Why Mike Leach Is A Great Fit, Via Cougar Sports Weekly
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 9:01 AM PST
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PrintHere's an excerpt from the latest Cougar Sports Weekly, in which I wrote about the end of the Paul Wulff era at WSU and why Mike Leach would be a great fit in Pullman. You can subscribe here, at which time you'll have access to our complete archives.
It seems to me that in addition to the usual skill at identifying talent, developing players and coaching on gameday, for a coach to really be successful at WSU, he needs to have a certain kind of personality -- a little audacity about him, a little swagger. I mean, when you think about how crazy it is that little Wazzu -- with its miniature athletic budget -- stands toe-to-toe week in and week out with the heavyweights of the Pac-12, you'd have to be just a little bit nuts to want that challenge, wouldn't you?
Remember when Don James called himself a "2,000-word underdog" to Jim Walden? Say what you will about Walden's loose-cannon nature today -- it was unquestionably an asset then. And it wasn't that long ago that Mike Price brought one of the first spread offenses to the Pac-10, eventually leading WSU to not just one, but a previously unthinkable TWO Rose Bowls!
Unconventional isn't a sure route to success by any means, and being unconventional for unconventional's sake is a bad idea. But if you can get someone who is talented and unconventional to come in and fire some shots across the bow of Washington, Oregon and USC, then isn't that what you want? It's why I get so excited about the prospect of a guy like Mike Leach. He's a great fit for WSU for the following reasons.
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Who is in competition with us to get Mike Leach?
If My Life Is Great, Why Am I Not Happy?
by well you win some and lose others on Nov 30, 2011 9:08 AM PST reply actions
Kansas, Illinois, and Tulane keep popping up.
Others include:
Arizona State
Penn State
Mississippi
UCLA
North Carolina
FAU
UAB
Akron
Memphis
How many plan to get a new football facility?
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by well you win some and lose others on Nov 30, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I think the better question is how many already have one?
I don’t know the answer, but I’d guess most of the BCS programs on that list apply.
not as many as you'd think
as much as we complain about being poor, facilities are a fairly new idea and not a ton of schools have invested in them. Believe it or not, WSU’s facilities are already probably somewhere between 5th and 8th best in the Pac-12.
Kansas and Arizona State, for example have inferior football facilities to WSU.
Kansas?
Are you sure about that?
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
you've been to these facilities?
All I know about ASU is that their stadium used to be a NFL stadium. But the Cardinals left so it must not be that nice.
It's not
But the stadium isn’t a big deal to players. Training areas and team meeting facilities are a much, much bigger deal to them.
Should have said something like this:
but what about those training areas and team meeting facilities?
by newportcoug on Nov 30, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Wait. No.
I should have asked: If Coach X visit our facilities and their facilities, what differences would he notice?
by newportcoug on Nov 30, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Don't worry we will get him
because others will offer him 2-million dollars a year but we will offer him 2-million bucs a year. To close these guys it is all about word choice.
by SoCalCoug on Nov 30, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm asking BigWood
Not that your input is not appreciated or anything.
by newportcoug on Nov 30, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I've seen most of them and the ones I haven't seen, I know what they look like and how they're spent
Oregon is really the only school with ridiculous facilities. UW and Stanford are a step below that. Everyone else is more or less the same.
I've been to SDS numerous times
Easily one of my favorite stadiums, but is in serious disrepair. But yeah, what Nusser said.
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
I actually was thinking the same thing
You kind of end up investing in all of it, so I suppose the stadium is a good indicator.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Just for a bit of clarification
!= is “does not equal” in programming terms. To most people this looks like “excitedly equals”
by Kirt on Nov 30, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Since when
is does not equal no longer shown as =/= ?
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
RRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
WOOT For the Stats reference!
Just out of curiosity are they breaking you in on R at UVA? From my experience it seems that different stats department develop a culture that prefers some language/platform over the others.
I thought it fit the situation perfectly.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
My profs are older and usually use SAS.
But they let us use whatever we want. They actually do a lot of examples in JMP, which kind of annoys me because it will be worthless to me in the future.
I have a friend that knows R and he has been teaching me. (By the way…it is UVM.)
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
My Bad... Memory is going and all the east coast states run together in my mind...
