Seattle Times
Bill Moos likens it to an episode of the old TV spy series "Mission Impossible."
Only a tight circle of confidants — "less than you can count on one hand" — knew he was on a plane to Key West, Fla., Nov. 15 to sound out free agent Mike Leach as a potential new football coach at Washington State.
"I get the envelope," Moos says, recalling that old show, "and here's where I'm going."
Moos, the athletic director at WSU, was using a private credit card to further the veil of secrecy. He didn't enlist a so-called "head hunter" search firm, opting instead for a trusted friend from Eugene, Ore., to act as third party.
Until he came face-to-face with Leach in a Marriott hotel on the island, it was all done through intermediaries. "We never had a ...
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