Category — Mike Leach

Make me (Don) King for a day and I’d do UCLA a big favor by hauling out all of the junk in its program, starting with AD Dan Guerrero.
Washington State wasted no time hiring the man who would have turned the Bruins program around. And he’ll probably land a few quality California quarterbacks, who for some strange reason avoid UCLA at all costs, to run his system.
SB Nation

Houston 38, UCLA 34
Just another reason UCLA needs Mike Leach. Or hell, why not Kevin Sumlin?
Or maybe we’re wrong since the Bruins and Slick Rick seem to be a favorite of a few people to do well this season. What’s do well, 7-4? Holiday Bowl as my man Bernie Mac likes to say?
Daily News

Instead of preparing a college football team for the upcoming season, Mike Leach is still seeking another head coaching job. Leach has been traveling the country signing his book, “Swing Your Sword,” which details some of the controversy that led to his dismissal at Texas Tech.
We’ve been begging UCLA to hire him. Maybe when Richard Gerald Neuheisel (yes, that would be Slick Rick) falls on his face again this season, the Bruins will seriously consider hiring Leach. Imagine the jolt he’d give the program and imagine the large number of talented kids, particularly here in Southern California, that would knock down his door to play for him. Makes too much sense, no?
NewsOK.com

Reminds me of Kenneth Carl Spratt saying “Listen to me now…”
Slick Rick on the hot seat? No shit Sherlock.
Bill Plaschke gives him his final warning.
L.A. Times

Mike Leach got an endorsement today from Donald Trump to be the next coach at Miami. Who are we to argue? We tried to talk UCLA into hiring Leach before it made the mistake bringing back Slick Rick and look how that’s worked out.
Palm Beach Post

It’s probably appropriate that Mike Leach gives us 5,000 posts. Here’s hoisting a Stella and as always, thanks for your support. We’ll share again one of our favorite images of Leach with Mack Brown. You know Mike’s coping a plea or blaming Bob Stoops for whatever jam he’s in.
The only accomplishment, other than beating Texas this season (get in line on that one), by Slick Rick Neuheisel this season was sharing a joke from the comedy act known as Mike Stoops. During a preseason trip to New York by the Pac-10 coaches and during a meeting of some supposedly heavy hitters regarding concussions and head injuries, Stoops launched this classic: “I know not to put (a player) in a shed.” He of course was referring to his former colleague at OU and former Texas Tech Coach Leach, who is launching a courtroom battle with ESPN.
AP

No surprise here. Plenty of critics railed at ESPN’s frequently one-sided reporting when it covered the controversy involving Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach and Adam James, a wide receiver for the Red Raiders and son of ESPN analyst Craig James. The incidents regarding Adam James, whom some described as a spoiled and entitled brat, resulted in Leach being fired by the school last month. Leach is suing the school. On Wednesday, a judge allowed the lawsuit to proceed, which probably will result in Texas Tech giving up more coin to Leach.
This story is a somewhat extensive read, but a valid one because it covers many points about how the network unfairly handled the affair.
ESPN.com

The former Texas Tech coach fired back at the school’s administrators and the James family. Mike Leach accuses ESPN analyst Craig James of frequently meddling in the football program’s affairs, among other charges. Leach also says that Adam James, a sophomore wide receiver for the Red Raiders and Craig’s son, was never locked up in a shed. Think the truth will ever come out? Also, we know Leach will coach again at some point, but will this eventually hurt Craig’s career?
N.Y. Times

This deteriorated in a hurry. Just days after Adam James, son of college football analyst Craig, complained about harsh mistreatment (and what the hell is a electrical closet?) by Mike Leach, Texas Tech fired the quirky coach today. Besides the outrage regarding Leach’s alleged tactics, money figured prominently in the coach’s dismissal since he was a due an $800,000 bonus tomorrow. He’ll get a settlement, but the damage is done to his reputation.
It isn’t like Tech and Leach were romantic lovers. Less than a year ago, he and the school were squabbling over a new contract. Though he eventually signed a five-year deal worth more than $12 million, there were lingering bad vibes between Leach and the school since the coach openly sought other jobs, including the one at UCLA, before Slick Rick was hired. There will be more sparring between these two before a settlement is reached. And what Tech team shows up for Saturday’s contest against Michigan State?
Dr. Saturday