I am a biologist, not a statistician, and JMP is entirely too limited for what I do. I am a bit incredulous they are using it at all.
SAS is pretty popular all around but seems to be going out of fashion pretty quickly. Additionally I am automatically biased against proprietary software.
Depends on the programming language...
!= and /= are the most common in my experience (which isn’t that extensive), but it can also be ~=, =/=, or <>. Its != in the only two languages I really use to any extent: R and Python.
I just learned something new.
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by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I did too
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I don't know if he will end up there, but
you guys would be in for one hellava ride if Mike Leach did become your next HFC. Talk about a humble, but steadfast leader….there is none better. He is as insightful as he is creative. He will absolutely coach up less (perceived) talent and will entertain the shit out of you on game day.
i'm back bitches.....................deal with it.
Let's put an offense on the field that scares other teams
Despite having a major upgrade in talent (see MQW, Tuel, Galvin) it seemed like this year we tried to score just enough point to eek out a win. I want our offense to go into a game with mentality to go and score 100 and I want the other team to know it. Call it the ‘eff you’ mentality of Brady and the Pats the year they almost went 19-0 following the taping scandal. Leach brings that edge and is someone who wouldn’t mind blowing the doors off another team, even if he caught flack for it later. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of Leach.
by MookieCoug03 on Nov 30, 2011 9:59 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
I'm just nervous everyone's getting their heart set on Leach...
There’s some big competition for him, I think Kansas will come after him hard. He obviously fits all the requirements Moos laid out, but I’m sure he’s not the only one. I like to think Moos is more creative than me!
However, the endless pirate jokes would be awesome. I feel that Butch would be required to wear an eye patch to every football game.
Except for Maryland, he has not gotten any serious looks in two years
Now he is just a part of the rumor mill, but from Moos’ statements yessterday he will get an interview
That situation was messed up
Kevin Plank insisted he get an interview at Maryland, but then their AD was basically told he was not allowed to hire Mike Leach. Now they are stuck with Edsall. As a casual Maryland fan, it makes me sad.
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Right, he's a candidate.
He’s quickly becoming, or already is, everyone’s hands down favorite. Remember, UW ended up with their 4th pick, Pete Carroll was USC’s 8th choice or something.
Open courtship by multiple schools is going to drive his price up, he still has multiple ongoing lawsuits, who knows if he’s even viable. I sure as hell hope so though, I’d love to see Sark walk the plank!
He may not want to see the Big12 again (although he probably would like to face TT again)
I am sure Moos would set up a out of conference TT game for Leach. Also, look how the Pac12 is being ran compared to the Big12. I am sure Leach won’t want to be a part of conference with such lopsidedness and a with a school that has it’s own network. He always wanted to be paid like the big time coaches, so he wouldn’t want to coach at Kansas because of the Big12 financial set up KU will never have a chance at a level playing field (i.e.-UT). We don’t have an exact level playing field in the Pac12 but it is the best setup. Plus, with the Pac12 media deal and the network we will be doing things ahead of other conferences. Leach might like the idea of a progressive conference with a progressive AD. He also won’t have to deal with ridiculous amount of glad-handing at WSU like you have to do at others.
Do coaches enjoy facing their old teams?
It seems to me like most wouldn’t, since it is sort of a lose/lose situation for them.
by Something Snazzy on Nov 30, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Is Leach a normal coach?
I am sure he would love to stick it to the TT administrators and at the same time win a lawsuit against them. Win/win.
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Who be a pirates favorite writer?
Jeff NussARRRRRRGGGHH
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Very serious question
Would the Star Wars crew at the 20 convert to Pirates and the band sub out the Darth Vader theme for Pirates of the Carribbean? If not, what’s the point of it all???
Is it just me
or shouldn’t those Star Wars guys have graduated like 7 years ago?
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I believe they were seniors this year.
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I was a super senior in 05
And they had been around for at least 2 years at that point
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I think they bred
and have continued on.
There was one guy who looked older my freshman year in 2006, yet was still there through 2010. PhD student perhaps?
by klokkins on Nov 30, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
New fraternity on campus perhaps?
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
More then likely
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
They are the Betas, and they call themselves "The Legion of Coug."
