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[Anon1665155225]

College Football Hall of Fame makes decision on Mike Leach

Mike Leach remains one of the most admired and influential head coaches in modern college football history, and given his innovative work in the sport, it would

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[3-2 Dawg]

College Football Hall of Fame makes decision on Mike Leach

Mike Leach remains one of the most admired and influential head coaches in modern college football history, and given his innovative work in the sport, it would

www.si.com

If your 3 stops as a head coach were Lubbock, Pullman, and Starkville maybe there should be different criteria

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

He was cheated out of a game agains Memphis State, would that win make the difference?

We need to construct a Mike Leach memorial/museum somewhere near Barnes and Noble. Maybe put it in the very popular clock museum that gets tons of visitors and occupies some valuable real estate. I don't know if Cullis Wade is still alive, it not, surely his kids would sign off on the change.

 

[patdog]

I think it’s stupid to have a set wins criteria to make the hall of fame. It’s the hall’s loss though. It’s a lot less relevant than he was.

 

[Colonel Kang]

My guess is that at some point the HOF will get a veterans committee like MLB has. A group of HOF coaches that have the power to vote people in.

My guess is that this gets overturned at some point.

 

[thatsbaseball]

If your 3 stops as a head coach were Lubbock, Pullman, and Starkville maybe there should be different criteria

There are HOF coaches that would have taken Leach's teams and had a .500 winning percentage.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

You can’t tell the story of modern college football without Mike Leach.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I (sadly) didn't know what an influence and how popular Coach Leach was among his fellow coaches until after he died. I think the HOF is going to get a lot of blow back from this decision.

 

[kired]

Like so many other things, just put an asterisk next to his 2020 season and don’t include it in the total.

 

[ckDOG]

He was cheated out of a game agains Memphis State, would that win make the difference?

We need to construct a Mike Leach memorial/museum somewhere near Barnes and Noble. Maybe put it in the very popular clock museum that gets tons of visitors and occupies some valuable real estate. I don't know if Cullis Wade is still alive, it not, surely his kids would sign off on the change.

I'd contribute to a Mike Leach statue. As someone else mentioned, he's a key figure in the story of college football. We have a part of that story being his final stop (in more than one way). It would be very appropriate to honor him on campus.