Chris Beard

[Norm Peterson]

UT basketball was on an upward trajectory. Had beaten Creighton the game before we played CU.

 

This will have reverberations and it will be interesting to see what happens. He's one of the best coaches in CBB. Will his career survive? Should it?

 

By the way, we have 4 common opponents with Texas this year, so what happens with them will affect our strength of schedule rating stuff.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Norm Peterson

[Norm Peterson]

 

[Swan88]

The article says:

Beard was arrested by police in Austin, Texas, and has been booked on a third-degree charge of "assault of a family/household member impede breath circulation," or strangulation.

[49r]

Jesus, that's awful.

[Huskerpapa]

Good lord.

I hope that the individual assaulted is on the road to recovery.

I guess it will be interesting to see how Texas handles the situation.

[hskr4life]

Holy smokes-- just finding out about this.  It will be really interesting to see how UT handles this mid-season.

[hskr4life]

They are supposed to have a game tonight.

[Handy Johnson]

Well, since it’s Texas (the State more so than the University) it will be handled in a different fashion than most other places. 

[Bugeaters1]

5 hours ago, Swan88 said:

The article says:

Beard was arrested by police in Austin, Texas, and has been booked on a third-degree charge of "assault of a family/household member impede breath circulation," or strangulation.

MJ all over again.

[Cazzie22]

His career in Austin may be finished.  However, all the facts aren’t available.  Tragic for his family.

[Norm Peterson]

In other sad coaching news, Mike Leach is not long for this world. Massive heart attack yesterday and it sounds like they've shifted him to palliative care/hospice until he passes. This is a bummer for me. I have always enjoyed his maverick behavior. He's a classic. A national treasure.

[hskr4life]

20 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

In other sad coaching news, Mike Leach is not long for this world. Massive heart attack yesterday and it sounds like they've shifted him to palliative care/hospice until he passes. This is a bummer for me. I have always enjoyed his maverick behavior. He's a classic. A national treasure.

 

Guy is a national treasure.  Love his craziness.  Would be a huge shock if he passed.

[49r]

40 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

In other sad coaching news, Mike Leach is not long for this world. Massive heart attack yesterday and it sounds like they've shifted him to palliative care/hospice until he passes. This is a bummer for me. I have always enjoyed his maverick behavior. He's a classic. A national treasure.

 

Conflicting reports on this.  There are lots of reports of a massive stroke, not heart attack.  But lots of speculation either way.

 

Very sad news.

[Norm Peterson]

This is a double hit to the Texas Tech community. These were two of their beloved former coaches.

[Huskerpapa]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

In other sad coaching news, Mike Leach is not long for this world. Massive heart attack yesterday and it sounds like they've shifted him to palliative care/hospice until he passes. This is a bummer for me. I have always enjoyed his maverick behavior. He's a classic. A national treasure.

Agree Norm.  This one hit hard.  I thought he got a really raw deal at Tech.  He is whimsical and a bit different, which made me like him even more.

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

 

Conflicting reports on this.  There are lots of reports of a massive stroke, not heart attack.  But lots of speculation either way.

 

Very sad news.

One of the news reports I read said that he was out for 15 minutes before paramedics were able to get a defibrillator to get his heart beating again. That sounds more like a heart attack than a stroke but I’m no expert.

[49r]

Just now, Norm Peterson said:

One of the news reports I read said that he was out for 15 minutes before paramedics were able to get a defibrillator to get his heart beating again. That sounds more like a heart attack than a stroke but I’m no expert.

 

I'll defer to you on this then...all I've seen are unconfirmed (and admittedly somewhat sketchy) twitter reports.  In any event I'm sure we'll know the real story soon enough.

[Norm Peterson]

13 hours ago, 49r said:

I'll defer to you on this then...all I've seen are unconfirmed (and admittedly somewhat sketchy) twitter reports.  In any event I'm sure we'll know the real story soon enough.

 

He passed. Massive heart attack. It was 15 minutes before they were able to try to resuscitate him. May he Rest in Peace.

[Huskerpapa]

Mike Leach passed away overnight.   May he rest in peace.

[49r]

RIP coach Leach.

[Norm Peterson]

Leach news is a gut punch. He's honestly one of my all-time favorite coaches in any sport. 

[hskr4life]

This is terrible news.  Everyone knows Mike Leach.  Even my mom knew of him!

[HuskerFever]

 

[Handy Johnson]

RIP Coach Leach, I’ll never forget when Beau Davis entered the game back in ‘04. 

[HuskerFever]

This man deserves his own thread, but... RIP. Mike. You were one of a kind.

 

Posting more just as a memory of this man.