If Tennesseee hires Mike Leach tomorrow... [bring him home Currie]

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It's the same argument folks made with Mullen: give him the resources of Tennessee and he can win more than he did at MSU.
 
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Unimane said:
Leach is the kind of dude who can beat Florida by 3 TDs and then lose by 30 to South Carolina. We've gone 20 years without a championship of some sort and that type of coach doesn't strike me as one who can do it. I'd rather some other major school experiment with him. The more I think about Leach, the less I like it.

I also wonder if Doeren was floated as a candidate to smooth over any actual coach we hire following that near miss.
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Got to get him a top notch DC..... O is great and you must have it, but DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!
 
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Freak said:
I can find something wrong with just about every candidate who would consider Tennessee at this point. Who's your top candidate?
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Fire Currie, push out Haslam, reset the search. Go after Kiffin, Brohm, Taggart and even reach back out to Gruden. There's others, too.

Leach is just a guy whose style I don't think will ever win in the upper levels of college football and that's what we're trying to do here.

Do you think Leach can take us to Atlanta? I mean, that's the real bottom line there. Winning some games and scoring points is nice and fun, but the goal is Atlanta, in the end.
 
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Unimane said:
Leach is the kind of dude who can beat Florida by 3 TDs and then lose by 30 to South Carolina. We've gone 20 years without a championship of some sort and that type of coach doesn't strike me as one who can do it. I'd rather some other major school experiment with him. The more I think about Leach, the less I like it.

I also wonder if Doeren was floated as a candidate to smooth over any actual coach we hire following that near miss.
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Do you think someone like Patterson or Peterson would leave their current jobs?
 
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This is going to be a hard damn fall if this deal doesn’t get worked out. We are like a bunch of jaded lovers..
 
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Unimane said:
Fire Currie, push out Haslam, reset the search. Go after Kiffin, Brohm, Taggart and even reach back out to Gruden. There's others, too.

Leach is just a guy whose style I don't think will ever win in the upper levels of college football and that's what we're trying to do here.

Do you think Leach can take us to Atlanta? I mean, that's the real bottom line there. Winning some games and scoring points is nice and fun, but the goal is Atlanta, in the end.
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Currie and his $5 million dollar buyout aren't getting fired, or he already would been after the Schiano debacle.

Kiffin and Gruden are pipe dreams. Brohm might have been a good hire. Plenty of questions about Taggert.
 
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Unimane said:
Beats USC, gets drilled by Cal. Beats Stanford, gets drilled by Arizona. Biggest game of the year, gets drilled by Washington. Sorry, I'm not looking for scattered wins against decent teams. I'm looking for something more.
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If he was a perfect coach he wouldn't be available (and likely would not be coaching at WSU)

WSU is almost like the Vanderbilt of the Pac 12. Before Leach arrived they hadn't had a winning record since 2003. WSU is actually 51 games UNDER .500 historically. What he's managed to do there is beyond impressive.
 
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Unimane said:
We could've had Patterson a long time ago, but that shipped sailed a long time ago. I do think Peterson would listen if we pony up some cash.
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The Patterson ship has sailed, and there's absolutely no indication Peterson would listen.
 
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Freak, surely there is enough smoke with these reports that Tennessee and Leach are close to a deal..? What do you think?
 
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Hell Freak, call Leach yourself.

Tell him about VN, our poll, and all the excitement around him possibly being the next coach.......

What have we got to lose at this point?
 
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Apparently the uncle of a Washington State player?

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Unimane said:
Fire Currie, push out Haslam, reset the search. Go after Kiffin, Brohm, Taggart and even reach back out to Gruden. There's others, too.

Leach is just a guy whose style I don't think will ever win in the upper levels of college football and that's what we're trying to do here.

Do you think Leach can take us to Atlanta? I mean, that's the real bottom line there. Winning some games and scoring points is nice and fun, but the goal is Atlanta, in the end.
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If we do indeed get Mike Leach, our top 2 revenue sports will be in the best shape they have been in since 2007 when we made it to Atlanta and the Sweet 16. Why in the world would you want to hit the reset now?
 
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Alto1 said:
Hell Freak, call Leach yourself.

Tell him about VN, our poll, and all the excitement around him possibly being the next coach.......

What have we got to lose at this point?
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Got his number? Think he's still up?

:)
 
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Alto1 said:
Hell Freak, call Leach yourself.

Tell him about VN, our poll, and all the excitement around him possibly being the next coach.......

What have we got to lose at this point?
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Time for VN to be proactive instead of reactive at this point.......
 
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