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Originally Posted by Fritz88 (Post 8155201)

Tait is considered one of the top sources for KU news at the moment.

That doesn't make him infallible.

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I never said he is not going to be considered, I said I wouldn't be surprised if he's not considered.

Which is still crazy, but not why I thought you were trolling.

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Nothing official as of yet. Everyone jumped at Harbaugh thinking he was coming and we ended up with Gill. Isn't that enough of a precedent for idiots like you?

I never thought we'd get Harbaugh, so . . . where the hell is this shit coming from?

What is it with you? I'm not sure why you jumped on my jock just because I called your post a troll post, but here's the deal, dude:

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and they decide to go after Mr nice guy with little to no potential over the controversial Leach.

is why I thought you were trolling. This is absolutely counter to what KU has to do in this situation. They CANNOT spend millions of dollars buying out a nobody just to turn around and hire another nobody, EVEN IF he has potential. They just CAN'T. This hire HAS to be a homerun hire. It HAS to be a big name. The boosters have to have it, the AD has to have it and the fans have to have it.

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I was simply stating my opinion and you accused me of trolling. Not sure what that says about you except being a clear dumbass.
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The only dumbassery in this little exchange is your suggestion that you wouldn't be surprised if we hired another Turner Gill. That's absolutely ludicrous. You have to get the biggest name you can.

Geezus dude. I guess I started this little spat with the troll comment, but you took it to a whole other level with the namecalling. Mine was genuine wonderment that any KU fan could POSSIBLY think that your scenario was even a LITTLE bit plausible, hence my thinking you were trolling. So, for what it's worth, sorry about that since it seems that wasn't your intention. Now, how's about you back off on the name calling and we call it a truce?

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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 8155382)

That doesn't make him infallible.

Which is still crazy, but not why I thought you were trolling.

I never thought we'd get Harbaugh, so . . . where the hell is this shit coming from?

What is it with you? I'm not sure why you jumped on my jock just because I called your post a troll post, but here's the deal, dude:

This part of your post:

is why I thought you were trolling. This is absolutely counter to what KU has to do in this situation. They CANNOT spend millions of dollars buying out a nobody just to turn around and hire another nobody, EVEN IF he has potential. They just CAN'T. This hire HAS to be a homerun hire. It HAS to be a big name. The boosters have to have it, the AD has to have it and the fans have to have it.

The only dumbassery in this little exchange is your suggestion that you wouldn't be surprised if we hired another Turner Gill. That's absolutely ludicrous. You have to get the biggest name you can.

Geezus dude. I guess I started this little spat with the troll comment, but you took it to a whole other level with the namecalling. Mine was genuine wonderment that any KU fan could POSSIBLY think that your scenario was even a LITTLE bit plausible, hence my thinking you were trolling. So, for what it's worth, sorry about that since it seems that wasn't your intention. Now, how's about you back off on the name calling and we call it a truce?

No hard feelings.

I wish as much as anyone would that we get Leach or another big name hire but I highly doubt it. I'll try to explain that later.

Sorry if I offended you.

Here is to a great hire.
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Wazzu seems to be pushing hard for Leach. Is he still your top candidate?

schadjoe
Mike Leach is in fact the strong leading candidate at Washington State

Is this guy credible? I have never heard of him before.

masonkelley Mason Kelley
A source has told Steve Kelley that Mike Leach is on his way to WSU. Just though I'd pass it along.

masonkelley Mason Kelley
On his way to being hired. RT @ Softykjr: "On his way" as in he's taking the job or visiting?

I can't imagine that he'd accept that job so quickly after they fired their coach when other, better jobs are still open, but crazier things have happened.

@natekuester Nate Kuester Talked to people I trust at # WSU who believe Mike Leach has been offered. No solid confirmation, though. Rumors are rumors, until confirmed.

So, he's talked to people at WSU that think Leach might have been offered. We need to get someone to an airport ASAP!

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Originally Posted by Braincase (Post 8154809)

Seems like fans of former rival teams ought to quit worrying about KU football and worry more about butts in seats for their ranked and undefeated basketball team. Might we see a (gasp) Groupon offer?

