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Texas Tech will pay former defensive coordinator Chad Glasgow $100,000, one fourth of the amount he was due to make in 2012, as part of a termination agreement finalized on Dec. 28.
The Avalanche-Journal on Friday obtained copies of the agreement and a series of e-mails between Glasgow and Tech in which the two went back and forth for more than a week about Glasgow's status.
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After reading the emails.
I respect the way Kirby handled that situation.
"Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips."
Agreed, Kirby did his best.
I’m sure there is more to this than what is out, but from what I’ve seen Glasgow deserves a good kick in the -. I also can’t help but read this and believe the rumors of him negatively recruiting us were true. While I hate to see a 4th new DC in as many years, he needed to go after pulling this kind of stuff
Am not an Tech administration fan
But I think Hocutt handled this thing well. Glasgow comes off looking like a loose cannon—he’s lucky he had a job waiting for him back at TCU. A lot of places wouldn’t have touched him with a ten foot pole.
Smells a little funny
I think Glasgow did resign, but then when he spoke with his agent/lawyer, he learned that if he was dismissed rather than resigning, he would get to keep $100k and not have to pay anything to Tech. Either way, Kirby seems to have handled it like a true professional. That is the type of person I want as AD.
The chicken is involved but the pig is committed
by maddraven1716 on Jan 27, 2012 6:03 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I'm a Hocutt fan
I agree he handled it like a professional, especially while dealing with an employee it appears was making an already difficult situation even more difficult.
Those emails show Hocutt being verrrry patient and working toward the most positive outcome for both parties.
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
This could get ugly
The release of the information in the article doesn’t seem to be within the spirit of the agreement.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
Unfortunately...
the FOIA puts a state institution in the types of situations. The athletics department nor the Administration was at fault for the release of the documents. Dang media…haha!
by TechPrezNB on Jan 27, 2012 6:11 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I didn’t see anything in the article mentioning that the docs were release as a result of a FOIA request.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Jan 27, 2012 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
Good point
I went back and re-read the article and it just said they “obtained” the articles…not through a FOIA or other official request. Interesting observation.
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
I could be way off, but I suspect some malice in the way this is presented.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Jan 27, 2012 9:54 PM CST up reply actions
You have picqued my curiousity
So if you’re way off you have company!
The LAJ article says the records were “obtained”, at least that is the only reference I could find. That does not clarify how they were obtained.
No party would be required to turn documents over unless there was a public records request, FOIA, or official request of that nature. At least that is my understanding – any lawyers out there?
So unless this line of thinking is completely off base (entirely possible), I can only think of three ways the emails could have been obtained:
1. A party with access to the emails freely provided the emails to the LAJ
2. The LAJ is getting better with its investigative journalism and was able to obtain this information of its own accord, without consent of the “owners” of the documents
3. There was an official records request that required the emails be provided it just wasn’t mentioned in the article.
Who knows, this could just be a purely intellectual exercise on my part – I read a lot of Nancy Drew growing up and I’ve watched enough Law & Order that I’m pretty sure I could solve crime in my free time – gotta keep those investigative skills sharp!!
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
Quick question
Do you own any tin foil hats? I don’t, but won’t judge you if you do…(actually I will but don’t be afraid to tell me the truth anyway)…
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
Tin foil hats, no the warden doesn’t allow that sort of thing.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Jan 28, 2012 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
Plus
They would clash with the straight jackets.
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
I suspect that typing while wearing a straight jacket would be difficult, tell me how that works.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Jan 28, 2012 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
Ever seen Lethal Weapon?
Mel Gibson does that trick where he dislocates his own shoulder? That.
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
I’m up early working on other things and was listening to The Bottom Line (104.3) and Aaron Dickens said that he submitted a FOIA request, so maybe, and I’m speculating, RRS.com is who submitted the FOIA request and they just gave copies to the LAJ, so then the idea that the LAJ article didn’t say that they submitted a FOIA request, RRS.com did. Maybe, RRS.com should get “credit” for really following up in this story. The audio is an interesting listen and I’ll let you all make your own decisions.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
FOIA...
I failed to mention in my post that RRS & Aaron Dickens stated they submitted the request. I should have given them the appropriate credit.
by TechPrezNB on Jan 28, 2012 9:11 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Notice
That he requested his cell phone to be turned on after he had supposedly handed it over?
Does that bother anyone else? Sound a little slimy?
Looks like one hell of a game of hardball.
Glasgow was a tough negotiator, and previous events handed him some great leverage. Imagine what would have happened to him otherwise!
Hocutt on the other hand was doing his job, but there appears to be some trickery with it.
