TUBERVILLE INTERVIEW: "Scotty Young may play Football and Baseball for Tech".
Coach Tuberville was interviewed this morning on 104.3 and stated that he has met with Tech's Baseball Staff to discuss the possibilty of Scotty Young playing both sports.
Also mentioned in the interview was the fact the the entire football weight room is being completly re-done. The focus going forward will be on free-weights and power lifts, and most equipment will be replaced.
Coach also provided some personal tid bits such as his favorite Lubbock eatery thus far is Cagels Steak House, his favorite movies are westerns, and his favorite music is country and western. This is fitting because according to coach Tuberville his best friend is the former head of Sony Music Nashville. Along those lines, Coach Tuberville mentioned he is working with those contacts to arrange some exciting appearances for the singing of the National Anthem.
On the football front, the only signifigant quote from coach was, "we are not here to fix anything, but we are here to improve it. If there wasn't any room for improvement, we would have a championship."
almost 2 years ago
TTUMAR
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As Julie would say on the Mod Squad, "Link!"
Solid, man.
Please stop ending every controversial comment with 'Just saying'. Drives me batty. Thank you.
Got no linky...
was taking notes on the way to the office this morning, listening first hand. Sorry, I promise to do better next time.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
No problem - Just happy to throw out a Mod Squad reference
A show that aired 40 years ago. How old do you have to be to even have a clue who Julie & Link are? Obviously older than dirt, like myself.
Please stop ending every controversial comment with 'Just saying'. Drives me batty. Thank you.
Clarance Williams III
Right on.
R2010 wanted to know if third person Thursday has socked it to me yet?
"It might look like zombies destroyed it, but that’s just Garland"
Driving and notes.....
Sounds safe, thanks.
" I crammed 4 years of Tech into 5"- me
by oldschoolraider on Feb 18, 2010 1:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Like Sergio and Texting
"Faster Horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money." Tom T Hall
Sergio and "texting"
If he was just texting, then why did he flee the scene?
Not that it really matters since he’s a star player and Dirtbag would have pulled the strings to keep him out of trouble…
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Feb 18, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
My Point
Case Closed
"Faster Horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money." Tom T Hall
I bet he's talented enough
but i dont want scotty to injure himself playing baseball. This kid is gonna be a stud in the future.
It does mean
He probably will not start for at least 2 years. That is fine because we have a excellent depth at the position.
"Faster Horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money." Tom T Hall
Not a good sign
If Scotty is half as good of a pitching prospect as he is a QB we may be in trouble. Lets see if any MLB clubs draft him and waive some crazy money in front of him. He may never play for us, which I hope does not happen. But consider Billy Joe Tolliver has had the longest NFL QB career of any former Tech signal caller. Billy had a rocket arm as well and was a damn good pitcher. My point being that if Scotty wants a PRO career, MLB might be his best shot at making some serious coin and none of Leachs spread offense QBs panned out in the NFL. Maybe Rylan Reed could talk with Scotty about the pros & cons of his decision to play both sports.
"I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror" Mac Davis
He was supposed to enter the draft this year from what I understand.
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Serious question
The focus going forward will be on free-weights and power lifts, and most equipment will be replaced.
Will free-weights and power lifts help build speed? Not being a smart-ass, really asking if someone knows.
Here is the smart-ass question:
What are they gonna do with all those Nautilus machines and Nordic-Tracs?
"Well, outside of Lubbock, expectations aren't very high. But it's okay, we play in Lubbock a lot this season"
-Mike Leach
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 18, 2010 2:40 PM CST reply actions
My barber asked me the same question today....
He heard the interview as well, and when discussed what would happened to what has to be over $100k in machines. Maybe Frenship Football gets it since Tub’s sons now go there?
As for the conditioning question, Tubs did elaborate and said something about focusing on “core strength” and “lower body strength”. Makes sense to me that those things would aid in speed. Bottom line, I don’t think Tubs has a clue why they are making the change, I think he is just trying to regergitate what his S&C Coach told him.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Whatever the expense comes too, I think Craig James should foot the bill
It’s the least he can do for the program after it was completely changed to his specs.
