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Related: About this forumMike Leach calls Washington State players 'fat, dumb, happy and entitled' after ugly loss
Washington State coach Mike Leach, known to be outspoken, wasn't holding back in assessing his players' overall performance after the Cougars faced a 38-13 loss against Utah on Saturday.
Leach called his players "fat, dumb, happy and entitled" following their second loss of the season.
"We're a very soft team," Leach told reporters (via ESPN). "We get a lot of good press. We like to read it a lot. We like to pat ourselves on the back, and if we get any resistance, we fold."
Leach continued: "I think we've got a bunch of free agents running around there that think they're pretty special, and then as soon as something doesn't go their way, they want to pout."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/mike-leach-calls-washington-state-players-fat-dumb-happy-and-entitled-after-ugly-loss/ar-AAI1dr1?li=BBnb7Kz
Quite a motivational speech there coach.
underpants
(182,271 posts)Yes he is good at producing QB who excel in his system but other than that he's got a really weird history especially at Texas Tech. Locked one player in a janitors closet and convinced a QB toplay under a fake name.
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)It was contradicted by pretty much everyone involved, including coaches, staff, and other players.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4787194
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/316689-emails-from-tech-players-show-mike-leach-was-lied-about-by-crybaby-james
Later, under oath, James said he entered the closet on his own and just opened the door and walked out (contradicting the claim that he was locked in), and much of the rest of his story didn't hold up. He claimed, for example, that there was nowhere to sit, and the video that he personally took while he was in the room showed two chairs.
Leach is no doubt a jerk, but James appears to have embellished the story for attention.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/documents/mike-leach-vs-texas-tech-adam-james-deposition
underpants
(182,271 posts)I stand corrected
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Only his system makes it possible. Washington State became the first Pac 12 team to lose despite scoring 60 points.
I hope Arizona State crushes them October 12th.
Brother Buzz
(36,212 posts)I watched that bizarre game and was amused at how many times they cut away to show Mike Leach's sourpuss face.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Wasn't he the one Texas Tech fired for punishing an injured player for getting a concussion?
I heard someone say, "Mike Leach is the Donald Trump of college football."
Iggo
(47,487 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Link to tweet
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