Gameday heading to Washington State

[shnsajax 3591]

15 years of the WSU flag being flown to every game day city looks to be coming to an end. Its going to be a massive drunken party all week in Pullman. Or at least more so than normal.

[Eldodroptop 35]

It is baffling how the Pirate has been shut out of any top head coaching opportunities. All that crazy fucker does is build winning programs out of utter dogshit.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

3 minutes ago, Eldodroptop said:

It is baffling how the Pirate has been shut out of any top head coaching opportunities. All that crazy fucker does is build winning programs out of utter dogshit.

1.  Large organizations are risk averse

2.  Core competency is taking dogshit programs and building them into respectable hover around the bottom half of the Top 25 programs

3.  Big time college football teams don't seem themselves as needing a coach with that particular core competency

4.  Large organizations are risk averse

 

Pirate is entertaining as hell, and not saying it is right but most big time programs don't want what they think could be a bit of a loose cannon at their helm

[satyanash 14481]

plus he put some kid in a shed that one time. Clearly not coaching material /s

[shnsajax 3591]

Its crazy how many programs think they are big ass programs when they are not. Tennessee is an example.

[Bama Llama 1450]

I would contribute to the buyout if the backroom gang at Auburn would bring the Pirate to the Plains, and I'm a Bama man.  Talk about your good theater - Saban v. Leach for at least a few years.

[hornian 5213]

7 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

Its crazy how many programs think they are big ass programs when they are not. Tennessee is an example.

He would kill at Tennessee. And they passed him over. 

[Parliament 14255]

I would contribute to the buyout if the backroom gang at Auburn would bring the Pirate to the Plains, and I'm a Bama man.  Talk about your good theater - Saban v. Leach for at least a few years.

You'll be bidding against me. We need him in the B1G.

[horn_of_the_morning 978]

42 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

Its crazy how many programs think they are big ass programs when they are not. Tennessee is an example.

Aggy is a better example. UTlite is actually a good coach away from becoming a powerhouse (again).

[WhatTheBuck 28776]

1 hour ago, Eldodroptop said:

It is baffling how the Pirate has been shut out of any top head coaching opportunities. All that crazy fucker does is build winning programs out of utter dogshit.

He's Rich Rodriguez without the hillbilly charm. You remember the upset wins, you forget the upset losses.

He's good for an entertaining press conference; he's more popular for those than anything else. And when he refers to players' fat girlfriends we laugh and don't notice that he's throwing his players under the bus after a loss. He's good at deflecting blame that way. 

He's a novelty act that could never survive the scrutiny of the media covering the big time programs. He also wouldn't sell to the boosters of the big time programs. And he doesn't want to. I wouldn't want him anywhere close to leading a program I cared about but I think it would be a hoot if someone else hired him. 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

The question is, Is it kosher for the coach of the team playing in the game that Gameday is on sight covering to be the guest picker? Because while it's probably not and it would never happen.... for sheer entertainment value that would be the right move for ESPN to make.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I mentioned this in the other GD thread...but to bring the show back up from its downward spiral...they need to remove Kirk, Rece, Desmond, David, Lee, Rinaldi and give Leach the center stage with a mic. let him say whatever is on his mind for 3 hours

 

 

dont even do game picks. no commercials either because I dont want to  miss anything

[Bertelsen's 70 yard TD 44]

1 hour ago, Bama Llama said:

I would contribute to the buyout if the backroom gang at Auburn would bring the Pirate to the Plains, and I'm a Bama man.  Talk about your good theater - Saban v. Leach for at least a few years.

That WOULD be highly entertaining.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

I think Leach is actually better suited at the mid-level programs.  He Is whiz at turning 3-9 into 8-4 and an occasional 10 win season.  Not sure he’s built for turning 7-5 into 11-1.  But few people are.  

