Mike Leach to Anywhere Running Thread.

[Boom_70]

Figured we may as well put the rumors under one roof.

 

[Chef2]

He may end up at Okie St. as an OC for a year.

I could see him doing that just as an excuse to put it in the ass of Tech.

 

[Schottey]

Oakland? Al Davis is certainly crazy enough. The offensive personnel already fit his style.

 

[mb]

I'd make it a "passing thread," but maybe that's just me. And I do love me some Mike Leach.

 

[Chef2]

Oakland? Al Davis is certainly crazy enough. The offensive personnel already fit his style.

How fun would that be to watch?

Not sure if Campbell could run it though.

 

[Lugnuts]

Here we go. Hartford Courant reader poll: Who should be UConn's next head coach?

Mike Leach is leading.

;D

This is hilarious.

 

[dooley_womack1]

And heck, he could be a pirate with his own ship on Long Island Sound.

 

[Chef2]

Oakland? Al Davis is certainly crazy enough. The offensive personnel already fit his style.

Hell, he already has the logo down.
And he is from the area.
Degree from Pepperdine.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

UConn should hire him. Pitt should hire him. Stanford should hire him after Harbaugh leaves.

Maryland is going to regret not hiring him.

 

[Football_Bat]

Oakland? Al Davis is certainly crazy enough. The offensive personnel already fit his style.

Hell, he already has the logo down.
And he is from the area.
Degree from Pepperdine.

Pepperdine (Malibu) is Oakland's area like Corpus Christi is Lubbock's area.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah, Pepperdine is just a quick, 7-hour jaunt from Oakland.

 

[da man]

Yeah, Pepperdine is just a quick, 7-hour jaunt from Oakland.

But it's 15 minutes from Tahoe.

 

[JackReacher]

UConn should hire him. Pitt should hire him. Stanford should hire him after Harbaugh leaves.

Maryland is going to regret not hiring him.

Leach at Stanford would be hilarious.

Why stop at colleges, Mizzou? You should pimp him for all the NFL openings, too. :)

 

[da man]

Oakland? Al Davis is certainly crazy enough. The offensive personnel already fit his style.

How fun would that be to watch?

Not sure if Campbell could run it though.

If guys like Kliff Kingsbury and Sonny Cumbie can run it, I think Jason Campbell should be able to handle it.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Would Leach be a worse hire than Buddy Teevens?

I don't think his style would work in the NFL.

 

[Boom_70]

It seems like any QB who can throw would want to place in an offense like Leaches.

Leach back on his XM show. Should be pretty interesting.

 

[The Big Ragu]

UConn should hire him. Pitt should hire him. Stanford should hire him after Harbaugh leaves.

Maryland is going to regret not hiring him.

I'd love for UConn to hire him for some reason that defies any logic, just so you can see how ridiculous this is. UConn has a very difficult recruiting pitch. Leach is not a good recruiter. The players Edsall was getting were largely blue collar. Even a guy like Donald Brown who carried them for a few years was a workhorse back without great speed.

How you'd turn that into a spread offense that pays no attention to defense would create some serious hilarity. Even if Leach, by virtue of being the second coming of the messiah according to some on here, gets a QB who can run the spread to commit to UConn (the only players who really run that in HS are in Texas, where nearly every HS runs some variation of the spread -- you find very little of it on the East Coast, especially in the Mid-Atlantic and New England), with UConn's recruiting area, where are the rest of the pieces going to come from?

Face it, there are three possible stops that make sense for Mike Leach. Back to the Big 12 and its spreads, although probably as an OC because of his lawsuits, not as a head coach. He is really an OC more than anything. Oklahoma State would be a great fit, if Gundy could accept that he will likely only have the guy for one year until he tries to move on to a head position. If Leach really wants to be a head coach, I could see him in the MAC. He could get away with his offense there, kind of the way that Northern Illinois dominated with a run-based version of it this year. Leach could also possibly fit in in the PAC 10, but only with certain teams. It would be a drastic change from what they have been doing, and with the players they currently have (a very good offensive line), they are more geared to anything but the spread, but if Jim Harbaugh bolts for the NFL or the Michigan job, maybe Leach could fit in there as the OC.

Those are probably his best options. I predict he'll be an OC somewhere this year.

 

[Boom_70]

UConn should hire him. Pitt should hire him. Stanford should hire him after Harbaugh leaves.

Maryland is going to regret not hiring him.

I'd love for UConn to hire him for some reason that defies any logic, just so you can see how ridiculous this is. UConn has a very difficult recruiting pitch. Leach is not a good recruiter. The players Edsall was getting were largely blue collar. Even a guy like Donald Brown who carried them for a few years was a workhorse back without great speed.

How you'd turn that into a spread offense that pays no attention to defense would create some serious hilarity. Even if Leach, by virtue of being the second coming of the messiah according to some on here, gets a QB who can run the spread to commit to UConn (the only players who really run that in HS are in Texas, where nearly every HS runs some variation of the spread -- you find very little of it on the East Coast, especially in the Mid-Atlantic and New England), with UConn's recruiting area, where are the rest of the pieces going to come from?

Face it, there are three possible stops that make sense for Mike Leach. Back to the Big 12 and its spreads, although probably as an OC because of his lawsuits, not as a head coach. He is really an OC more than anything. Oklahoma State would be a great fit, if Gundy could accept that he will likely only have the guy for one year until he tries to move on to a head position. If Leach really wants to be a head coach, I could see him in the MAC. He could get away with his offense there, kind of the way that Northern Illinois dominated with a run-based version of it this year. Leach could also possibly fit in in the PAC 10, but only with certain teams. It would be a drastic change from what they have been doing, and with the players they currently have (a very good offensive line), they are more geared to anything but the spread, but if Jim Harbaugh bolts for the NFL or the Michigan job, maybe Leach could fit in there as the OC.

Those are probably his best options. I predict he'll be an OC somewhere this year.

Ragu - you are just wrong about the spread being run only in Texas.

I live in CT and watch a fair amount of HS football. I would say at least half the teams I watch run the spread.

In town I live in HS runs spread and has won state 5 of the last 6 years. At youth level they are using same system from 5th grade on.

Have you ever spent some time watching 7 on 7 tournaments during summer? What offense are most using?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I just can't help but wonder if Edsall was a fluke getting the transfer QB and knew it, and that's why he bailed.

I don't find it difficult to believe that UConn has trouble recruiting. Basketball school with no football tradition in cold weather city in a region where there really aren't that many top football players.

 

[printdust]

Leach to Oakland? He'd have to be like a cat, with more coaching lives than a feline.