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Post by airraider on Jan 4, 2009 14:56:31 GMT -6
Anyone watching the NFL playoff game probably has seen the commercial..
but Mike Leach will be on 60 minutes tonight.. I am sure this will be good.
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Post by 19delta on Jan 4, 2009 19:00:34 GMT -6
He seems like a really geniune guy. I think he would be a lot of fun to play or to work for.
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Post by fbdoc on Jan 4, 2009 20:19:11 GMT -6
I agree but I'm guessing CBS was planning on Texas Tech beating Ole Miss when they planned this segment.
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Post by spreadattack on Jan 4, 2009 21:05:21 GMT -6
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Post by spreadattack on Jan 4, 2009 21:18:47 GMT -6
I agree but I'm guessing CBS was planning on Texas Tech beating Ole Miss when they planned this segment. I agree, but in the scheme of this interview it probably didn't matter much. I mean they normally don't interview the winner of the Cotton Bowl (maybe they should?), to me it's kind of like a lot of the kind comments about Leach: he's had a great season but it's also recognition for having run a pretty decent program for just about a decade. (Keeping in mind too that he graduates players at a much higher rate than I think just about everyone else in the conference, to say nothing of football.) |
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Post by CoachBorrelli on Jan 4, 2009 21:52:32 GMT -6
can someone post this interview. I missed it and CBS video doesn't seem to be working.
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Post by 19delta on Jan 4, 2009 21:57:15 GMT -6
I agree but I'm guessing CBS was planning on Texas Tech beating Ole Miss when they planned this segment. I agree, but in the scheme of this interview it probably didn't matter much. I mean they normally don't interview the winner of the Cotton Bowl (maybe they should?), to me it's kind of like a lot of the kind comments about Leach: he's had a great season but it's also recognition for having run a pretty decent program for just about a decade. (Keeping in mind too that he graduates players at a much higher rate than I think just about everyone else in the conference, to say nothing of football.) That's what I took away from it. Leach doesn't have a huge recruiting budget and is vastly overshadowed in regards to tradition from many of the other teams in TT's conference. Yet, the guy has run a very competitive and clean program, gets kids who are often overlooked by bigger name colleges and turns them into superstars, and doesn't pay lip service to the fact that he wants his players to get a degree. If there is a better story about "doing more with less" in big-time, major-conference D-IA football, I don't know what it would be. |
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Post by baldingmullett on Jan 4, 2009 22:19:48 GMT -6
I watched the interview not too bad. It is nice to see a different team have some success this year.
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Post by spreadattack on Jan 4, 2009 22:40:35 GMT -6
That's what I took away from it. Leach doesn't have a huge recruiting budget and is vastly overshadowed in regards to tradition from many of the other teams in TT's conference. Yet, the guy has run a very competitive and clean program, gets kids who are often overlooked by bigger name colleges and turns them into superstars, and doesn't pay lip service to the fact that he wants his players to get a degree. If there is a better story about "doing more with less" in big-time, major-conference D-IA football, I don't know what it would be. One of the better quotes by Leach this season was before the Big 12 title game, and which of TTech, OU, and Texas was going to that game was going to be determined by the BCS. Of course Mack Brown/Texas was unhappy, but Leach had his own solution: the tiebreaker should be graduation rate, and he helpfully pointed out that Tech's was something like equal to OU's and Texas's graduation rates combined. |
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Post by brophy on Jan 5, 2009 8:57:21 GMT -6
can someone post this interview. I missed it and CBS video doesn't seem to be working. unfortunately, what was SAID (transcript) doesn't really capture what the piece was about. The BEST part of the segment was when they put a mini-cam inside Harrell's helmet so follow his eyes during a play (great showcase of the line spltis), then having him explain his view later (on tape). They were going over the Shallow concept and Harrell explained how he was able to determine the best throw in under 2 seconds based on his key reads in the progression (explaining the alignments and positioning of 4 defenders....apparently, this took 3 minutes to explain). www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/31/60minutes/main4694714.shtmlThe WORST part of the segment was Pelley going on about " Leach's Offense......" as some wizardry that cannot be defined. Part of the mastery of what Leach has accomplished is based on what he ISN'T. I just felt like the piece kind of misrepresented what was actually going on in Lubbock. I will say that the first 60 minutes piece on Leach was better (with him pouring coffee on the ant hill). |
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Post by spreadattack on Jan 5, 2009 10:43:34 GMT -6
brophy, I couldn't tell what they were going over, but I actually thought it might have been Y-cross with a double-under tag. (He talked about Y and Z being at the same level, with F underneath, etc.) Maybe I'm wrong, I need to watch it again.
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Post by splitricky5 on Jan 5, 2009 20:20:46 GMT -6
I heard Leach in a clinic one year. He was so hard to follow, I ended up getting up and walking out to go get lunch. I wish so bad I would have stayed to listen now that I understand him a little better. Best quote from the clinic, I'll never forget it: "We tell our kids to try to win one game a week."
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Post by 19delta on Jan 5, 2009 20:25:40 GMT -6
The WORST part of the segment was Pelley going on about " Leach's Offense......" as some wizardry that cannot be defined. Part of the mastery of what Leach has accomplished is based on what he ISN'T. I just felt like the piece kind of misrepresented what was actually going on in Lubbock. I will say that the first 60 minutes piece on Leach was better (with him pouring coffee on the ant hill). The thing is...all of that stuff is SO media driven. I really don't think it comes from Leach. In just about EVERY interview I have seen with Leach, he is about as FAR from a "guru" as there is...you know what I'm talking about...the guys at the clinic who just KNOW that they are the smartest person in the room...  Funny thing is, Leach is one of the LAST guys I would ever want to get into a game of " Who Holds the Chalk Last?" with! Sure, the guy is a little eccentric, but I really think that he is amused by all of the "wizard" and "mad scientist" labels applied to him. I actually think he is far more down-to-earth than MOST of college football's "royalty". |
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 5, 2009 21:02:20 GMT -6
I've never met Leach. But if I could have an hour with a college head coach Leach (and Paul Johnson) would be on my short list.
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Post by dacoachmo on Jan 5, 2009 21:15:31 GMT -6
I will say that the first 60 minutes piece on Leach was better (with him pouring coffee on the ant hill)
where is that clip? 
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Post by Tooch43 on Jan 5, 2009 21:33:20 GMT -6
i'm just dumb
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Post by Tooch43 on Jan 5, 2009 21:35:29 GMT -6
oops
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Post by brophy on Jan 7, 2009 8:41:17 GMT -6
I still want to know how the heck he got the job. I think that is a GREAT question. Although, wasn't his predecessor Spike Dykes? Who wasn't exactly traditional either? Being the OC for Iowa Wesleyan , Valdosta, Kentucy, then proving his 'magic' at OU, may have given him some serious looks from people looking to hire a proven coach. |
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Post by spreadattack on Jan 7, 2009 9:06:54 GMT -6
Texas Tech hired a consulting firm for their search. Not sure what criteria they used, etc, but they went about it somewhat different than most. I'm guessing they tried to look for coaches who had done more with less, and at that time certainly, Leach had to be high up there.
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