He's all snake oil when speaking for public consumption. I think he loves the image he has cultivated as some sort of lovable eccentric. The truth is more sinister.
Ah Ken, clearly you have a bone to pick with Leach. Do tell. I'm guessing it's interesting. But after these comments I would think a reporter has a responsibility to do so.
A few years ago when Leach's name was being tossed about as a UO coach, I recall you complained, in print, about Leach's habit of going on and on with stupid hypothetical questions he'd get asked in press conferences. If you were honest, you would have called out your colleagues in sports journalism for asking the questions in the first place. The truth is they ask these dumba**s questions because they know it's their best chance of the year to have a quote get picked up by the national media. So fans get dragged through it. But you blame Leach for playing the game and replying?
Am I misrepresenting things? I'm sure you can refresh my memory. Was it the same article where you compared several WSU assistant coaches that departed under Leach over the years to "rats jumping ship". Back up your statement by listing all their names starting with Big Joe, the team they left Pullman for, and the percentage of salary increase/decrease they got at the new gig. I'll help you get started: Several went to the UO. There was also Ohio State, UCLA under Chip. Here's how we'll judge the figures: Salary decrease? Rat. Salary increase? Not so rat-like. Bigger program AND big salary increase? Good on 'em.
Ken, if you have a story, write it. But enough of the whinnnninnnnng.
Good point about the way national journalists get sucked into the Leach schtick because it's entertaining. It also distracts from the abusive way in which he deals with his athletes. The reporters who cover his teams day-to-day see the real guy. I don't remember ever blaming a Leach assistant for leaving one of his programs.
You didn't blame them. You compared them to "rats jumping ship". It's your writing in the Oregonian. I'm sure you can find it very easily. I'd even make a friendly bet you can access it on the pc your typing at right now.
Then write the coaches names, new gig and salary % increase or decrease. Prove me wrong. It will be fun to see who the rats are.
The journalists aren't getting sucked in. That's just silly and disingenuous Ken. They are initiating the whole process in hopes of furthering their careers. Fair enough. We all have bills to pay. I'm not blaming them. You know this. Be honest for god's sake.
Hey, I didn't love everything about Leach by any means. I got sick of shallow crossing routes and check downs to the RB. And yes, I also felt he could be overly disrespectful to the players at the very least. But I say THAT when THAT is what I mean. And I'm just a fan, not a sports journalist. I don't have any inside info. But you whine and insult others in print.
Like I say, if you have a story, write it. I'll read it.
Ken Goe, I thought you knew a little football, and, if you are the past sports writer for the Oregonian, I know your career. The pac-10 cannot get the LA schools back. BYU is not a good addition, and never was would be. You must either be a Mormon or else your intelligence level shrunk when you quit your last job.. The pac-12 is doomed unless a miracle happens and ESPN rescues them ( The all new pac-10 is a bad joke ) What do you plan to give UCLA and USC to come back to the pac-12? Monopoly money? They will not come back ever to the pac-10 or 12, does not matter what you say or think. Is called big money, Ken. It rules the world, and ESPN rules all sports on tv.. Face check me Ken. The total value of ESPN in BILLIONS of real dollars, is MORE THAN THE COMBINED worth of ALL TEAMS IN the NFL, NBA. MLB, MLS., and more. Told John Canzano to fact check me. He either believed me or he might have known already. Add Miami and Florida State to the Pac-10? Do not think you smoke wacky weed, but if you do, roll another one, just like the last one, buddy. Why in God's green earth would two Florida schools want to join the pac-10?? The pac-12 is nowhere in football, and tv money is partly why. Why did UCLA and USC jump ship? Is called $75 million each, per year, starting in two years. If you know anybody with $150 million, in liquid real cash, it still would not get the Bruins or Trojans back. According to Mr. Canzano, who has met Mr. Kilavkoff, the latter has a good track record. Larry Miller ruined the pac-12 and then bailed out. A real moron and good riddance to this fool. Ask sub super Mario Cristoball is he can persuade Miami to join the pac-10 for a huge pay cut? Ask