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Michael Brewer tweeted a picture of the letter Texas Tech sent him outlining the conditions of his transfer:
— Michael Brewer (@MBrewer16) February 14, 2014
Blayne Beal responded with notes from his iPhone:
Statement from Texas Tech. pic.twitter.com/OeUm6ha4iI
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
Then Beal responded to a question:
@kingfish806 my statement last night is accurate.
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
And finally, Beal sent a series of tweets outlining the entire statement:
Here comes Texas Tech's statement in multiple tweets. My apologies as I was at Tech's baseball game and did not want to make an error.
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
The letter in question was dated January 21. Texas Tech has subsequently changed its stance regarding the limitation of the one-time
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
transfer rule and permission to contact and is allowing Michael to transfer to any school he chooses outside of the Big 12 Conference,
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
including any non-Big 12 institution in Texas, to allow him to pursue his football and academic interests. This has been
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
communicated to him by Texas Tech officials. - end of statement -
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) February 14, 2014
Then Brewer concluded with this:
@thebookviking No. That is the only letter I have received regarding my release from Texas Tech.
— Michael Brewer (@MBrewer16) February 14, 2014
Now I'm not one to throw stones, especially when it comes to picking fights on Twitter. But if I've learned anything this week, it's that there are better ways to handle things.
Michael Brewer needs to stop trying to burn the place down on his way out the door. Michael, if you love Texas Tech as you profess, it's time to stop.
And our Associate Athletics Director of Communications needs to step away from the iPhone for a few days. Responding to the bombs he's lobbing will only encourage him to continue.
The actions by Brewer are not doing Texas Tech University any favors so radio silence would probably discourage him enough and he'll move on.
