Mike Leach fired

[WazzuRC]

Re: Mike Leach fired

Perhaps the AD has a personal beef with Leach?

He does. Not sure the backstory on it but it seems to me like the AD was just looking for a reason to can Leach, which is absurd since he just gave him a brand new contract last year.

[Watson]

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So your worst year in a 12 game season in the SEC was still better than Leach's best year playing four complete cream puffs (not even good mid majors, we're talking 2 1AA and a 1-11 team) and a Big XII schedule in 13 games.

LSU wasn't all that good this year, but advocating Leachism is a pretty stupid move. His two best teams have been blown out by Old Mississippi and shut down by Alabama.

I don't want Leach. If anything, I want Muschamp or Tuberville (even though i hate him) I don't like the spread and probably never will

[BigDofBA]

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Just about anyone was better than Nebraska.

They gave up 62 to Oklahoma, 52 to Missouri, 37 to Texas Tech, 35 to Kansas, 35 to VTech, and 31 to Colorado.

Oklahoma gave up 20+ in 10 of their games.

Texas was the best of the bunch but gave up 30+ 3 times and let OSU drop 20something.

Those weren't good defenses. Oklahoma played a good game against Florida, but that constituted about 85% of the defense played in the Big XII last year.

Big 12 defenses sucked last year. I was talking about this year.

[da ThRONe]

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So your worst year in a 12 game season in the SEC was still better than Leach's best year playing four complete cream puffs (not even good mid majors, we're talking 2 1AA and a 1-11 team) and a Big XII schedule in 13 games.

LSU wasn't all that good this year, but advocating Leachism is a pretty stupid move. His two best teams have been blown out by Old Mississippi and shut down by Alabama.

Leach has never had the kinda talent LSU keeps on a regular. His system is based on getting the most out of his talent. Leach wouldnt be more first choice by far but IMO is a better one then Les(s) Miles.

[Solidice]

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So your worst year in a 12 game season in the SEC was still better than Leach's best year playing four complete cream puffs (not even good mid majors, we're talking 2 1AA and a 1-11 team) and a Big XII schedule in 13 games.

LSU wasn't all that good this year, but advocating Leachism is a pretty stupid move. His two best teams have been blown out by Old Mississippi and shut down by Alabama.

Alabama? you think Tech was actually good with Hodges at QB? lol I never thought someone would say that was a good season for Tech. I guess it was good by record, but performance wise, it was not. Hodges was just as bad by himself as the 3 QB injury roulette Tech had this season.

every knew Ole Miss would beat Tech. all you have to do is run the ball. OU did the same thing but a lot better. that SEC defense didn't seem so great giving up 34 points and 469 yards.

oh, and to steal an excuse from some UT fans, the only reason Tech play 2 1-AA teams last season was because Tulsa backed out at the last minute.

[Cebby]

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Big 12 defenses sucked last year. I was talking about this year.

I was talking about 2008. Keep up

[fsquid]

Re: Mike Leach fired

the emails from last offseason are great reading.

[legendkiller5]

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That means nothing they played Tulane, La Tech and company and cant run the ball. And physically had one of the best O-lines in the nation. Which is a sign of poor coaching and which is why I rather take Leach over Miles.

I hear ya, but do you think Leach is going to help your run game?

I can't stand ESPN. Of course they show the comments from the player who hated Leach. Probably a punk like James. He said "the stress was gone this week at practice because he's (Leach) gone"

So basically this idiot is proud of the fact that he got to loaf this week because Leach wasn't there to straighten him out.


Pathetic.

I lol'd, but you right.

[Solidice]

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I just find it funny that the school that hired Bobby Knight, would fire Leach over something like this.

[ODogg]

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What beef(s) does the Tech admin have with leach, does anyone know some examples? Just curious..

[Speedy]

Re: Mike Leach fired

He got fined a good penny for his comments over the officials in I think '07. TTU was mad over the UW interview last year as well.

[umd]

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What beef(s) does the Tech admin have with leach, does anyone know some examples? Just curious..

The biggest thing that led to the quick trigger on the firing was the fact that Leach was owed an $800,000 bonus if he was still the coach Jan 1.

They just dumped him sooner rather than later because of the money.

[Watson]

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What beef(s) does the Tech admin have with leach, does anyone know some examples? Just curious..

other than him being a sore eye (literally) at a pretty respectable university?

[19]

Re: Mike Leach fired

I drove to work this morning, and they were absolutely killing Leach. Got to work, listened to WFAN for a bit, ate breakfast, then they started talking hockey. So I looked for something else to listen to, and on ESPN, almost an hour and 30 minutes later, they WERE STILL killing him. It's like they're trying to destroy this dude's career.

I had the same reaction on my way into work this morning. What really irritated me was Mark Schlereth still referring to the "shed" and the "electrical closet" time after time after time. Honest to god, every time he kept uttering those words I was thinking, "Did my man see the same youtube video news report I did? Where they showed that garage (shed) and the press room (electrical closet)?" Then after that, the guy who was filling in for Greenberg said that they still have had no comment from Leach? Really? So that press release last night didn't happen? C'mon. It's clear they are getting thier marching orders from upstairs in Bristol and those two this morning where good little company soldiers. That whole network should be ashamed, and since when has Craig James held that much stroke at ESPN anyways? Pathetic.

[Taur3asi3]

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Dont know how legit this is but...

http://www.burntorangenation.com/2009/12/30/1227438/a-person-with-direct-knowledge-of#comments

Wouldnt surprise me at all if it came out that ESPN was burying him because of Craig James. Find it hard to believe that he could have that much stroke around Bristol but that seems to be the only explanation for everyone at ESPN overlooking everything to rail road Mike Leach like this. I heard Schlereth yesterday morning on Mike and Mike and it was embarassing how much he went off the rails to bury Leach.