re: people who have played for or coached under mike leach

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I'm pretty certain the drama that followed Petrino from Arkansas played a part in his struggles afterwards... he's been easy to recruit against ever since, and the episode with Long will be thought of whenever he's trying to be a 'coach'.

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Before that it was Arthur Blank's fault/espn's he couldn't recruit at Arkansas.

Maybe its as simple as he isn't capable of building and maintaining a power 5 program, but he would make someone a hell of an OC/QB coach.

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I'm pretty certain the drama that followed Petrino from Arkansas played a part in his struggles afterwards... he's been easy to recruit against ever since, and the episode with Long will be thought of whenever he's trying to be a 'coach'.

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Petrino's problem at Louisville was his inability to maintain quality staff. And hiring members of his family as assistant coaches was part of that problem. It did not go over well.

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Give me an 8 win coach and i'm good. Petrino would 6+ wins here at this point. The only thing good he brings is his hard assesness, but it is also some of his downfall.

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I agree.

Petrino has a great offensive mind. And he would win games. But Leach would be a better selection IMO, because he is more stable. And his offensive strategy is very similar.

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Petrino's problem at Louisville was his inability to maintain quality staff. And hiring members of his family as assistant coaches was part of that problem. It did not go over well.

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Again - he wasn't having too much of an issue having success at the college level before the drama with Jeff Long.
At Louisville or Arkansas.

Everything changed for the guy post-firing at Arkansas.
Idiots will try to say 'he couldn't recruit' or 'it wouldn't have lasted'... all bullshite.

Results were results, just like they are now. HIS results haven't been the same after the incident... polar opposite in fact.

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Everything about leach was a made up bullshite lie because the brass at t tech wanted him out and nothing else. They used the snake Craig games as an excuse but you probably know what and are just distorting things intentionally

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That is true. Leach was screwed over by Texas Tech. And Craig James hired a public relations firm to orchestrate a smear campaign against Mike Leach, including the "incident" involving his son.

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To whom? Chad Morris?

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We never saw Chad Morris' alleged "hammer down" offense at Arkansas. But Leach does run a very innovative spread-type offense. Petrino's offense is also very innovative.

Difference (vs. Morris)is the fact that Leach has had a high level of success with it against P5 teams as a head coach.

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How is it innovative?

It has be ran unchanged since the mid-90s at Kentucky.

Its no longer tearing up the PAC, but it will be successful in the SEC where teams still pretend to play defense?

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Much like Petrino, he is very adept at exploiting weaknesses in opposing defenses. And much like Petrino, it depends on having a competent quarterback. But most successful offenses do.

Yes, the SEC is tough competition. I didn't say he would tear it up. I wouldn't predict that with any coach. But he does know how to manage his staff, team, and hire competent people.

If you were to read his book, you would understand more about how he runs his offense. It's very unorthodox and innovative. I cannot explain it here. Maybe you should read it.

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It's not tearing it up in the PAC because his DC who put an amazing defense on the field was hired away from him for more money than he could scrounge up.

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Very true. And having a good defense is very important.