Quote Originally Posted by CadaverDawg View Post
This is why I don't want Leach and didn't want Leach. (One of many reasons actually)

Who wants a guy that is going to drop an easy game every season? And what defines a "win he's not supposed to get"? If you lose to Memphis, that pretty much makes any SEC win not named Vandy a surprise if you ask me. So basically we brought in a coach that lowers expectations by losing to lesser teams, then beats teams he should compete with and claims a big victory over a better team when it really isn't. Like a poster above said, now that we've lost to Memphis and struggled with La Tech, most of our fans would consider a win over LSU as HUGE...when in actuality LSU is not good at all, and we should be 3-0 and expecting to win this game at home. Leach did his job...made us all feel we're shitty by losing to shit teams, now an average win gains him support back. What a joke
Mullen did the same thing. We always had an expectation for him to struggle every year in games where we shouldn't.

09: lost to Houston
10: struggled with UAB
11: went into OT vs LA Tech
12: Struggled with Troy, Lost to a 5-6 OM and Lost the bowl game with NW
13: beat Bowling Green by one point, nearly lost to a 1-5 Kentucky
14: Ended in disaster after throwing our playoff chances in the trash losing to an OM team that was 1-3 their last 4 games including a loss to Ark the weak before 30-0 and then losing to GT by multiple scores.
15: The only year we didn't struggle with lesser teams
16: lost to South Alabama, lost to BYU in double OT, had a slugfest with Samford, and nearly lost to Miami (OH)
17: Was losing to Umass at halftime, barely beat a sub .500 Ark and lost to a 5-6 OM again

This isn't anything new. We had the same thing with Croom losing to Tulane, Maine, UAB, Vandy, LA Tech. Sherrill had his share as well even during his good years (seemed he struggled with Memphis every year). It's easier to zoom in on Leach's shortcomings because it's present time and a lot of people already hated him before he got here, but I remember these same discussions going on when Mullen was here. People wanted him gone almost every year.