Been reading the stories about college football coach Mike Leach, who recently died. I knew about the Air Raid offense and his prowess as an innovator who transformed the game. What I did not know was really much about the man â and he was worth knowing. These anecdotes are amazing. Who knew that he wrote a book about Geronimo and was a regular at a Key West bar? He was a character and a philosopher. He lived life to its fullest and encouraged others to do the same. Swing Your Sword!
From a Facebook post
As we mourn the passing of Mississippi State coach Mike Leach, I thought I'd bring you a precious story that illustrates how much the coach loved people- all sorts of people.
Lincoln Riley was hired by Mike Leach as an assistant coach in the early 2000's when Coach Leach was the head coach at Texas Tech.
One day, Riley overheard a phone conversation that Coach Leach was having, and Lincoln Riley tells The Players Tribune it went like this:
"He (Coach Leach) picked it up (the phone) and said, âHey, howâs it going?â And then he listened for a second and asked, âWhere ya calling from?â
"He kept talking on the phone and I eventually sort of tuned out. Now, a short phone conversation for Coach Leach is an hour.
"So he was talking about this and that, and I was kind of hunkered down working on my own stuff. At some point, the call got dropped. They must have lost reception. Coach said, 'Can you hear me? Are you there?'
"He hung up his old flip phone, swung it back open and redialed. He said, âHey, sorry I lost you.â And then they resumed their conversation for another 30 minutes or so before Coach finally hung up.
"After he was done, we started talking and I said, âHey Coach, who was that on the phone?â
"And he said, âOh, they had the wrong number.'â
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
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Dec 16, 2022 - 9:30am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
A Cody, Wyoming local a year older than me. I didn't know him personally but ran in the same circles sometimes.
From a tribute story yesterday in the Washington Post:
Within five minutes of his interview with former Washington State athletic director Bill Moos, Leach was opining about Winston Churchill and the mechanics of snowblowers amid the rigors of Wyoming winters.
Been reading the stories about college football coach Mike Leach, who recently died. I knew about the Air Raid offense and his prowess as an innovator who transformed the game. What I did not know was really much about the man â and he was worth knowing. These anecdotes are amazing. Who knew that he wrote a book about Geronimo and was a regular at a Key West bar? He was a character and a philosopher. He lived life to its fullest and encouraged others to do the same. Swing Your Sword!
A Cody, Wyoming local a year older than me. I didn't know him personally but ran in the same circles sometimes.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
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Dec 16, 2022 - 8:58am
Been reading the stories about college football coach Mike Leach, who recently died. I knew about the Air Raid offense and his prowess as an innovator who transformed the game. What I did not know was really much about the man â and he was worth knowing. These anecdotes are amazing. Who knew that he wrote a book about Geronimo and was a regular at a Key West bar? He was a character and a philosopher. He lived life to its fullest and encouraged others to do the same. Swing Your Sword!
Thank you for the introduction. Incredible legacy. Looking forward to listening to new music. RIP
Here's something you might like to start with. This is with his last collaboration, Pete's Posse. The tall guy is Oliver Scanlon, who you will definitely hear from in the future. Pete recruited him while he was still in high school, where he (Pete) ran a traditional music program.
No disrespect to Mr. Margolin - he had a prolific career, but it's odd to me that someone would've written a whole book about him. He was in a lot of things though: Death Wish, tons of cop shows, Love, American Style, M*A*S*H, even an episode of X-Files. Makes me wonder if there were books written about Murray Hamilton, John Fiedler, or Lou Antonio, etc.
I'm writing the book about Whit Bissell in my spare time.
(And, yes, for that guy to get all harumph about Margolin absolutely caught me off guard.)
Once in school I wrote a multi-part trivia quiz and one of my questions involved Margolin. One of my respondents took issue with my answer inasmuch as he was the author of a book on him. Woah.
By the end of the quiz I had three guys who had tied. Needed a tie breaker. This was 1983 - way before the internet. So I gathered them into a classroom and said "In the movie Psycho (now they're interested!) a search of the house goes through Norman's room, with its childish things and a record player. What record is on the player? First one to tell me the answer wins."
Nowadays it wouldn't be hard to look it up, but back then it was near nigh impossible unless you were watching the movie or had found a book about it (like I had) and had noticed it while flipping through.
No disrespect to Mr. Margolin - he had a prolific career, but it's odd to me that someone would've written a whole book about him. He was in a lot of things though: Death Wish, tons of cop shows, Love, American Style, M*A*S*H, even an episode of X-Files. Makes me wonder if there were books written about Murray Hamilton, John Fiedler, or Lou Antonio, etc.
Once in school I wrote a multi-part trivia quiz and one of my questions involved Margolin. One of my respondents took issue with my answer inasmuch as he was the author of a book on him. Woah.
By the end of the quiz I had three guys who had tied. Needed a tie breaker. This was 1983 - way before the internet. So I gathered them into a classroom and said "In the movie Psycho (now they're interested!) a search of the house goes through Norman's room, with its childish things and a record player. What record is on the player? First one to tell me the answer wins."
Nowadays it wouldn't be hard to look it up, but back then it was near nigh impossible unless you were watching the movie or had found a book about it (like I had) and had noticed it while flipping through.
Once in school I wrote a multi-part trivia quiz and one of my questions involved Margolin. One of my respondents took issue with my answer inasmuch as he was the author of a book on him. Woah.
By the end of the quiz I had three guys who had tied. Needed a tie breaker. This was 1983 - way before the internet. So I gathered them into a classroom and said "In the movie Psycho (now they're interested!) a search of the house goes through Norman's room, with its childish things and a record player. What record is on the player? First one to tell me the answer wins."
Nowadays it wouldn't be hard to look it up, but back then it was near nigh impossible unless you were watching the movie or had found a book about it (like I had) and had noticed it while flipping through.
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Dec 14, 2022 - 1:49pm
Just saw on TV news the guy on The Ellenâs show DJ Twitch died by suicide. Leaves wife and 3 children.
Very sad considering he was always upbeat.
You just never know
