Comments on: Mike Leach Fired at Texas Tech http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/ A weblog of faith, culture, & technology Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mike http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-9738 mike Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:11:54 +0000 http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/#comment-9738 i think he should have signed that paper so he could keep his job but he was so stubborn. i think he should have signed that paper so he could keep his job but he was so stubborn.

]]> By: don http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-9728 don Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:12:42 +0000 http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/#comment-9728 ... from that photo it looks like Leach could fit right in in Oakland? right colour choices ( black ), right attitude ( dark ), even close to a Ryan hairstyle ( well, closer than Cable's crew cut ). Might even help the Raiders. … from that photo it looks like Leach could fit right in in Oakland? right colour choices ( black ), right attitude ( dark ), even close to a Ryan hairstyle ( well, closer than Cable’s crew cut ). Might even help the Raiders.

]]> By: MDSF http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-9695 MDSF Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:42:50 +0000 http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/12/30/mike-leach-fired-at-texas-tech/#comment-9695 I came of age as a football fan in the latter days of the Woody Hayes era at The Ohio State University, and I was actually watching the Gator Bowl against Clemson when Hayes punched an opposing player and got himself fired. I tend to believe that Hayes only got fired because a photographer caught him in mid-punch and the university was embarrassed by the publicity. I'm grateful to live in the ESPN/sports-blogging era, when media coverage is more complete and more intrusive, where there is in principle more oversight and people ask more questions about sports; I'm even glad to hear that Congress has scheduled hearings on brain injuries in the NFL, even though I suspect it's just another photo opportunity for Congressmen rather than a serious attempt to fix a serious problem. Unfortunately a lot of what I'm finding out about sports, the business of sports, the lifestyles of athletes, the relationship between professional sports and gambling, organized crime, etc. is taking the fun out of watching sports, and I'm beginning to suspect that I can't be an ethical sports fan. I suspect that by watching sports, talking about sports, writing about sports, etc. I'm enabling and contributing to systematic abuses, rather than enjoying a form of wholesome entertainment provided mostly by upright citizens and only rarely bad actors. I have my doubts that Mike Leach's "chew em up and spit em out" behavior here is exceptional in its quality; it just sound bad. And in a year when money is tight it may very well be an excuse for an athletic director to cut costs. I came of age as a football fan in the latter days of the Woody Hayes era at The Ohio State University, and I was actually watching the Gator Bowl against Clemson when Hayes punched an opposing player and got himself fired. I tend to believe that Hayes only got fired because a photographer caught him in mid-punch and the university was embarrassed by the publicity.

I’m grateful to live in the ESPN/sports-blogging era, when media coverage is more complete and more intrusive, where there is in principle more oversight and people ask more questions about sports; I’m even glad to hear that Congress has scheduled hearings on brain injuries in the NFL, even though I suspect it’s just another photo opportunity for Congressmen rather than a serious attempt to fix a serious problem.

Unfortunately a lot of what I’m finding out about sports, the business of sports, the lifestyles of athletes, the relationship between professional sports and gambling, organized crime, etc. is taking the fun out of watching sports, and I’m beginning to suspect that I can’t be an ethical sports fan. I suspect that by watching sports, talking about sports, writing about sports, etc. I’m enabling and contributing to systematic abuses, rather than enjoying a form of wholesome entertainment provided mostly by upright citizens and only rarely bad actors.

I have my doubts that Mike Leach’s “chew em up and spit em out” behavior here is exceptional in its quality; it just sound bad. And in a year when money is tight it may very well be an excuse for an athletic director to cut costs.

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