Mike Leach press conference...GOLD!
One of the best I have heard in a long time.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^
So refreshing to see a coach (or anyone) not talking as if their audience are all idiots. It's great when someone just tells it like it is.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
Until the media blows it all up way out of proportion to the point where it hurts recruiting . . . and then wonders why coaches are not more open with them.
September 13th, 2016 at 11:12 AM ^
I would go easy on Leach worshipping.
This is a coach who has a player who is about to be charged with assault and is allowed to play next week. There are another group of players who punched a bunch of people at a party and none of them have had any suspensions yet (they are letting the "law work itself out").
September 13th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^
And just in football terms, his clock management at the end of the Boise game on Saturday was brutal.
September 13th, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
Maybe the things you cited are some of the reasons "their lives gonna change as they know it for the rest of the season."
September 13th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
I didn't say the guy is a saint.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
Love coach Leach!
Swing your damn swords!
September 13th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
I fucking love that man.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:44 AM ^
He's the best coach in the country. It's all his players' fault that they don't hit, run, tackle, catch, listen, remember, or observe.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
Give Scott Frost a call - I heard he knows a thing or two about hitting hard.
September 14th, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^
September 13th, 2016 at 6:14 PM ^
That's my take too..
What kind of camp did he run where the team comes out of it looking like a 'JC Softball' team?
September 13th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
Al Borges and Brady Hoke.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
September 13th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
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September 13th, 2016 at 10:49 AM ^
Bring him your finest meats and cheeses!! Seriously, he struck gold with that rant. I hope he turns WSU around and into a powerful program again.
September 13th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
September 13th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
Sounds like Freddy P Soft is very popular on their team.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
He'd be the worst defense attorney ever. Good thing OJ didn't hire him.
"Dude, you did it. I can give you a trophy because the glove don't fit, but you did that shyt."
September 13th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
This will either light a fire under the team or it will backfire horribly.
September 13th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
last year after the Portland State loss and had a 9-3 season...so might work.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
I don't think it will work the way he may envision it working, but the candor is refreshing.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
If you squint and turn your head a little, it sounds just like a Bobby Knight press conference. He even has the same kind of accent.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
I am pretty sure only Mike Leach could give those sorts of replies in a presser and make it work for him, and it is indeed gold every time.
Hopefully, WSU's lives as they know them do change. I mean, that's one way to motivate, with a brutally honest presser, right?
September 13th, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^
So no Clemson-esque bowling allies, minature golf courses, and nap rooms for WSU now?
September 13th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
Love every second of that, especially his comments about participation trophies. There is no place in the world for participation trophies. You either win or lose. Simple as that.
September 13th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^
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September 13th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
Honestly, I don't think most 7 year olds even associate the trophy with the game they've just played. When my kids were 7, they tried like hell to win, knew the score, knew to rub it in if they won when coming off the field, cried like three year olds if they lost, and then got super excited for the trophy.
September 13th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
People have to learn how to lose. No one wins every time.
September 13th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
hurtful to my feelings.
September 13th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
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September 13th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^
never seem to come from actual winners and champions. Mediocre also-rans like Leach sure get butt hurt about them though.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
of George Carlin. He just slays me. Would love him as an assistant here.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
September 13th, 2016 at 11:01 AM ^
Bo's best buddy!
/DIFFERENTERA
September 13th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
One of the players should have offered Coach Knight a Snickers bar...He sounded hangry.
September 13th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
Listen to the actual words of Bobby's speech - he made it all about HIM and the embarrassment over losing that HE felt. They were letting HIM down.
Bo would never have made it all about him ... "No coach is more important than the team..."
I don't doubt for a second that Bo yelled his head off when his players screwed up on the field or in practice - if it was the right way to motivate a player. But he didn't go into orbit because a player did something that was a personal affront to him. His overriding interest was in getting his team to do what it didn't think it could - not for his glory, but for theirs.
September 13th, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
Cannavino's defense.
September 13th, 2016 at 9:07 PM ^
thank you for posting that.
September 14th, 2016 at 9:32 AM ^
No problem. If you haven't already, I suggest reading "Bo's Lasting Lessons" by John U Bacon and Bo. It is a fantastic book about leadership.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
back in the day.
money quote: "their life is going to change as they know it"
September 13th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
My fucking hero.
September 13th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^