Mike Leach hospitalized - passed away

[NeverWe'llSever]

Very sad day. RIP, Coach Leach!

 

[zjcvols]

Not a bad coaching tree either:

Josh Heupel
Lincoln Riley
Sonny Dykes
Art Briles
Dana Holgerson
Kliff Kingsbury
Dave Aranda
Neal Brown
Ruffin McNeil
Seth Littrell
Sonnie Cumbie
Graham Harrell

I felt bad because I took a shot at him Friday before any of this happened. But in terms of innovators and game changers in college football the last 30 years, his name is at the tip of everyone’s tongue. His record might not make him a “legend” but his impact will be felt for decades

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Leach never coached here but this death is hitting me hard, I really liked the guy I always saw him as the underdog coach that did more with less at every place he coached. I always rooted for him.

Leach was genuinely interested coaching Tennessee before Fulmer hired Pruitt.

Would have been much better off with him leading the team back then.

 

[volinbham]

RIP Coach

Our local sports radio did a great tribute this morning - both hosts (Greg McElroy and Cole Cublic) knew him well as their guests did. They talked about the impact he's had on the college and maybe even more so the high school game detailing how the Air Raid has been adopted in some aspects almost every where.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Leach was genuinely interested coaching Tennessee before Fulmer hired Pruitt.

Would have been much better off with him leading the team back then.

One of my favorite little known stories (at least by fans not on this board) is John Currie flying to Pullman, Washington and offering the UT job to Mike Leach, Currie getting recalled to UT to inevitably be fired and Mike Leach consoling him. I’d like to think it was over a couple glasses of scotch in his study in front of a large fireplace with mahogany bookcases on either side. That’s the imagery that comes to my head at least with the last part lol.

 

[Plecoptera]

I’m very saddened by this news. I always liked Mike Leach, he was an entertaining character and his teams were fun to watch.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

It would be fitting to see Coach Heupel and Coach Swinney come out at the Orange Bowl for the early pre-game stretch/warm up/chat in that dang black hoodie with STATE across the front.

I'll miss waiting for the next presser gem from Coach Mike Leach. The next time I'm in the Keys, I'll raise one to the pirate. Thanks, Coach.

 

[stolitonic]

Not a bad coaching tree either:

Josh Heupel
Lincoln Riley
Sonny Dykes
Art Briles
Dana Holgerson
Kliff Kingsbury
Dave Aranda
Neal Brown
Ruffin McNeil
Seth Littrell
Sonnie Cumbie
Graham Harrell

His tree is only gonna grow also-most of those guys were in the OU/TTU days. A few from Wazzu and Miss St will undoubtedly find their way to coaching.

I think Gardner Minshew would do well as a coach after his NFL days are over if he wants to work his way up. Dudes got personality and swagger in spades that recruits would eat up.

I shall raise a toast this evening to the Pirate. Maybe even toss on an episode of Black Sails for ambiance. Fair winds coach !

 

[Wezcoast]

Following the Red Raiders’ stunning loss to Texas A&M, Leach certainly didn’t disappoint on the comedy front. The coach seemed to blame complacency and being showered with praise by their better halves — or fulls, as the weighty case may be — for the loss.
“We pound on Kansas State,” Leach said immediately after the game, “so A&M looks at the film all week. The (Aggies) strut around and laugh – you know, ho-ho-ho, ha-ha-ha, and they listen to their fat li’l’ ol’ girlfriend, and pretty soon, what happens in Manhattan happens.
“Well, the first thing we do is we go in our meeting and we talk about we’re going to respect everyone; we’re going to fear no one. We’re not going to compare scores and we’re not going to listen to our fat little girlfriends.”

I always thought he was referring to the sports media as their fat little girlfriends. I don't think he meant it literally

 

[Gus D's kernbred]

What do you mean regulate his temp back?

Sometimes, it is possible to use an induced therapeutic hypothermia to prevent the free radicals (incurred during severe myocardial infarction) from causing more damage. It is not used as much as it once was. You rapidly drop ones body temperature and keep it there for an extended time then slowly raise it to normal temperature.
I am not sure if this is what the op was suggesting, but I had wondered if it was an option myself?

 

[ReadCT]

Goodnight, sweet prince

 

[WillisWG]

I always thought he was referring to the sports media as their fat little girlfriends. I don't think he meant it literally

No, he didn't mean it literally but figuratively he saying anything that distracts players from playing winning football is a f-l-g. His way of saying rat poison.

 

[VolInNW]

What a loss. RIP coach.

 

[Volfan1000]

Leach recruited Heupel for Oklahoma from Utah and the two sat in Leach's office for two days studying game film per an interview with Bob Stoops on the SEC Network which is currently airing a memorial show to Coach Leach.

 

[Volfan1000]

Did Heupel coach with Leach at OU or play for him?

Heupel was a Leach recruit and played for him at Oklahoma.

 

[Fightmaker]

One of my favorite little known stories (at least by fans not on this board) is John Currie flying to Pullman, Washington and offering the UT job to Mike Leach, Currie getting recalled to UT to inevitably be fired and Mike Leach consoling him. I’d like to think it was over a couple glasses of scotch in his study in front of a large fireplace with mahogany bookcases on either side. That’s the imagery that comes to my head at least with the last part lol.

I still want to know the whole story on that.

 

[JoAllan]

God bless Old Pirate. Here’s a few for us to remember you by.

“Any stuff on that is so closely guarded. I don’t know if you saw Harry Potter, but in the basement of this building, it’s guarded by serpents and wild dogs and things like that, and you can go try to find the secret to that, but chances of survival ... always a risk. Heck, it took until movie five before he got it done himself, and he had magic powers.
Anyway, [QB Connor Halliday] is doing just fine.”

