I think this thread has gone on in a wrong direction. We're not talking about bringing Leach here to Denton. We're talking about bringing him to the Belt. Look at the Big XII: were any of the other institutions really concerned about his persona? Their only concern was what happened when they played TTech. His teams wore them out, sometimes showed defense, and sometimes humiliated them on (additonal) national TV.
Bringing him to the Belt would only do the same: elevate our level of play and exposure of the game to a bigger audience. Let the specific institution and their local media take his ego while we simply watch. If you want to complain that it would tarnish the Belt's reputation, then you are not being consistent. Why? Because we can only look within our current crop of coaches to find blemishes. Do that, and tell me again why you have a problem with one coach being a jerk and yet his institution is run clean and firing on all cylinders.
2008: He beat #1 Texas and tied for the Big XII South title, but didn't get a shot at the conference title game because of conference tie-breaking rules. Thus, excluded from consideration for BCS title game. IIRC, until OU beat them they were up there with PSU in the top 3 of the BCS poll.
If you want to live and die by the all-or-nothing argument, then your point is lost. We aren't talking about the same thing anymore. It's like the rest of us are talking about how great the steak would be at Bob's Steak & Chophouse, while you keep insisting we're idiots because you think the carrot is gross.
The guy spent the last couple years at TTech taking Ws from OU or Texas while they were top-5 material. A couple more years and who knows?
He may have a big ego, but I didn't think he was a jerk. At what point, Kram did he become a jerk to you?