Basically, he gave a scholarship to the son of an ex-nfl player and the son was a problem child. When the kid got a note from a team doctor saying he had a concussion and had to wear sunglasses to practice Leach sent him to a garage and later a “media room”.
Story is pretty slanted either pro or anti Leach. The article I linked seems to be one of the least biased. The kid’s dad works for Espn so over there Leach sent Jr. to a closet and confined him because he had a concussion. Local TV footage of the “closet” show it as a one car garage with some equipment in it and are trying to show that Jr was a team cancer.
My personal opinion is that the AD fired Leach when he lawyered up and pressed the university so he could coach during the Alamo Bowl instead of just keeping this “in house”. Leach and the AD had a pretty big battle over Leach’s salary last summer.
“My personal opinion is that the AD fired Leach when he lawyered up and pressed the university so he could coach during the Alamo Bowl instead of just keeping this “in house”. Leach and the AD had a pretty big battle over Leach’s salary last summer.”
That, and a $800k bonus?
The AD had no choice but to fire Leach for his insubordination in refusing to accept the AD's administrative process. Also, see Pilsner's post #42, where he reports that the AD demanded Leach apologize to the player and Leach flatly refused.