[WhatTheBuck 28776]

3 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

I mentioned this in the other GD thread...but to bring the show back up from its downward spiral...they need to remove Kirk, Rece, Desmond, David, Lee, Rinaldi and give Leach the center stage with a mic. let him say whatever is on his mind for 3 hours

 

 

dont even do game picks. no commercials either because I dont want to  miss anything

Does he get to bring a bottle of Scotch with him?

[Treefidy 1463]

3 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Does he get to bring a bottle of Scotch with him?

How about Leach, Holgo, Ogre, and Leslie Miles... and a case of scotch.  

Gameday would be the shit.  Leach hosts of course, Les doing les things, holgo is shitfaced and the only one who can understand Ogres takes.

[WhatTheBuck 28776]

1 minute ago, Treefidy said:

How about Leach, Holgo, Ogre, and Leslie Miles... and a case of scotch.  

Gameday would be the shit.  Leach hosts of course, Les doing les things, holgo is shitfaced and the only one who can understand Ogres takes.

Now that I would watch. 

[texifornia 56921]

Awesome. Pullman is hoing to burn down. 

[Parliament 14255]

34 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

He's Rich Rodriguez without the hillbilly charm. You remember the upset wins, you forget the upset losses.

He's good for an entertaining press conference; he's more popular for those than anything else. And when he refers to players' fat girlfriends we laugh and don't notice that he's throwing his players under the bus after a loss. He's good at deflecting blame that way. 

He's a novelty act that could never survive the scrutiny of the media covering the big time programs. He also wouldn't sell to the boosters of the big time programs. And he doesn't want to. I wouldn't want him anywhere close to leading a program I cared about but I think it would be a hoot if someone else hired him. 

I don't often neg, but when I do, I neg you for denigrating Mike Leach.

[SDG 3319]

People also forget that ML is the fourth highest paid coach in the PAC and has kids in school. He’s got a pretty good gig going.  

[utee94 15812]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

2 hours ago, Bama Llama said:

I would contribute to the buyout if the backroom gang at Auburn would bring the Pirate to the Plains, and I'm a Bama man.  Talk about your good theater - Saban v. Leach for at least a few years.

You'll be bidding against me. We need him in the B1G.

I'd love to see him at one of those bland, boring, bottom-feeding, easily forgettable B1G programs like Illinois or Indiana or Nebraska.

He'd make B1G football slightly less boring.

 

 

[Newy25 7668]

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

He's Rich Rodriguez without the hillbilly charm. You remember the upset wins, you forget the upset losses.

He's good for an entertaining press conference; he's more popular for those than anything else. And when he refers to players' fat girlfriends we laugh and don't notice that he's throwing his players under the bus after a loss. He's good at deflecting blame that way. 

He's a novelty act that could never survive the scrutiny of the media covering the big time programs. He also wouldn't sell to the boosters of the big time programs. And he doesn't want to. I wouldn't want him anywhere close to leading a program I cared about but I think it would be a hoot if someone else hired him. 

This is exactly how I view Leach. If you are someone not invested in the program, he is hilarious and a treat to watch. From a healthy distance. 

If you are a fan of the team and he suffers a horrible loss then proceeds to blame his players and the fans and talk about Giraffe farming, then he probably would wear on you. He is good at putting his offensive system in place and setting a reasonably high floor for a program like Washington State. At a major college trying to build a perrenial conference contender he would implode in epic fashion. And he would probably do it at a press conference. 

 

[Machinator 32099]

Many things this fanbase loves about Leach watching him coach other programs would turn to loathing if he coached at Texas.

[smwhorn 482]

So more than 30 years ago, I was at a Texas Exes party in Dallas.  I'm with some friends I graduated with and we start talking to a group of 3 or 4 girls.  One of the girls said she was not a UT grad but was a graduate of Washington State.  We start talking about the school and majors and how'd you get to Dallas blah blah blah. I said something like "you know I really couldn't even tell you where Washington State is."  She sort of looked at me like I was an idiot and said "you really don't know where Washington State is?"  "Um, no not really" says I.  She says "well it's the state north of Oregon and west of Idaho." I looked at one of her other friends listening to this conversation and just shook my head.  I ended up asking her to go home with me that night but she respectfully declined.  Sorry, no pics.