And they hand down the costumes to younger guys. I sat near them and was an honorary member.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
That explains a lot actually
#fratsmack
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
They were pretty fun.
Started a few traditions. Lifting Butch for the points, doing the countdown before the game, Doing the “third down” stuff.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
I was just joking around
I admire the spirit
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I have a lot of friends in AGR.
The house right next to them, and they legitimately hated the Betas. It was funny watching them look over with disdain during football games.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
They continue to knock over our Barn Daze fence!!!
Don’t want nuthin, don’t start nuthin.
Y’all.
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Why is there two B-Lots
ARGGGGGHHHHH
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
everyone knocked over your Barn Daze fence
it was part of walking to class.
While i appreciate their passion...
Those guys didn’t start the countdown. I knew a group of guys who started doing it back in the mid nineties and i started sitting with them as a freshman in 98 and did it then. Its been around for a while.
WSU and Kansas
It sounds like it may be between WSU and Kansas. Kansas may have the edge because they play Tech… not sure if they have any offensive weapons he could start with.
This was something that I read in another article:
"Leach is, in short, a football coach unlike any other. He has spent the last two years living with his wife and two kids in Key West, Fla., where the family does not own a car. They ride bikes everywhere, talking with the locals as they go, and Leach has his own bar stool at Captain Tony’s, a watering hole once frequented by Ernest Hemingway.
If that does not sound like a “Coug” family… I am not sure what does. :)
I hope we get him!
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Swamp crotch is nothing to scoff at.
I could never get used to living with Dagobah between my legs.
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Compensate for being the shortest, that might.
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by B-Lot on Nov 30, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Baby powder works wonders.
My friend prefers GoldBond. Too much sting.
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Never too much.
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley?
We’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
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well this is confusing
by BigWood! on Nov 30, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You and B-Lot Tailgater should form a committee.
I'm a glass half full kind of guy. My glass just happens to be half full of bourbon. And sitting next to several empty glasses.
This two SoCalCoug thing is confusing to me
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
KU fans are convinced he is theirs to lose
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Of course they are
Because they’re delusional about the actual quality of that job.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
And how much money they have to spend.
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by TiltingRight on Nov 30, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
This too
Are they really going to let anyone challenge Bill Self as the ultimate coach on campus there?
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Nope
It’s a basketball school. Like we’ve talked about multiple times …. culture.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Same reason Duke and Indiana will always be lousy football jobs
Which gives WSU a leg up.
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
they're still paying for Gill and Mangino
how much more are they going to put on top of that?
FWIW (not much IMO)
What I was reading, people were claiming Mangino is already paid out and Gill will be paid out soon by some hidden stack of cash. So who knows.
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
No kidding
Reading one of them lecture on about our lack of history and recruits as a reason they were a better job made me LOL big time
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Get him a road legal golf cart and we are good to go
If he rides a bike in the summers he will hate the hill, but have killer quads.
I thought Leach had 4 kids
Not 2, are 2 grown?
Sometimes I act irrationally.
Ted Miller said Pullman was
the Lubbock of the Pac 12, only with better bars! For close to 2 million bucks a year he can buy a plane to let his wife and kids fly elsewhere whenever they want.
Go Cougs!
From the Twitters..
“A source has told Steve Kelley that Mike Leach is on his way to WSU. Just though I’d pass it along.” —@masonkelly
serious answer
“on his way” could mean he’s coming up for an interview.
Then that is a start
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
indeed
just trying to figure out whether “on his way” means he’s interviewing or he’s hired.
Interview
I’m sure it’d be more of a formality, but remember Wulff won everyone over in his interviews over guys with better resumes.
He just told them they all are a bunch of idiots if they didn't hire him.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
What you did there.
I see it.
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by TiltingRight on Nov 30, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Mason Kelley just confirmed to softy
that it means on his way to being hired.
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
The only flight I have noticed on FlightAware is a flight from Pullman to Boise
yes I am that guy
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
An interstate aviation flight
I don’t see anybody flying here for an interview on a Cessna prop.
by Aaron Whiteman on Nov 30, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
The only flight linked to KPUW (Pullman/Moscow)
is the Boise one
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
What's Leach doing in Boise?