My perception of him continues to decline.
Huh?
Glasgow resigns, tells everyone about it, stops working, realizes he won’t collect and then tries to flip it back at Hocutt.
I see zero trickery by KH in this. None. He was responding to crap CG was doing.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
Agree totally with Tech92
I have not read the documents posted by the LAJ but did read documents posted on RRS.com. RRS.com did specifically state that they requested the documents.
Glasgow appears to have quit and then presumably after speaking with his lawyers, tried to act like nothing had happened.
I believe that Holcutt handled this affair in a very temperate and proper fashion. The only “trickery” involved is in our own minds trying to find some “trickery” involved.
by TTCollegeRing on Jan 27, 2012 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
Agree there was no trickery by Hocutt
Glasgow was trying to get what he could – maybe after re-thinking his actions, talking with his agents, working to get his best negotiating position, who knows, it’s all speculation… But the emails seem to make it clear that Glasgow is the one who made the decision to leave and then did a 360 when it became “real”.
Tech92 – You just made me realize that the chancellor & our AD have the same initials…maybe we should all use names instead of initials so we don’t get confused…I have a list of names to suggest, well I’d better not…
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
I realized it at the same time. Open to your idea.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
Well, I suppose we can act like adults
and just call them Hocutt and Hance…
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
Yes... I thought phone timeline doesn't make sense either...
Unless Glasgow gave it to Hocutt, but Hocutt wouldn’t take it or gave it back to him… maybe Hocutt was trying to calm things down and bring everyone together to sort everything out…
The emails must have been from an FOIA request… under the circumstances, I just don’t see any other way they would be released or published…
But given that fact, there are probably other actions/conversations or communications which are not included or released at this point —> the items released look like they would be based on a specific request of emails between Hocutt and Glasgow… those are probably the most important communications, but maybe not the only ones… or, there must have been some conversations aside from what was captured/expressed in the emails..
It does look to me that Hocutt was generally handling the situation well…
But I am curious to know what set everything off to begin with…
"Transition is hard." - TT
by Houston Raider on Jan 27, 2012 10:40 PM CST up reply actions
Chad Glasgow
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Bad temper. Very unprofessional actions by him.
I am glad he is gone, and think he is very fortunate to still have a job coaching at TCU.
K. Hocutt did a good job in taking care of this fiasco.
It's all good.
by Red and Black 71 on Jan 27, 2012 10:16 PM CST reply actions
So back to the main question
Why did or would Glasgow “quit?” What would cause him to do so?
"This time it's different."
In the audio link above, Dickens implies that Glasgow wasn’t real pumped about switching to the 4-3.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
Make me wonder about
the conversations between Tubs and Glasgow leading up to this meeting.
Maybe Tubs knew he had a loose cannon on his hands and didn’t know what to do about it. We’ll likely never know yhe entire story.
But so far it appears Holcutt did a credible job in cleaning up a mess.
Following Seth's comments,
There was some hires made by Tuberville that aligned with going to the 4-3, perhaps Tuberville had talked with Glasgow about going to the 4-3 also. But at some point Glasgow was reported to have said something to the effect that he could see the writing on the wall…remember there were a couple of coaches released during this time.
Whatever writing on the wall that Glasgow saw now looks as if it became a trigger for him to clean out his desk and inform Holcutt that he had cleaned out the desk and had resigned…according to Holcutt’s email, Glasgow while maintaining he had not resigned did not deny the meeting or the conversation per se, he did say that he did not resign.
Yeah, he sounded like he did not have much enthusiasm for switching defenses and let his emotion get him into a hole from which he could not extract himself…it looks fortunation for him to gotten out with $100K.
Living large in Texas...Texas forever.
Yep
whatever happened, IMO Glasgow showed that he is not a professional upstanding guy.
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
Just wait....
Til you get a load of the silver helmets. You will scratch your head til you have a bald spot.
On the lighter side, we will have black matte helmets.
by TechPrezNB on Jan 28, 2012 10:29 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Just glad he's gone
The guy was beyond awful at his job and had no leadership abilities. Sounds like he was a hot headed marginal coach at best.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
I'm in the wrong profession
$100,000 for one of the worst defenses in the country! I think I’ll become a coach!
Not me…There are at MOST 125 people on the entire planet that give two craps about the job I do and how well I do or don’t do it. I like the anonymity of that. If my every move was scrutinized on a fan board, I would absolutely crater.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
Interesting point
I think I would vacillate between tears and hitting back. Doesn’t sound like a very happy way to live.
Who ate your bowl of sunshine this morning, thundercloud?
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