Florida State to go backwards, and lose millions each year so they can join the conference of champions? Mike Leach is a proven coach, and I can prove it. Canzano knows him. There is alien life in the universe; fact check me again. I saw Bigfoot twice, near Mt. Hood, but had no camera either time. The last election was very secure and not fixed. I voted and made sure my mail in vote got to where it was supposed to. I am a very strong Christian liberal democrat, and I love my state of Oregon, my Ducks, and also the USA. I have never voted for a GOP party circus clown for President, and never will. Trump will hopefully either get a federal conviction, which would prevent him for running in 2024, will have a heart attack, bad karma will finally get him, or he will simply lose in 2024. I heard that when the FBI went through Mara Lardo (sic) they could not believe trump's wife lingerie huge closet, and what it contained! Large, unclean granny panties with no crotch in many. Most in bright orange and pink! UGH, but she saved them from her past career as a lesbian naked porn star in outer Slovakia. Her top movie made grade D minus from Putin in Moscow. He and mrs. trump;s husband, little donny, while in Moscow, watched them between golden showers , while drinking watered- down shit champagne from California at $5 a bottle. Still working on a for real fact check for this one, and also a proven DNA check for their 16 year- old son . On this one a real DNA might not be good enough. Was told Mrs. Trump never lies as she still cannot speak English at a 2nd grade level. She ruined the Rose Garden at the White House. Fact check me. If you believe the 2020 Presidential election was fixed, SHOW ME PROOF. Please do not be as dumb as Supreme Court Thomas' wife. She has fact- checked proof that her third cousin donny trump was cheated, and actually won the popular vote and electoral college. She is writing a book, but cannot find a person to type out her so far 10 page block buster, called: Fact=checked Proven steal of 2020 election, by Mrs. Thomas. If she is white, and her husband appears to be blacker than the ace of spades, how come the kids are all asian? Hmmm maybe they adopted all them from the Orient or Korea or China. Just heard that this week-end power could be shut off in sw Portland, Or. (really on 11 pm KOIN news sept. 7) Please, Lord no way. Please, Please. Football is on starting at 6 am our time Saturday. I live in sw Portland, and have comcast with only 800 channels. If they shut off the power, I will have no air conditioning, none of my three tvs, or two computers will work. My CPAP machine will not work. I could die of sleep apnea, for real, as my sleep disorder is real and serious. I get suspended non-breathing. I know of people who have died of sleep apnea. Really. If there is no electricity, and I cannot watch football all day Saturday and Sunday, my kitty will be sad, especially if I bite the biscuit. My vintage 1997 black honda, with very dark tinted windows, a special 6 on the tree trannie, 250 bhp, and sub arctic ac that works, in perfect condition, will be sad too. He will have nobody to put 1000 miles on him yearly, or even less. Am more concerned about Baby Shadow and my car than I am about me. Sure glad I have been a Methodist for only 59 years, and have been baptised twice. I "Pray without ceasing, in ALL things give thanks:" from the BIBLE, one of my favorite scriptues, has worked for me with my Faith. I do not worry at all, as worrying causes stress. I just turned 71, and if this week-end is my last, I sure hope they have tv football in my next stop. and that SOMEBODY will take care of Shadow, and drive my car.! God Bless You All. You can have vintage duck gear, and a big collection of real alpaca furs from Peru, and Bolivia. .
Some family antiques, some of which are more than 100 years old, and all my clothes which include a $ 5000 dollar sweater from Argentina, and three pair of $2500 real crocodile, hand-made shoes, and many pair of vintage and new NIKE shoes (air pegasus) complete the deal. Throw in perfect credit, and six credit cards with high limits and zero balance. New valid USA passport, and a certified travel agent license. Good night; I have to figure out what to do if PGE burns me this week-end. Might be a darma deal, as they just gave me 20 per cent off my monthly bill for the next two years; you have to a senior citizen to get it. If they shut down my two casinos in Oregon, where can I bet and watch football? OMG. a fate worth than death almost..........
I'm not sure I believe anything Mike Leach says.
You don’t think there is alien life in the universe?
