Mike Leach - RIP

I think you're probably right and have been right from the time of Rockne.

That said, it's still heartbreaking.

 

Don't forget that Kingsbury was signed, sealed and delivered to USC by Clay Helton to be offensive coordinator. A month later, he was head coach of the Cardinals.

 

Head coach of an NFL team or assistant coach of a minor league team seems like a no-brainer.

 

As the board's resident WAZZU alum, I'll be forever grateful for how Leach turned around the Coug program. Not just the sustained success, but the energy and enthusiasm. He put my alma mater on the map, especially the magical 2018 season. The program was in really rough shape. I mean, Pete Carroll had USC take a knee to stop scoring on us again...in the second quarter.
On the other hand, there were the times Leach was needlessly a jerk to people. When asked about losing the Apple Cup yet again to the Huskies, he ripped the reporter to pieces, and conveniently didn't have to answer for his shortcomings.
When Leach left Pullman, there were two fiercely divided camps: Those who were tired of Leach, and those mad at those tired of Leach and hung onto every word the man said.

 

I could see how a fan could be both tired of him and disappointed that he had left.

 

Sounds like some Trumpists I know.

 

I'm a Coug as well, and this sums it up pretty perfectly. By the time he left, I was a bit tired of it all—but I also will be eternally grateful for the turnaround. I've had football season tickets for nearly 25 years now, and getting in the car at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning to drive to Pullman—knowing you're about to lose 66-3 or 63-14 or 69-0 (all actual scores from 2008 home games; 69-0 was the USC game referenced above)—will make you start to question your life choices. Leach made going to Pullman for games fun again. (Yes, even when the Cougs missed a 19-yard field goal at the buzzer to lose to Cal 60-59 in one of the wildest games I've ever attended.)

 

Nice gesture by Miami (OH) at the Bahamas Bowl and interesting (noted during the broadcast) that Leach doesn't have any ties to the school.

 

Yeah, I know, another Leach obit...but a damn fine one I must say:

Reflections: Mike Leach and Josh Heupel - Knox TN Today

 

I was going to post that. Marvin can still spin a tale sometimes.

 

Texas Tech inducting Leach into hall of honor

Craig James can still pound sand.