I don't know if Leach is actually a dick to his players anymore than anyone else here knows exactly what goes on over there in Pullman. I think it is safe to assume that in all the years he has been coaching college football that if there was a real problem it would have cropped up before now. And before the James kid thing is brought up, the details on that tend to support Leach more than the kid. So far the worst he has done is call out groups of players for under performing. He has not dropped his pants and taken a crap on the floor like Singletary did. He made his linemen sit in a press conference and answer questions about their performance in front of approximately 5 reporters. Big deal. He gives the players extra conditioning for poor performance. OMG. Leach was brought in to change a culture of losing and mediocrity and that can be a very painful process.

He led off Saturday's press conference by saying that HE and all his coaches have to do a better job of coaching them up too. So he isn't just blaming the players, but this team played very similarly last season too. Crushed by OSU, played hard against Stanford and UO, needed a very late bomb to beat U of Col, creamed by Cal and San Diego St and unprepared to play in the Apple Cup. 4 wins in 2011, 2 of which came against Idaho St and UNLV. Pretty much the same deal this year so I don't feel too sorry for the majority of the team except for Tuell and Travis Long. Those guys have towed the line all year.