That’s weird.
by newportcoug on Nov 30, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
It's a flight heading from Pullman to Boise
looks like a regular commuter flight
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
If you can give me a plane registration number I can do that
Flight Aware makes it way to easy to be a creeper
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
That is what I gathered from the tweet.
He just worded it that way to get more intrigue.
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Kelly just tweeted
On his way to being hired. RT @Softykjr: “On his way” as in he’s taking the job or visiting?
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Don't play with my emotions like that
But I think he’s THE candidate, hands down. Sumlin is going to get good looks from ASU and UCLA, and lets be honest, we’re not there without a lot more tradition and better facilities.
by klokkins on Nov 30, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree.
after all of this, anything less than Leach is going to be a huge letdown.
by BigWood! on Nov 30, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Me too.
Moos has a lot to live up to with his pitch last night.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Get it done!!!!
That sounds to me like negotiations are under way.
Think this could get done today?
I am quite certain that Moos has already done a lot of the legwork before today.
I bet this has been in the works since last spring
When Leach came and conducted the camp last spring, don’t think Moos may have mentioned something at the time?
Good Leach has seen Pullman in the spring time. Fhew.
I was a little worried he didn’t get to see the spring dresses. Huge selling point. Being in Pullman in late November…not so much.
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spring dresses = booty
He’s ours
by Blackie1829 on Nov 30, 2011 11:42 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Mike Leach is not going to be on his radio show today
per a tweet i saw on Cougfan
Jumping way ahead but..
Don’t you interview in random undisclosed locations? Or is that only when you still have a coach? Maybe Bill Moos could care less either way who knows what about the process.
Wouldn’t think he’d be coming to Pullman unless he’s going to be the coach.
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Not really.
The speed limit is just THAT low.
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by B-Lot on Nov 30, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 9 recs
My brother got nailed in Washtucna multiple times for, like, two over.
I never got stopped myself in Colfax, but someone next to me would every year.
I used to live in a town of 700 (in a New Mexican county called gasp Colfax), and yeah, they paid for nice police cruisers and such by ticketing out of towners.
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Anyone that has ever driven through Colfax to get to a Cougar game
should rec this
by 51dimes on Nov 30, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Too late....
You know what he had done.
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by well you win some and lose others on Nov 30, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Jeez just tell everyone.
Nothing to see here people, nothing to see.
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by Coug999 on Nov 30, 2011 11:14 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Colfax PD knows about it already
lots of tickets written there I have heard of
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I've seen that damn unmarked black Charger there more than once
Also got me one time outside of Washtucna. But at least you’re going 50 instead of 20…
Freakin 'Tucna
Just be careful when you come over the crest of hills and usually you are fine.
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This is when I most love Coug Center.
The front page content is, of course, glorious, but I’m most happy when I come in and realize this whole group of sports fans who have rarely if ever met have this same set of tight-knit shared experiences.
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by philkid3 on Nov 30, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
it's rarely a shortcut
In 20 years I can’t count how many time I’ve seen the same car at the other end when I’ve gone the opposite route. It’s pretty much a tossup unless you hit the lights.
by Blackie1829 on Nov 30, 2011 11:46 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Since I lived in the Tri-Cities, I drove through Colfax any time I went to and from home.
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It really depends
Usually it’s a logistical matter — a lot of these interviews take place at centrally located airports, or hotels near an airport. If the person is coming to Pullman, that would suggest that there is either strong mutual interest, or the person wants to evaluate the facilities. Either is plausible, I think.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Just curious
Wouldn’t you want to evaluate the facilities as part if you were thinking about taking the job?
Depends on how badly I wanted the job.
If I was Paul Wulff, I could care less. If I’m Mike Leach, yeah, I probably want to inspect it.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Unless the money is to good to pass up.
Which is unlikely from WSU.
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I'm just thinking from my experiences
which granted are not to become the head football coach of a BCS school, that I wanted to check out where I’d be working and the town before making a decision to move there. Guess it depends on the person though.
But if the person was offering you a guaranteed 5-year contract at 6x your current salary?
As was being offered to Wulff? (Never mind the alma mater stuff.) I probably go sight unseen.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Good point
At the same token though, coaches get offered lots of money and have contracts, and so I would want to view the facilities to know what I was getting into.
