Double T - Double Cross - Double Take (eBook)
232 Seiten
Michael Lee Lanning (Verlag)
978-1-946182-06-7 (ISBN)
It has been eight years since Texas Tech University fired Mike Leach, its most successful football coach ever. Double T Double Cross released two years later, exposed the backroom deals behind his dismissal. Now Double Take reveals what has happened to the participants and events since with a new introduction and afterword to the 2017 edition. Even though life has moved on for the participants in the story, there remains a keen interest in Leach and what went on in Lubbock at the end of the 2009 football season. Leach, in his fifth year as head coach at Washington State University, remains innovative and forward looking but he has not given up in seeking justice from Texas Tech.
More than 300 people lined up for the initial release and author’s signing of Double T Double Cross in the fall of 2011. Reviews, both online and in print periodicals, were extremely positive. A few of the actors—those exposed in the book for their backroom deals that led to the firing of Coach Mike Leach—threatened law suits. One actually followed through but the complaint never made it out of the initial filing stages. As always, the best defense against any accusation is the truth; not a single line or sentence in the original Double T Double Cross has been proven false or inaccurate.
The news swept from Lubbock to San Antonio and rippled across the country. The story that a university would fire its most successful coach ever on the eve of a nationally televised bowl game was so baffling that it erupted from the sports sections to national headlines.
Coach Leach and the Red Raiders had departed Lubbock heading for San Antonio on Monday, December 28, 2009 to complete preparations for the upcoming post-season bowl game to be played four days later. Upon his arrival in the Alamo City, however, Leach received a stunning telephone call from Athletic Director Myers telling him that he had been suspended from coaching duties—effective immediately—until further notice.
The team—after its spectacular 2008 year—had just completed another successful season, racking up an 8-4 record and making Mike Leach the most winning football coach in Texas Tech history. Not only had the Red Raiders, who had been un-ranked and mostly unnoted a decade before Leach took over, gained national recognition, but also they had done it in a style that old-school proponents of the game said could not be done. Coach Leach had had the vision, and his players had executed it right into the Top 25 in the polls. The Raiders had been flying in more ways than just on planes.
Instead of working on plans for the game scheduled for January 2, Leach sat alone in his hotel room awaiting a legal decision from the 99th Judicial Court in Lubbock, a ruling that would either lift or uphold his coaching suspension imposed two days before by his bosses, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers and University President Guy Bailey.
Chapter 1 — On the Sidelines: The Firing of Mike Leach
Chapter 2 — Mike Leach: The Early Years
Chapter 3 — On the Plains: “Happiness is Lubbock, Texas . . . ”
Chapter 4 — Head Coach Mike Leach: Immediate and Sustained Success, 2000-2007
Chapter 5 — Leach and Tech Administrators: Early Conflicts
Chapter 6 — The Golden Season: 2008
Chapter 7 — The Turning Point: New Contract Negotiations
Chapter 8 — The Magic Continues: The 2009 Season
Chapter 9 — The Phony Express: Craig and Adam James
Chapter 10 — The Garage, The Media Room, The Electrical Closet, the Lies
Chapter 11 — Preparing to Swiftboat Leach: Craig James and Spaeth Communications
Chapter 12 — A Rush to Judgment: The Investigation
Chapter 13 — A Few Not-So-Good Men: The Rush to Firing
Chapter 14 — Aftermath: The Reactions, The Smears, The Lawsuits
Chapter 15 — Life Goes On: Where Are They Now Afterword Afterword 2017
Appendix A: Organizational Authority for Texas Tech University Administrators and Board of Regents
Appendix B: Contract
Appendix C: Texas Tech Statement on Mike Leach Termination
Appendix D: Statement by Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach
Appendix E: Texas Tech Letter to Mike Leach
Sources/Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.8.2019 |
|---|---|
| Mitarbeit |
Designer: Dino Price |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Schlagworte | Adam James • Airing it Out • Alamo Bowl • Coach Mike Leach • College • contract law • craig james • Double Cross • Double T • espn • Fat Little Girlfriends • Football • Gator Bowl • Guy Bailey • Mark Schlabach • Red Raider Nation • texas tech |
| ISBN-10 | 1-946182-06-0 / 1946182060 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-946182-06-7 / 9781946182067 |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
EPUB (Adobe DRM)Kopierschutz: Adobe-DRM
Adobe-DRM ist ein Kopierschutz, der das eBook vor Mißbrauch schützen soll. Dabei wird das eBook bereits beim Download auf Ihre persönliche Adobe-ID autorisiert. Lesen können Sie das eBook dann nur auf den Geräten, welche ebenfalls auf Ihre Adobe-ID registriert sind.
Details zum Adobe-DRM
Dateiformat: EPUB (Electronic Publication)
EPUB ist ein offener Standard für eBooks und eignet sich besonders zur Darstellung von Belletristik und Sachbüchern. Der Fließtext wird dynamisch an die Display- und Schriftgröße angepasst. Auch für mobile Lesegeräte ist EPUB daher gut geeignet.
Systemvoraussetzungen:
PC/Mac: Mit einem PC oder Mac können Sie dieses eBook lesen. Sie benötigen eine
eReader: Dieses eBook kann mit (fast) allen eBook-Readern gelesen werden. Mit dem amazon-Kindle ist es aber nicht kompatibel.
Smartphone/Tablet: Egal ob Apple oder Android, dieses eBook können Sie lesen. Sie benötigen eine
Geräteliste und zusätzliche Hinweise
Buying eBooks from abroad
For tax law reasons we can sell eBooks just within Germany and Switzerland. Regrettably we cannot fulfill eBook-orders from other countries.
aus dem Bereich
