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Mike Leach

Mike Leach

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2017 — 2019
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11K
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2019
#PMT-2019-0913-9540
Mike LeachMike Leach

Gardner Minshew is going to be a pretty good player in the NFL

I think he's going to be a pretty good player. And I saw the story that said that he used to do band workouts in the locker room naked... Yeah, he would, well, not really band workouts. Uh, there's a combination of dancing and running in place... He's like one of the most passionate players I've ever coached.

Minshew went on to have a respectable NFL career as both a starter and high-end backup, arguably exceeding expectations for a 6th-round pick.
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2019
#PMT-2019-0913-9541
Mike LeachMike Leach

Washington State's mascot Butch T. Cougar beats an elephant in a fight if it's a guy in a costume

Well, if they get a real elephant, we're in trouble. If it's a real genuine elephant, we're in trouble. Can't say I've seen the elephant mascot [Alabama], or at least I don't recall. But if it's a guy in a costume, I'm going to go with the elusiveness of Butch.

Subjective analysis of fictional/costumed creature combat.
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2019
#PMT-2019-0913-9542
Mike LeachMike Leach

Butch T. Cougar beats the Notre Dame Leprechaun unless the Leprechaun is actually magic

That leprechaun better actually be magic because otherwise I'm going to go with Butch.

Subjective comparison of a cougar vs a mythological figure.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19568
Mike LeachMike Leach

You cannot coach an inaccurate quarterback to be accurate

The biggest falsehood I see in quarterbacks... There'll be some kid that is not accurate, okay? So he wasn't accurate in junior high, but all he's got to do is work on his accuracy. So they play him a quarterback in high school... then they'll recruit the hell out of him and get him to college. ... if three coaches ahead of you could make that guy accurate, what makes you think you can? And I've improved accuracy, but I've never taken a guy from inaccurate to accurate.

This is a professional scouting philosophy from a legendary coach. While subjective, it is a core tenet of his offensive system.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19573
Mike LeachMike Leach

Texas is the only state that exercises sovereign immunity on contracts

Sovereign immunity is really appealing to third world dictators. ... the only state, the only state that exercises sovereign immunity on contracts is Texas. ... every state in the country eliminated exercising sovereign immunity on contracts, except for Texas does it to this day. ... And North Korea, I mean, sovereign immunity is a big deal with North Korea, Somalia. And that, you know, that's the company that's being kept if you exercise sovereign immunity on contracts.

While several states have forms of sovereign immunity, Leach's specific claim about its application to breach of contract in Texas is a central point of his long-running legal dispute with Texas Tech.