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Official New Coach Thread Of The Tennessee Volunteers? (merged)
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A little bit about Tim Brewster from Drew Edwards notebook on Govols.com
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Admittedly, Mike Leach did not jump firmly in the middle of my "possible next coach" radar until I watched his team in the win over Texas, last Saturday, and as he had been mentioned as a possible candidate at Tennessee.
In doing some cursory research, I ran across an article on him, originally posted in the NY Times in 2005. After reading the article, and doing some additional research, I believe that he's the next best coach for the University of Tennessee - bar none.
A link to the article can be found, here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/magazine/04coach.html
In short, here are my reasons for supporting Mike Leach:
He was the O-Coordinator at KY, but it Mumme was the nut job there, not Leach. In fact, when Bob Stoops left UF to go to Norman, guess who he tabbed as his O-coordinator? Mike Leach. In that single season (Leach left the following year for Tech), Oklahoma went from 100+ in total offensive ranking, to #8 in one season. He not only installed his prolific offense in one season, but he did it with the existing Oklahoma talent base, which was less-than-average when he and Stoops got there. Oh, the next season, while still running the Mike Leach offense, the Sooners won it all. Two years, total.
He makes mediocre QB's look like absolute superstars - the last I checked, the Tennessee cupboard is not barren of mediocre quarterbacks.
I see similiarities between Leach and Bruce Pearl - both are unconventional, from small schools, are aggressive, unique personalities, generally disliked by their coaching brethren for their unconventional - and wildly successful - style of coaching.
He also reminds me of a Spurrier, a la, 1989 - pass-happy offense that "would never work in the SEC". That turned out pretty well for Florida, I think.
His offense is not just prolific - it's explosive. His teams score TD's in bunches, and he wants to score as many of them as possible. His passing attack is complimented by a potent rushing attack, too. He would never, ever, ever complain about only having 4-5 possessions per game. It wouldn't occur, so there wouldn't be anything to complain about.
What about defense? Well, Texas Tech's D currently leads the Big 12 in total defense, allowin a paltry 349 yards per game. Need I remind anyone that the Big 12 is currently widely regarded as having several of the top offenses in the nation, too?
In the article, his post-game remarks on the Texas A&M game are telling, "There was 23 seconds on the clock," he told me later. "That's more than enough time. I think we all had a level of disappointment we didn't score one more touchdown." At that point in the game, Tech was beating the Aggies by 39 points. Do you think that Urban, Sabon, Miles or Spurrier would hang 30+ on UT, everytime, if they could? Would you like a coach that would reciprocate the favor?
His coaching philosophy is absolutely unconventional, but after hearing more about it, it makes the most common and complete sense as you'd ever expect. The article goes into greater detail, but pay close attention to the section(s) on how to confuse a defense, and his "odd" o-line formations. You would never, ever, ever hear that a new recruit couldn't get on the field because he couldn't learn the offense.
He's not a job-hopper, now in his 9th season as Tech's head coach.
At only 47 years of age, he's young, but well-established.
His current contract can be bought out for a mere $500K, and he only makes somewhere between $1.7 - $2.0M per year as it stands (with their AD, just today, promising to re-negotiate it at the end of the season). Think that $3M per year would do it? Me, too.
He recruits in Texas, against two giant in-state schools who dwarf him in size, stature, money, facilities and every other imaginable criteria - and another, in Oklahoma, who is just along the border. If he can convince a kid to come to Lubbock, TX, one could reasonably assume that Knoxville wouldn't be a problem. Maybe even better, most of what he's done at Tech has been with throw-offs that the "bigger" schools didn't want - and he still gets this kind of productivity out of them, against the bigger schools. How do you think this quote goes over with recruits?
Distributing the ball to all the different skill players is our biggest emphasis. We're not a team that hands it to one guy and throws it to two. We want all five skill positions to touch the ball.
He gets mad and fiery - for sure - sometimes to his own detriment, but in support of his team, his players and his school. After calling the refs out in a post-game press conference following a loss to Texas, he was fined some $10K by the Big 12. At his weekly press conference a few days later, he refused to apologize, believing that he was correct in his criticism. The fans of Lubbock began a grass-roots campaign to raise the money to pay the fine on his behalf. Instead, Leach paid the fine himself, and used the donated money to buy (and personally distribute) hams to underprivelaged families for Thanksgiving. Sometime later, he was asked about criticising officials during a television interview, where he remarked, "I don't criticise officials, I just give out hams." How could an AD with the nickname of "Hammy" not love that?!
