If Leach got fired for supposedly locking a kid in a shed and Gillespie was asked to leave because he was just too tough on his players, shouldn't Tubberville be fired for hitting a grad assistant on the sideline?
If Leach got fired for supposedly locking a kid in a shed and Gillespie was asked to leave because he was just too tough on his players, shouldn't Tubberville be fired for hitting a grad assistant on the sideline?
Personally I think he was ripping off the assistant's headset and missed, whether that's exactly what happened only Tuberville knows. I think a college football coach would punch before he would slap. After re-watching it it also appears that Tuberville is griping about something to Kevin Oliver as opposed to directly griping about him as a person. Now if Oliver were to come forward and call it a slap or if the media scrutinizes it too much then I would expect Tech to take some kind of action.
Also after re-watching it even more, his hand clearly goes in a downward motion (as if ripping the headset off), personally I believe a slap would be more lateral motion.
Also after re-watching it even more, his hand clearly goes in a downward motion (as if ripping the headset off), personally I believe a slap would be more lateral motion.
He grabs the mic and pulls... If he would have slapped him, the head would have moved in a completely different direction.
The Leach and BCG firings were also a lot more than a player getting put into a "shed" and pushing players to hard.
Oliver screwed up, it cost us, his boss got angry... sadly it got caught on camera and the media will take off with it.
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