[81alum]

Leach takes blame for his losses, just like he did for the ןɐɔ game.  He also complimented the other team.  He's totally honest.  You don't have to ever wonder if he's hiding anything or what Leach thinks.

I'd say at least he's his real self at the podium, but many guys are their real selves there, including David Shaw. I just don't see why people feel the need to criticize others because they don't conform to their preferred standard of what they consider perfect.  People are all different.  Mike Leach is a very good football coach.  He does things and has success his way.  Why should he have to do them your way?

Variety is the spice of life.

I'm fine with a diversity of personalities so long as some basic ground rules are met.  I believe in treating other human beings with respect, even when they disappoint you.  I believe a coach should take responsibility for his team's performance--in a genuine way.

I once hated football, which seemed to me to be dominated by coaches who heaped abuse on their players, from Woody Hayes to Frank Kush.  I became a fan because of Bill Walsh, who understood that he was a teacher and that the players were his students, and they deserved to be treated with the same level of maturity and respect that they would receive in any university classroom.  David Shaw gets that too.  That kind of coach keeps the game in perspective and becomes a role model for mature behavior, but more importantly, realizes that humiliation is not a good teaching tool.

If sports belong at a university, then coaches should behave like faculty and players should behave like students.  I know that seems unrealistic to some, but as a professor that is how I feel about the place of sports at a university.  That is at the core for why I am a Stanford sports fan and not a generic sports fan--we are one of the few universities that seems to get it.  Leach, needless to say, has a different philosophy.

[81alum]

Leach takes blame for his losses, just like he did for the ןɐɔ game.  He also complimented the other team.  He's totally honest.  You don't have to ever wonder if he's hiding anything or what Leach thinks.

I'd say at least he's his real self at the podium, but many guys are their real selves there, including David Shaw. I just don't see why people feel the need to criticize others because they don't conform to their preferred standard of what they consider perfect.  People are all different.  Mike Leach is a very good football coach.  He does things and has success his way.  Why should he have to do them your way?

Variety is the spice of life.

I'm fine with a diversity of personalities so long as some basic ground rules are met.  I believe in treating other human beings with respect, even when they disappoint you.  I believe a coach should take responsibility for his team's performance--in a genuine way.

I once hated football, which seemed to me to be dominated by coaches who heaped abuse on their players, from Woody Hayes to Frank Kush.  I became a fan because of Bill Walsh, who understood that he was a teacher and that the players were his students, and they deserved to be treated with the same level of maturity and respect that they would receive in any university classroom.  David Shaw gets that too.  That kind of coach keeps the game in perspective and becomes a role model for mature behavior, but more importantly, realizes that humiliation is not a good teaching tool.

If sports belong at a university, then coaches should behave like faculty and players should behave like students.  I know that seems unrealistic to some, but as a professor that is how I feel about the place of sports at a university.  That is at the core for why I am a Stanford sports fan and not a generic sports fan--we are one of the few universities that seems to get it.  Leach, needless to say, has a different philosophy.