He is a character, promoter and energizing force - again - just like Pearl. He would be instantly exciting to the fan base that has long suffered with running 3 yard hitches on 3 and 9.
He wants to have as many WR's on the team as possible, and wants them conditioned to run twice as far and twice as fast as their counterparts. What better fit for us at WR U?
He is his own O-coordinator, QB coach and play-caller - so, no extensive stringing of the now-committed recruits along while we try to find one, even after the new head coach is named, it's the same guy.
I will stop the love-fest, here, albeit a bit belatedly.
If you would like to read a much more well-written account of Coach Leach, please see this link at the 3rd Saturday in Blogtober link:
Better Know a Candidate: Mike Leach Third Saturday in Blogtober
Although the article on 3rd Saturday takes a shot at him for "threatening" to never run the football, it just ain't so. Pass-heavy? Absolutely. However, so far this season, Tech is averaging about a 70/30 split between passing and rushing. Of the 64 offensive plays against Texas in their upset this weekend, Tech rushed the ball 28 times for 105 yards - or 44% of the time.
I think that this guy is Steve Spurrier, circa 1989. Remember, when the Gators snatched him up, he had already experienced some success, but had not yet crossed the cusp of becoming the "institutional" coach, or they never would have allowed him to leave. I think that Leach is right there, too. At least for the moment, and he's ripe for the taking.
I don't know what it will take, but I would love to have this guy as the next coach at UT.
In doing some cursory research, I ran across an article on him, originally posted in the NY Times in 2005. After reading the article, and doing some additional research, I believe that he's the next best coach for the University of Tennessee - bar none.
A link to the article can be found, here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/magazine/04coach.html
In short, here are my reasons for supporting Mike Leach:
He was the O-Coordinator at KY, but it Mumme was the nut job there, not Leach. In fact, when Bob Stoops left UF to go to Norman, guess who he tabbed as his O-coordinator? Mike Leach. In that single season (Leach left the following year for Tech), Oklahoma went from 100+ in total offensive ranking, to #8 in one season. He not only installed his prolific offense in one season, but he did it with the existing Oklahoma talent base, which was less-than-average when he and Stoops got there. Oh, the next season, while still running the Mike Leach offense, the Sooners won it all. Two years, total.
He makes mediocre QB's look like absolute superstars - the last I checked, the Tennessee cupboard is not barren of mediocre quarterbacks.
I see similiarities between Leach and Bruce Pearl - both are unconventional, from small schools, are aggressive, unique personalities, generally disliked by their coaching brethren for their unconventional - and wildly successful - style of coaching.
He also reminds me of a Spurrier, a la, 1989 - pass-happy offense that "would never work in the SEC". That turned out pretty well for Florida, I think.
His offense is not just prolific - it's explosive. His teams score TD's in bunches, and he wants to score as many of them as possible. His passing attack is complimented by a potent rushing attack, too. He would never, ever, ever complain about only having 4-5 possessions per game. It wouldn't occur, so there wouldn't be anything to complain about.
What about defense? Well, Texas Tech's D currently leads the Big 12 in total defense, allowin a paltry 349 yards per game. Need I remind anyone that the Big 12 is currently widely regarded as having several of the top offenses in the nation, too?
In the article, his post-game remarks on the Texas A&M game are telling, "There was 23 seconds on the clock," he told me later. "That's more than enough time. I think we all had a level of disappointment we didn't score one more touchdown." At that point in the game, Tech was beating the Aggies by 39 points. Do you think that Urban, Sabon, Miles or Spurrier would hang 30+ on UT, everytime, if they could? Would you like a coach that would reciprocate the favor?
His coaching philosophy is absolutely unconventional, but after hearing more about it, it makes the most common and complete sense as you'd ever expect. The article goes into greater detail, but pay close attention to the section(s) on how to confuse a defense, and his "odd" o-line formations. You would never, ever, ever hear that a new recruit couldn't get on the field because he couldn't learn the offense.
He's not a job-hopper, now in his 9th season as Tech's head coach.
At only 47 years of age, he's young, but well-established.
His current contract can be bought out for a mere $500K, and he only makes somewhere between $1.7 - $2.0M per year as it stands (with their AD, just today, promising to re-negotiate it at the end of the season). Think that $3M per year would do it? Me, too.
