Mike Leach (Texas Tech)

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it seems as if his o-line is really geared for pass block.. however they can not plow over guys for the run block. Which IMO would not work in the SEC. But he could change things up with the size of the guys he'd be able to recruit in the SEC. Just a matter of will he?
 
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VolTx said:
can Mike Leach win big at Tennessee?
is he one of the few coaches out there who is a true difference maker?

let's see

Tech has won 12 games in a row (longest streak in the nation)
Tech has won 21 of their last 25 games
Tech has 5 wins in a row vs. Top 25 teams including #1, #2 & #9


How much of that was attributed to "coaching his players up"?
Crabtree had one other offer out of high school - to play DB for Kansas
Harrell was a 4 star recruit out of high school - a nice pick up
Eric "The Elf" Morris was a 2-star West Texas midget not even on the recruiting radar or other schools
The remainder of the roster is significantly comprised of players never offered by the "old money" schools in the Big 12


can the man coach?
show me any coach anywhere at any school in the country who gets more out of his players
show me any coach anywhere in the country who has a more precisely executing team than his


Mike Leach is, bar none, the biggest difference maker amongst the NCAA coaching ranks

but let's let ourselves be frightened off because he's not in the mold of a traditional Tennessee coach. Meanwhile, we can watch his West Texas freckled faced midget cotton farming players beat the snot out of ranked opponents
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Yeah, a difference maker whose average year is 8-4.
 
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I personally would like to have Kiffin first but after that, it would be Leach. He can be the Pirate of the Vol Navy.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Yeah, a difference maker whose average year is 8-4.
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if we can hire a coach who can take over a perennial underdog Texas Tech program and average 10 wins per year instead of 8, then let's hire his a$$ today

Leach will average over 10 wins over the past 2 seasons by January. things actually do take time
 
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justingroves said:
You ever heard of Darrius Heyward-Bey?
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I sure have. Too bad he plays in Maryland's horrid offense. He is an incredible downfield threat as well as an incredible player in the open field if he gets the ball with space to move. He'd be putting up Crabtree's numbers +50 yards/1 TD per game playing under Mike Leach. Kid is 6'2 and runs a legit 4.35
 
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Did anyone else see CFB Live and the statement they attributed to Leach? Apparently he said that he would not address any speculation regarding his future. Sounds like a man with a first class ticket out of town to me.
 
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MarylandVolunteer said:
I sure have. Too bad he plays in Maryland's horrid offense. He is an incredible downfield threat as well as an incredible player in the open field if he gets the ball with space to move. He'd be putting up Crabtree's numbers +50 yards/1 TD per game playing under Mike Leach. Kid is 6'2 and runs a legit 4.35
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wfordiii said:
Yeah and if he had a halfway decent QB his numbers would be through the roof. He's still managed over 16 ypc and almost 500 yards receiving. If he leaves, which he should, he's easily a first rounder.
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I'd take him over Crabtree
 
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VolTx said:
if we can hire a coach who can take over a perennial underdog Texas Tech program and average 10 wins per year instead of 8, then let's hire his a$$ today

Leach will average over 10 wins over the past 2 seasons by January. things actually do take time
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He isn't averaging 10 wins a season. Until this year, his results weren't measurably difference than what Spike Dykes did at the end of his tenure in Lubbock. I love how the Leach shills are acting like he's doing this at Baylor.
 
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lol no way he scores 70 in the sec.. and note.. in the SEC.. not against a non conf opponent.. not se missouri state a&m
 
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VolTx said:
if we can hire a coach who can take over a perennial underdog Texas Tech program and average 10 wins per year instead of 8, then let's hire his a$$ today
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Gary Barnett had two years where he averaged 10 wins a season at Northwestern, which is roughly 15,699 times more difficult to do in Evanston than it is in Lubbock. Guess Tennessee should hire him.
 
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hatvol96 said:
He isn't averaging 10 wins a season. Until this year, his results weren't measurably difference than what Spike Dykes did at the end of his tenure in Lubbock. I love how the Leach shills are acting like he's doing this at Baylor.
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you misread my comment. I said that he'll average 10 wins over the past two seasons.

after this season, he'll average over 8.5 wins per season, including his first seasons when he was playing with Spike Dykes' players

Spike Dykes average 6.6 wins over his final 10 seasons


as for Baylor, Tech and Baylor's programs were not terribly far apart before Leach took over

I don't consider myself a shill, but I've attended games and followed the Tech program closely since the early 90's.
Leach is the candidate who would result in the most success at Tennessee (in my opinion)
 
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hatvol96 said:
Taking Oklahoma and Texas out of the equation, the Big 12 hasn't been any better during Leach's tenure. He's still found a way to lose 4 games a year.
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true, very true, however i do believe that teams like Mizzou(which i'm not sure off the top of my head if he's played) Texas A&M, and Kansas are better than Minnesota, Iowa etc of the Big 10.
 
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rmsmith said:
true, very true, however i do believe that teams like Mizzou(which i'm not sure off the top of my head if he's played) Texas A&M, and Kansas are better than Minnesota, Iowa etc of the Big 10.
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I bet if you take the records of Missouri, Kansas and Texas A&M for the time Leach has been in Lubbock and compare them to, say, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Iowa, the results aren't that different.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Taking Oklahoma and Texas out of the equation, the Big 12 hasn't been any better during Leach's tenure. He's still found a way to lose 4 games a year.
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as well as having the nation's longest active winning streak and knocking off 5 straight ranked opponents and being in the thick of a national championship hunt

he took over the program at Texas Tech for crying out loud. Not Miami, not Alabama, not Ohio State.
Texas freakin' Tech

equate him to Spike Dykes if you wish. What he's done at that program speaks for itself. His team is amongst the best in the nation right now
 
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hatvol96 said:
I bet if you take the records of Missouri, Kansas and Texas A&M for the time Leach has been in Lubbock and compare them to, say, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Iowa, the results aren't that different.
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that is true.. but the teams that Mizzou, kansas and A&M play are alot tougher. so those losses aren't as bad as Michigan State, Minnesota or Iowa.
 
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rmsmith said:
that is true.. but the teams that Mizzou, kansas and A&M play are alot tougher. so those losses aren't as bad as Michigan State, Minnesota or Iowa.
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Look at the laughable nonconference schedules Kansas and Missouri typically play. Losing to Kansas is no better than losing to Iowa. They're both mediocre.
 
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