PULLMAN – Mike Leach has vehemently refuted a claim by his former quarterback, Connor Halliday, that a feud existed between Tracy Claeys and Darcel McBath, and that feud is what caused Washington State’s defensive coordinator to resign from his post in the middle of the season.
On a recent episode of the “Cougtalk” podcast, Halliday, the ex-WSU signal-caller and Spokane native who played for Leach and the Cougars from 2011-14, alleged that verbal arguments between Claeys and McBath took place after the team’s 67-63 loss to UCLA, and those are what ultimately pushed the defensive coordinator out the door.