Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
"...There was criticism about his perceived tight-fisted control, in games and with the team and staff. There were concerns about the number of players who transferred, though only a few found success elsewhere: Drew Gordon (New Mexico), Mike Moser (Nevada Las Vegas), Chace Stanback (UNLV) and Matt Carlino (Brigham Young)...."

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar...fired-20130325

Article about howland being fired at ucla.

Did that make howland softer?
Absolutely he is softer. He is still burnt from being fired and he's walking on eggshells still from it. He hasn't gotten a technical foul once. Have you ever seen him yelling at a player when they are ****ing up? Calipari is all over his freshman from the time they get there to the time they leave and they all love him for it. He makes them better players because of it. Howland isn't doing that at all so they aren't growing and learning as well as they should be.