It's a great fit for Baylor. Wide open offense, a guy who knows the Texas landscape, knows every nook and cranny to find talent and he has a very strict rule when it comes to woman and violence. I could easily see Baylor knocking on his door and offering him a boat load of cash to clean up the program. At least double what he is making in Pullman. Baylor is in a conference where he dominate and he would win 10 games a year with his eyes closed, putting him in the national hunt every year. The Pac 12 is so tough not sure how often we will see that from him in Pullman.
No, you read it right. The writer doesn't regard Wazzu as a good job. Considering our history of struggles, I can see his viewpoint. What he should remember though is that Baylor pre-
The position will not be open until after this Fall's season. Baylor has hired Jim Grobe, former coach at Ohio University and Wake Forest, as an interim coach for the coming season. Grobe was apparently retired and has not coached for the last few years. They will hire the next coach in December or January, whenever their choice's season is over. That is barring an Alabama/Price scenario. By that time they should have their new president and AD in place. (Michelle is still available.)
Solid decision for their program. Unless something unforeseen happens for us I doubt Leach would have much interest. You never know though.
No one is talking about filling the vacancy now...the writer said in December when they can look at all candidates and the NCAA and conference weigh on and see if there will be sanctions.
Yes, I agree regarding their decision to delay final hiring until after the season. Jumping to a quick decision could backfire. They could make a poor hire or perhaps the hire, even if a good selection, could decide to bail after sanctions and legal problems become clearer. Far better to wait until their administrative changes are made and the consequences of the program's behavior become clearer and less opaque. That way the new hire would be better informed as to what awaited him in Waco. It would also give the school one more season's performance under the candidates to consider. They have their work cut out for them for sure.
Sincere thumbs up from me on the first two points. Regarding the personality Baylor's president, AD and BOR will be looking for, I have mixed feelings. Leach's firm stand on treating others with respect, especially women, fits quite well. He is however a bit of a loose cannon, is he not? For example, his recent opening address prior to Donald Trump's Spokane campaign gathering. This particular aspect of his personality would concern Baylor. They will- or at least should- be looking for someone conservative and predictable. Someone reserved and adverse to upsetting the apple cart. Leach is anything but that.
The days when Joe Pa stick around for 25 plus are gone. Heck, if they don't pull out the game against Rutgers, Oregon, UCLA and finish below .500 people would have been talking about tis being Leach's make or break year. The old saying your hired to be fired really comes home to roost these days.
In Leach's defense, yes, he was using the leverage of other offers in order to receive raises. But Texas Tech had challenged him on this issue and told him to do so. 'Fine, go see what you can get somewhere else.' So he did and to their surprise came back with offers essentially consistent with his request. Hoist by their own petard. Tech's administration was in denial regarding the expected income of a coach of Leach's stature. He asked for increased compensation on an annual basis late in his term in Lubbock because his success was increasing on the same annual basis. His salary requests were not excessive but only market value for someone with his resume.
When Leach gets this team playing for Pac12 championships on a consistent basis, when he does eventually leave, the pool of applicant coaches all of a sudden become of much higher caliber than when we were taking FCS coaches. Good coaches will want to come here to take over a winning program at a university with great facilities.
Patrol from what I understand none of the jobs you mentioned would be the job that intrigues Leach. I heard there is one job that Leach would leave for tomorrow, but it is not open and probably won't be for awhile. And I am not sure money in the purest sense means much to Leach. He doesn't lead an extravagant lifestyle and what he has made at WSU alone would easily sustain him for the rest of his life if he chose to walk away tomorrow.
Unless you personally know Mike Leach and have had this discussion with him, it seems very presumptuous to suggest you know what Mike Leach wants or what he thinks he needs.
Well a lot of times things aren't what they seem. Leach is who he is. You can read about him and what is important to him. You can read about his negotiations when it comes to contracts. You can read if you would like about his lifestyle and what he enjoys doing. Leach is a cowboy in the truest sense with a law background. My college roommates father was a lot like Leach in that it was the simplest of pleasures that made his day. You would never know by the 1980 pick up truck the guy was a millionaire 40 plus times over.
The Florida Keys are a long way off (figuratively and literally) from Wyoming. I don't know Leach, and I don't know what he wants and/or thinks he needs, and I doubt you'd be able to truly know that regardless of what you read about the guy.
So if I say he is a hard worker because of what I read about him that is presumptuous? So if I said I read that he gave a lot of money to charity X and I said he is generous that is presumptuous? And what if I had the convo with him about what is important to him and what isn't. I think Leach is a very transparent person\. What you see is what you get.
Probably a little over the top. How about saying it this way. He loves Pullman, and there would be only one job I heard that would interest him.
