"To get blue-chippers to bypass the SEC powers and want to take a chance to Ole Miss, you've got to have coaches with a gimmick, such as proven, wide-open, take-no-prisoners offenses."
This article compares Leach and Malzahn and concludes that it's too close to call who's better. The article is referring to Maryland's coach search that ended in the hiring of Randy Edsall so it doesn't apply directly to Ole Miss, but it's still interesting.