RIP Coach Leach

[Caned Peach]

As unique a person as there has been in CFB. Prayer said for all his loved ones and those touched by his life and time on our planet.

RIP.

 

[USNAVYCANE]

RIP

 

[BoxingRobes]

Legend. What a **** shame. In some ways he feels like part of the Cane family. Feels like a relative just did.

Irreplaceable personality.

RIP.

In another timeline or simulation...Mike Leach comes to Miami and wins us more national titles. We are still as great as we ever were.

It would have been great to be apart of.

The Prince that was Promised.

 

[Zbrod95]

Great ball coach. RIP Coach Leach

 

[CalCane]

A great story on Leach from years ago. I knew a guy who played QB at USC and was working with Pete Carroll at the time. He was at a big coaches golf tournament and was hanging out talking to Mike Stoops who was the DC at OU at the time. He said there was a guy smoking a cigar and had a bunch of coaches around him laughing hysterically while the guy was telling stories. He asked Stoops, who is that guy? He goes let me tell you about that guy. If you gave every coach in this room the same amount of talent and were strictly going off of x’s and o’s that guy would win every time. He’s that good. Of course he was talking about Leach. I also knew an attorney who went to law school with him at Pepperdine and said he sat in the back of the class with the sports pages and a marker tracking statistics every day.

One of my favorites. RIP Coach Leach.

 

[Cane4L]

RIP Pirate

 

[Hurricane23]

Well ****, what happened

 

[MarkyMark]

Never met the man, but will miss his authentic, albeit unique personality. He was a **** of a coach and by all accounts a better person. Rest easy coach.

 

[Hurricane23]

I wanted at Miami when the hired Randy, one of my favorite coaches ever I still think he would have killed it at Miami

 

[L A M P]

'Call Anytime': What Mike Leach Meant to Me and All of Us

Mike Leach's impact on countless lives, including my own, will never be forgotten in the midst of this unexpected loss for not only Mississippi State, but the entire world of college football.

www.si.com

I've read so many of these the past few days. Probably 100x that untold. What a guy.

 

[Suhrthing]

RIP Coach. 60 minutes feature on him from his Texas Tech days...

 

[Canesfreak]

 

[cway313]

Tough

 

[DTP]

I think Mike Leach’s legacy is that he literally changed the way the game is played.

I was never a “The Pirate would kill it at Miami” guy and he was probably too stubborn for his own good but you can’t deny the impact he had on the game. Teams that called his system a “gimmick” now rush out to hire coaches to teach his passing concepts.

In a sports landscape dominated by personality-void coach speak, Mike Leach was always an interesting character and he’ll be missed by the college football world.

 

[KingB02]

RIP!

 

[ZeroBeachCane3]

I know the kid probably feels terrible…

 

[ben]

 

[No_Fly_Zone]

One of a kind and truly unique. Refreshingly genuine in a business where almost nobody is. A true master of offensive football. And ultimately gone too soon.

Sad and he will be missed by many.

 

[ben]

I know the kid probably feels terrible…

the kid didnt really take a shot at coach leach -- he just stated that coach leach didnt think he was tough. maybe he should have kept that in house, but i hope people arent piling on this kid when he's just portaling like a few thousand other football players.

 

[dycane]

Last of a dying breed. A brilliant man with a sense of humor determined to do it his way and willing to speak his mind. Rest In Peace, Coach.