Touchy little minx, aren't you?

That's fine, I figured we could about double the interest in your football program by expressing passing curiosity in how this turned out. Let us all know if you hire Harbaugh, m'kay?

For the record, I hate twitter.....

BFeldmanCBS Bruce Feldman
BREAKING: Mike Leach has verbally agreed to be the head coach at Washington St.

http://bruce-feldman.blogs.cbssports.../view/31626208

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Leach to be next Washington State coach

Mike Leach has verbally agreed to become the next head coach at Washington State. Leach was offered the position late Tuesday afternoon, CBS learned.

The 50-year-old Leach replaces Paul Wulff, who was dismissed Tuesday morning. The hiring of Leach would seem to mesh with Washington State athletic director Bill Moos' comment earlier at the press conference where he announced Wullf's firing that he likes a "flashy, high-octane offense that lights up the scoreboard."

Wulff was 9-40 in four seasons at Washington State and just 4-32 in league play. The Cougars program has struggled for much of the past decade. Washington State hasn't been to a bowl game in eight years. But prior to this stretch, there had been quite a bit of success, with two Rose Bowl appearances and four Top 10 finishes between the 1997 and 2003 seasons.

Under Wulff, a former Washington State offensive lineman, the Cougars did make strides in the past two years. They were 4-8 this season while being hit hard by injury. Still, the Cougars lost seven of their final eight games. They had to play three different quarterbacks, losing starter Jeff Tuel for much of the season. They ranked 48th in the country in scoring, but just seventh in the Pac-12. In 2010, the Cougars were 106th in scoring and dead last in the Pac-12. Most of the talent Wulff had assembled will be back in 2012, including Tuel and standout wide receiver Marquess Wilson. Both figure to be good fits in Leach's Air-Raid system.

In his 10 seasons at Texas Tech, Leach had a career record of 84-43 and was the architect of some of the most prolific offenses in college football history. Eight times in those 10 seasons, one of his quarterbacks led the nation in passing. The year before Leach arrived in Lubbock, the Red Raiders averaged 23 points per game. By Leach's second season, they averaged over 35 ppg and they never averaged less than 33 points the rest of his decade running the program. The Red Raiders finished in the top 25 rankings in five of his last six seasons at Tech.

His teams had Top 10 wins over No. 4 Cal (2004); No. 3 Oklahoma (2007); No. 1 Texas (2008) and No. 8 Oklahoma State (2008). In 2008, he won national Coach of the Year honors. The Wyoming native was the only coach in Texas Tech history to lead his team to bowl games every year.

At Texas Tech, Leach also inherited a program that had one of the lowest graduation rates in college football and was on academic probation. He eventually turned it into one that had the highest graduation rate of any public institution in major college football. However, he was fired from Tech in December, 2009 regular season after allegations that he had mistreated a player, Adam James, the son of ESPN announcer Craig James.

The controversy led to Leach to sue Texas Tech for breach of contract and file suit against ESPN and James for defamation. Both cases are still unresolved.

Full disclosure: I co-authored Leach's 2011 book Swing Your Sword, which details, among other things, his path into coaching, his offensive system as well as the circumstances surrounding what happened with him and Texas Tech in his exit from the Big 12 school.

Sounds pretty solid. Sucks, but oh well.

Head-scratcher.

What's Wazzu have that KU doesn't? I mean that in all seriousness; that program sucks.

At least at KU, he'd be able to use his old recruiting ties and take shots at TTU every year.

That seems like a pretty bizarre decision. UCLA makes sense (more upside, likely more $$), but WSU just seems lateral at best.

Go get Sonny Dykes.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 8156562)

Head-scratcher.

What's Wazzu have that KU doesn't? I mean that in all seriousness; that program sucks.

I wonder that myself.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 8156562)

UCLA will always be little brother to USC. Maybe he would rather be on the coast.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 8156530)

We're courting Matt Painter right now.

Come on down Larry Fedora.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 8156562)

Wazzu has a conference that is expanding, not crumbling. I will be very happy with any of the three Venables, Sykes, Fedore... but not sure any of them will be clamouring to get to Lawrence unless they are blown away with a great offer.