Mike Leach will do well at Wash St

[The Seer]

It's a great hire for them: weird guy going way up in the corner of the US, soft defenses, only 3 or 4 teams worth a shit, desperate fans base, instantly increases ticket sales & donations, AD was wanting flashy offense,etc. I may watch more Pac 10 games next year.

[Jonah]

It is a great fit... Got some QB's with upside and good to great receivers. That one kid is one of the best in the country.

[HoulihansTX]

The production he gets from his QB's make the Chip Kellys/Gus Mahlzans/Dana Holgersens all look like wannabes.

[Brock Landers]

Washington St will be good in a few years

[The Seer]

Washington St will be good in a few years

should contend in 2 or 3 years at most just with increased offensive production alone

[EaglesPhan36]

I think they jumped in before UCLA had a shot to get him. UCLA needs to make a smart hire. Their football program is crapola.

[ByeShea]

Maryland should have taken him last year, he supposedly wanted the job.

Good for Washington State, but I would much rather have seen him at UCLA - he would have given the Trojans fits. Come to think of it, as far as major conferences go, he couldn't be playing in a further backwater. Wish he could have hit the ground running at a major program.

[TobiasFunke]

Great coach

[3PtShooter]

nice selection for wash st, ucla penn st should have looked at him, unless petersen is already ucla bound after the bowls

[Dirty Sanchez]

I can tell you the fans at U of Kansas are livid...there was a clear understanding that he was the No 1 target by the fans, and when this word got out today the local sports radio psycho's were on the warpath with the Jayhawk AD. They seemed to never get a shot at Leach either because they administration was slow with the search, or Leach got an offer he couldn't refuse. Rumors were that Jayhawks were going to offer 2.2 million a year, so Washington St must of really wowed him with cash.

[opie1988]

Mike Leach will do well wherever he goes. He's a top notch coach.

He's also big friends with the owner of Under Armour....so I foresee some killer uni's for Wash St very soon!

[The Seer]

I can tell you the fans at U of Kansas are livid...there was a clear understanding that he was the No 1 target by the fans, and when this word got out today the local sports radio psycho's were on the warpath with the Jayhawk AD. They seemed to never get a shot at Leach either because they administration was slow with the search, or Leach got an offer he couldn't refuse. Rumors were that Jayhawks were going to offer 2.2 million a year, so Washington St must of really wowed him with cash.

I was told 5 year deal and it would make him 3rd highest in Pac 12.

[The Seer]

I think they jumped in before UCLA had a shot to get him. UCLA needs to make a smart hire. Their football program is crapola.

They are going after Sumlin.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I was told 5 year deal and it would make him 3rd highest in Pac 12.

The Jayhawks are licking their wounds....the prior AD signed Turner Gill to a guaranteed contract and the school is on the hook for $6 million within 90 days...what a deal. Now the rumors are Jim Leavitt is also a target since he's a Kansas guy...but Kansas football is in brutal shape and the fans have a myopic view of how good of a job it is. Whoever takes it has a long road ahead.

[The Seer]

The Jayhawks are licking their wounds....the prior AD signed Turner Gill to a guaranteed contract and the school is on the hook for $6 million within 90 days...what a deal. Now the rumors are Jim Leavitt is also a target since he's a Kansas guy...but Kansas football is in brutal shape and the fans have a myopic view of how good of a job it is. Whoever takes it has a long road ahead.

Leavitt might be the guy. He did it from scratch at S. Florida.

[FrozenMAN]

SUCH BULLSHIT!!!

i wanted the pirate to come to champaign!

i want a real head coach, and leach would have created a monster at illinois that woulda whipped urban's ass at THE ohio state