let the administration know they are unhappy with the way things were handled but to also say “thank you” to Mike Leach for a great 10 years. She even has a “welcome” Tuberville sign.

Yes, please be civil and respectful… supportive of the team and new coaching staff…
But the Admin needs to know there are a lot of people who are not happy with their actions and the way they have handled everything…
Best wishes to Coach Leach! Just give him the money and let us all walk away from this with our heads up and proud to have been a Red Raider…

I just logged into the broadcast and I think they have 200 people max. I think this officially end the Team Leach fad.

Looks like a small, very small, turnout.

I can only see the MC, not the crowd.

were drinking some beers and said “let’s get a PA and mic and head over to Memorial Circle”.
I’m all for it, but not the turnout I expected given the billboards and awareness of the event.

So, it actually looks like most of those kids were on their way between classes and just stopped by. I wouldn’t call this a rally. They did swing the camera around to show the kids. And the speakers are awful…just awful. Nice try, Team Leach.

So, Leach just called in. Technical difficulties…Leach was proud to be the coach for 10 yrs. Some moron keeps yelling “Coach, we love you!” Call lasted about 15 seconds.

Judging by the crowd noise, I’d guess less than 100 people actually there. The rally is now over.

Lasted 28 minutes. I’m still giggling at this.

For like 10 seconds… pretty lame I must say. I hope all this ‘team leach’ stuff will finally go away so we can rally behinds Tubs

I was wrong. They showed all the “crowd”…probably less than 100 were there or passing by. And they actually spent money advertising this. I guess people just like to attach themselves to a cause more than actually stand up for a cause.

That showing was just pathetic. I wasn’t ‘anti’ team Leach until I saw this stuff being so commercialized on FB and everywhere online… This just looks lame and bad. All of like 12 people were there.

What was the weather like today? Can they blame the poor turnout on the weather like the first rally that was held in a blizzard?

I got out of class early, and decided to stop by the rally to see what it was all about. It was an OK turn out. . you were either a crazy pirate fan or someone curiously passing by.

Overall, it was kind of strange, but they definately pointed out that everyone present supports the current coaching staff and players. It was more of an attack on the administration.

Leach did call and that was pretty cool. Gotta move on though.

Lots of those facebook Team Leach members joined the group in the few days following the suspension on December 28. Support waned as the facts came out and the issues were drug through the mud. As unhappy as many people were, I believe most people have settled down to realize that: 1) Leach ain’t coming back; 2) Hance/Myers/Bailey ain’t going anywhere; and 3) there’s absolutely nothing they can do about it.

which was part of the big plan. The guy from AZ was actually happy about it haha. And there are already plans for another rally soon if nothing happens. I’m all for moving on, but I definitely see their point. As long as those 3 are in charge, the only way a coach can keep his job is if he is there little puppett. Why is being a puppet a part of the job requirements at Tech? I honestly dont see this group falling apart unless 1.) The big 3 are reprimanded (which at this point looks highly unlikley) or 2.) Truth comes out in court that shows that their actions were justified.

Who is going to attend a rally at 1pm on a Thursday? People have to work. A lot of students are in class. Fridays are probably better for most people. Do it during lunch and have Papa John’s, Klemke’s, or someone bring a few hundred pizzas/sandwiches.

Also, “Team Leach” evokes the wrong message for what (I feel) most people want, which is to show displeasure with the TTU admins over how they treated Leach / handled the situation. I wouldn’t show up for a rally whose goal I thought was to bring Leach back when most people had already given up on that.

Instead of all of the billboards and such, they should have just spent the money on pizza.
Everyone knows the fastest way to gather a crowd of broke college kids is to offer free pizza. You do that and folks come out of the woodwork.
I also think a Saturday rally would have made more sense.

Make no mistake, free food = big crowd.

Team Leach says Bring back Leach no matter how you try to spin it.

A better name would have gotten better results from the off-line world although wouldn’t have garnered near the results online.

Bad marketing and PR from the get go.

Plus – My understanding with some folks working at Tech is that the effort was severely hindered from the beginning with negotiations for when and where they could do the rally. Whoever “allowed” Team Leach to do the rally on campus in the first place helped ensure that the time and place would work against the rally.

Whoever was in charge either didn’t know how to negotiate or didn’t have the clout to get a better spot or time.

Remember that this rally was put together by people NOT in politics against people who ARE in politics and know about PR.