Please stop ending every controversial comment with 'Just saying'. Drives me batty. Thank you.
His specs probably include more playing time for Adam than he is going to get.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Making progress
made it almost 20 posts before we reverted back to the past, James, 3 stooges, etc., etc. etc.
Talk about the future.
+1 bowl of Nerds Cereal......
Anyone remember this stuff from the 80’s? It was ridiculous.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Every car has it's own nuclear reactor
Dogs can talk, Tech is still a perennial stepchild because we can’t handle success without someone having to whip it out and prove theirs is longer. Everyone will have their own aggie secretary like me. ( sorry, “assistant”)
Give 'Em Hell Tech!!!!!
Free-weights and power lifts
definitely help in speed. The stronger you get those hams and butt, the more force you push off with when running, and calves of course. If we focus heavily on power cleans, be ready to see a damn good o-line too.
Free weights also force your body to strengthen stabilizer muscles…not sure how that helps with speed, but they probably know MUCH more about this than I do. My info comes from an exercise physiologist I work with.
Did we hire
Rex Kwando?
" I crammed 4 years of Tech into 5"- me
by oldschoolraider on Feb 18, 2010 5:18 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Greatest speed training exercise of all time....
chasing swamp rabbits…
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/jan/30/1s30super23348-steelers-holmes-traces-speed-humble/
by raider realist on Feb 18, 2010 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
We could also have them chase chickens like Rocky
"Well, outside of Lubbock, expectations aren't very high. But it's okay, we play in Lubbock a lot this season"
-Mike Leach
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 18, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Just heard the news that we have new equipment and strength coach!!!
by Damien Franco on Feb 19, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Swimming, Rowing and Cycling will help our corners press
"Well, outside of Lubbock, expectations aren't very high. But it's okay, we play in Lubbock a lot this season"
-Mike Leach
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 19, 2010 4:25 PM CST up reply actions
SARR's pic
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
I'd like to press that
But I don’t think I could ever buy anything made by Plaid Stallions. Sounds like something TTUMAR would buy.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
Already did..........Bazinga.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Boy. fitness models have come a long way...
She’s gonna need a few more laps on that thing.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
I don't think she was hired for her bodacious laps
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
Tubs has been everywhere!
Tech has been slutting out the new ball coach every chance it gets….its like night and day between the booster public appearances Leach used to make (extremely rare) and what Tubs is currently doing. I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of Tubs booster appearances has already exceeded that of the Captain. This maybe not a bad thing, either….I was reading that tickets to sit at the “Tub’s Table” at the Midland luncheon next month cost $2,500. Stuff like this can really raise a lot for the program. Big money donors are more likely to spend when they feel like they’re connected to the coach and an “insider” with the program.
He is being pimped out...
I just saw where is going to be on the radio in South Florida this week as well. No reason for that but recruiting, hope it works.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
He's doing the South Florida circuit to salt the wounds of a new Key West resident
The subtext will be “How’s retirement treating you Captain?”.
Please stop ending every controversial comment with 'Just saying'. Drives me batty. Thank you.
Ahhh, the Key West new comer...
I knew it would not be long before he showed up in this thread.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Don't forget....
Tubs started his career at “The U”…spent 8 years there and won three national championships. Its been a while, but I’m sure he still has connections….
It was recruiting saavy that brought Miami to prominence…recruiting inner city kids that no one else wanted.
Just saying….
This is what a true D-1 coach does.
And one reason Leach was never that big of a candidate for any bigger jobs than Tech. Loved Leach as our coach, but big schools require much more than just coaching on the field. I think Tubs presence will lead to better recruiting also.
Guns Up!
"we are not here to fix anything, but we are here to improve it. If there wasn't any room for improvement, we would have a championship."
that gave me goosebumps. He is a smooth talker
You sir, are easy
" I crammed 4 years of Tech into 5"- me
by oldschoolraider on Feb 18, 2010 4:41 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Didnt say I believe him.
I just happen to like a coach and a team that thinks they have what it takes to get to that level.
The answer is
Usually….why yes I am.
