The third or fourth level of recruiting in Texas is ten times better than the top tier of recruiting in Washington.

Let’s see:
Go from consistent 3.xx-average rating classes and winning recruits on a somewhat regular basis over Oklahoma, Texas, A&M, Oklahoma State and Missouri …
or
Try to recruit against USC anywhere.

As much as Texas is said to have dibs on almost whomever they want, USC is that much more elite in recruiting, especially on the west coast. I dare the next coach at Washington, unless he’s freaking Jesus himself, to pull a single recruit away from USC in four full seasons.

yeah, it’s not a pretty situation Leach would be walking into in Washington. He’s a strange man, so it could happen, but I wouldn’t consider it to be a likely thing at this point.

As I’ve said many times before, Leach does these interviews for the free vacation and the chance to get to talk to other people and see other places. He took his wife with him on this trip, flew first class on a commercial airline. Sounds like a vacation to me.

It will be because of his personality, not because he thinks he can recruit against USC or any other school. I don’t think it’s just about winning for Leach. I think Leach likes the underdog role, likes doing more with less, likes the challenge, and like the environment. I could see him getting bored in a role where he can and is expected to win every game. But put him in a place where he can defy the odds, and he’s licking his chops.

he really wants this job in Washington. He applied for it the year Ty was hired, and he’s applied again. Face it, he wants out of Lubbock – that’s why he’s willing to interview anywhere there is interest in him.

Meyers should be run out of town on a rail for not calling Leach the night of the Baylor game and getting this started. I guarantee you part of Leach’s thought process is, “Well, U-dub clearly wants me as they have contacted me as soon as they could…Meyers, on the other hand, has an office within spitting distance and hasn’t called yet.”

I don’t think this is a negotiating ploy because I’m sure Tech will offer a package that puts him near the top 10 of coaches in the country. He knows that, too.

His telling comment to me was where he said he’d been here nine years and that was longer than most jobs and marriages…he’s looking to punch out, from my interpretation.

Meyers better have three or four candidates to replace Leach on speed dial, because I really think he’s gone – and that pisses me off.

Seriously, have we ever been this good and in the spot light more than this season… NO!
The deal to Leach needs to happen today and it better be a good one at that. He deserves Mack Brown or Bob Stoops money at the least. This guys has put Tech on the map and wins with less. Forget all the talk about who would be a good replacement because there is none. Pull you heads out of your a** and realize what Leach has done for us and pay him. Do we really want to go backwards to the Spike days and be in the middle to bottom of the conference and play spoiler every now and then. Meyers need to be fired if the deal goes bad. Think about it Raiders!!!

Coach Leach could be using this a negotiation ploy. He hold all the cards, great season, great recruiting class, and plenty of national attention. Tech will offer him the world, and if he wants to stay in Lubbock, he will stay.

On the other hand (as has been pointed out by Tech92) if he want to leave Lubbock, then he’s gone. I don’t think Myers could have changed his mind, even if he called right after Baylor game.

So what’s on Coach Leach’s mind? Does he want to leave Lubbock, or he ready to stay. We just don’t know…I know.

… for not having dealt with Leach’s contract before the beginning of the season. What possible reason could there have been to not address this already?
“Uh… well uh… We thought we were going to have a really special year at the beginning of the season, so we wanted to wait and make sure we would need to give him even more money than we might have agreed on otherwise…”???

That seems right that if he wants to move on. But is also interesting that he has indicated at least twice in the media that he isn’t in a hurry to leave and he wants to stay. So is he lying or what? Anyway, UW doesn’t seem to fit his offense because until they build an indoor stadium then weather will always be a concern especially the rain and that is why former coach James had so much success because he ran the ball for the bad weather games. Wreck’em Tech Keep Leach

What if Myers approached Leach at the beginning of the year, and Leach told him he would have to wait until the end of the season. Leach was not ready to sign a long term contract.
So what does Myers and Leach do now. If they annouce that Leach would like to wait until the end of season, which would fuel speculations that Leach want to leave, which would distract the team, and kill recruiting. Neither Leach nor Myers (nor any Tech fan) would want that.
So instead, Myers takes all the heat and the team is focused. Recruiting is hurt, minimally.

