i hate to use a chris berman/nfl primetime catch phrase but it really seems to fit in this case. the 60 minutes people must be really scraping for content if they are making trips to lubbock to interview one of the most enigmatic people in bigtime college football - in this case, enigmatic isn't meant to be some sort of loving complement.
the thing that really stuck out for me in the segment that aired earlier tonight were the thoughts of michael lewis, the author of moneyball, during his interview about leach. his opinion of leach was one of giddy sycophantism that lewis probably should have toned down just a bit, but his idea that the only thing holding back the texas tech program from being on the florida/oklahoma/usc level was that the tech recruits were those the rejects from those programs per se. he went on to say that once leach has a few high caliber recruits, then the rest of the country had better watch out for the red raiders.
first, doesn't being a top ten team for the majority of the season make you a top program? second, if graham harrell and michael crabtree aren't high caliber players, then what exactly is a high caliber player? taking michael lewis' comments to the next level, texas tech will never get the highest caliber recruits for one reason - mike leach. after personally going through the d1 football recruiting process and having coaches come to my house to meet my family, if some guy strolls in wearing an under armour tee, looking like a doofus and wanting to do card tricks for me, i am moving on to the bob stoops and pete carrolls of the world.
if you haven't seen these videos, do yourself a favor and just take a quick look -
mike leach's dating advice
mike leach's meteorological prowess
if the recruits that leach is trying to attract are smart assed, sarcastic sports talk radio personalities, then he will be the owner of an embarassment of riches. if the recruits that he wants are top 100 high school seniors, then being a generally weird guy probably isn't the way to go.
the thing that really stuck out for me in the segment that aired earlier tonight were the thoughts of michael lewis, the author of moneyball, during his interview about leach. his opinion of leach was one of giddy sycophantism that lewis probably should have toned down just a bit, but his idea that the only thing holding back the texas tech program from being on the florida/oklahoma/usc level was that the tech recruits were those the rejects from those programs per se. he went on to say that once leach has a few high caliber recruits, then the rest of the country had better watch out for the red raiders.
first, doesn't being a top ten team for the majority of the season make you a top program? second, if graham harrell and michael crabtree aren't high caliber players, then what exactly is a high caliber player? taking michael lewis' comments to the next level, texas tech will never get the highest caliber recruits for one reason - mike leach. after personally going through the d1 football recruiting process and having coaches come to my house to meet my family, if some guy strolls in wearing an under armour tee, looking like a doofus and wanting to do card tricks for me, i am moving on to the bob stoops and pete carrolls of the world.
if you haven't seen these videos, do yourself a favor and just take a quick look -
mike leach's dating advice
mike leach's meteorological prowess
if the recruits that leach is trying to attract are smart assed, sarcastic sports talk radio personalities, then he will be the owner of an embarassment of riches. if the recruits that he wants are top 100 high school seniors, then being a generally weird guy probably isn't the way to go.
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