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Mike Leach visits Seattle: Could Jim Mora jump ship?
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Very shady reports, provided by an Alaska Airlines employee, have surfaced confirming that Texas Tech coach Mike Leach and his wife arrived in Seattle on Monday and flew out Tuesday. One can only presume that this hush-hush visit has everything to do with the vacant Washington Huskies job.
But does this meeting affect the next Seahawks coach in any way? Maybe not, but it raises questions in my mind. A year ago, the idea that Jim Mora would ever turn his back on the Seahawks in favor of the Dawgs would have suggested insanity of the speaker. But now? They both suck, so who knows.
Let me explain my reasoning on this one. When it seemed like Leach was just a pipe dream and that fans would react to Mora's hiring at UW like they had just been asked to prom by the hottest girl in school, Mora was ready to deny that he was in the running for the job. Now? Not so much. Hasn't muttered a word about not being a candidate since Oct. 31. Plus, you gotta think, either way Mora takes over a crappy team. Which does he have a better chance of succeeding with? The Seahawks fan base will be calling for his head within two years, if even that long. From what we saw with the Willingham era, Mora's got more time with the Huskies. Plus he's got Jake Locker and the chance to gain some recruits with the whole "I used to coach in the NFL, I know how to get you there"-line.
This is all speculation, but you never know. Who really thought Koren Robinson would ever end up back in Seattle? That's what I thought.
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