That's mild. I remember my coach grabbing our facemasks while yelling at us. At the end of the day, however, we knew that he was not belittling us. Maybe Leach was really just being a dick and got punished for it. As a coach, you have to know how to motivate without breeding contempt. He failed at this.
I dont think I ever had a coach that nice. I had one chew me out and call me a pussy because I puking in the fricken heat, lol. I was like yeah, I really want to be puking all over the place........didnt say it, just thought it.
in high school my D cord played Dline at nebraska in the 70's aka badass!!
this guy would coach in his cowboy boots
he yelled at one of our guys during special teams practice, called him a pussy pushed him aside lined up knocked over 2 linemen and blocked a punt, off his hands into his glasses, fucked his face up
with blood pouring out of his face he says, "see pussy thats how you do it"
it was fucking nuts
and i was the long snapper, and yes i was knocked the fuck over by the coach