He recruits in Texas, against two giant in-state schools who dwarf him in size, stature, money, facilities and every other imaginable criteria - and another, in Oklahoma, who is just along the border. If he can convince a kid to come to Lubbock, TX, one could reasonably assume that Knoxville wouldn't be a problem. Maybe even better, most of what he's done at Tech has been with throw-offs that the "bigger" schools didn't want - and he still gets this kind of productivity out of them, against the bigger schools. How do you think this quote goes over with recruits?
Distributing the ball to all the different skill players is our biggest emphasis. We're not a team that hands it to one guy and throws it to two. We want all five skill positions to touch the ball.
He gets mad and fiery - for sure - sometimes to his own detriment, but in support of his team, his players and his school. After calling the refs out in a post-game press conference following a loss to Texas, he was fined some $10K by the Big 12. At his weekly press conference a few days later, he refused to apologize, believing that he was correct in his criticism. The fans of Lubbock began a grass-roots campaign to raise the money to pay the fine on his behalf. Instead, Leach paid the fine himself, and used the donated money to buy (and personally distribute) hams to underprivelaged families for Thanksgiving. Sometime later, he was asked about criticising officials during a television interview, where he remarked, "I don't criticise officials, I just give out hams." How could an AD with the nickname of "Hammy" not love that?!
He is a character, promoter and energizing force - again - just like Pearl. He would be instantly exciting to the fan base that has long suffered with running 3 yard hitches on 3 and 9.
He wants to have as many WR's on the team as possible, and wants them conditioned to run twice as far and twice as fast as their counterparts. What better fit for us at WR U?
He is his own O-coordinator, QB coach and play-caller - so, no extensive stringing of the now-committed recruits along while we try to find one, even after the new head coach is named, it's the same guy.
I will stop the love-fest, here, albeit a bit belatedly.
If you would like to read a much more well-written account of Coach Leach, please see this link at the 3rd Saturday in Blogtober link:
Better Know a Candidate: Mike Leach Third Saturday in Blogtober
Although the article on 3rd Saturday takes a shot at him for "threatening" to never run the football, it just ain't so. Pass-heavy? Absolutely. However, so far this season, Tech is averaging about a 70/30 split between passing and rushing. Of the 64 offensive plays against Texas in their upset this weekend, Tech rushed the ball 28 times for 105 yards - or 44% of the time.
I think that this guy is Steve Spurrier, circa 1989. Remember, when the Gators snatched him up, he had already experienced some success, but had not yet crossed the cusp of becoming the "institutional" coach, or they never would have allowed him to leave. I think that Leach is right there, too. At least for the moment, and he's ripe for the taking.
I don't know what it will take, but I would love to have this guy as the next coach at UT.
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Here some great quotes by some very well known people about Tim Brewster.
What They're Saying About Coach Brewster - Gophersports.comOfficial Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics
What They're Saying About Coach Brewster - Gophersports.comOfficial Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics
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Oh, you also ended a fragment with a preposition. I was going to say sentence but, "Wonder...his" isn't a sentence. Lol, stupid UGA fans. You have one mediocre year where you get owned by 'bama and FLA, and you go getting all high on your horse by trying to correct us Tennesseans.
Sorry Real Fans, I wasn't trying to turn this into one of those "hater" forums. I just really hate some other team's fan hating on a Vol Fan.
Bring Back Phil. Go Vols.
Sorry Real Fans, I wasn't trying to turn this into one of those "hater" forums. I just really hate some other team's fan hating on a Vol Fan.
Bring Back Phil. Go Vols.
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I havent looked through all 15 pages of this thread yet so maybe I missed it....but has anyone heard anything about Bill Cower being interested in the HC position? The only reason I say that is because I have heard rumors that his daughter attends UT and he has recently bought a house in Knoxville within the past few years. Anyone got any info on this or whetherthey think he would be a good fit? I think we could use his style of discipline personally.
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was listening to sports animal 99.1 today
the guy mentioned that he has a strong source of information and that the no.1 on UT search list,
and has been approcahed is
Butch Davis :banghead2:
he mentioned few other names like brewster
but not once mentioned anyone from NFL like gruden,cowher or lane
I'm a bit scared now
I just want someone only from the following three
gruden,cowher or lane
the guy mentioned that he has a strong source of information and that the no.1 on UT search list,
and has been approcahed is
Butch Davis :banghead2:
he mentioned few other names like brewster
but not once mentioned anyone from NFL like gruden,cowher or lane
I'm a bit scared now
I just want someone only from the following three
gruden,cowher or lane
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