In 2007, Chaz Ramsey was a member of the All-Freshman Team in the SEC at Auburn University. He came into Auburn as a four-star recruit with hopes of reaching the NFL someday. If you are on the All-Freshman Team in the SEC, you have very good odds of achieving such hopes.

Today, Ramsey is suing former Auburn trainer Arnold Gamber for allegedly causing a career-ending injury during his rehabilitation from back surgery. Gamber was hired as Tech’s head trainer this past week.

I really cannot tell you if the allegations against Gamber are true. I really do not believe them. If I did, it would mean that I would have to think it were possible that Adam James’ allegations against Mike Leach were true. I will never believe that.

What is wrong with this situation goes back to the termination letter that was given to Mike Leach by Tech President Guy Bailey. It stated that he was fired according to Article IV of his contract, which says “the coach shall assure the fair and responsible treatment of student-athletes in relation to their health, welfare and discipline.”

There is something very ironic about this letter. According to his letter of termination, Leach was fired for breaching performance provisions in his contract. Yes, you read it right; he was fired for BREACH of performance provisions in his CONTRACT. Currently Mike Leach is suing Tech for breach of contract. Oh, that made me laugh so hard my sides hurt.

Leach was fired because he mistreated an athlete. Fine, if you want to fire a coach for that then by all means do it.

But you cannot justifiably fire a man for allegedly endangering the welfare of a student athlete, and then hire another man who is currently being sued for allegedly endangering the welfare of another student athlete. That is the most inconsistent decision making I have ever heard of.

The simple fact here is that Texas Tech University never liked Mike Leach. You could see that a couple of years ago during the contract renegotiations. I understand the man was abrasive. He insulted his own players and said things in press conferences that were not suitable for young children.

Tech knew they could not fire Leach over something as insignificant as this. They needed something more substantial. Then, the whole Adam James dilemma came about.

I believe Adam James complained because he was not getting any playing time. To be honest with you, I don’t feel that he deserved any. I never saw so many dropped passes in my life. Nor did he deserve any respect on the field for his attitude.

He had multiple personal fouls during the year, and he got benched for them. If you do not believe me, look at the earlier games in the 2009 season and see what happens when he is on the field. He disrespected Tech and got benched for it.

But we are not talking about Adam James right now. We are talking about the fact that Tech hired a trainer that is in trouble for something that Mike Leach got fired for. Notice this; Leach never had a lawsuit filed against him. Yes, Craig James threatened to sue, but he never did. He backed off after Leach was fired.

He got exactly what he wanted and then stopped saying his son was the best player on the team and deserved more playing time. He knew it was not true anyway.

I really do not know if Chaz Ramsey’s claims are true — I was not there. The kid could honestly be just like Adam James, and for whatever reason did not like how things were going at Auburn.

If I were there in 2007 playing with the team he was on, I might feel the same way. But the fact is that Gamber was let go by Auburn. They said it was not because of the Ramsey incident, but who really believes that?

I do not know how Tech can justify hiring this man and acting like there is nothing wrong. This is a slap in the face to Mike Leach, and people need to pay attention to it.