that the ESPN story includes a couple quotes from players speaking out in favor of the firing.

“I have no complaints about this decision. [Leach] put Adam [James] in a shed like an animal. Like an animal in a cage. That was bull,” defensive lineman Chris Perry. “You call other players. I think it was a good decision. We have our pep back now. We practice hard this week. We had less stress this week. You know why? Because he’s gone.”

Just a flat-out bizarre story.

The interim guy seems to be expending a lot of energy lobbying for the full-time job. Doesn’t seem like a good thing for team morale/chemistry.

Quotes from today:

I’m very interested in the job. Maybe that’s a double yes with some exclamation marks. You journalists know about that, you know, some little dots. I know how to text a little bit. My daughter taught me how to text but yes I’m very interested in becoming Tech’s next head coach at Texas Tech.

Well the biggest thing is…it’s very important we keep this class together. It will be one of the best classes we have signed if everything goes through. In these situations we will have questions, because they will come to Texas Tech for a number of things. Academic and graduation rate is number one. It’s the first priority they have done. The second is for the football team and the winning atmosphere we have created as well as the social environment of Lubbock. It’s the second biggest city in the Big 12. We hope to keep it together and keep everyone tight and I am very optimistic this thing will get handled quickly and I am looking forward to being a big part of that.

I am looking forward to it (play calling). When the first everything happened it was a unique deal. I had to be a part of all three sides of the ball. I have always been a part of the special teams and the defense, but now making sure I have eye balls on all three. It’s gone really smooth, just like I knew it would be.