New destination for Mike Leach?

by **PonyPride** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:29 am

This seems like a really odd fit, and it would be a shame to see a good coach and really good guy lose his job after getting to a bowl in a season in which many thought his team might not win more than a game or two.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 05846.html

by **Kiper** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:14 am

He'd shake up the ACC a little, wouldn't he?

by **that's great raplh** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:34 am

leach is a leech

by **PonyDoh** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:39 am

Not an odd fit at all. Maryland is always ok under Fridge. They had big years under him w/someone else's players early, and the program has grown stale since. A ceiling of 8 or 9 wins isn't enough anymore, especially when Under Armour's charter school is Maryland. Kevin Plank, UA's huncho, is an ex Terp player and on the board at Maryland. He & Leach couldn't be closer and Leach would have all of UAs football might at his back. Basically, UA & Maryland are so tied at the hip, they are going to make a play to be East coast Oregon. The way you do that is by striking while the iron is hot. One of the most aggressive moves I can remember by an 8-4 football team