 

 

Edited October 14, 2018 by smwhorn

[SDG 3319]

Here’s the game day backstory. (The audio isn’t great) 

Csb - I was a WSU student when this started. 

[runthebone 7975]

3 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

1.  Large organizations are risk averse

2.  Core competency is taking dogshit programs and building them into respectable hover around the bottom half of the Top 25 programs

3.  Big time college football teams don't seem themselves as needing a coach with that particular core competency

4.  Large organizations are risk averse

 

Pirate is entertaining as hell, and not saying it is right but most big time programs don't want what they think could be a bit of a loose cannon at their helm

You said rape twice. 

[closetojumping 62606]

9 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Many things this fanbase loves about Leach watching him coach other programs would turn to loathing if he coached at Texas.

No one is talking about that. I honestly don’t remember ever seeing that subject broached in the history of our boards. 

Because that isn’t a serious consideration and will never happen, I do think the discussion about a bigger program taking him on would be a wonderful thing to watch and I don’t care how it turned out. 

[Bevo14 8304]

I was always confused by the WSU flag waving in the background. Figured I was missing something.

[Newy25 7668]

I am surprised it was only 15 years ago. I recall going to games in Austin and seeing that guy show up with the flag and I thought it was even before then. 

And for the record, when Matt Campbell gets hired away from Iowa State which might be even this December I want Leach back in the Big 12.  I fully recognize the odds of that happening are literally less than zero but still. 

[ATLLonghorn 855]

Some coaches have defined ceilings which is fine. Perhaps Mike Leach's ceiling is going to places like Lubbock, TX and Pullman, WA and taking bad programs and making them respectable. Perhaps Mike Leach wouldn't do well at a place with a tremendous level of expectation. He was 2-8 against Texas when he was at Tech and both wins were close games that Texas had every opportunity to win. In the SEC he's recruiting against Alabama and Georgia. In the Big Ten he's recruiting against Ohio State. He can definitely coach, but he's not a recruiter and you aren't winning conference championships and national championships in those leagues without a strong recruiting presence. 

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

41 minutes ago, smwhorn said:

So more than 30 years ago, I was at a Texas Exes party in Dallas.  I'm with some friends I graduated with and we start talking to a group of 3 or 4 girls.  One of the girls said she was not a UT grad but was a graduate of Washington State.  We start talking about the school and majors and how'd you get to Dallas blah blah blah. I said something like "you know I really couldn't even tell you where Washington State is."  She sort of looked at me like I was an idiot and said "you really don't know where Washington State is?"  "Um, no not really" says I.  She says "well it's the state north of Oregon and west of Idaho." I looked at one of her other friends listening to this conversation and just shook my head.  I ended up asking her to go home with me that night but she respectfully declined.  Sorry, no pics.

 

 

Gotta up your game bro.

Seriously, funny story. Sounds like a Coug response. Next time, Pullman! Out in the Palouse!

[Trey3216 15346]

2 hours ago, Treefidy said:

How about Leach, Holgo, Ogre, and Leslie Miles... and a case of scotch.  

Gameday would be the shit.  Leach hosts of course, Les doing les things, holgo is shitfaced and the only one who can understand Ogres takes.

I’m thinking Leach, Miles and Spurrier.   Hell, throw Bill Walton in there even though it’s the wrong sport.  It’d be like fucking Woodstock 

[shnsajax 3591]

I am surprised it was only 15 years ago. I recall going to games in Austin and seeing that guy show up with the flag and I thought it was even before then. 
And for the record, when Matt Campbell gets hired away from Iowa State which might be even this December I want Leach back in the Big 12.  I fully recognize the odds of that happening are literally less than zero but still. 

