🏈 Mississippi State hires Mike Leach

[rocknthefreeworld]

Mike Leach leaves Washington State for Mississippi State

Mike Leach, who has guided Washington State to a school-record 43 wins and five bowl games over the past five seasons, has left the Cougars to become head coach at Mississippi State.

www.espn.com

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

The SEC West has some really good football coaches....The Pirate just adding to the list

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Leach and Kiffin last faced each other in 2013. It was the first loss of the season for USC and the second loss to ASU got Kiffin fired.

 

[OldPlayer]

SEC Media Days will set a new attendance record

 

[Destiny's Child]

Leach and Kiffin last faced each other in 2013. It was the first loss of the season for USC and the second loss to ASU got Kiffin fired.

The egg bowl news conferences and pre-game press will be must watch tv

 

[planomateo]

They passed on Pruitt for Moorhead and 2 years later pass on Sarkisian for Leach.

Speaks volumes.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

JMO but Mike has been able to take average talent and win at two schools. Going 7-5 at State is doing well in my book. Lane vs The Pirate is going to be a hoot.

 

[#80]

Is Starkville ready for the air raid?

 

[mrchase]

The west is very offensive now.

 

[bamachine]

SEC Media Days will set a new attendance record

It is going to be in Atlanta this year. Nashville the following year.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I forgot to add another little note to this. Who took over when Kiffin was fired? Coach O. So now Ole Miss, Miss State, and LSU are all tied to that one season.

Also, Arkansas head coach has ties to the Bama/Saban trees. He coached under Franchione, Butch Davis, Derek Dooley, and Kirby Smart. So pretty much every SECW head coach except Auburn's has first or second level ties to either that season, Saban, or both (technically Malzahn ties to Saban due to both having Muschamp as a coordinator at some point but I am not even getting near that bus).

 

[BamaFisher]

I think MSU just bought themselves 10 years of mediocrity. It’ll take Leach 3-4 years to recruit his type of players for that air raid system (fast and small) and the fans will get impatient listening to Kiffin mouthing off across the state. They’ll cut Leach loose and it’ll take the next poor hapless coach another 3-4 year recruiting cycle of getting bigger guys to run his system. It’s Petrino/Bielema/Morris all over again.

 

[rick4bama]

Post this on the other thread.

 

[MunchyOs]

Didn't he once lock Craig James' son in a storage shed at Texas Tech?

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Lane Kiffin Tweets Out Message To Mike Leach

New Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin wasted no time welcoming Mike Leach to the SEC

www.secrant.com

 

[OldPlayer]

It is going to be in Atlanta this year. Nashville the following year.

It can be in Buttscratch, OK. The entertainment value of Kiffin and Leach will bring everybody seeking a quote, or 12.

 

[JoshB]

They passed on Pruitt for Moorhead and 2 years later pass on Sarkisian for Leach.

Speaks volumes.

Leach is about as homerun as MSU was gonna get IMO. He will make them competitive again and is a good recruiter. They will be hideous on defense but will be able to score with just about anyone.

 

[Tidestalker]

Leach is about as homerun as MSU was gonna get IMO. He will make them competitive again and is a good recruiter. They will be hideous on defense but will be able to score with just about anyone.

No doublt! They couldn't have done any better there... It's not exactly a destination.

To Leach's credit, he knows a mainstream school does not fit him. He needs a certain weird fan base and culture to entertain and recruit to.

He can coach offense and find wins... But it seems like his act wears thin over time. Which is probably why he's making the move now...

I def see them as a significantly better threat on a given Saturday in the Fall than last week. But nothing crazy. RTR

 

[JoshB]

No doublt! They couldn't have done any better there... It's not exactly a destination.

To Leach's credit, he knows a mainstream school does not fit him. He needs a certain weird fan base and culture to entertain and recruit to.

He can coach offense and find wins... But it seems like his act wears thin over time. Which is probably why he's making the move now...

I def see them as a significantly better threat on a given Saturday in the Fall than last week. But nothing crazy. RTR

No question. As bizarre as Leach is in public just imagine how he is behind closed doors. At least in Starkville he won't have any Craig James' to worry about lol #CJK5H

As far as immediate success goes, I think Kiffin is a little bit more set up just because he is so good at taking what he has around him and fitting his offense to their ability. Where as Leach is Air Raid no matter what and will attempt to fit a square peg in a round hole at times.

 

[Tidestalker]

No question. As bizarre as Leach is in public just imagine how he is behind closed doors. At least in Starkville he won't have any Craig James' to worry about lol #CJK5H

As far as immediate success goes, I think Kiffin is a little bit more set up just because he is so good at taking what he has around him and fitting his offense to their ability. Where as Leach is Air Raid no matter what and will attempt to fit a square peg in a round hole at times.

Yeah I think Kiffin will be a thorn in his side. But at the same time, LK did not want to see this dude hired... Leach might be "un-troll-able"

Ultimately though, 2 good hires in that state is better than 1 for Alabama IMO. We won't have to worry about losing recruits to MSU in the Saban era, but he will certainly pull a few good players form Kiffin and vice versa. The competition could keep both from getting too good. JMO