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Mississippi State's Mike Leach “apologizes“ for since-deleted noose tweet

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Leach deletes, apologizes for quarantine tweet

Mike Leach said "he had no intention of offending anyone" when he posted a meme of a woman knitting her husband a noose during self-quarantine.
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Leach deletes, apologizes for quarantine tweet

Mississippi State coach Mike Leach apologized Thursday for a since-deleted tweet that showed a meme of a woman knitting her husband a noose during self-quarantine.

Leach removed the tweet, which was posted Wednesday night and had the caption, "After 2 weeks of quarantine with her husband, Gertrude decided to knit him a scarf .."

The tweet received nearly 3,700 likes but also criticism, including some from Mississippi State players.

Among those critical of the post: 2019 captain Erroll Thompson, who responded with a hand-on-the-chin, eyebrow-raised thinking emoji; defensive lineman Fabien Lovett, who wrote, "Wtf"; and defensive end Kobe Jones, who replied with "Facts. He tripping" along with an ashamed emoji.

Leach tweeted Thursday, "I sincerely regret if my choice of images in my tweets were found offensive. I had no intention of offending anyone."

The first-year Mississippi State coach frequently posts memes in his Twitter feed. He has more than 350,000 followers on the social media platform.
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Lineman enters transfer portal after Leach tweet

Defensive lineman Fabien Lovett, who responded to coach Mike Leach's now-deleted controversial tweet on Thursday, said he has entered the transfer portal and has three years of eligibility remaining.
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AD: Leach to raise 'his cultural awareness' of state

Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen issued a statement Tuesday in response to Mike Leach's controversial tweet last week, saying there is a plan to provide the football coach with opportunities to "expand his cultural awareness of Mississippi."
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AD: Coach Mike Leach to 'expand his cultural awareness of Mississippi' following tweet

Following a controversial tweet by Mike Leach, Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen issued a statement Tuesday saying there is a plan in place to provide the first-year Bulldogs coach with opportunities to "expand his cultural awareness of Mississippi."

Leach's tweet, depicting a woman knitting a noose for her husband during self-quarantine, was criticized by several Bulldogs players. Defensive lineman Fabien Lovett entered the transfer portal, and his father, Abdual Lovett, told the Clarion Ledger that he didn't feel comfortable with his son playing for Leach, "with a guy like that, from a leadership standpoint."

"No matter the context, for many Americans the image of a noose is never appropriate and that's particularly true in the South and in Mississippi," Cohen said in the statement. "Mississippi State University was disappointed in the use of such an image in a tweet by Coach Mike Leach."

Cohen added that Leach will participate in "listening sessions" with students, alumni and community groups and will take guided visits to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum once it is allowed.

"The university is confident that Coach Leach is moving quickly and sincerely past this unintended misstep and will provide the leadership for our student athletes and excitement for our football program that our fans deserve and that our students and alumni will be proud to support," Cohen said.

Leach deleted the tweet, posted Wednesday night, and issued an apology Thursday, saying, "I sincerely regret if my choice of images in my tweets were found offensive. I had no intention of offending anyone."
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