He would have to get fired from WSU to even consider ISU.

[SDG 3319]

16 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

I’m thinking Leach, Miles and Spurrier.   Hell, throw Bill Walton in there even though it’s the wrong sport.  It’d be like fucking Woodstock 

True story Spurrier was in Pullman for the Utah game.  His son is on Leach’s staff. That would of been an interesting conversation to be a part of. 

[taybo20 2825]

Pirate should definitely be the guest picker. No question 

[WBT 20562]

Should be going to NC State/Clemson

[kopp0e 1135]

7 hours ago, hornian said:

He would kill at Tennessee. And they passed him over. 

Actually the athletic director of Tennessee was scheduled to interview Mike Leach for the head coach vacancy of the Volunteers, but was fired before the deal could be made, then old ball coach Fulmer took over, and wanted an SEC guy...

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

6 hours ago, Treefidy said:

How about Leach, Holgo, Ogre, and Leslie Miles... and a case of scotch.  

Gameday would be the shit.  Leach hosts of course, Les doing les things, holgo is shitfaced and the only one who can understand Ogres takes.

Entertainment value unmeasurable with current technology.

[drifter379 1106]

I would contribute to the buyout if the backroom gang at Auburn would bring the Pirate to the Plains, and I'm a Bama man.  Talk about your good theater - Saban v. Leach for at least a few years.

I think the pirate or gundy would be a great fit at auburn. If it's gundy they have to have it in the contract that he must keep the mullet.

[ztejas 43418]

9 hours ago, horn_of_the_morning said:

Aggy is a better example. UTlite is actually a good coach away from becoming a powerhouse (again).

Disagree. Recruiting in Tennessee is harder than ever. Until they get enough talent on the field at the right position it won't matter who's coaching.

TU isn't UT where you can drunkenly stumble into a top 10 recruiting class.

[Gaffords 755]

The man is brilliant plain and simple. I think with a bigger program, je would dial back the air raid and pound the ball more like he did when he had good backs to work with.

He would absolutly kill it a place like Lincoln. 

[Magus Ossis 2798]

He has only had two chances as a HC: Tech and WSU. He clearly turned the latter around, and was consistently decent (season-long, not each/every game) at Tech- had the longest league bowl-eligible streak. He likes to drink, he likes to talk, he doesn’t tolerate fools, and he won’t suck up. He came within one game of getting Tech in the NCG. Tech. He may flame out at Wazzou. He might fail miserably at every big chance he gets. The fact is that his particular brand of crazy has never been tried at a blue blood, so we don’t know exactly what would happen.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

On 10/14/2018 at 8:29 AM, shnsajax said:

 

15 years of the WSU flag being flown to every game day city looks to be coming to an end. Its going to be a massive drunken party all week in Pullman. Or at least more so than normal.

 

only if there is rum.

[Goodman 3273]

 

[El Diablo 4232]

I gotta say I'm quite surprised that this thread hasn't been Slorched all to hell yet.

[South Austin 52463]

I'm guessing the guest picker will be Drew Bledsoe or Dolph Lundgren. 

[SDG 3319]

I shared this story on tos but it’s appropriate here.  The plan was to fly the flag until game day came to Pullman   

 

[Zavala 1384]

On 10/14/2018 at 8:29 AM, shnsajax said:

 

15 years of the WSU flag being flown to every game day city looks to be coming to an end. Its going to be a massive drunken party all week in Pullman. Or at least more so than normal.

 

O/U on how many flags will they be waving at their own gameday?

[SDG 3319]

Just now, Zavala said:

O/U on how many flags will they be waving at their own gameday?

I think it would be really cool if a bunch of flags from other schools showed up.  Several smaller/lesser known schools have tweeted at WSU asking if they can take over the tradition.    And yes the official Ol’ Crimson flag will be there front and center.