I think TO screwed up in the LP case. He let his desire to help a troubled kid get in the way of sound policy.
TO agrees with you. In at least one of his books and in talks he has given he has said that he should have stayed with is initial decision. One has to remember that in the week prior to Michigan St. game, according to him, he was told by an anonymous source about the problems between KM and LP and so told LP to stay away from KM until the matter could be sorted out.