Apparently, the UW interview with Leach was only “OK” according to the editor of Dawg Pound. The guy seems very well connected in Seattle (I’ve been following their site for a while now) and pretty much everything he say’s ends up happening. I could see Leach not being great on a job interview…probably pretty hard to get him to speak to the things you really want him to speak to.

Maybe they don’t want him as much as it would appear he wants them. Apparently, UW wants this job filled by Monday.

He generates great buzz and he obviously is great fodder for sportswriters. Of course, then when he shows up to the interview carrying a tote bag from Trader Joe’s and wearing black socks with his Tivas, suddenly the old money in the room starts freaking out about whether they really want to entrust their team and their reputations to a goofy looking guy who just answered a question about his offense philosophy with a rambling story about Finland. I don’t know why, but it seems like many people have difficulty meshing their understanding of his coaching ability/accomplishments with what they see when they’re in a room with him.