Skip to main content

Firing Mike Leach Would Probably Be a Bad Thing


The deadline has come and gone for Texas Tech Red Raiders Coach Mike Leach to sign a contract extension. He wants more money, the school is not willing to give it to him. He says he's content with working through the remainder of his current deal which will take him through the 2010 season, the school is not so certain they still want him around and that would be a very very bad mistake.

In his tenure the Red Raiders have begun to venture into the ranks of the elite. He has coached the Red Raiders to a bowl game in each of his 9 seasons as coach amounting a 5-4 record. The remaining bowl record of the program in it's history is 5-17-1, which is hideous and embarassing. He has the second highest win percentage of any coach in the program only slightly behind Pete Cawthon who coached the team in the 1930s. Assuming he wins 6+ games next season with the Red Raiders he will become the all time winningest coach in Red Raider history. To put in bluntly, he's the best coach the program has ever had.

As a school it sucks to have a coach who's ready to take the leap into a new price range, one that you might not be able to afford. Texas Tech has probably come to the realization that in two years if Leach's stock continues to rise he will move on to other more lucrative opportunities. But as a program it's time to realize that just because that is the case it does not mean that you shouldn't take advantage of him currently. Get the most out of your asset while you can. Don't be stupid and pull a BC, Leach is the best coach in your school's history, play it out until the end.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Lou Holtz is the Homer / Annoyingly Delusional

As my buddy Joe and I always joke, if Notre Dame was suiting up against an all Jesus team, aka a team made up of 55 Sons of God, Lou Holtz would probably still pick Notre Dame to win by a touchdown. So of course this weekend when I'm watching Sportscenter and they have him and fellow old man Corso making predictions, Lou picks ND to beat Michigan. Not that big of a deal, Michigan is a big question mark this year, but of course than Lou says that Notre Dame will win 11 games this year. This is the same Notre Dame that lost to a service academy last year. And just when you thought the douchy homerism was going to end ESPN asks which BCS school is going to be the biggest surprise team in the country. Any guesses to whom it was? I'll give you a clue it was another team he coached. If you guessed South Carolina you would be a winner. Next up on Lou's prediction watch, the Jets win the Superbowl, NC St. wins the ACC, Arkansas dominates the SEC West, Minnesota wins the Big

M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

Ranking the New York Jets Historical Helmets

There's no way you can't go with the Helmet they won the Super Bowl in. You just can't. Next, I really don't understand why they don't where the helmet with the Jet as their throwback uniforms. That helmet is awesome. Then I'm going with the Helmets from the 80s because it's the classic feel and the white face mask is 10 times better than the black one. And the rankings continue until you get to... The Titans Helmet. I hate everything about those Titan uniforms. The Helmets are boring and the colors are GOD awful. Navy blue and Mustard? What the hell is that. Disgusting. If they wore those unis when I was a kid I'd probably be a Giant fan, and be much happier with my life in football.