Tuberville Left Texas Tech Recruits At Dinner “The waitress brought our food out, and we thought (Tuberville) went to the bathroom, but he never came back to dinner. Then next thing I know, the next day, he made an announcement that he’s going to Cincinnati.” Texas Tech athletics spokesman Blayne Beal confirmed Tech coaches did take players to dinner that night, which he said is a common occurrence on visits by recruits, but was unaware of any incidents that happened at dinner. The next morning the recruits were scheduled to take a tour of the campus, but Tuberville did not show up for it, Danzey said. That’s when offensive line coach Chris Thomsen, who was named interim head coach Monday, came back to the group and broke the news Tuberville had been named the new head coach at Cincinnati. "Honor" is a lost art.
TOM TUBERVILLE ARTICLE FROM LUBBOCK TEXAS NEWS SERVICE - http://texastech.247sports.com/Article/Tommy-Tuberville-left-visiting-recruits-at-the-dinner-table-106322
As for Tubbs being a sleazeball, I'll repost this here: the Cincy AD Babcock (a close friend of Tubbs since their days at Auburn together) said this about going after Tubbs: “I was trying to do it in a way that nobody would have known about it" Babcock said during a press conference introducing Tuberville to fans, boosters and media members in Cincinnati that he was “a bit embarrassed” that he didn't discuss the situation with (Texas Tech AD) Hocutt first The move came as a major shock to Tech officials and players. Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he received a phone call from Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock at 9:15 a.m., which Hocutt let go to voicemail because he was watching his son’s soccer game. At 10:30 a.m., Tuberville called Hocutt and said he would resign as Tech’s coach to take the same position at Cincinnati. Hocutt was caught off guard. “As recently as yesterday (Tuberville) looked me in the eye and gave me his commitment and dedication to Texas Tech football,” Hocutt said on Saturday, “and leading this football program forward.”
Tubbs had this to say in his defense: "Twenty-four hours ago I was the head coach at Texas Tech getting ready for a bowl game. And as we (Cincy AD Babcock and I) talked, there wasn't a lot of interest early (on my part of me going to Cincy), but...it was kind of a growing process on me for the last 12 or 14 hours, and it's funny how things happen so quickly."
Dan Patrick interviewed Tommy Tuberville here, http://coachingsearch.com/home/1999-tuberville-faces-firing-squad-of-questions-from-dan-patrick.html and according to Tuberville this situation seems to be blown out of proportion. DP went on further and questioned coaches leaving schools while under contract.
