Bevo's Daily Round Up 2.20.09
by dimecoverage on Feb 20, 2009 3:00 AM CST
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The Spring Roster is up at the UT site. Barking Carnival looks at the attrition, heights and weights and position changes.
Finally. Texas Tech and Mike Leach have agreed to a contract extension.
Leach met with Tech chancellor Kent Hance for almost three hours Thursday afternoon and the two sides have agreed to Tech's $12.7 million offer that will extend Leach's current two-year deal three more seasons. The contract hasn't been signed, but that could take place as early as Friday, the source said.
Leach and Hance hashed out the sticking points earlier Thursday involving four clauses that Tech inserted into its latest offer Jan. 9 that wrecked previous progress. The four clauses involved the guaranteed termination compensation Leach would receive if fired, the buyout amount he would pay if he left early, a penalty for interviewing for another job without permission and who controlled Leach's personal property rights. Details weren't immediately available as to how those four issues were resolved.
CBSSports' Dennis Dodd breaks down the qquarterback battles this spring.
Missouri
Welcome to the Battlin' Blaines.
Missouri wrestled Blaine Gabbert away from a Nebraska commitment in '08. Gabbert then backed up Chase Daniel, throwing all of 13 passes in burning what could have been a redshirt year. Incoming freshman Blaine Dalton already has enrolled, missing his final semester at national power Blue Springs (Mo.) South.
Gabbert is the starter for now, having spent a year in the system. He was the No. 5 QB recruit in '08. But watch Dalton. This battle makes the list because the Blaines are chasing Daniel's legacy.
Best guess: Gabbert.
Colorado
Is dad sticking too long with son? It's a question you have to ask when the head coach is playing his offspring at quarterback.
Cody Hawkins (Dan's kid) continues to have passes batted down, but still might be the Buffs' best option. There is a faction of Buffs loyalists who want to see sophomore Tyler Hansen (280 yards passing, 261 rushing) get a long look.
Best guess: Experience and bloodlines triumph, Hawkins.
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There wasn’t anything last night. Today there should be some reports, so hopefully something for tomorrow.
I did see something this morning about Chase Daniel. If it I find it, I’ll post a link. The reports are not favorable about his chances in the NFL.
by dimecoverage on Feb 20, 2009 8:47 AM CST up reply actions
Not to be excessively negative
… but is there any need for a preview? Dont’ take a crystal ball to forecast this outcome!
Still a Blaine Irby fan
by patienthornsfan on Feb 20, 2009 1:27 PM CST up reply actions
Dennis Dodd
He missed his chance.
This battle makes the list because the Blaines are chasing Daniel’s legacy.
That totally should’ve read as "the Blaines are chasing the Chases’ legacies. C’mon now.
Gerald Myers
Dime, have you seen any stories in regards to what the next moves for Gerald Myers…seemingly lost in the hoopla that Leach and Tech have come to an agreement (read: Leach got everything he wanted) is the fact that Gerald Myers, their AD, is basically a lame duck.
They may have a press conference to say that eveyone has kissed and made up, but Myers has got to be going out of his mind right now…that chancellor basically just cut him off at the knees and rendered him useless, unless his new title is now Tech AD for Basketball only or Bobby Knight’s Hunting Buddy.
I know we have some Tech fans in this community…i’d like to hear what they think too. If Leach is staying, I don’t see how Myers can stick around too.
As always, could be missing the obvious.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
I haven’t seen anything about Meyers, but you are probably right about the AD. I’m sure the university would want that information kept under tight reign, though. All the stories about Myers and Knight that came out during the Leach blow-up were interesting. Wasn’t Gerald Myers a basketball coach before becoming an AD? Or am I thinking of someone else?
by dimecoverage on Feb 20, 2009 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
Rumors
Completely unsubstantiated, but I’ve often heard tales that Myers kept Leach on a pretty tight rope when he got to Tech…all sorts of rumors about Tech hiring people to follow Leach and stories about Leach showing up to event completely toasted.
Anyway, you can imagine Leach wouldn’t be too impressed with Myers when after Bob Knight showed up, he was allowed to do pretty much whatever he wanted including starting food fights at the local salad bar.
Leach probably said, “hey, football pays the bills around here, why am getting the 3rd degree while the chair tosser gets a free pass?” And I can’t say as I blame him.
Oh well, Leach won this round, but I can see it biting Tech in the ass eventually…you can’t treat the AD Position with this much contempt while leaving Leach unchecked without causing some problems down the line.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
Leach obviously wants to leave Lubbock. If he could not find a job at a place like Washington, he must know that his options are limited. He is a talented coach but I doubt very few schools would put up with his antics. Plus, with his personality, he cannot be a good fund raiser, which essentially coaches now have to be. Or at the very least, good with big donors.
Tech is in Lubbock. Enough said. It will be very, very hard to get an outstanding coach to come to Lubbock.
They are stuck with each other.
by dimecoverage on Feb 20, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
Is Mike Leach
the Mike Martz of college football? Talented and a great offensive mind, but too risky to choose over a more stable candidate of the same caliber. I guess I don’t see Leach getting another head coaching job at any place with a better program than Tech. This new contract may have given Tech a little leverage. With neither side facing major repercussions for ending the working relationship, Leach may find himself w/out a job and forced to choose between taking a head coaching spot at a lesser school or being an offensive coordinator while staying in the big-time. If he can’t find another spot he wants and leave on his terms, this may backfire on him.
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