He's all snake oil when speaking for public consumption. I think he loves the image he has cultivated as some sort of lovable eccentric. The truth is more sinister.
Ah Ken, clearly you have a bone to pick with Leach. Do tell. I'm guessing it's interesting. But after these comments I would think a reporter has a responsibility to do so.
A few years ago when Leach's name was being tossed about as a UO coach, I recall you complained, in print, about Leach's habit of going on and on with stupid hypothetical questions he'd get asked in press conferences. If you were honest, you would have called out your colleagues in sports journalism for asking the questions in the first place. The truth is they ask these dumba**s questions because they know it's their best chance of the year to have a quote get picked up by the national media. So fans get dragged through it. But you blame Leach for playing the game and replying?
Am I misrepresenting things? I'm sure you can refresh my memory. Was it the same article where you compared several WSU assistant coaches that departed under Leach over the years to "rats jumping ship". Back up your statement by listing all their names starting with Big Joe, the team they left Pullman for, and the percentage of salary increase/decrease they got at the new gig. I'll help you get started: Several went to the UO. There was also Ohio State, UCLA under Chip. Here's how we'll judge the figures: Salary decrease? Rat. Salary increase? Not so rat-like. Bigger program AND big salary increase? Good on 'em.
Ken, if you have a story, write it. But enough of the whinnnninnnnng.
Don Hopkins
Good point about the way national journalists get sucked into the Leach schtick because it's entertaining. It also distracts from the abusive way in which he deals with his athletes. The reporters who cover his teams day-to-day see the real guy. I don't remember ever blaming a Leach assistant for leaving one of his programs.
You didn't blame them. You compared them to "rats jumping ship". It's your writing in the Oregonian. I'm sure you can find it very easily. I'd even make a friendly bet you can access it on the pc your typing at right now.
Then write the coaches names, new gig and salary % increase or decrease. Prove me wrong. It will be fun to see who the rats are.
The journalists aren't getting sucked in. That's just silly and disingenuous Ken. They are initiating the whole process in hopes of furthering their careers. Fair enough. We all have bills to pay. I'm not blaming them. You know this. Be honest for god's sake.
Hey, I didn't love everything about Leach by any means. I got sick of shallow crossing routes and check downs to the RB. And yes, I also felt he could be overly disrespectful to the players at the very least. But I say THAT when THAT is what I mean. And I'm just a fan, not a sports journalist. I don't have any inside info. But you whine and insult others in print.
Like I say, if you have a story, write it. I'll read it.
Don Hopkins
There surely is in Mississippi!
Ken Goe, I thought you knew a little football, and, if you are the past sports writer for the Oregonian, I know your career. The pac-10 cannot get the LA schools back. BYU is not a good addition, and never was would be. You must either be a Mormon or else your intelligence level shrunk when you quit your last job.. The pac-12 is doomed unless a miracle happens and ESPN rescues them ( The all new pac-10 is a bad joke ) What do you plan to give UCLA and USC to come back to the pac-12? Monopoly money? They will not come back ever to the pac-10 or 12, does not matter what you say or think. Is called big money, Ken. It rules the world, and ESPN rules all sports on tv.. Face check me Ken. The total value of ESPN in BILLIONS of real dollars, is MORE THAN THE COMBINED worth of ALL TEAMS IN the NFL, NBA. MLB, MLS., and more. Told John Canzano to fact check me. He either believed me or he might have known already. Add Miami and Florida State to the Pac-10? Do not think you smoke wacky weed, but if you do, roll another one, just like the last one, buddy. Why in God's green earth would two Florida schools want to join the pac-10?? The pac-12 is nowhere in football, and tv money is partly why. Why did UCLA and USC jump ship? Is called $75 million each, per year, starting in two years. If you know anybody with $150 million, in liquid real cash, it still would not get the Bruins or Trojans back. According to Mr. Canzano, who has met Mr. Kilavkoff, the latter has a good track record. Larry Miller ruined the pac-12 and then bailed out. A real moron and good riddance to this fool. Ask sub super Mario