The Mike Leach legend grows

[GuessWho]

Wonder how this guy would do in a bigger media market?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3385098

 

[Chef]

Leach is a riot.

There were several major D-1 head coaches doing some recruiting out here and they were all dressed to the nines in their big-boy suits......Leach walks in the room wearing faded-out blue jeans, a red Texas Tech Under Armour pull-over and spitting his dip into a Kwik-Shop coffee cup.

Dude is funny as hell.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

...and he's still in Lubbock.

 

[beefncheddar]

I'm certain it's a d_B, but it's too good not to throw out there again:

Mike Leach does the weather

“Now on Monday, it says bad stuff; a serious storm. Well, you’re going to be dead in 100 years anyways. Live dangerously.”

"Expect sun ... don't be a coward."

"My favorite weather pattern happens to be when it rains mud."

 

[Moderator1]

I enjoyed the linked column.

I'd like to know what some of those TV shows are, though.

 

[Football_Bat]

...and he's still in Lubbock.

Where he will be for the next 30 years. Tech will be good for 7 or 8 wins and a mid-level bowl almost every year with that system he runs, and nobody's going to line up to lure him away.

 

[Steak Snabler]

He's entertaining for a little while, but I wouldn't want to cover him every day.

For one thing, he designates two players --- and only two --- to be team spokemen for the entire season. Those are the only players you get all year until the bowl game, where they have rules specifying that more players be made available. Even Nick Saban's access rules aren't that restrictive.

Team I cover played Tech in a bowl a few years ago. His fifth-year senior quarterback got hurt in the third quarter, then came back in to lead a game-tying scoring drive despite what was later diagnosed as a torn MCL.

Somebody asked Leach about the QB, setting him up for something like "this kid cared so much about this team that he got back out there when he could hardly walk." Instead, Leach says "we don't talk about injuries, during or after the season."

Dickhead.

 

[Omar_dont_scare]

For one thing, he designates two players --- and only two --- to be team spokemen for the entire season. Those are the only players you get all year until the bowl game, where they have rules specifying that more players be made available.

He still does this? I thought that was a one-time deal.

 

[GuessWho]

For one thing, he designates two players --- and only two --- to be team spokemen for the entire season. Those are the only players you get all year until the bowl game, where they have rules specifying that more players be made available.

He still does this? I thought that was a one-time deal.

Not sure, but I think it was just for one season. Whatever, the guy is entertaining as hell — not in a Jay Leno one-liner sort of way; more of a George Carlin stream-of-consciousness sort of way.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

I'd be interested to hear from people who have actually covered him on a daily basis. I'd be willing to bet they're not nearly as entertained by the guy.

Kind of reminds me of Bo Ryan at Wisconsin. The national guys love him because he seems so home-spun and cheeky. Try covering that on a daily basis, though. Many of those guys can't stand him.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I'd be interested to hear from people who have actually covered him on a daily basis. I'd be willing to bet they're not nearly as entertained by the guy.

Kind of reminds me of Bo Ryan at Wisconsin. The national guys love him because he seems so home-spun and cheeky. Try covering that on a daily basis, though. Many of those guys can't stand him.

I get the sense that the Tech beat writers like Leach a hell of a lot more that the Badger writers like Ryan.

Ryan does a good press conference at the tournaments, but his beat guys seem to hate him (for good reason).

 

[Some Guy]

I covered the Big 12 for a while. Most of the people who deal with Leach love him and find him wildly entertaining.

The only complaints you'll get are about the "two spokesmen" rule, which went on multiple years. Not sure if they still do it or not, since I've been away for more than a season.

 

[GuessWho]

He's the only D-I head football coach I know of who gives reporters his cell phone number and returns every call to it.

 

[fishwrapper]

I don't care about Mike Leech or his Chuck and Duck Offense or his affinity for pirates. Barely registers as a blip.
What I found most interesting?:

Mark Schlabach covers college football and men's college basketball for ESPN.com. You can contact him at [email protected].

ESPN run out of email addresses?

 

[PeteyPirate]

I don't care about Mike Leech or his Chuck and Duck Offense or his affinity for pirates. Barely registers as a blip.
What I found most interesting?:

Mark Schlabach covers college football and men's college basketball for ESPN.com. You can contact him at [email protected].

ESPN run out of email addresses?

I brought up the same thing on the Jemele Hill thread. A lot of espn.com columnists use Gmail addresses. It looks stupid.

 

[fishwrapper]

Gmail fine. But, Yahoo?

 

[OTD]

Gmail fine. But, Yahoo?

Maybe Morgan's recruiting him.

 

[JayFarrar]

What I noted was that he went to BYU (the well-known Mormon school) for undergrad and got his law degree from Pepperdine (a well-known school, that many don't know is Church of Christ) and I can't think of two schools more polar opposites.
That strikes me as extremely interesting.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I'd love to see him take over at, say, Vandy and see how smart he'd look after 3-4 years of running that crazy **** week-in and week-out against teams with real, live Top 25 defenses.

2007
At No. 16 Missouri: Lost 41-10
A nice 1-2 punch at the end of the year, though, beating No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 20 Virginia ... possibly the most significant two-game stretch in this six-season sample.

2006
Five losses, four in league

2005
No. 8 Alabama (bowl): Lost 13-10

2004
At New Mexico: Lost 27-24

2003
At N.C. State: Lost 49-21
At No. 18 Ole Miss: Won 49-45, best argument for Eli not winning the Heisman I can think of

2002
At No. 2 Ohio State: Lost 45-21

 

[Hammer Pants]

Spurrier is also much more fun for those who don't have to cover him every day.