I think Howland might have lost his team. IIRC some of his players have had off the court issues. Maybe that had more to do with his firing than his record. If not then the people in charge at Ucla is friggin nuts to fire a coach that has that kind of success.
Just looked it up to check myself. I don't have the link but there are several player issues that have the higher ups at Ucla unhappy with Howland. On and off the court issues from everything I read. Discipline, drugs and in fighting just to name a few.
Vitale said it best. LA has changed. You have the Lakers, Clippers, and Hollywood to compete with, but yet, the faithful are still stuck in the Wooden years that if you dont cut the nets down, youre gone.
Shows ucla is and will always be a Basketball school....no matter what they do on the Football field.
I've also read that his style of play (defensive oriented) was not embraced by players or recruits who wanted to put on more of a show with an uptempo offense.
I don't know what they expected. Shaka and Stevens were never going to Minny. Everyone wants those guys just like we did last year. They aren't going to get a better coach then Tubby. Best they can hope for is someone similar.
