Paul Finebaum weighs in on which year will be Mississippi State's best under Mike Leach
The Mississippi State Bulldogs will be entering an exciting new era this fall under coach Mike Leach, who takes over for Joe Moorhead.
After coming over from Washington State, Leach will have high expectations on his program in 2020 and beyond.
During an appearance on WJOX this week, SEC Network host Paul Finebaum predicted that 2020 will be Leach’s best year in Starkville (via 247Sports):
“I think it’s going to be this year,” Finebaum said of Mississippi State’s best season under Leach. “Well, I’m not saying it’s going (downhill after that). … I think, because of the quarterback situation — he’s got the kid from Stanford, (graduate transfer quarterback KJ Costello), he looks really good — I just don’t know about Mike Leach’s recruiting down the road.”
Finebaum brought up Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss as a reason why Mississippi State’s recruiting could suffer under Leach:
“And I think the reason I bring that up is because Kiffin will ultimately start taking over that state,” Finebaum said. “He didn’t do it in the first go-around because I think it was really difficult to get established, but Lane is a very smart recruiter. Leach recruits a different type of athlete.”
Can Leach prove Finebaum wrong and build a sustainable program at Mississippi State?
Paul might be right assuming there is a football season this year.
I believe that Mike Leach’s 2020 MSU team will be ahead of the other “newbie” SEC Head Coaches…as he has been in the Head Coach Position longer than the others. But the loss of Spring Practices & those Fun Spring Games will put all the New head Coaches in the SEC behind…but it is what it is. They all need those practices to install the New Offenses, New Defenses and get some work with the team and coaches all together. Best Wishes to Mike Leach, Lane Kiffin, Sam Pittman & Eli Drinkwitz in 2020 with their new squads.
Everything will be harder this year. 2 years from now will probably be his best.
Why do people keep listening to this moron. Hughes team will continue to outrecruit OM. Idiot. At this rate there won’t even be 2020 season. I got sent home, wasn’t sick, got cleared, went back to work, and got sent home again. I will pay double value for a pack of cottonnelle or Scott ripple. Idiots hording toilet paper. Just stupid. Cancelling large-scale events actually makes sense, and different parts of the country will crest at different times, but August seems a bit optimistic when the entire states of California and New York are shutting down.
Paul nailed that one, entertaining press confrences will only last so long without good recruiting and WINS.
What makes you think kiffin will out recruit leach in Mississippi how many national coach of the year awards does kiffin have ? Has I recall Alabama didn’t get much out of miss with kiffin there why will he now
Yea I mean the guy has only won everywhere he’s been…But sure he won’t make it where he’ll have 10x as much talent around him than Pullman Wa.
He won’t have to travel outside a 5 hr radius to recruit.