" I crammed 4 years of Tech into 5"- me
by oldschoolraider on Feb 18, 2010 5:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You are
A step above….I had no standards drunk at your ( oh so) young age
" I crammed 4 years of Tech into 5"- me
by oldschoolraider on Feb 19, 2010 10:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I probably have more drunken experience at my young age than you did at this age.
Been doin it far far too long.
I'm thinking we have a new tag line to replace "...inner pirate"...
“We are not here to fix anything, but we are here to improve it. If there wasn’t any room for improvement, we would have a championship.”
…at least until we win one!
Or to my ears it sounds like "Bend over & relax while I blow some more smoke up there"
Don’t let this Tuberville guy anywhere near your daughters. And check the ingredients on the bottle of snake oil you just bought before drinking it. Mr. Smooth Operator. Enough talk, I want to see some performance before you even get to whisper the word championship Coach.
Please stop ending every controversial comment with 'Just saying'. Drives me batty. Thank you.
Technically speaking..
Shouldn’t we wait for him to be wrong before we label it snake oil?
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
by TTUMAR on Feb 18, 2010 4:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Nope
Championship. We were two games away from one two years ago, but not a soul expected it would happen & it didn’t happen. Tech has never been close before that year. Why would a good old boy southern coach know the magic formula to move Texas Tech football from point B where it is today to the mythical point A he is talking about? Texas A&M has been through 3 saviors since R.C Slocum left, all of them southern good old boys who were going to bring back old fashioned football to College Station & let them compete for championships. Fat lotta good it did them over the last decade.
All I’m asking is for some realistic discussion of where the Tech Football program is today & what it might take to improve it. And realism requires admitting the talent gap between what he is inheriting and what the three and now four wealthier programs in the Big 12 South have to play with. And how he plans to close that recruiting gap. Talk of a Championship is snake oil peddling at this point in the program’s development. Get real Coach. Why don’t you start with a winning season first. Then we’ll talk.
Now it probably doesn’t help matters that I’ve always hated salesmen. They set my teeth on edge. But they do move product so others see them differently.
Please stop ending every controversial comment with 'Just saying'. Drives me batty. Thank you.
So...
you don’t think that even with the players we have coming back that we can have a winning season next year?
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Feb 18, 2010 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
DTN, you heard it hear first...
If your football coach makes an effort to promote your program and raise money, it is a bad thing.
If your football coach sets his goal as winning championships, and does so publicly, it is a bad thing.
Nevermind that your coach actually HAS won championships as a coach, and has gone undefeated.
Nevermind that Coach Leach, when asked during a fund raising event prior to the 2008 season if not winning the Big 12 would be a disapointment, he answered “not winning the national championship would be a disappointment.” Weird thing is, no one called him a snake oil salesman for that comment.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Not as much as I feel....
like I’m on one of those cool “crew” rowing crews, paddling towards the finish line….only this one asshole is facing the wrong one way in the boat. I’m yelling at him, the guy up front with the megaphone is yelling at him……but it’s cool, as soon as we get him back on board we are set.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
To be clear, mbrown is not an asshole. It's a metaphor.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
Tubs can not only whisper "championship,"
….he can scream it through the PA at Jones Stadium if he wants. He has three NCs. No one from Tech has anything close.
Word
I guess to state your goal of winning the conference title is just a bad idea. Lets just keep low balling ourselves because “Were Texas Tech”. I dont know about you guys….but i do love me some hardware to look at in the trophy case. Our boys got it in them to win us a title.
by wrench_raider on Feb 18, 2010 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
New Avatar...
That’s right…..your eyes don’t deceive you. That’s a Pirate Fish. Or in this case, a Pirate Catfish.
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
that's awesome. + a big ol bowl of Grape Nuts.
"Well, outside of Lubbock, expectations aren't very high. But it's okay, we play in Lubbock a lot this season"
-Mike Leach
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 18, 2010 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
Better not take that dead fish over to Tortilla Retort
No telling what dedfisher would do to a dedfish.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
He can have it....
i have already upgraded to the “pirate blogger”
"We have a running game at Tech......sometimes we throw short passes." -Mike Leach
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One white, one black, one blonde.
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50 is the new 30.
And in a couple more years, 60 will be the new 30.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
I’ll be lying from the coffin if you don’t close the lid.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
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