Wulff was probably never going to get offered another BCS job.
I think the number of perceived options makes a difference.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Holding back a grin from ear-to-ear is kinda painful.
These comments are killing me right now.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
EDSBS on Twitter
ARR RT @sbnation: Ahoy. RT @masonkelley: A source has told Steve Kelley that Mike Leach is on his way to WSU. Just though I’d pass it along
And his from @masonkelley
On his way to being hired. RT @Softykjr: “On his way” as in he’s taking the job or visiting?
I will say Leach has quite a lot to say about WSU when he announced our game against SMU.
He also has already been on campus last spring, so he isn’t coming to take a look aroudn. I am sure he has talked to Moos already. If he doesn’t want to look at other options, I think it is a done deal. Can anyone walk away from Moos and say no? That guy could sell barbed wire to a prisoner.
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I wouldn't want to be face to face with Bill Moos and Elson Floyd
Trying to turn them down. It’d take a much bigger man than me to stand toe-to-toe with those two. We are in good hands.
He actually was in Spokane, I believe.
Not saying he didn’t come down to campus, but I’m almost certain the clinic was in Spokane.
by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I understood that wrong from what Moos said.
“I know Mike Leach. Actually, Mike was here last spring conducting a clinic … Pretty good record. I read his book”
When Moos talks like that he must be referring to the greater Spokane/Palouse area.
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that was my understanding too.
But, maybe he traveled down to Pullman to check things out.
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by LeaveItToWeaver on Nov 30, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Bone is thinking perfect timing.
Everyone has forgot about the UCR loss. I have and moved on.
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Maybe we will hear something later
and press conference tomorrow..?
You rang?
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by TiltingRight on Nov 30, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Curious what happens with us and ESPN
Isn’t Leach still trying to sue them? Or at least a high-profile employee who’s name is too disgusting to mention. Not that they ever show us anyways, as long as that TV money flows I could care less!
Nothing most likely
Rumors today were indicating Craig James is leaving ESPN to run for public office.
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by B-Lot tailgater on Nov 30, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
A lot of funny things on this thread
But this is the only thing that made me laugh out loud.
Even with Leach will we get much airtime?
I’m guessing ESPN will focus on the Oregon and USC for coverage.
Holy crap,
huge graphic is huge.
Sorry.
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by TiltingRight on Nov 30, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I think Leach likes our Flag Waving in Pullman. What Pirate wouldn't?
Per Leach’s contract: “1A: Cougar flags will be waved before and during games, with the Pirate flag being mixed in between every other Cougar flag.” Hopefully everyone brings plastic swords to swing at games.
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Mmmmm...
new logo for CougCenter if leach is hired?
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Please don't.
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by SoCalCoug on Nov 30, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This could be the most epic C-word of all time
Not that word, the other one.
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Not to open myself up for trolling, but. . .
With one out in game six of the World Series, the DFW Fox affiliate sent out texts to their followers congratulating the Rangers.
Just bringing it up still makes my stomach hurt.
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That is terrible.
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by Craig Powers on Nov 30, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, jumping to conclusions
I thought on his way, meant on a plane.
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by SoCalCoug on Nov 30, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Me too
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Roger that.
Maybe Moos will have the Crew Team take him for a spin on the river.
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That would explain why there are no flights destined for KPUW on flight aware!
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Nov 30, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
: *EXCLUSIVE*
@KegsnEggs: EXCLUSIVE photo of Mike Leach’s plane en route to Washington State. bit.ly/ufwwgK
Mike Leach, you are not conducive to me studying for my exam in 2 hours.
Like, at all.
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by Coug999 on Nov 30, 2011 11:27 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
So glad I decided not to go to grad school this semester
The free time is nice for once
by WazzuCrew11 on Nov 30, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
By the way
Brian has a new “Mike Leach might or might not be on his way to Pullman” thread over here.
I feel light headed
everything is moving so fast.
Did I miss something?
Has it already been 2 – 3 weeks? It seems like only yesterday……………..
Sometimes I act irrationally.
Who is on watch at the airport?
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by well you win some and lose others on Nov 30, 2011 11:59 AM PST reply actions
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