Mike Leach lowers the boom on his players for second time this season
By Keith Farner
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It’s been a frustrating season for Washington State coach Mike Leach, and for the second time, he’s unloaded on his players for poor performance. This time it followed a 33-20 loss to Cal.
The main problem is explosive plays, and seven times in the loss, the Cougars gave up a run or pass play of 20 yards or longer.
“We’ve been talking about this explosive thing for awhile and I’ll tell you what the trouble with those explosive plays are, I’ll tell you exactly what they are,” Leach said, according to the Spokesman-Review. “We go out there and play with eight instead of 11, because we’re too soft and too undisciplined to do what we’re coached to fo. And as coaches, we’re not able to get the message through somehow and then all of the sudden, somebody’s not where they’re supposed to be and so then we give up an explosive play.”
Leach added, according to Derek Deis, “Somehow, we’ve failed to reach the group. Our team leaders, they’re either frauds or they haven’t reached the group either.”
Leach earlier this season was also frustrated following a loss to Utah, and called his players, “fat, dumb, happy and entitled.'”
The Cougars have slipped to 4-5 overall and 1-5 in conference play, which is last in the Pac-12 North.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
