I have never posted a question on my blog until now. I would like to know the answers of college football fans across the nation on this. If you have to choose your favorite college football coach (and you cannot pick the coach that you are a fan/supporter of) who would it be? As a father in a Bedlam family I would not be able to choose Mike Gundy of OSU or Bob Stoops of OU. I have a son that graduated from each school. Look up Bedlam if you are not aware of the word (and you probably are not a college football fan and would not be here reading this if you are not aware of that word).
My choice would be Mike Leach of Washington State University. Leach, for me, is the most idiosyncratic coach in the game today. He is the mad scientist of the gridiron. A lawyer by profession, a mind of extreme functional dysfunctionality that understands the power of being different, and the smartest of all the head coaches that walk the sidelines on Saturday. You want Pirates in college football, you have one in Mike Leach. As he says, if the Texas Aggies can have fake soldiers he can have his fake pirates. Yes, a man of my tastes.
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More of Mike Leach and Pirates below. (wiki)
Famous among fans for his fascination with 18th-century pirates such as Blackbeard and Calico Jack, Leach has lectured his players on the history of pirates, and told them before games to “swing their swords.” His office has been described as a museum of pirate paraphernalia. In particular, Leach admires the teamwork exhibited by pirates:
| “ | Pirates function as a team. There were a lot of castes and classes in England at the time. But with pirates, it didn’t matter if you were black, white, rich or poor. The object was to get a treasure. If the captain did a bad job, you could just overthrow him. |
Les Miles was a hoot. From the past Woody Hayes and Barry Switzer should be noted with gusto.
Can I pick Spurrier? He’s like my #1-#10 and I said the same when he was in Columbia.
PS I like Leach too
excellent choice….didn’t think about him…also a favorite of mine.
I can hang with the Switzer, Hayes thing!! But, present day, I have to go with Mike Leach. After all, he did change the world of offensive football. He is responsible for “What ever happened to playing defense?”
Amen To That ~BOOMER 4 LIFE