I’ve been saying this for years but was told that this is a gimmick that only work against crap teams. And that I’m a Rutgers and Schiano Hater for saying this.
OT: Mike Leach passed away (edit)
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I’ve been saying this for years but was told that this is a gimmick that only work against crap teams. And that I’m a Rutgers and Schiano Hater for saying this.
I don’t mean this as a criticism of Mike Leach, great character and innovator. I think his results over the course of his career are the same results people say aren’t good enough from Schiano. [edit:
should say ‘weren’t good enough’ obviously the current results in the second Schiano era are below everyone’s expectations]
The guy got some second tier schools to put up a lot of 7-5, 8-4 type seasons — which is a great result at those schools…and he mixed in one really great season when Texas Tech was knocking on the door of getting to a big time bowl.
When he does it, we envy those seasons. We look back at our own bowl seasons and say they weren’t good enough.
Doesn’t take away from his results, just saying there is more than one way to skin the cat…and I don’t think we have to be critical of taking alternative approaches to reaching respectability.
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Don't think that at all. Glad to see more fans of his offense. Maybe we could march outside the Hale Center with signs!
These came up in my YouTube Feed:
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On NIL--nails it completely and destroys the current system:
The brilliance of deflection on wearing masks! He either is or acts genuinely curious on the questioner's masking techniques. And ooh, that smell of your breath:
The class he taught at WSU:
Pirates or Vikings?
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On NIL--nails it completely and destroys the current system:
The brilliance of deflection on wearing masks! He either is or acts genuinely curious on the questioner's masking techniques. And ooh, that smell of your breath:
The class he taught at WSU:
Pirates or Vikings?
Going Florida in February, and heading to Key West. Going to check out Mike's old haunt, where they mounted his stool between Papa Hemingway and John F. Kenneedy and Harry Truman.
Getting read for the pilgrimage to Capt. Tony's Saloon in Key West on Thursday. Came across this article. Some really hilarious snippets about Leach. IMO, this writer is an outstanding writer, and really brought Leach's life to full color:
Mumme may have been the attack’s Steve Wozniak, but Leach was its Steve Jobs.
Leach, too. When Bob Stoops wanted to hire Leach at Oklahoma, Mumme told him it was best to avoid a phone call with Leach. He might carry on about growing up in Wyoming as the son of a forest ranger or what he learned graduating in the top quarter of his law school class at Pepperdine. Maybe he would regale Stoops about the leadership of the Apache leader Geronimo.
“In his meetings,” former Kentucky assistant coach Tony Franklin said, “he might talk for 45 minutes about horse racing and 5 minutes on receiver play.”
“You can talk about a ceiling fan with him,” McNeill said, “and it may be a two-hour conversation.”
Sonny Dykes, a former Leach assistant who’s now the coach at TCU, said he once stood between watering holes on Sixth Street in Austin while Leach debated classic TV westerns – “Bonanza” vs. “Big Valley” – for two hours with a homeless man.
“People thought he was drunk,” Dykes would recall in an interview last year, “but that’s just how he was. You almost give up on him at times.”
Within 5 minutes of his interview with former Washington State athletic director Bill Moos, Leach was opining about Winston Churchill and the mechanics of snowblowers amid the rigors of Wyoming winters.
In late 2020, Leach met two administrators from another major program in an airport meeting room. It was early afternoon, so the group just left the window open and never turned on the lights. But Leach went Leach, pivoting from having a remarkable program turnaround at Washington State that produced four consecutive winning seasons to the outlook for the BYU men’s rugby team.
“You can literally watch his face,” one of the administrators would recall. “ ‘… he just took a turn.’ ”
Hours passed, the sun went down, and the administrators kept hoping Leach – sitting closest to the light switch – would flip on the lights. Or just acknowledge that it had become so dark they couldn’t see each other. Leach just kept talking, and when he stopped, the two men across from him heard some shuffling as Leach said nothing more and walked out. He was not hired
Mumme may have been the attack’s Steve Wozniak, but Leach was its Steve Jobs.
Leach, too. When Bob Stoops wanted to hire Leach at Oklahoma, Mumme told him it was best to avoid a phone call with Leach. He might carry on about growing up in Wyoming as the son of a forest ranger or what he learned graduating in the top quarter of his law school class at Pepperdine. Maybe he would regale Stoops about the leadership of the Apache leader Geronimo.
