Actual Mike Leach is a jackass who pisses off everyone he stays around for 5 years or so (unless you're WSU and desperate for any sort of relevance)
Actual Mike Leach is also the only one that's taken (multiple) totally irrelevant no-name schools to the top-10.
I doubt that's true. But I get your point. And I know you have a hard-on for him. eta: also, if you look at Spike Dykes's career at TT vs Leach's, it's really not egregiously different. Leach is better, of course.
Remember when Herbstreit went full nuclear on UT for firing Strong after 3 years? What's he had to say about this?
https://247sports.com/college/flori...Florida-State-Seminoles-Miami-loss-137944771/ “I want to get this off my chest,” Herbstreit said. “I’m done with Florida State. I don’t want to talk about them anymore. I hate the way they represent themselves. Their current roster needs to go back and watch the Bobby Bowden Era. Because it wasn’t about talking trash and fighting. That’s all they do. They’re the most undisciplined team you’re gonna watch And they’re a terrible team. They need to focus more on execution and less on chirping. All they do is chirp.” Fowler then chimed in: “Here they play the ‘Canes. If you can’t get inspired about playing your rival at home. You’re 4-4, both teams 4-4 and chance to salvage…” Herbstreit: “They’re inspired, but they want to fight.” Fowler: “They wanted to wrestle, yeah.” Herbstreit: “They should get into the UFC, get out of football and go fight people. That’s all you guys want to do. Fight. It makes no sense to me. I can’t imagine, Willie Taggart who’s one of the classy, gentlemen, great guy. I can’t imagine what he’s dealing with that culture, trying. He’s trying to steer the Titanic. Forget just winning games and trying to execute defensively and offensively. Florida State, they’ll knock a guy out, hit a guy after a 20-yard gain on 3rd and 15, and blow a guy up and just stand over top of him, talking to him. It’s like, bro, it’s a first down. They have no awareness. I’m just done talking about them.” Fallica then added that Miami had nine sacks, and Herbstreit sent out his parting shot on the topic. “They’re done,” Herbstreit said. “That program is gone.”
As bad as Strong was at Texas, thought USF was a perfect landing spot. Will be interesting to see if he’ll take a DC job somewhere.