The reported courtship of Washington State football coach Mike Leach took a bizarre twist Friday morning when Tennessee athletic director John Currie, who had met with Leach in Los Angeles on Thursday, was fired.
Several reports said Currie had drafted a memorandum of understanding with Leach, but someone at Tennessee had objected to Currie’s courtship of Leach and shortly after the MOU was sent to Tennessee’s general counsel, Currie was recalled to Knoxville.
Currie was fired after a meeting with Tennessee chancellor Beverly Davenport.
I’m skeptical of reports that said Leach had agreed to terms with Tennessee.