Texas Tech stats under Leach

by kirkd on Dec 3, 2008 4:29 PM PST

With Jim L. Mora and Brian Kelly out, and no indications yet that Chris Peterson or Kyle Whittingham are interested in the job, it appears that Mike Leach is the guy with the biggest "name" that is interested in the UW job. Let's take a look at what his teams are like:

year	rush off	rank	pass off	rank	total off	rank	rush def	rank	pass def	rank	pass eff	rank	total def	rank
2000	66.9	113	295.7	11	362.6	65	156.6	67	164.1	6	97.8	10	320.7	24
2001	81.9	113	337.3	5	419.2	33	172.2	74	189.4	25	108.8	29	361.6	50
2002	99.4	108	388.9	1	488.2	4	163.9	70	239.6	90	126.8	71	403.5	85
2003	107.5	104	475.3	1	582.8	1	197.1	97	256.3	100	133.9	85	453.4	106
2004	92.0	112	399.7	1	491.7	6	175.7	77	181.3	15	104.7	13	357.0	46
2005	107.0	104	388.8	1	495.8	6	155.4	67	180.4	15	107.2	15	335.8	30
2006	78.4	112	369.5	3	447.9	6	151.1	86	182.4	32	124.1	57	333.5	58
2007	59.3	119	470.3	1	529.6	2	177.0	82	188.4	12	117.7	40	365.4	45
2008	118.9	95	417.3	1	536.2	4	133.5	47	238.1	92	127.5	67	371.6	71

As expected, his offenses are outstanding, based off his highly effective and prolific passing attack. Leach is all about throwing the football, and running it is just something they do periodically to keep defenses honest. After 7 straight years of his offenses ranking in the top 6 in the country, it seems a bit disingenuous to describe his offense as a "gimmick" or "trendy". If defenses are going to catch on to it, wouldn't you think they'd have done so already?

It's his defensive numbers that are of interest. His run defenses have been mediocre to bad, but his passing defenses have been mediocre to quite good. Overall, while he's had a few bad defenses, he's also had some pretty good ones, and in general the defensive numbers are better than I expected to find.

Obviously, a UW team under Leach wouldn't be like the classic DJ style teams many Husky fans remember fondly; they'd be much more like the throw it around the yard team from 2002 with Cody Pickett setting Husky passing records.

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Thanks kirkd

You are right on, he doesn’t run a gimmick offense. That many #1’s over that time span, in the Big 12 South, is not a gimmick.

Defense is better than expected. Curious how it would look in the Pac10. Not going up against Oklahoma and Texas every year would help. I’d expect the passing defense to take a hit, but the run defense to improve.

I’ll take him, where do I sign?

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by Lear Pilot on Dec 3, 2008 6:13 PM PST reply actions