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It's not all Maturi. I'm neutral about Leach, but if you really want to influence people, write to the regents, write to Bruininks, and write to Kaler.
 

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dateThu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:39 AM
subjectFwd: LEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach has accepted Minnesota's vacant head coaching job. Now, he just needs someone to offer it.

Well, maybe it's not quite that simple. But the controversial Texas Tech coach, out of work the past 11 months after being fired over his treatment of a player with a concussion, made it clear Wednesday in a telephone interview that he believes he could turn around the Gophers' legacy of football mediocrity. And he would welcome the chance.

"It's like buying real estate - you want a situation where it's undervalued so you can turn it into something," said the 49-year-old Leach, who went 84-43 and never had a losing season in his decade in Lubbock. "That's a program that's under-utilized, that has a lot of advantages but is just lying dormant. . . . I would enjoy the challenge."

And a certain segment of fans would enjoy watching it. As the names Brady Hoke, Troy Calhoun, Al Golden and a dozen others are vetted and debated around Minnesota, one name is constantly promoted on radio shows and fan sites, despite unsubtle hints on campus that he's not a candidate: Leach.

"Minnesota's fan base would explode if Mike Leach got the job," said Zach Johnson, publisher and operator of the Gopher Illustrated website. "He's the one guy that everyone comes back to. Dan Mullen (of Mississippi State) or Jim Harbaugh (of Stanford) might be more popular hires, but talking realistic candidates, he's by far the most popular."

With everyone but university administrators, anyway. Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi has not contacted him, Leach said, despite his resume as a national Coach of the Year only two years ago. And university President Robert Bruininks, asked in October about coaches such as Leach who may carry some baggage, said, "I don't think we need a checkered background." Leach said his background includes things like a 79 percent graduation rate at Texas Tech, and 10 consecutive bowl trips for the Red Raiders.

"Those are things that are important to universities, aren't they?" said Leach, who also said this week that he would be the perfect fit for Miami (Fla.). "We had an exciting brand of football that wins. We went to bowl games and won. We graduate our players - (ranked) sixth in the nation. And when was the last time you heard about one of my players being in trouble?"

Actually, it's Leach who got into trouble, initially by sequestering receiver Adam James, son of ESPN analyst Craig James, in a darkened shed during practice while he was suffering from a concussion. The case caused the university to suspend and then fire Leach, who responded by filing suit against the university for wrongful termination and ESPN for defamation.

Leach, who now has a daily show on Sirius satellite radio, believes the lawsuits are scaring off universities, though he added, "That's short-sighted. I'm in the middle of litigation that will obviously pass in a couple of months, and I'll be vindicated. That won't affect the job I can do for several years. If I wasn't trying to clear my name, I wouldn't be the right guy to hire."

It may be more than just the suit, however. Leach has a strong personality, and reports have circulated that the coach offended the Gophers delegation at events leading up to the 2006 Insight Bowl, and came across as arrogant. The coach denied doing anything objectionable - "except pulling off that comeback and beating them," 44-41 after trailing by 31 points, the biggest rally in bowl history.

Leach said Maturi "seemed like a nice guy. I enjoyed his company. But if they're basing (the hire) on how you're dressed or something, rather than winning football games, they're doomed to repeating history."

It's a history he said he knows how to change. "The most important positions are offensive linemen and defensive linemen. You can walk to the grocery store up there (in Minnesota) and find guys who could be good ones," Leach said. "And nobody in the Big Ten utilizes the skill positions like we do. The fans would rally around it, would get excited about the program. That's what I bring to the table."

That, and one other thing, Johnson pointed out: "He scored 70 points on Nebraska (in 2004)," Johnson said. "That would make him pretty popular."


Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/12/01/1...#ixzz16vwLy9Ag
 




Or, send post cards. E-mails are one thing, but a sack full of real mail sends a stronger message. To send real mail, you had to take the time to write it out, pay for postage and take it to the post office. It's been said that real mail is 20x more effective than e-mail.
 

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just did it fellow gopher fans.
 




dpodoll68 said:
Why did you blur out the address in the To: field?
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I'm on a another internet forum sports section and it is prohibited from showing public email addys. I stumbled upon GopherHole while researching potential coaches. Either way, I hope he hears the voice of the people.
 

Already did. I've already sent messages to the Minnesota Women's Consortium and the Minnesota chapter of NOW encouraging them to oppose Leach's hiring based on his past misogynistic statements and cc'd good 'ol Joel on it.
 

i think its interesting how say to "let your voice be heard" and then tell us to support leach.
 

I hammered out an e-mail to Mr. Maturi. Then I went back and filtered out all the profanity. Then I when back and took out the paragraph insulting him for some of his past decisions. Then on the last edit I took out the paragraph that said "IF YOU DON'T HIRE LEACH THEN YOU'RE DUMB DUMB DUMB...(goes on for about 500 more "dumbs") and sent it.

It looked pretty good as a finished product.
 



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