I understood that he was being fired over the alleged mistreatment of a player, which I think is a matter of perspective. I was just bringing up the basis of my perspective. I still don’t think the player was mistreated. I also think that unless you know exactly what the documents he was asked to sign stated than it is premature to fault him for refusing to sign them. Coach Leach does have a JD degree and understands better than most people what documents actually say. In the end, it really doesn’t matter what I or anybody else thinks about the fairness of his firing. Coach Leach is gone, he is not coming back and hopefully the actions of Hance and company will not end up costing myself and the other taxpayers of Texas millions of dollars in legal settlements.
The father then rants on ESPN and claims medical mistreatment, a red herring if there ever was one. The ESP staffers try to get the coach suspended, successfully, and then the now embarrassed admin adds to the mistakes by firing the guy just a day or two short of a $800,000 dollar payout....(follow the money)
Meanwhile, the kid thinks his daddy helped his career when in fact he destroyed it, and the coach knows damn well that in the end he gets his money.
ESPN has far exceeded it's news roll once again, and I would hope that in the end they pay for it, but we shall see. I suppose the university could sue them to recoup what they are about to lose.