Not exactly true. We do know some things for certain. And the sum total of our experiences enables us to draw reasonable inferences supported by those facts, allowing each of us to arrive at our own conclusions as to where the truth lies. Our entire legal system is built upon these principles, which is where this thing is headed in short order.
I have to discern the truth from competing and adverse testimony every day as part of my job. In my experience, those who provide more specific details, early on, are more likely to be telling the truth. Leach, and his camp, have provided specific details concerning the number of licensed trainers, asst. trainers, and GA's who were present with James in the shed and/or media room. His attorney has also provided a guided tour of both rooms to the news media. His assistant coaches have provided a brief written summary, via email, of James' performance at practice during the days leading up to his discipline.
These details are more than likely true, in my opinion. This is based upon the fact that there are a limited number of trainers, asst. trainers and GA's who work for TT. Thus, they can be identified and questioned, outside the presence of one another, or Leach, about the details of their supervision. If Leach is lying about their supervision, he runs the risk of one of them actually telling the truth. Even if they all tried to lie for him, it is almost impossible, under the scrutiny of questioning by a competent attorney, for 3 people to completely fabricate a lie of this magnitude, and maintain consistent details.
On the other hand, all I have heard out of the pro-James camp is concussion, blah, blah, blah..... . The only thing they specifically have alleged publicly is that he had a concussion diagnosed by a doctor.
And I think this is the part that bothers me most of all about the coverage of this situation, and the state of our society in general. In this PC world we live in, where we protect people's feelings like they have a constitutional right to never be offended by anyone else, ever, Leach refused to give a manufactured, half-hearted apology to allow everyone to save face. Then C. James and his wife can feel vindicated; TT can appear responsible for the health of its players; A. James can go back to practice with no consequences; and Leach gets to keep his job.
But buried under all this PC garbage is the principle of honesty and integrity. Leach has to say he is sorry, when he isn't; TT appears to be protecting the health of its players, but James' was never endangered; A. James has failed to learn a lesson about his behavior.
