[JohnR34231]

I don’t have any problem with Leach. He beats the pants off David Shaw with far inferior recruiting classes. He plays the victim very well, and that is gonna go over very well to the WSU fan base. They are the poor stepchild in the PAC-12 and are quite disadvantaged to the Huskies in particular. It is of course nonsense that he pretends to not care about what the columnist writes. But it does show he cares about winning and that he is somewhat bothered by the fact he can’t bring in the quality of players he would like.

He’s been using that “play with 9” phrase ever since he was at Texas Tech. It basically means players not trusting their teammates and getting out of position. This usually manifests on defense

Please don’t come to me with the overall record Shaw has vs. Leach. Once Leach had his program with credible talent Stanford is just about 0-5 against WSU, needing them to miss a last second FG to not have a 5-game losing streak to WSU instead of the still embarrassing 4-game one that does exist.

Yeah, I have always said Leach is the ideal coach for Wazzu.
He can win there, but has just enough baggage so he is not hired away by a more prestigious program.
As far as him occasionally putting his foot in his mouth is concerned, I think it bothers Cardboarders more than it does the Coug faithful.
It does bother him, I'm sure, that every time he goes up against the Huskies for a top recruit he knows that he is almost definitely going to lose.

[JohnR34231]

I don’t have any problem with Leach. He beats the pants off David Shaw with far inferior recruiting classes. He plays the victim very well, and that is gonna go over very well to the WSU fan base. They are the poor stepchild in the PAC-12 and are quite disadvantaged to the Huskies in particular. It is of course nonsense that he pretends to not care about what the columnist writes. But it does show he cares about winning and that he is somewhat bothered by the fact he can’t bring in the quality of players he would like.

He’s been using that “play with 9” phrase ever since he was at Texas Tech. It basically means players not trusting their teammates and getting out of position. This usually manifests on defense

Please don’t come to me with the overall record Shaw has vs. Leach. Once Leach had his program with credible talent Stanford is just about 0-5 against WSU, needing them to miss a last second FG to not have a 5-game losing streak to WSU instead of the still embarrassing 4-game one that does exist.

Yeah, I have always said Leach is the ideal coach for Wazzu.
He can win there, but has just enough baggage so he is not hired away by a more prestigious program.
As far as him occasionally putting his foot in his mouth is concerned, I think it bothers Cardboarders more than it does the Coug faithful.
It does bother him, I'm sure, that every time he goes up against the Huskies for a top recruit he knows that he is almost definitely going to lose.