View the video of the Mike Leach-inspired WSU Cougar Pirate Flag on ESPN Gameday See also: http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/leach_mike_coach.htm The response of among WSU Cougar football fans regarding Mike Leach’s hiring by Washington State University was immediate. Within days of Mike Leach’s hiring by Washington State, the now-famous tradition of flying the Cougar flag on ESPN Gameday took [...]
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Mike Leach has been hired to coach the football team at Washington State University. Leach replaces the recently fired Paul Wulff, who was ousted after four dismal years of failure. Mike Leach, the former Texas Tech coach with a fondness for pirate lore and legend, led the Raiders to 10 bowl games in 10 seasons, [...]
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Rumors swirling about Cougar Nation place the names of both WSU Quarterback legend Jack Thompson, and fired former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach as possible replacements should Washington State University coach Paul Wulff be fired. After a dismal tenure as the Cougar’s coach, and especially with his failure to get the Cougs into a bowl [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Failure to Apologize to Player’s Family Led to Mike Leach Suspension
An ESPN blog post (and that company would obviously have an inside lead on the details of this story), reports that Coach Mike Leach’s failure to apologize to the family of player Adam James led to his suspension, with pay, from his coaching duties at Texas Tech. According to Tim Griffin’s post: “Mike Leach’s reluctance [...]
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The sports blogosphere is full of banter over the suspension of Texas Tech coach Mike Leach on the cusp of his team’s Alamo Bowl game. Based on complaints from ESPN analyst Craig James, whose son is a Texas Tech player, the school suspended Leach from coaching the upcoming Alamo Bowl. Leach allegedly ordered Adam James, [...]
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