Texas Tech coach comments on Eric Mangini

[Rayman]

Bradford has the better arm, and has shown to be more accurate. The reason that TT QB's get shit on is because of arm strength. Sure the #'s look fantastic, but then you realize that they pass on 90% of their plays. Just like many TT qb's before him, Harrell doesn't have that strong of an arm.

Which is why they ended up going to TT in the first place.

[j.hen]

Mike Leach is da man

[Vinsane]

I'm going to defend Mangini, big surprise right?

I have no problem with a coach promoting his players. You don't go and bash and throw another head coach, one at a higher level than you, under the boss. Unprofessional, disrespectful, and a slap in the face. He took a cheap shot at a lot of people, you don't do that as a head figure for a program.

[longhornfan]

Leach makes me LOL. I've seen plenty of McGee the past 3 years here at A&M so I agree with what he said about him.
Crabtree being called a 'diva' doesn't really bother me, he's a WR. Come on..
The only thing Crab needs to worry about it staying away from the De'Shon Summers of the world.

[Aso]

Cowboys only drafted McGee because of the Wildcat.

[Rayman]

Cowboys only drafted McGee because of the Wildcat.

Bullshit.

We don't need that gimmick to put points on the board. McGee actually has the potential to develop into a legit QB.

[Aso]

Bullshit.

We don't need that gimmick to put points on the board. McGee actually has the potential to develop into a legit QB.

Jerry Jones disagrees ;) McGee might have potential but Harrell i think is a lot better. I think he is actually good and not just a product of the spread offense.

[Senser81]

I'm going to defend Mangini, big surprise right?

I have no problem with a coach promoting his players. You don't go and bash and throw another head coach, one at a higher level than you, under the boss. Unprofessional, disrespectful, and a slap in the face. He took a cheap shot at a lot of people, you don't do that as a head figure for a program.

HUH?

I thought it was Mangini who initially said Crabtree had an attitude problem. Leach was defending his player, not 'promoting' his player. Who would be more of the expert on the topic of Crabtree's attitude, a recently-fired head coach who met with Crabtree for all of 30 minutes, or Crabtree's coach?

LOL at 'disrespectful' and 'cheap shot'. Mangini was the moron that made the character assessment of Crabtree after one meeting, then decided to make it public. If anyone was disrespectful it was Mangini, not Leach.

[dboy_dc]

btw - Mangini has not one, not two, but three (THREE...HA HA HA) Super Bowl rings...

What's Mike Leach got?

lol, so umm since Cassel has three rings does that make him better than Peyton?

[citizenerased]

Cassel has no rings, he was drafted after the Pats won their last Superbowl.

Rohan Davey on the other hand...

[dboy_dc]

Cassel has no rings, he was drafted after the Pats won their last Superbowl.

Rohan Davey on the other hand...

lol okay well Rohan Davey... lol is he Better? Yall get my point.

[Len B]

Just wanted to add my two cents...

Mangini is a bitch.

[cynismus]

What's Mike Leach got?

An office full of pirate paraphenalia.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[Argath]

A reply from the A&M coach that Leach also attacked in that statement:

Texas A&M is scheduled to play Texas Tech on Oct. 24 in Lubbock. If the teams' respective coaches keep up their current exchange, that game could be the grudge match of the year in the Big 12.

Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman was not amused when Texas Tech coach Mike Leach brought up ex-Aggies QB Stephen McGee's draft selection in the midst of questioning NFL teams' draft decisions on the Red Raiders' star players.

And he was still not happy when Leach, despite saying he didn't intend to offend his in-state rivals, wondered aloud where Sherman would have drafted McGee -- who sat much of his senior season -- if he was still an NFL coach.

On Monday, Leach, upset that wide receiver Michael Crabtree slipped to 10th in the draft and quarterback Graham Harrell wasn't chosen at all, noted that McGee was chosen in the fourth round by the Dallas Cowboys.

"I'm happy for Stephen McGee," Leach said. "The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did."

That didn't go over so well with Sherman or McGee.

"I don't understand Coach Leach's comments about Stephen McGee," Sherman replied on Monday. "He was named our starter until he got injured. ... Coach Leach is in no position to comment about my relationship with Stephen McGee."

"I don't know where that comment came from or who it was directed at," McGee added. "But I am shocked because my time at A&M was very special to me. Obviously, I got injured, and many people think that Coach Sherman benched me. That's just not true."

Leach tried to smooth things over in reply.

"There's been far more rhetoric around this than I ever would have expected," Leach said. "Under the best of circumstances, there is some variance in how people assess and discuss quarterbacks because everybody is looking for different things."

But then he brought up McGee again.

"But based on all the fuss and commotion on this, I can't help but wonder what round Coach Sherman would have drafted Stephen McGee, given the fact he was once a head coach in the NFL," Leach added.

Sherman was not pleased.

"There is nothing Mike Leach could ever say that would offend me," Sherman said. "I do find it unfortunate, however, that a college coach feels the need to question the handling of a player by a staff particularly without any knowledge of the facts or the extent of a player's injury. It is equally bothersome that a football coach would question the draft status of a player. This doesn't make any sense to me."

"I have stated numerous times before the draft I thought Stephen McGee was a late third or early fourth round pick. It is apparent the Dallas Cowboys felt the same way. It was a great pick."

[Rayman]

Jerry Jones disagrees ;) McGee might have potential but Harrell i think is a lot better. I think he is actually good and not just a product of the spread offense.

No. Jerry Jones does not disagree. He's already stated McGee is the inactive 3rd QB.

Have a clue what you're talking about next time.