We aren't hiring Leach.
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We aren't hiring Leach.
Please no on Leach! We don't need a "has been", we need someone who is eager to prove himself and we move our program forward. This isn't Mike Leach, it's not that I don't like him but I'd rather listen to him rant in another press conference other than ours!
I feel confident in saying Leach probably will not win championships in the SEC at Mississippi State. Having said that, I could say the same about just about every potential coach out there. For him, it's because of recruiting. You do have to recruit to a certain level to really get up there in the SEC.Quote:
Originally Posted by msugolf
Having said that, if anyone could compete, even in the SEC, with lackluster recruiting, it is Mike Leach. He's done it at TT and WSU to this point. Yes, those situations are different. But at TT, he recruited about middle of the pack in the Big 12, averaged about 7th in the conference; at WSU, it's worse, he averages about 9th in the conference. Yet he performed better than that in both spots, much better at WSU. So his main issue is that fans would never be satisfied with his recruiting. Even if he was winning around 8-9 games a year, fans would be saying, 'Can you imagine what we could be doing if he would actually care about recruiting?' and 'He's proven you can win here, even with lesser talent; now we need to find someone who can get better talent.'
I do think in the SEC, his recruiting would bump up some, but I feel like the best he would do here is in the 25-30 range and he'd fall more consistently around the bottom of the top 40.
His politics, including what he put on twitter one time, aren't any different than #MAGAMullen.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluelightstar
I'm well aware of what Mullen's politics were. I'm not saying a Republican or a conservative can't recruit in MS, AL, etc. Heck, many African-Americans are pretty conservative. I'm specifically talking about Leach's Obama tweets, which I think would go over like a lead balloon in a lot of those homes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
Willie Gay is a selfish player. That was my main point.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I've about come to the conclusion he will finally come to terms with Napier or pull a rabbit out of the hat. Someone not mentioned.
So he doesn't sign any black players from the most liberal area in the nation????Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
Give me a break
Stop believing what you read on a message board. The search has not been a disaster. Enjoy reading all this crap and have fun with it. Finebaum is like all the rest, he doesn?t have a clue what has happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hambone
If you were offered Coach X who had won 139 games in 18 years for a winning percentage of 60%, had been to 16 bowls in those 18 years, had had record setting offenses, all while coaching at bottom feeders in 2 different P5 conferences, would you take him?
Fan says, hell yeah!!
But it's reveled it's Leach.
Fan says ...NOOOOOOO
Good lord. And half the ones that say they would be mad if Leach was hired are the ones bitching we can't get a proven head coach.
I remember when Jackie was hired and LOT of State fans clutched their pearls and said... He's an outlaw. He's not our type and will destroy our program. (Like it could be destroyed at that time).
State took a chance on Jackie. Again, I not saying he should be who State hires, but if they do, we could do a TON worse
What? if Ole Miss can recruit A-americans--then Leach should have no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluelightstar
I hadn?t heard this before. It definitely puts his recruitment possibilities in a different light.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluelightstar
NOT a FITQuote:
Originally Posted by Hambone