# Texas Tech suspends Coach Mike Leach indefinitely **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906 "2009-12-29T14:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906/141 "2010-01-04T04:39:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The more I hear about _and from_ this jackass Leach, the more I wonder why he got to stick around so long. 84 wins, 43 losses, 5 bowl wins. It’s Texas football. They’d stick with a serial killer for a few years if he brought home the wins. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906/142 "2010-01-04T06:00:49Z")
Yeah, but when he starts killing his own team, he’s gotta go. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906/143 "2010-01-04T12:13:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 84 wins, 43 losses, 5 bowl wins. > > It’s Texas football. They’d stick with a serial killer for a few years if he brought home the wins. Yeah, but Texas football is tradition bound. Two things you can’t do: a) be an asshole (specifically, a cheating asshole) and b) forget who’s who in the state. Mack Brown is a perfect example of a successful coach who is Texas-savvy. He’s not from here, but you wouldn’t know it. He knows the state, knows the history of Texas football - not just UT’s but all of the college programs. He always acknowledges the president, regents, and AD in his comments to the media. He has a terrific connection to the high school coaches in the state as well. I don’t follow Tech football a whole lot. But Leach’s rep is two-sided. On one hand he’s the pirate loving guy with the high tech offense that gives great quotes. On the other, he’s a jerk that makes cracks about his team’s “fat little girlfriends” and strays off the reservation. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906/144 "2010-01-09T21:45:58Z")
> **[Rivals.com](https://n.rivals.com/)** > > The definitive source for all Rivals news. It seems they have hired a very good coach, Tuberville who Auburn fired after he averaged over 8 wins per year. It looks like they won’t automatically go back to being an average team or worse. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906/145 "2010-01-09T23:37:00Z")
Fuck Tommy Tuberville. I hope Texas Tech never wins a game with that asshole as head coach. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tech-suspends-coach-mike-leach-indefinitely/522906.md?page=7)