Matt Wells can take Tech back to the Leach days and beyond

Like many of you, when I first heard Matt Wells was the front-runner to earn the Texas Tech head coaching position, I had to google who the hell that even was.

And, knowing that I’d never heard of him made me instinctively have a negative reaction. When there are names like Bob Stoops, Dana Holgorsen and even Mike Leach on the board, it’s disappointing to find out the guy Tech chose has absolutely no name recognition and therefore, most likely, no extensive history of winning.

But I wanted to delay my judgment until I found out more about him. A lot of people made snap decisions based on what they read about him, but have never even heard the guy talk. And while I’m on that subject, why don’t…