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JesustheDarkLord posted:Why couldn't it have been James Franklin instead? JesustheDarkLord posted:I thought it was a really dumb comment but didn't really see it as a joke because it wasn't funny
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wa27 posted:I tried looking up Craig James to see if he tweeted about it, but apparently he disappeared from public life like ten years ago. That’ll happen when you lose a primary to Ted Cruz, then lose your job for saying the Dallas mayor should be ashamed for attending a pride parade and that gays will answer to the lord one day.
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JesustheDarkLord posted:Why couldn't it have been Tommy Tupperville instead?
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Or Urban Or Paterno again
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 Crazy Pirate Football Man with the same birthday as me.  Henchman of Santa posted:Harrell2Crabtree to beat Texas is one of my favorite college football games as a neutral observer. This but the opposite.
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wa27 posted:Craig James [...] disappeared from public life like ten years ago.
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The Football Funhouse > NCAA Champ Week Aftermath: How the Grinch stole Mike Leach
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https://twitter.com/rossdellenger/status/1602684309730738181?s=46&t=OK8sSPdNr8EzJoNR5rUJow
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RIP to a true legend. We're all worse off today without him.
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Purdue got their hire and it's a good one: https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1602687517186265089?t=v5jvpDfpNa3w-Guccr1T2Q&s=19 The Illinois defense was crazy good, so excellent time to grab that DC and let him run with a program.
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I'm probably one of the youngest posters on this forum and I got into college football in the middle 2000s. A large reason why is entirely due to Mike Leach. To this day the 2008 season is the one I remember most fondly and it wouldn't be possible without the pirate. Mike Leach is probably the man that is most responsible for the current state of how the game is played. Every modern offense at all levels of the game is in some way inspired by the air raid that he helped develop and perfect. Rip to a real one.
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sportsgenius86 posted:That’ll happen when you lose a primary to Ted Cruz, then lose your job for saying the Dallas mayor should be ashamed for attending a pride parade and that gays will answer to the lord one day. Never forget when he was fundraising after he lost because his campaign was so deeply in debt
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gently caress this sucks. Go teach Davey Jones the Air Raid you crazy rear end pirate.
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facialimpediment posted:Purdue got their hire and it's a good one: There were rumors at CU that he was our 2nd choice for head coach, and he's a CU alum, so I'm going to be closely watching how things go at Purdue
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So I guess Bill Snyder was telling the truth last night and got asked to walk it back. I owe a piece of my college fandom to Mike Leach, both as a revolutionary on offense and, through his coaching tree, for playing a role in saving football at my alma mater. Go swing your drat sword and seize a place among the football gods you crazy pirate 
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sportsgenius86 posted:That’ll happen when you lose a primary to Ted Cruz, then lose your job for saying the Dallas mayor should be ashamed for attending a pride parade and that gays will answer to the lord one day. Shocked he didn't get a comeback in the Trump Era. I'm sure Newsmax covers sports (to own the libs)
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facialimpediment posted:Purdue got their hire and it's a good one: I know Monken was interviewed for it and I’m an extra glad he didn’t take the job
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This loving sucks. RIP Coach Leach
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dirty shrimp money posted:So I guess Bill Snyder was telling the truth last night and got asked to walk it back. What was it? Tweets were deleted by the time I saw them.
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tactlessbastard posted:What was it? Tweets were deleted by the time I saw them. Snyder was lionizing Leach in the past tense last night, hours before any official word had broken that he had in fact passed.
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tactlessbastard posted:What was it? Tweets were deleted by the time I saw them. This was maybe 6:30 last night? It was something to the effect of just having heard Leach passed away, then some kind words about his friendship and prayers to his family. A few minutes later Snyder walked that one back saying it was bad information and to disregard. I'm sure some Twitter shithead screenshot it
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I would bet he did pass sometime yesterday afternoon or evening if Mississippi State had the statement ready to go 8 AM this morning.
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General Dog posted:I would bet he did pass sometime yesterday afternoon or evening if Mississippi State had the statement ready to go 8 AM this morning. Yeah it was a certainty at that point. Having been through that, the body can take a while to quit and they were probably prepping for organ donation, etc. I think everyone knew he was gone.
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Snyder's as the age where he knows the odds these things as Leach probably isn't the first friend/family to go like this so even if he didn't really know, he knew and just skipped to the inevitable.
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If fiz does college football he could probably explain it better, but whenever I see cardiac arrest patients for anoxic ischemic brain injury for mri, they'll do a 3 day period of hypothermia treatment/neurological testing (unless it's clearly obvious the patient is brain dead already). I assume he either had a massive cardiac event and/or the family ceased intervention.
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man there just aren't that many guys like Leach. dudes that are whacky and weird, yet also super brilliant and made a lasting impact on the game from a strategic standpoint. this sucks
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Asproigerosis posted:If fiz does college football he could probably explain it better, but whenever I see cardiac arrest patients for anoxic ischemic brain injury for mri, they'll do a 3 day period of hypothermia treatment/neurological testing (unless it's clearly obvious the patient is brain dead already). I assume he either had a massive cardiac event and/or the family ceased intervention.  man I'm gonna miss having him around CFB
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I decided to look up his Wiki page for the hell of it, and of course Mike Leach had a two-year stint in the 80s here he was the head coach at a place called "The College of the Desert" and then the next year was the head coach of a team called the Pori Bears in the American Football Association of Finland.
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Fifty Three posted:After having pneumonia this season and being vocally anti-vax and just Wait what? He was anti-vax?
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Wait what? He was anti-vax? https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/mississippi-state-football/mike-leach-asked-about-mississippis-vaccine-mandate/ quote:Of course, this includes Mike Leach. Mississippi State’s head coach was asked if he had a comment on the decision during his Monday media availability.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Wait what? He was anti-vax? Leach introduced Trump at a rally in Washington in 2016. He was an innovator and a character but not a good person.
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Let's not speak too ill of the dead on this one. RIP You Crazy Pirate
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Rip leach He was interesting, and that’s more than most people can claim
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Kirios posted:Let's not speak too ill of the dead on this one. no, gently caress this, if the dead sucked, you should absolutely speak ill of them stop sanctifying assholes e: i’m not here to die on the hill of Mike Leach being a poo poo person, but boy howdy do i find that sentiment dumb at best and actually damaging at worst
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Soul Glo posted:go back to the basement, nerds.
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Soul Glo posted:no, gently caress this, if the dead sucked, you should absolutely speak ill of them Yeah exactly this. We're not calling his wife and saying he was lovely we're talking about public stances a public person took. That is absolutely fine to do when that person has died.
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I don't think Leach's politics are especially relevant to his legacy, and to say "well he supported [x], so he's a good/bad person" is also kind of a facile way of looking at things. If there's a black mark to be discussed, the way he treated his players (especially in the press) is probably the more pressing issue.
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