UNM looking at Leach

[Nacho]

leach is a heck of a coach. he will turn unm around in no time. all things considered i would take june any day of the week. leach has some seriours issues if you believe the rumors.

[Stallion]

No he can't-truth is that about 20-30 schools could had Mike Leach and not one has seriously considered it. He got a couple of courtesy interviews. If he wants to Coach he better take this one.

This. Leach is still too toxic for most programs and completely unapologetic for the circumstances surrounding his departure from TT. You can respect him for not compromising who he is, but it is making him unemployable by most programs right now.

Wow. I'm not sure what planet you two have been living on but Leach has been anything but toxic. I followed him during his tenure at Tech and all he did was lead them to 10 consecutive bowl games in his 10 years and this from a school that was hardly a blip on the college football radar before his arrival. Tech was established in 1925 and between then and last year, they have been to 34 bowl games... Leach led them to 10 of those. And the one they went to last season are the kids he recruited. So, technically, you could say he's responsible for 11 of their 34 bowl games.

Leach is HUGE on education and whilst at Tech they had the highest graduation rate of any football team in the country. In his book he states that he would tell his players every year that "we have the number one graduation rate of any institution in the nation, and you are expected to uphold that."

As far as his firing is concerned, he did nothing wrong or toxic or damaging to poor little Adam James. He told one of the assistants to "put him in a dark place" since he had allegedly suffered a concussion, though nobody could explain why or how since the kid never played.

And what, exactly, does he have to be apologetic for? For not kissing Craig James' [deleted]? Give me a break. From all reports all James did was badger Leach and his assistant coaches w/ continuous phone calls telling them to play his kid, who didn't get one single offer from any other school in the country. James is lucky Leach didn't knock the [deleted] out of him. Then James goes on ESPN... where he's somehow, miraculously employed, and used his employer to lie about Leach and the incident w/ his cry-baby kid. Read Adam's own deposition testimony in the back of Leach's book... he said he locked himself in the closet and took a photo and sent it to his dad and told his dad... "You'll think this is funny."

The lawyer then asks Adam: "So you thought this was funny?" His response: "At the time, yes."

Leach is supposed to apologize for what???

I know this is an SMU board and most of you hate Tech and that's fine. I love football and I love the passing game. I've been following June Jones since the 1980's and Mike Leach since the late 1990's... and it just kills me when I read crap about him being "toxic" when all he's done is win everywhere he's been, graduated the highest rate in the country and had numerous ex-players come to his defense and claim he would never put any player's health in jeopardy.

It's fine to dislike someone or some team... but at least get some facts straight before you speak out on someone and call him "toxic." The reason he hasn't been hired is he is still embroiled in the lawsuit against Tech, which he should easily win, and teams are worried it will be a "distraction."

To say that the best job he will be able to land is the University of freaking New Mexico is beyond laughable. I've no idea where he will go, but my feeling is it will be UCLA. Where ever he goes I know this... he will win. He's won everywhere. Expand your mind a bit and go to a bookstore and read his book. You don't have to buy it, just read it. Learn something about the man before you call him toxic. If he's toxic, I can name about 80 schools that would love to have their football programs intoxicated w/ his coaching abilities.

[Stallion]

No he can't-truth is that about 20-30 schools could had Mike Leach and not one has seriously considered it. He got a couple of courtesy interviews. If he wants to Coach he better take this one.

This. Leach is still too toxic for most programs and completely unapologetic for the circumstances surrounding his departure from TT. You can respect him for not compromising who he is, but it is making him unemployable by most programs right now.

Wow. I'm not sure what planet you two have been living on but Leach has been anything but toxic.
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This post is oblivious to the Reality which makes me wonder if you are an extra-terrestrial. Get a newspaper subscription or maybe invest in Cable. FACT this guy has put his name in the running for every job in the last 2 years and he has to work as a high school consultant

[GRGB]

Leach to smu?

Who got the milf weed?

You guys must have forgotten about Leach v Craig James

[ponyboy]

We have a coach, thanks.

[LA_Mustang]

While many have said Memphis is the worst team division I, including me, New Mexico might give them a run for that title. They are 0-4 with all losses being blowouts except last week when they only lost by 3 to Sam Houston St., ouch!

[Dr Death]

I agree that Leach is a very good football coach and if I had to choose between JJ and Leach, I would choose Leach. As far as he has won everywhere he coached, I may be wrong but I don't recall him ever being a head caoch anywhere but Tech. Being from the old school I believe in running the football but I always enjoyed watching Tech when Leach was coaching.

You are right about Tech being his only head coaching position, but he was the OC at 4 different school's before going to Tech and all had success never before seen or not seen in many years. His one year at Oklahoma they went 7-5... but this was following three seasons of losing football before his arrival when they went 3-8, 4-8 and 5-6. The year after Leach left, w/ the QB he chose, Josh Heupel, the Sooners went 13-0 running his offense and won the NCG.

[redpony]

I'm not really a Leach fan but will say that he is one heckuva good coach.

GO PONIES!!!

[Dr Death]

This post is oblivious to the Reality which makes me wonder if you are an extra-terrestrial. Get a newspaper subscription or maybe invest in Cable. FACT this guy has put his name in the running for every job in the last 2 years and he has to work as a high school consultant

Yeah... because we all know how reliable the newspaper is. And screw Cable TV, I have DirecTV... I get about 40 college games a w/ end. The FACT is NOT that he's put his name in the running for every job out there in the last two years... he interviewed w/ Maryland. That's it. Now... his name has been "rumored" for a lot of schools, but that doesn't mean squat.

In his book he says this: I still have the desire to coach, but I'm going to make sure I go back for the right reasons, which means finding a school that is committed to football, values academic excellence, and wants to work as a team so that everyone can win together.


Like I said... he will return... and he will win.

[sbsmith]

In his book he says this: I still have the desire to coach, but I'm going to make sure I go back for the right reasons, which means finding a school that is committed to football, values academic excellence, and wants to work as a team so that everyone can win together.

That's certainly not New Mexico.

[LakeHighlandsPony]

I could see Arizona dumping Stoops and hiring Leach. Also think UCLA would be great.

Just to be on the record I called it first.

[cutter]

I could see Arizona dumping Stoops and hiring Leach. Also think UCLA would be great.

it would be interesting seeing Leach in the Pac12.

and, I seconded it, sort of.

[LakeHighlandsPony]

They should have done it a year ago so Leach could have had Nick Foles.

[ponyscott]

He's just a weird dude...good coach I agree, but just strange. He has no job now and limited prospects and Sports Networks can't figure him out as a commentator and won't hire him....he could work as a coach at NM though.