Mike Leach launches another fire breathing diatribe against the NCAA
Mike Leach went after the NCAA again during an interview on a Sirius XM sports show. Here's the link to Angelique's story. Lots of really good quotes - he is seriously pissed about this! He also openly called for answers on how the PAC 12 voted because there was no transparency to it.
The voting process, that’s a rabbled-up mystery too,” Leach said. “From what I understand, this is befuddling, and I do plan to find out because our conference voted to eliminate satellite camps, and yet the vast majority of schools in our conference were in favor of satellite camps.
SEC used bagmen to bribe them
they will rubber stamp the decision and move on.
President!
"Those are the only two reasons, to selfishly guard your recruiting base -- and that’s the major motive -- or laziness,” he said. “OK, so we’re going to elevate those over the interests of, in particular, low-income student-athletes and providing them an opportunity? It’s by far one of the most absurd things ever. If we’re even close to who we say we are, this idealistic sport, student-athlete, college football -- if we’re even remotely close to what we say we are, that needs to be overturned immediately.”
go mike. go waves.
Mateees!
So much awesome going on here.
Forty-two-to-nothing + midfield handshake = F*&$ YOU!
"What's your deal!"
WSU beat Idaho 42-0, Leach had his starters in at the end of the game, Idaho's coach didn't like that, said something to Leach during the handshake, Leach said "fuck you." It was great.
Espcially when he's in his own world about making the decision about whether to go for 2. He's the kind of coach that will take your input but won't respond to you until he has something to say and has made up his mind, until then, he'll just stare at ya.
Let's hope that in the season before Fisch goes to the NFL, that WSU fires Leach and we can hire him as a passing game coordinator
God I love Mike Leach. Harbaugh doesn't have to say anything about the ban with all of this going on.
Dan Guerrero was the Pac-12 representative on the council. I was wondering how these reps determine their vote. Do they vote independently or do they have to canvas the conference first? It sounds like they were able to vote independently so it would make sense that Guerrero, UCLA's AD, would vote against satellite camps despite over half his conference being in favor of them.
The most interesting one to me is that the representative for the Big 12 was a biomedical professor from Iowa State. ISU coach Matt Campbell railed against the vote after their spring game. I am guessing that professor may want to avoid Jack Trice Stadium this fall.
Someone check to see if Dan Guerrero has a new BMW sitting in his driveway next month!
Uh, Merceds, Nick owns part of a Benz dealership in Alabama
He clearly put his school's interests above the conference's interest. USC and UCLA benefit from the rule, it hurts every other school in the conference.
for some time, as the fall-out isn't going away any time soon.
rammed this through on a Friday so there would not be much press on it. Greg Sankey talks about his concerns but never really says what they are. Jim Delay turns into a cowering old lady that can't even utter a reason for not trying to sell the other conferences on letting the camps continue.
They sound like FIFA! Bunch of paid off m-fers
Leach is great. Real interesting guy. Keep swinging your sword, Mike.
"And if Jim Harbaugh is in their head, they better analyze themselves. That says more about them than it does Jim Harbaugh.”
Jim Harbaugh is smart to not say anything to this point. Leach and others are doing the talking for him.
I didnt realize that WSU has a huge summer camp program in CA that is getting abolished due to this ruling. Leach has a right to be pissed. Good for him for talking about it.
leach needs somewhere to find 7 WRs per recruiting class!
agreed, harbaugh is smart to let his peers and others argue the issue for now - you know harbaugh has plenty of logic locked and loaded though
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If I were a major recruit with Michigan in my top 5 along with some teams in coferences that banned this, I would commit to Michigan Right Now. Then say I would like to ask all other schools to please stop contacting me.
Look at it this way, in our case, Los Angeles, in south central LA, there are going to be kids, UCLA is going to fill up not need somebody at this position, USC is going to fill up and not need somebody at this position – and then all of a sudden some kid is sitting there, I mean a quality kid who can play Pac-12 football. You don’t think it’s pretty important to that kid to have exposure to Washington State, Washington, Utah, Oregon State, Oregon, Arizona and Arizona State. You don’t think that means something to him?
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I can’t fathom how it’s possible we voted to eliminate it. I don’t know the details. Whether it’s smart, dumb or in the middle, it’s wrong. It’s wrong
But there are dozens of high-talent kids as well in San Diego County, Orange County (despite common perceptions of local affluence) and they're going to get passed up by UCLA's 25 and USC's 25 and never get closely evaluated by a Michigan, Ohio State or Washington.
These kids might go some place eventually, but it will be a Utah or a Fresno State or San Diego State.
The satellite camps idea was fantastic, and while certainly self-serving for Michigan's recruiting interest, Harbaugh's invitation to local school coaches to collaborate with him added significant value for attendees and their families.
Probably a distant No. 2 most interesting college football coach in the NCAA next to Jim Harbaugh.
Remember this Mike Leach jewel from April 2015?
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and the NCAA and the SEC are completely CORRUPT and in bed with each other,,Its time to burn the whole thing down and start over or Leave the NCAA and start a new organization..On so many levels the NCAA is corrupt and run by old white guys who PROFIT off the student athletes and will do everything in their power to keep their jobs. WHEN will the NCAA adresss the constant cheating in the SEC? oh wait they put the SEC commisioner in charge of Infractions...WHAT A JOKE
And judging from Leach's character this will not be the last diatribe on the subject. The man is tenacious. He'll get that list of those PAC-12 officials who voted in favor of the ban and ream them new buttholes in the press, on the recruiting trail and probably on the field this fall too.
I like this shitstorm very much and hope it continues spreading. NCAA deserves all the pent-up anger that exists.
Washington State had no business finishing 9-4 and 6-3 in PACS-12 North (3rd).
Cougars had only 14 returning starters (8th among all PAC-12 teams).
For 2016 looks like they'll have 14 returning starters again plus both kickers (16 returning starters) plusthat goddamned batshit crazy Hal Mumme playbook of his.
Bad ass pirate.
Mike Leach is the best.