Football Mike Leach has verbally agreed to be the head coach at Washington St.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 11-30-2011, 02:42 PM

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AHOY! RT @BFeldmanCBS: BREAKING: Mike Leach has verbally agreed to be the head coach at Washington St.

mnchiefsguy · 11-30-2011, 02:44 PM

Kind of surprising he would settle for Washington State. Wasn't Leach looking for a job in a warmer climate. I read that somewhere, but also read that he was lobbying for the Kentucky job, which wasn't even open, and Kentucky does not strike me as a particularly warm place.

evenfall · 11-30-2011, 02:44 PM

**Bowser** · 11-30-2011, 02:44 PM

Strange selection.

eazyb81 · 11-30-2011, 02:46 PM

So Leach thinks the Washington State job is better than Kansas.

Ouch.

Fansy the Famous Bard · 11-30-2011, 02:47 PM

I'm ok with this, as I've had other names on my mind for the vacancy anyway. I would of been ok with Leach, but have others that I would favor.

Regardless, at least the Leach Craze by the LJWorld can cease.

teedubya · 11-30-2011, 02:48 PM

evenfall · 11-30-2011, 02:49 PM

I don't think this is strange. He is coaching in the PAC-12 now and at a school that has been fairly successful over the past 20 years. Not the last 3, which is why the job is open, but this is pretty lateral for him - a Texas Tech kind of job.

Bambi · 11-30-2011, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

So Leach thinks the Washington State job is better than Kansas.

Ouch.

Really? Did KU offer Leach?

link?

ArrowheadHawk · 11-30-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

So Leach thinks the Washington State job is better than Kansas.

Ouch.

Personal preference. Most people think otherwise.

DJ's left nut · 11-30-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

So Leach thinks the Washington State job is better than Kansas.

Ouch.

Even I have to concede that it really isn't.

I don't understand this decision from Leach, I really don't. He has to re-set his recruiting ties and doesn't get to go after TTU annually. I guess the PAC is a little easier to win in, but he's still going to be fighting uphill, especially if Arizona and UCLA make a good hire and UCLA recovers.

Maybe he really does expect UT, OU, OSU and TTU to end up in the PAC at some point. That's about the only thing I can figure.

Frosty · 11-30-2011, 02:51 PM

Lots of interesting coaches coming to the PAC-12. Rodriguez in Arizona and now Leach in Wazzu.

Braincase · 11-30-2011, 02:51 PM

It's Patterson.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 11-30-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Wickedson

Really? Did KU offer Leach?

link?

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Right here is all you needed to know leach wasn't gonna come to KU.

58kcfan89 · 11-30-2011, 02:51 PM

I just got a new 2nd favorite college football team. The only thing I don't/didn't like about Leach was having to watch K-State get our asses handed to him every few years.

I'll be honest, I was scared that he might have gone to KU. But anyway, I love me some Leach.

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evenfall Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Casino cash: $10004900	I don't think this is strange. He is coaching in the PAC-12 now and at a school that has been fairly successful over the past 20 years. Not the last 3, which is why the job is open, but this is pretty lateral for him - a Texas Tech kind of job.
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