Trump to Miami: Hire Mike Leach

The University of Miami confirmed this morning that a note scratched out on a newspaper in which Donald Trump recently scolded UM President Donna Shalala for not hiring Mike Leach as the school’s football coach in 2007 is authentic. (Credit: Bruce Feldman) The note from Trump reads: You made a big mistake when you did not take my advice and hire Mike Leach of Texas Tech … and you can now get him for the right price Before Miami hired now-fired Randy Shannon in 2007, Leach sent a letter of recommendation on Leach’s behalf to Shalala. The PALM BEACH POST reported on it at the time: “In a letter sent this week to UM President Donna Shalala, Trump refers to Texas Tech’s upset victory of No. 3 Oklahoma on Saturday and reminds Shalala that he strongly recommended that (Mike) Leach be given the Hurricanes’ job.” Trump wrote in the letter, “You are my friend, but you should have listened to me. If you did, your team would be f...