I may at a later time come back to the Jeff Lebby hire. But for now I just want to introduce this video on my blog because I made reference to Tulsa’s head coach Phillip Montgomery coaching with Jeff Lebby at Baylor earlier in their careers in an earlier post of mine.
I want to make sure I do my due dilgence on this.
Let’s just say for the time being this is a deposition of sorts. But for right now…nothing more.
Clearly…the situation at Baylor with Art Briles isn’t something to laugh at or take lightly. But by the same token…I feel in the world of college football we all need to calmly and with diligence research the truth and the context of the truth.
So here’s an introductory statement from Coach Montgomery who btw was just extended an additional two years as the head coach at Tulsa.
I’ll come back to this possibly at a later time…or maybe not.
You know…I’m a Bob Stoops fan. But back when he made his decision on Joe Mixon I was very critical of him for how he handled that siutation. I saw that video and it was heart wrenching to say the least.
Coach Stoops had to make a very tough call and intially I disagreed with his decision. That video was as damning piece of evidence you’d ever want a jury to witness. It was a devastating piece of film.
But as the years have passed my position on all of that with Joe Mixon has softened somewhat as I’ve seen Joe Mixon move on with his life in a positive manner. I hope he’s been able to make a real positive impact on the life of his single mother who raised him as well.
It doesn’t mean I condone a man slugging a woman even if she called him a racist name, but what it means to me is that certain siutuations require some nuance as we make decisions which alter the lives of others.
By the same token…when Mike Gundy had a similarly tough decision to make with Tyreke Hill in hindsight maybe he could have had a hand in helping this young man grow up. Each human decision is a different one.
Each human story is unique.
Each client my father defended had a unique life journey. Maybe it’s that part of me from my father’s experiences as a criminal defense lawyer which always makes me want to look for the human redemption element of every person.