Yet another great Mike Leach story, from Bruce Feldman ($$):
When Leach was at Texas Tech, one of the defensive coaches he interviewed, the late Carlos Mainord, who had previously worked as a defensive coordinator for the Red Raiders in addition to being Miami’s defensive backs coach under Jimmy Johnson, left perplexed about whether he was offered a job. Mainord called Sonny Dykes, a young Tech assistant he’d known for years because of his relationship with his dad, Spike Dykes, the former TTU coach.
“Should I get Jimmy (Johnson) or Spike to call him?” Mainord asked.
“Nah,” Sonny told him. “Don’t get them to call. You should just show up to work like you’ve got the job, and he’ll get so uncomfortable about it that he’s not gonna tell you to go.”
Mainord did just that and worked as Tech’s new safeties coach, spending the next half-decade in Lubbock.
“It really was the Costanza approach,” said a former Red Raider coach.
I wonder if they gave him the Penske file.
Get The Picture 
Well, ya know, in college, they called me the little Bulldog…
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The man quoted was a bit off. Costanza did some legendary stuff, but I don’t think he ever showed up to a job for which he wasn’t officially hired. I know Kramer did….
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Clarification…. Costanza DID keep showing up for a job AFTER he was fired…..
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After he quit actually.
Larry David did that in real life at SNL. He pitched a fit, said I quit and stormed out. Having remorse/regret/need of an income asked the real life Kramer what he should do. The advice was “just show up Monday like nothing happened.” And he did. Then he made a show about it.
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This scene – kills me every time.
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George interviews with Mr. Tuttle of Sanalac. The interview is going well when Mr. Tuttle says, “I want you to have this job, of course..” and then his phone rings. He takes the quick call, gets off, and says thanks for coming in without officially offering the job.
George decides to just show up on Monday because he knows Mr. Tuttle is on vacation that week.
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I missed that somehow… Thanks for the correction.
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It’s a really good episode. It’s also the one where Jerry gets a bad haircut from Enzo and they talk about Edward Scissorhands throughout the episode.
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Just showed up, eh.
Is that wrong?
That would explain Leach’s issues on defense through the years.
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Morning RR! Ain’t heard a “Fuck Florida” from you lately…making sure everything in your world is A OK👍🏼
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My deterioration continues apace.
How you doing, Cotton?
Gators?
Fuck those motherfuckers.
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Just another check mark for Leach in the column that says he is one strange individual
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That’s gold, Jerry. Gold!
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There’s a lawyer at A&B in Atlanta that got “let go” as a young associate. The firm gave him 6 months to find a new job. He just kept coming back. He’s a partner and has been there 30 years.
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Billable hours remain undefeated.
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Second time this week that I’ve thought to myself, “man I’m glad Mike Leach isn’t my head coach.”
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🎼I didn’t know what happened.
But I knew it beat the hell out of
Sniffing burlap
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the wildwood weed might well explain a lot about Coach Leach. Its not the only explanation but quite possible.
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Or maybe Mainord normally would think he wasn’t a viable candidate but decided to do the opposite.
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