Those guys get the same knock on them for maybe slightly different reasons. They are both viewed as a bit eccentric to varying degrees.
That's unfortunate in my view. However it is what it is.
For instance, I heard Dr. Jerry Punch talking about Leach and some of it was correct, but the aspects regarding football, like "He doesn't believe in Defense" are just false and they aren't backed up by stats. Further, at the places he's been it takes a while to build, unlike at LSU, but it doesn't seem to be taken into consideration at all. Nobody, before or after Leach accomplished what he did at TTU, and he's already close to being able to say that at WSU.
Is he comfortable putting on a suit and tie and hob nobbing with boosters and media folks, probably not and in the end, according to Punch, it makes him a bad fit here. According to him we want a buttoned up, professional looking, person to represent the University...a guy like Dooley comes to mind, or the son of a law enforcement officer...None of that has anything to do with coaching football.