Mike Leach offer on the table

Stated Thursday that they are going to pay their new coach in the Nick Saban/Les Miles silly dollars range. Aside from Stoops, Big XII schools have a long way to go to catch up with that particular arms race.

I’m torn over all this. I want Leach to stay at Tech and continue to make the Big XII even more competitive and prominent nationally. On the other hand, the thought of that random, unedited mind of his let loose here in Alabama makes me giddy. Truly a match made in comedy heaven!

I at first thought Leach would leave, but now I expect his agent and Tech to work it out by the end of this coming week.

That is a lot of money, but I think Leach has realized that he has taken Tech as far as they will be able to go in the Big 12. He’s gonna have to contend with the OU’s, TX’s, OSU’s for years to come. Granted, if he ends up at Auburn he still has a lot to deal with, but I think he likes the challenge. He had the same challenge years ago when he took over at Tech, and he set the bar high. I think he wants to show he can do that at Auburn. War Eagle!

… although I hear that he’s not even a candidate at Auburn anymore, anyway.

Think about it: Your stock will never be higher. He just had “The Best Season in Tech History.” If anyone’s going to take a chance on Leach, they’re going to do it when everyone’s talking about him and they feel like they have to snatch him up before someone else does. That time should have been now. If Leach goes elsewhere now, he’s risking not meshing with the culture at a place with actual football tradition. If he stays, he’ll have to endure Taylor Potts and likely no Crabtree next year, plus everyone’s figured out that his defense is still no good (except Greg Davis, natch). He’ll fade back into the shadows for a good year or two, minimum if he stays at Tech, where those who stay are pretty much never going to be champions. The plus side of staying is that I’m sure he really likes Lubbock, because they are just as screwed up as him, and he’s going to get a ton of money (where they get that stuff, I’ll never know).

HOWEVA! It seems that no one is interested in him outside of Tech (don’t tell them that). So this is pretty much a moot point. I think Leach stays for at least one more beating in DKR, which we will all enjoy so thoroughly that I can’t even wait.