If I was a Washington State Cougar fan ( I thank god every night that I am not) I would be harassing my athletic department to make the smartest move possible for the football program.That move is out there, it just needs to be made.
Fire head coach Paul Wulff, which seems inevitable, and go hire Mike Leach before someone like Arizona gets to him.
You want to make at least one Husky envious, that is the way to do it. Mike Leach is an unemployed mad man,eager to get back into coaching and make Texas Tech realize they screwed up. This guy created one of the most dangerous spread attacks football fans have ever seen, and he drew it all up on a napkin late one night.
As a Husky alum with a team that ranks near the bottom in most defensive statistics, the idea of having Leach coaching our in-state rival is frightening. Year in and year out the Cougs have NFL caliber receivers. Put those guys with a spread-style QB, and a line that understands the scheme (Leach's offense requires much more space than usual in between each linemen) and they already have a potent attack.
Did I mention, the guy has a vast knowledge of the recruiting landscape in the South, most notably in Oklahoma and Texas. Those states are what they like to call "gold-mines" in the high school gridiron world.
Sure, Leach has been known to be a little coo coo at times. After all, any grown man with a deep fascination with pirates has to be a little nutty. And yes, he was accused of locking former Red Raider receiver Adam James in a closet after suffering a concussion. That whole story doesn't seem too accurate though. But, a guy like Leach could fit in perfectly in a place like Pullman. It is a small community, far away from a lot of other places. The type of place where he could get away with all that quirkiness. A lot of high school Football players in the South come from tight-knit communities that have a lot of passion for their local teams. One thing Pullman has is passion, and that small town feel. Leach bringing talented recruits in from the south might actually prove not too difficult for him and his staff.
All this guy did at Texas Tech was win. And score a lot of points while doing so. all while at a school that in the grand scheme of things out there, is just a little fish swimming in a big pond. In Pullman, he would only have to compete locally with Washington. Yes, they appear to be making their way back to prominence, but they are not Oklahoma, Texas, or Texas A&M.
If I am Bill Moos, I am making this move now rather than waiting. Arizona has already fired their head coach and have begun the search for the next guy. The wildcats have gotten deep into Texas recruiting in recent years, and quite possibly will be going hard after Leach in order to keep that going.
When Washington fired Tyrone Willingham in 2008, Leach was my guy. Don't get me wrong, I love Steve Sarkisian, but the thought of Mike Leach coaching the Cougars is a scary one. A Harrell to Crabtree like connection on the Palouse, No thank you. WSU fans getting caught up in their head coaches pirate obsessions, wearing Jack Sparrow outfits into the student section for a night game on ESPN, that would make me a little jealous. It sounds awesome.
So, as a Husky alum, please do not make the move. But for those Cougs, I would be begging for Mike Leach's pirate ship to set sail for Pullman.
Ahoy.
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