(AP) -- SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Texas Tech assistant who criticized Adam James in hopes of saving Mike Leach's job says he has offered James his support since the Red Raiders fired their head coach.
Acting offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley said Thursday he told James he knows "we're on different sides of the fence" but that the sophomore wide receiver is still his player. Riley stopped short of saying whether he wants James back next year.
Texas Tech fired Leach on Wednesday after allegations that he mistreated James' concussion.
Riley called James "unusually lazy and entitled" in a letter written to school administrators as Texas Tech investigated the complaint.
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