First, it is not "hysteria" to talk about possible departures. Listen to leach when he talks about the NFL. It is clear it is important for him to completely trust who he is working for.
I said the moment Floyd died it changes the dynamics. They brought in Schultz and it wasn't too long after Leach had several Poly players who got in trouble and Schultz was not exactly in Leach's corner on that issue. Moos leaving was directly linked to Floyd passing cause Moos had carte blanche working for Floyd. My dealings being exposed to the corporate world at a very young age showed me when there is change at the very top, change soon follows down a level. Floyd passing changed things for the football program. I said so at the time and the AD left, and the head coach was willing to listen to Tennessee about ungodly money.
Longtime, why do you think Leach took a meeting with with someone he was not friends with or never met before? Leach said it himself, he had to listen to someone who was throwing around that kind of money. Do you think if the AD had the support of the Chancellor, and the AD offered 6 million, do you believe Leach would have turned it down? I don't. I don't think many people turn down a 2 plus million dollar raise, with private jets etc.
Price didn't intend to leave. You know why he started to sniff around? It was over assistant pay, assistants wives and family having their bowl trips paid for, and it came down to little stuff like having the free coffee taken away. When UCLA talked to him, he listened. Next thing he knows there is a whole different side to football he really has never been exposed to.
Heck, years ago even I left a company because new management came in and wanted to mess with my car allowance.
So there is no "hysteria", coaches leave. People leave. People change, programs open eyes by dangling funny money out there. Why do you think Leach who wrote a book with Feldman and is good friends with him didn't object to Feldman's tweets about the Tennessee job?