Leach vs. James vs. Myers...a triple threat cage match!

What a joke. Texas Tech suspends Mike Leach because he had a guy with a mild concussion stand in a dark garage for three hours? REALLY??? Ah, the kid's name is Adam James, son of Texas school boy legend and ESPN football analyst Craig James? Even better...

When you really boil it down, this isn't about Leach's treatment of James.

James was never in danger, never at risk of injury. Humiliated a little, sure, but nothing that even bordered on unfair or inhumane.

This is an ego battle between Myers (Texas Tech's AD) and Leach (and throw in Little-League dad Craig "Pony Boy" James for good measure). Myers is still angry about Leach strong-arming the school for a better contract and Leach's "goofiness" doesn't help.

Myers saw an opportunity to stick it to Leach over the James' situation by requiring Leach to write a letter of apology to the James' family. Whereas I feel that Leach did nothing wrong or over-the-top, a simple (and even backhanded) apology to the James' family would have cooled the flames, allowing Leach to coach in the bowl game and afterwards let James transfer to another school. Does it need to be said that Adam James is "persona non-grata" in Lubbock?

But Captain Mike's ego wouldn't allow him to do that. He refused to write the letter, and like most of us, when you refuse to obey your boss, you're either suspended or fired.

So now where does Texas Tech stand? Not in a good place, ALMOST a no-win.

If Tech fires Leach, it won't change the James' situation. Whether Leach stays or not, Adam James will not be a student at Texas Tech in 2010. And Pony Boy won't be making any donations to the Tech scholarship fund, either.

Myers should cool his heels, realize than Leach has been good for the Tech program and somehow keep his coach in place. Myers is not bigger than Texas Tech. He isn't seeing the bigger picture. Leach has made Tech a consistant top 25 program, something that Coach Spike Dykes, a West Texas favorite son, could never do. Yeah, the pirate stuff is goofy as are some of the things he says, but he's not evil or a detriment to his players or the school.

I guess there's no accounting for ego's...