“I’ve specifically concentrated on not concentrating on this, and up to this point, I’ve done a really good job.”

“If you get into a fight, don't take your helmet off. We're looking for smart football players, not dumb ones. In the interest of time, don't get into any more fights today.”

“There’s all these goths, there’s like six goth people. Well, they’re more like between I’m gonna say 20 and 30-year-old goths. You know, they didn’t have school its not like they were skipping school. And who knows, I don’t know what they’re going to do — ‘Hey how you guys doing, great cemetery up here!’ — and they just kind of gave me a frowney goth look, and just sort of nodded.
Because goths aren’t in good moods anyway, I mean everything’s about spider webs and black hair, black this — really white faces.
So anyway, hopefully I made about six new friends, but they didn’t speak much, so.”

“A cougar obviously kills a duck and a beaver.
A cougar against a husky, that's pretty well a massacre.
A cardinal or whatever: I don't know exactly what ... a cougar would either climb it, or I wouldn't want to think of what else he'd do on it.
Now golden bears could be kinda tough. I think you'd want to be a little fast and loose with them. You don't want to get caught by that bear.
The Ute ... you gotta dodge some arrowheads, but I still like the Cougar.
Buffalo ... I think the buffalo would be pretty tough to beat.
Wildcat: Cougars are bigger than wildcats.
Sun Devils, that's mythical anyway. Trojans, they may be as well.
The golden bear, bruin, and buffalo .. I think those are the tough ones.
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone, so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge. And then the other thing I've always gotten a kick out of: when you play Colorado, there's those buffalo dragging those six handlers around. Those handlers aren't dragging the buffalo. The buffalo's dragging him. Ralphie's not even a big buffalo.”

 

[OrangeInKy]

One of my favorite little known stories (at least by fans not on this board) is John Currie flying to Pullman, Washington and offering the UT job to Mike Leach, Currie getting recalled to UT to inevitably be fired and Mike Leach consoling him. I’d like to think it was over a couple glasses of scotch in his study in front of a large fireplace with mahogany bookcases on either side. That’s the imagery that comes to my head at least with the last part lol.

They actually met in California on a walking path in a park. Crazy story. He was coming. Fine sun said this AM that Currie was fired for trying to hire a leach. That’s not it. Currie was fired for taking off and meeting with candidates when he was told not to do so, then being “unreachable” all day.

 

[OldandStillaVol]

Sad news. Rest in Peace. Prayers sent for his friends and family.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

Leach was genuinely interested coaching Tennessee before Fulmer hired Pruitt.

Would have been much better off with him leading the team back then.

. He would’ve done good here def better than Pruitt and he would’ve had more talent than he ever had anywhere else. It’s a shame it didn’t happen

 

[Remy]

RIP Coach!

 

[xJesusx56]

What do you mean regulate his temp back?

Targeted temperature management. Commonly used post arrest in the hospital setting.

Targeted temperature management - Wikipedia.

 

[Fightmaker]

God bless Old Pirate. Here’s a few for us to remember you by.

“Any stuff on that is so closely guarded. I don’t know if you saw Harry Potter, but in the basement of this building, it’s guarded by serpents and wild dogs and things like that, and you can go try to find the secret to that, but chances of survival ... always a risk. Heck, it took until movie five before he got it done himself, and he had magic powers.
Anyway, [QB Connor Halliday] is doing just fine.”

“I’ve specifically concentrated on not concentrating on this, and up to this point, I’ve done a really good job.”

“If you get into a fight, don't take your helmet off. We're looking for smart football players, not dumb ones. In the interest of time, don't get into any more fights today.”

“There’s all these goths, there’s like six goth people. Well, they’re more like between I’m gonna say 20 and 30-year-old goths. You know, they didn’t have school its not like they were skipping school. And who knows, I don’t know what they’re going to do — ‘Hey how you guys doing, great cemetery up here!’ — and they just kind of gave me a frowney goth look, and just sort of nodded.
Because goths aren’t in good moods anyway, I mean everything’s about spider webs and black hair, black this — really white faces.
So anyway, hopefully I made about six new friends, but they didn’t speak much, so.”

“A cougar obviously kills a duck and a beaver.
A cougar against a husky, that's pretty well a massacre.
A cardinal or whatever: I don't know exactly what ... a cougar would either climb it, or I wouldn't want to think of what else he'd do on it.
Now golden bears could be kinda tough. I think you'd want to be a little fast and loose with them. You don't want to get caught by that bear.
The Ute ... you gotta dodge some arrowheads, but I still like the Cougar.
Buffalo ... I think the buffalo would be pretty tough to beat.
Wildcat: Cougars are bigger than wildcats.
Sun Devils, that's mythical anyway. Trojans, they may be as well.
The golden bear, bruin, and buffalo .. I think those are the tough ones.
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone, so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge. And then the other thing I've always gotten a kick out of: when you play Colorado, there's those buffalo dragging those six handlers around. Those handlers aren't dragging the buffalo. The buffalo's dragging him. Ralphie's not even a big buffalo.”

One of my personal favorites was “It’s always the kicker’s fault when he misses, because the ball doesn’t decide where it goes.”

 

[Halph66]

I have a friend that suggested every team that plays MSU in 2023 should fly a pirate flag at the game in memory of Coach Leach. RIP!

 

[UTK]

I know it’s worked out for the better of the program ultimately, but damn I was pissed when Fulmer canned the Leach hire. I wanted him as coach badly.