NYT article on Mike Leach by Michael Lewis 2005

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Interesting article on Leach, his offense and his quirky ways!

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/magazine/coach-leach-goes-deep-very-deep.html

 

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Favorite quote from the article:

As his team raced onto the field, he gazed into the stands filled with screaming fans and wondered about the several thousand "cadets" from Texas A.&M. clustered in one end zone. They wear military uniforms and buzz cuts, holler in unison and stand at attention the entire game. "How come they get to pretend they are soldiers?" he asked. "The thing is, they aren't actually in the military. I ought to have Mike's Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandanna. When you're a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we'll work pirate maneuvers and stuff like that."

 

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That would be cool if the student section had a pirate ranking system. Freshmen get the bandana’s and the sr’s with eyepatches.