"Why would I care?"

[Mr. Scot]

So says Washington State coach Mike Leach about developing players for their future football careers.

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I pay no attention whatsoever to developing them for the next level. That’s somebody else’s job. Why would I care? We coach them the best that we can. We worry about putting them in the best positions they can be put in here at our school to accomplish the things that we need to accomplish. I do think it goes hand in hand though. I think if they’re in a good place and they get the proper coaching, then the better their chances are at the next level. We’re not gonna sit here and monkey around and worry about the next level. There’s no point in me sitting around trying to guess what they want at the next level. That would be a bunch of foolishness.

Mike Leach on developing players for the NFL: "Why would I care?"

Valid point?

Would it affect your view of drafting players from his program?

[Squirrel]

Yeah he just screwed up his recruitment. 

[countryboi]

seems short sighted, you think Nick Saban is telling his guys he is going to make them great colleges players?

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Yeah he just screwed up his recruitment. 

Seriously. He basically just told his players and recruits that he doesn’t give a flying fug about them and he’s just in it for himself.

I get what he’s saying. It isn’t his job to develop NFL players, it’s his job to field the best college football team that he can. But when you’re recruiting players who have a goal of playing in the NFL you’re doing them a pretty big disservice by not trying to help them achieve that goal while also fielding the best college football team that you can.

[ItsPantone278]

Leach is crazy and puts his foot in his mouth all the time.  But if you think this is what will turn people off from him you hardly know the guy!

[Asurfaholic]

I see his point. They aren’t some sort of training program for the nf- they are a college sports team trying to win games. 

If they develop great college players who excel in their system, and win games- they win. If they spend their time monkeying around trying to pick and chose winners, and develop them for some unknown nfl team’s system, they are almost guaranteed to lose.

[Lemory]

Yeah nobody want to go to Wash St now, way to go bud.

[The Huddler]

Hes telling the truth. You care first about maximizing your scheme with players and winning games

 

but, in todays age, you gotta lie and be a big BS spewer, or else you will screw yourself

[The Pieyed Piper]

wait, college is not about the future? 

[Toker Smurf]

He's right but he shouldn't have said it.

[The Pieyed Piper]

mind control runs deep

[stirs]

He is correct

[rayzor]

He probably said what most college coaches believe, but don't dare say.

They are there to win as many games as possible with the least amount of time involved. The goal is simplicity. Development is not a priority. Pros don't pay them to coach their players. Pro teams don't get involved, they're not allowed. To be honest, why should college coaches care. What's in it for them. They spend more time in development they'll see less immediate returns which is all the schools putting money into them care about. There is no real incentive for them to really develop and prepare them for the next level.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

I think he said the truth in a way that will dissuade recruitment.  

Then again , why would I care what Mike Leach says.