Mike Leach interviewing for Washington job?
A passenger on a flight to Seattle from Las Vegas today says he’s positive Leach was on his flight. He said Leach was wearing a baseball cap, t-shirt and tennis shoes. That does sound like something Mike Leach would wear. That’s probably something he’d even wear to a job interview.
The Tech SID could neither confirm nor deny the story “saying he didn’t know where Leach was today.” I bet you could call that dude on any day, and he wouldn’t know where Leach was. I imagine Leach spends the offseason living like Kurtz in ‘Apocalypse Now.’
“Should we maybe run some plays or something, coach?”
Sucks to be Tech. They go 11-1, and their head coach interviews at a school that just went winless.
December 2, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Leach: “What did they tell you?”
UW AD: “They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.”
Leach: “Are my methods unsound?”
UW AD: “I don’t see any method, at all.”
Leach: “Arrrr.”
December 2, 2008 at 12:15 pm
This (which has been updated by an interested party) gives a taste of what it’s felt like to be a UW fan lately. Hitler reacting to the 2008 Apple Cup:
December 2, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Hitler was probably not a Willingham supporter.
December 2, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I figured that he was a lock for Washington.
December 2, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Leach has gotta stop and consider whether Stoops’ cock will stretch that far. I mean, a man’s gotta eat.
December 2, 2008 at 1:01 pm
It has got to be a real bitch to be 11-1 and be gearing up for the Cotton Bowl against an SEC also ran. I would probably look around too. Only one Goliath to contend with in the Pac 10.
December 2, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I think Leach knows 2008 was his one shot. It will be several years before the combination of a strong, experienced team and a favorable schedule will come around again. It’s time to reap the rewards and move on. Washington seems the perfect fit for him.
December 2, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Are there any Home Town Buffets in Seattle?
December 2, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Red Lobster?
December 2, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Don’t think he’s just trying to squeeze more money out of Tech with the UW interview?
December 2, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Am I the only person that doubts that a coach interviewing for probably a million dollar gig would fly commercial?
I know they suck and all but I’d bet they could get a private plane to fly a prospective coach to interview.
December 2, 2008 at 6:24 pm
But some people who frequent the internet seem to be able to track the planes used by schools when they fly people in to interview.
As long as it’s a one-stop with a change, Leach has a chance to blend in. Just his luck to sit by a football fan.
December 2, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I would be interested in seeing what he could do at a prime recruiting ground. That may or may not be Washington.
They guy’s only had one Crabtree. What if he had like 4?
December 3, 2008 at 2:32 am
Maybe UW is spending all its money on Willingham’s buy-out clause. At least, I don’t think his contract is up yet. And so Leach flies economy…
December 3, 2008 at 4:42 am
It’s being reported that he’s staying, but I won’t believe it until he’s signed a new contract at Tech. I’m not sure what the Tortilla Retort would turn into, if McNeill was our next head coach. I might lose it. Not due to anger, but insanity.