Cristoball is he can persuade Miami to join the pac-10 for a huge pay cut? Ask Florida State to go backwards, and lose millions each year so they can join the conference of champions? Mike Leach is a proven coach, and I can prove it. Canzano knows him. There is alien life in the universe; fact check me again. I saw Bigfoot twice, near Mt. Hood, but had no camera either time. The last election was very secure and not fixed. I voted and made sure my mail in vote got to where it was supposed to. I am a very strong Christian liberal democrat, and I love my state of Oregon, my Ducks, and also the USA. I have never voted for a GOP party circus clown for President, and never will. Trump will hopefully either get a federal conviction, which would prevent him for running in 2024, will have a heart attack, bad karma will finally get him, or he will simply lose in 2024. I heard that when the FBI went through Mara Lardo (sic) they could not believe trump's wife lingerie huge closet, and what it contained! Large, unclean granny panties with no crotch in many. Most in bright orange and pink! UGH, but she saved them from her past career as a lesbian naked porn star in outer Slovakia. Her top movie made grade D minus from Putin in Moscow. He and mrs. trump;s husband, little donny, while in Moscow, watched them between golden showers , while drinking watered- down shit champagne from California at $5 a bottle. Still working on a for real fact check for this one, and also a proven DNA check for their 16 year- old son . On this one a real DNA might not be good enough. Was told Mrs. Trump never lies as she still cannot speak English at a 2nd grade level. She ruined the Rose Garden at the White House. Fact check me. If you believe the 2020 Presidential election was fixed, SHOW ME PROOF. Please do not be as dumb as Supreme Court Thomas' wife. She has fact- checked proof that her third cousin donny trump was cheated, and actually won the popular vote and electoral college. She is writing a book, but cannot find a person to type out her so far 10 page block buster, called: Fact=checked Proven steal of 2020 election, by Mrs. Thomas. If she is white, and her husband appears to be blacker than the ace of spades, how come the kids are all asian? Hmmm maybe they adopted all them from the Orient or Korea or China. Just heard that this week-end power could be shut off in sw Portland, Or. (really on 11 pm KOIN news sept. 7) Please, Lord no way. Please, Please. Football is on starting at 6 am our time Saturday. I live in sw Portland, and have comcast with only 800 channels. If they shut off the power, I will have no air conditioning, none of my three tvs, or two computers will work. My CPAP machine will not work. I could die of sleep apnea, for real, as my sleep disorder is real and serious. I get suspended non-breathing. I know of people who have died of sleep apnea. Really. If there is no electricity, and I cannot watch football all day Saturday and Sunday, my kitty will be sad, especially if I bite the biscuit. My vintage 1997 black honda, with very dark tinted windows, a special 6 on the tree trannie, 250 bhp, and sub arctic ac that works, in perfect condition, will be sad too. He will have nobody to put 1000 miles on him yearly, or even less. Am more concerned about Baby Shadow and my car than I am about me. Sure glad I have been a Methodist for only 59 years, and have been baptised twice. I "Pray without ceasing, in ALL things give thanks:" from the BIBLE, one of my favorite scriptues, has worked for me with my Faith. I do not worry at all, as worrying causes stress. I just turned 71, and if this week-end is my last, I sure hope they have tv football in my next stop. and that SOMEBODY will take care of Shadow, and drive my car.! God Bless You All. You can have vintage duck gear, and a big collection of real alpaca furs from Peru, and Bolivia. .
Some family antiques, some of which are more than 100 years old, and all my clothes which include a $ 5000 dollar sweater from Argentina, and three pair of $2500 real crocodile, hand-made shoes, and many pair of vintage and new NIKE shoes (air pegasus) complete the deal. Throw in perfect credit, and six credit cards with high limits and zero balance. New valid USA passport, and a certified travel agent license. Good night; I have to figure out what to do if PGE burns me this week-end. Might be a darma deal, as they just gave me 20 per cent off my monthly bill for the next two years; you have to a senior citizen to get it. If they shut down my two casinos in Oregon, where can I bet and watch football? OMG. a fate worth than death almost..........