Dayum, this is not panic-mode people. Calm, Rationalize.

What we know:
Washington has not offered Leach the job. They have offered Chis Peterson and as far as anyone can tell, Nick Saban (who has connections to the athletic staff at UW) is pushing Pat Hill and against Mike Leach.

What we know:
Chancellor Hance is handling the negotiations to redo Mike Leach’s contract. Meyers is involved, but not as the primary front-man.

What I believe:
We were closer to losing Leach to Miami than we are, currently, to losing Leach to Washington.

All we can do:
Mike Leach is the coach of Texas Tech University and that will remain to be the case until anyone says something otherwise. Don’t freak out, I’m still chilling at Defcon 4. If I jump up to 2, then you can start panicking, but it’s not time yet.

And now, just for fun, hotlist:
Chris Peterson
Kyle Whittingham
Gary Patterson (yes, even though he’s a dick, he’s done a good job at TCU)
 Tommy Tubberville

I’d actually rather not jump to Art Briles as a first step, but the process needs to be fast in order to not lose this pretty awesome recruiting class we have coming in.

If he leaves jump on the Romeo Crannell bandwagon! He was an assistant @ Tech with Steve Sloan and has NFL head coaching experience and he is a very defensive guy. Bring in Dykes or Holgerson for the offense and we could have something. I don’t want Leach to leave, in fact we should hire Crannell no matter what!! The extra help on defense could hurt. Wreck’em Tech Keep Leach

First of all, I want Leach to stay and get a big, fat contract extension. BUT, if he decides to leave, here are the coaches I would want to hire in his place.

1. Art Briles – This guy is amazing. He played 3 ranked teams close and brought in Robert Griffin III, who I think will be an amazing player by his senior year. I can see Briles leaving Baylor for Tech, because it is basically impossible to win at Baylor consistently. No one wants to play there, unless they can’t get into UT, TAMU, Tech. Plus, he’s a West Texas man.

2. Chris Petersen – Made Boise State the premier non-BCS program. He must realize that with Boise State, he might go to a BCS bowl every 3-4 years, but he has no shot at a national title. Plus, the smurf turf is an eyesore. The only problem is, he’s not a West Texas man.

3. June Jones – Ok, so it is very unlikely that he will leave SMU, but everyone knows that they are pretty much hopeless. Sure, their offense is improved, but they’re still 1-11 this season and it will be at least 2 more years until they can challenge for a C-USA championship. Even then, a BCS bowl is 4+ years off and SMU has no shot at a national championship. Jones is a great fit, because his offense is similar to the Air Raid and he is apparently pretty good at recruiting and doing a lot with less (look at how well he did at Hawaii with barely any money to recruit with, yet he had 2 Heisman candidates during his 8 year tenure).

4. Brent Venables – The defensive coordinator of OU. Tech needs a lift on defense, even though this was a monumental year, but if we want to challenge for a national title, we need to up our defense. This guy is amazing. Sure, OU’s defense gives up more points than in years’ past, but they create so many turnovers, it’s unreal. He will not be with OU much longer and if Tech offers him a pretty penny, he might just come over to the dark side.

5. Will Muschamp – A southerner. Sure he comes from Georgia, but it doesn’t matter. This guy does not want to wait for Mack Brown to retire, because…well…look at JoePa or Bobby Bowden. Mack has a lot left in the tank with UT and there will be many head coaching offers for this man by next season, that we should offer him a job now if Leach leaves us.

6. Phil Fulmer – It would be hard to Tech to land a deal with Fulmer, but he is a great guy who knows how to recruit, and the players love this man. Sure, he had a bad year at Tennessee, but it wasn’t all his fault and his 152-52 coaching record tells the tale of his success.

Like I stated earlier, Leach is THE guy for Tech and I REALLY hope he stays, but if he leaves, I will probably have a mental breakdown, then pull for Tech to hire one of these six people.

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