"He was pretty damn crazy cool."
-- Joe Weed
Joey Faber, the owner of Capt. Tony's Saloon, one of the most famous landmarks in a town filled with them, knew it was time.
The mourning period for Mike Leach, the head coach at Mississippi State and one of Key West's most beloved figures, had entered its next phase. The bar stool bearing Leach's name had been removed from the stage. As had the memorial candle. And the symbolic drink preferred by Leach - grape vodka and water.
It was time to find a spot in the ceiling to hang that stool.
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