“In his meetings,” former Kentucky assistant coach Tony Franklin said, “he might talk for 45 minutes about horse racing and 5 minutes on receiver play.”
“You can talk about a ceiling fan with him,” McNeill said, “and it may be a two-hour conversation.”
Sonny Dykes, a former Leach assistant who’s now the coach at TCU, said he once stood between watering holes on Sixth Street in Austin while Leach debated classic TV westerns – “Bonanza” vs. “Big Valley” – for two hours with a homeless man.
“People thought he was drunk,” Dykes would recall in an interview last year, “but that’s just how he was. You almost give up on him at times.”
Within 5 minutes of his interview with former Washington State athletic director Bill Moos, Leach was opining about Winston Churchill and the mechanics of snowblowers amid the rigors of Wyoming winters.
In late 2020, Leach met two administrators from another major program in an airport meeting room. It was early afternoon, so the group just left the window open and never turned on the lights. But Leach went Leach, pivoting from having a remarkable program turnaround at Washington State that produced four consecutive winning seasons to the outlook for the BYU men’s rugby team.
“You can literally watch his face,” one of the administrators would recall. “ ‘… he just took a turn.’ ”
Hours passed, the sun went down, and the administrators kept hoping Leach – sitting closest to the light switch – would flip on the lights. Or just acknowledge that it had become so dark they couldn’t see each other. Leach just kept talking, and when he stopped, the two men across from him heard some shuffling as Leach said nothing more and walked out. He was not hired
Looking good for "The Pirate" to make the HOF now
>The National Football Foundation, who manages the College Football Hall of Fame, cleared the deck for Leach's induction when it lowered the minimum winning percentage threshold from .600 to .595 one year ago. Leach carried a career .596 winning percentage (158-107) upon his death on Dec. 12, 2022. A win in the 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl, which his Bulldogs had already qualified for, would have given Leach an even .600 winning percentage. <
Sources: Mike Leach to appear on 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Mike Leach will appear on the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot when it's released Monday, sources close to the process confirmed to FootballScoop on Friday.
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Mike Leach is a sentimental favorite to enter the HOF and won at every stop.
But I wonder if having only 2 double digit winning seasons in a 21-year career as a college HC hurts his chances
Or if how hard it was to win where he coached would make a difference.
Sherrill's Miss State year don't look HOF material, but thinking about how hard it has beenb for most MDU HCs to win there, Jackie deserves entrance.
Tubberville won at every program he was HC, but did he win big enough except for one year.
Tommy had two double digit seasons in the 21 seasons he was HC
But he did make his employer (Auburn) look like idiots when he was 13-0 the year after that school went after Bobby Petrino—then the head coach at Louisville and formerly Tuberville’s offensive coordinator at Auburn and was secretly interviewed to replace Tuberville while Tuberville was still actively coaching the Tigers.
I like Darryl Rodgers, but feel he might not be hall material with only one double digit winning season in his 20 years as a college HC
Same with "The Fridge"
Coker started off great for his first 3 years getting the NC for Miami in his first year as HC
But after his third-year things tended downwards , especially after his 5th, and by the end of his career HOF membership chances might have been gone .
www.footballscoop.com
But I wonder if having only 2 double digit winning seasons in a 21-year career as a college HC hurts his chances
Or if how hard it was to win where he coached would make a difference.
Sherrill's Miss State year don't look HOF material, but thinking about how hard it has beenb for most MDU HCs to win there, Jackie deserves entrance.
Tubberville won at every program he was HC, but did he win big enough except for one year.
Tommy had two double digit seasons in the 21 seasons he was HC
But he did make his employer (Auburn) look like idiots when he was 13-0 the year after that school went after Bobby Petrino—then the head coach at Louisville and formerly Tuberville’s offensive coordinator at Auburn and was secretly interviewed to replace Tuberville while Tuberville was still actively coaching the Tigers.
I like Darryl Rodgers, but feel he might not be hall material with only one double digit winning season in his 20 years as a college HC
Same with "The Fridge"
Coker started off great for his first 3 years getting the NC for Miami in his first year as HC
But after his third-year things tended downwards , especially after his 5th, and by the end of his career HOF membership chances might have been gone .
Nine coaches make 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
The National Football Foundation on Monday released the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, which includes 80 players and nine coaches eligible for induction at the FBS level.
www.footballscoop.com
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