At Tech for apparently racially insensitive statement.

From ESPN:

According to the school, Adams was encouraging a player to be more receptive to coaching and "referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters." Adams apologized to the team after he found out the player was upset about the use of the Bible verse, a source told ESPN.

One source in the Texas Tech program to @Stadium: “I’d be shocked if Mark Adams coaches another game in Lubbock. Most of the players don’t want to play for him.” https://t.co/v0Ew8Dvkti

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 5, 2023

Looks like Drew will now have another part of the coaching tree in the Big 12 next year.

He's done.

The chatter all year was the players hate playing for him, and the Tech BMDs were unhappy after the issues with his dead brother's wife spilled into the locker room.

Giving him that Mike Leach Treatment, I see.

DanaDane said:

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So Tech's trying to figure out a way to push him out without paying?

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That was my first thought

It's the Nobody out Pizzas the UTT way

The spitting on the player is way worse than whatever he said.

There are parts of the Koran that are not safe to quote in some circles.

Hotsauce said:

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He's done.

The chatter all year was the players hate playing for him, and the Tech BMDs were unhappy after the issues with his dead brother's wife spilled into the locker room.

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High Plains Grifter...might be appropriate considering all the sideshows associated with that program right now.

I'm not going to defend anything he allegedly said or actions he did because both sound like he was dumb for doing both of them if guilty, but anyone is naive who doesn't question how this suddenly comes to the forefront a few days later than it actually happened and then some spitting story from much earlier arises as rumors in the back channels in Oxford indicate that Ole Miss is prepared to offer McCasland the head job when they are eliminated from the SEC tournament (likely Wednesday night) and UNT is eliminated from the CUSA (unknown; could win it and make the dance).

Stefano DiMera said:

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Just want to clarify my last response..I agree with 100% of your post ..I just think it's poor judgement for Adams to expect his audience to understand or even know about the subtle nuances you made about slavery vs indentured servitude

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Understood, and your point is well taken. And the spitting on the player (if true) is obviously indefensible.

Johnny Bear said:

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That Biblical verse is actually one of those invent something to be offended by type things - if you understand the "slave" reference within context. The word that is interpreted as "slave" in this context Is actually a reference to the practice of indentured servitude whereby a person willfully sells his/her labor to a "master" to possibly pay off a debt or for other reasons. In today's world it is much more akin to an employee / boss type relationship than it is comparable to the practice of actual slavery as we know it today and as it was known when historically once legal in America.

But, if it's being used as a reason to get rid of Adams, I'm sure it will continue to be used to ruin him as an "endorser of slavery".

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That is, I'm afraid, just not accurate as a reading of doulos.

whitetrash said:

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Chris Beard is available…..

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He left TT to take a job at his alma mater and it didn't work out. After 5 minutes of harrumphing, I think they would take him back at TT.

I'd consider spitting on a player worthy of immediate firing.

And yeah I wouldn't be surprised to see Beard resurface there.

Stefano DiMera said:

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Just want to clarify my last response..I agree with 100% of your post ..I just think it's poor judgement for Adams to expect his audience to understand or even know about the subtle nuances you made about slavery vs indentured servitude

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Is it too much to expect people not to be so stupid, egotistical and self-centered to understand that not everything is about the color of their skin, or that the use of a word in most contexts, but especially in this very specific and entirely separate context, has no necessary connection to an experience that they in their very privileged existence as division 1 athletes have nothing but the most tenuous connection to? Yeah, I guess it is. Society is so effing doomed.

JXL said:

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I'd consider spitting on a player worthy of immediate firing.

And yeah I wouldn't be surprised to see Beard resurface there.

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When he allegedly spit on a player was he yelling Bob Knight style and spraying it or did he spit on said player like someone in game of thrones during the shame! shame! walk?

Fre3dombear said:

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JXL said:

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I'd consider spitting on a player worthy of immediate firing.

And yeah I wouldn't be surprised to see Beard resurface there.

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When he allegedly spit on a player was he yelling Bob Knight style and spraying it or did he spit on said player like someone in game of thrones during the shame! shame! walk?

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Yeah, that's a pretty important question. I'm guessing the latter the way its being brought up, but if historically illiterate and chronically dishonest people can claim that the mere utterance of the word slave is an assault and tantamount to a call for the south to rise again, as if the word never existed before or outside of 18th and 19th century America, then it's hard to make any assumptions without having seen the firsthand account

(Edit to make clear I am NOT calling JXL dishonest, as he likely has seen the actual stories being referenced, and i have not, and do assume he knows what he's talking about, and agree with him if so. Just a general comment on the general (un-) trustworthiness of the people that seem to be coming for Adams' scalp based on these ludicrous racial insensitivity claims)

I just hope justice is done. I really don't know what happened but this has the appearance of so many other public fiascos based upon heresy & gossip and someone being way to sensitive about what someone said. If it's another woke witch hunt, I'm all for Adams being defended.

Imagine being fired for reading a Bible verse! Much more to it though. Starting with unusual wife stuff and then their record.
Heck, I hope they keep him.

Haha... you're exactly right.. but not to get too political and derail the thread..look at our country the last few years and all the misinformation being spouted as truth...does it look like the ability to critically think exists anymore?

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2023/texas-tech-ad-hocutt-1234711424/

I didn't realize all those coaches who mysteriously left Tech the last few years were all player abuse cases. Seems like Kirby has a problem on his hands.

Stefano DiMera said:

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https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2023/texas-tech-ad-hocutt-1234711424/

I didn't realize all those coaches who mysteriously left Tech the last few years were all player abuse cases. Seems like Kirby has a problem on his hands.

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Well, is hard not to be dirty in a place that rains mud.