BYU graduate and current Washington State head football coach Mike Leach is always good for an excellent quote or two — think Blackbeard or Geronimo — but the eccentric coach has provided more than that in recent days.
Leach has dominated the news since his Monday press conference, during which he bemoaned a traditional ‘balanced’ offense, calling an offense that tries to run the ball 50 percent of the time and throw the other 50 percent, 50 percent stupid.
“There’s nothing balanced about 50 percent run, 50 percent pass,” Leach said, “Because that’s 50 percent stupid … there’s nothing clever about that.