Mike Leach has been the Texas Tech football coach for the last several years and he truly gets more interesting. He's a lawyer who never even played football. He said his father in law was the person most surprised and confused when he gave up the law for football because he thought his daughter was set for life and then he thought his daughter had married a nut. But it's worked out. He figured you never had to actually play football to know how to play it better. He sat down and figured out a system he thought would work...one that uses a quarterback who throws for over 5000 yards a season to a variety of receivers with a limited running game. His offense was roundly criticized as smoke and mirrors that worked when it worked and failed miserably when a tough defense took over. But our Mike took all of the criticism in and adapted and now we have the right team at the right time. Everyone wants to be like Mike. Or steal him from us while saying he's classless and crazy.
I certainly don't see him as classless but crazy is not too far off. And not necessarily a bad thing. He rollerblades down the middle of 4th Street. He tells pirate stories no one understands. He was in New York and decided he wanted to meet Donald Trump and just went to his office. And he met the Donald. His mind works in mysterious ways and It's a cool thing.
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