RIP Mike Leach - dead at 61

[Gatordiddy]

Nice. How’d the initiation go? I’ve heard they beat you up pretty good. But I bet l that sweet jacket makes it all worthwhile though.

Something like this

 

[soflagator]

No, I’m not missing any point. A lot of elite offensive HC don’t hire elite DCs. Look at BN. Toney certainly isn’t elite, but then again BN isn’t an elite offensive HC.

And to your point about him winning his conference, apples and oranges. He was in the Sun Belt for heavens sake. ML has been in P5 conferences for a long time.

Again, agree to disagree. We aren’t changing each other’s minds.

It’s apples to apples when you consider the talent levels of each. He was playing with Sun Belt players against Sun Belt teams.

And I can assure you that if after 2-3 years of not winning anything, if it’s largely because of his defenses, Toney is gone. All the infrastructure and facilities changes would’ve never come under a guy like Leach. Because he’s good enough to win most of his games with what he has. That’s what a really really good coach does. The problem is we have that with Dan Mullen. Leach’s 2008 is no different than Mullen’s 2014. One outlier great season that still won nothing surrounded by a bunch 8-5 seasons. You’re clearly hammered. I’m sorry that we can’t hit a career .600, awkward, non-recruiting, now deceased head coach. But we just can’t.

 

[AugustaGator]

I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but he was never seriously considered by any big name school for a reason. Let’s just leave it there.

Lawyer?

 

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It’s apples to apples when you consider the talent levels of each. He was playing with Sun Belt players against Sun Belt teams.

And I can assure you that if after 2-3 years of not winning anything, if it’s largely because of his defenses, Toney is gone. All the infrastructure and facilities changes would’ve never come under a guy like Leach. Because he’s good enough to win most of his games with what he has. That’s what a really really good coach does. The problem is we have that with Dan Mullen. Leach’s 2008 is no different than Mullen’s 2014. One outlier great season that still won nothing surrounded by a bunch 8-5 seasons. You’re clearly hammered. I’m sorry that we can’t hit a career .600, awkward, non-recruiting, now deceased head coach. But we just can’t.

What's to say Mullen wasn't all of those things including dead when we hired him?

 

[soflagator]

What's to say Mullen wasn't all of those things including dead when we hired him?

Possible, I guess. But when he was first hired, @Detroitgator asked him via the Hangover gif if he’d died, and he said no. We had to take him at his word.

 

[Detroitgator]

Possible, I guess. But when he was first hired, @Detroitgator asked him via the Hangover gif if he’d died, and he said no. We had to take him at his word.

Mannnnn... 3 funny responses popped into my head within a nanosecond of reading your post, but given the subject of the thread... nope, not gonna do it.

 

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