UCLA Reaction to the Sports Illustrated Story: Ben Howland is Our Guy (Today, That is)

All, College Basketball Jason McIntyre March 1st. 2012, 3:22pm

The majority of folks didn’t think George Dohrmann’s in-depth story on UCLA’s recent demise was that damaging to the program.

That being said … UCLA gathered reporters for a conference call Thursday night to discuss matters, and while Howland is confident he’ll return to Westwood, AD Dan Guerrero stopped short of saying it was a lock.

Reeves Nelson, who comes across looking worse than Howland, and who pissed (ha!) away any shot of getting drafted by an NBA team, has lawyered up and is demanding a retraction. Good luck with that.

Blowhard Bill Plaschke: “This isn’t news.” News the NCAA would be interested in? No. But ultimately, fickle teenagers like Kyle Anderson will make that determination. If the recruiting class sticks around, then Howland will obviously be retained. If the recruiting class evaporates? Well …

Speaking of that recruiting class, UCLA might want to throw in the towel on the best player in the Class of 2012, Shabazz Muhammad. As Parrish and Goodman detail, the NCAA is telling schools that he might be suspended for the first 20 games of next season.

Gulp.

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38 Responses to “UCLA Reaction to the Sports Illustrated Story: Ben Howland is Our Guy (Today, That is)”

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VladimirCrouton Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:23 PM
George Dohrmann’s a menace to society.
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cassino Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:37 PM
I looked this up yesterday, and under Howland they’ve had 7 transfers (some of whom are now All Conference type players), 2 dismissals (Nelson, another All Conference player), and 8 early entrants (many were nowhere near ready) under Howland that I could find.
It’s painfully obvious that players are desperate to get away from the program. That falls on Howland, and it’s not going to get any better, especially when recruits are going to see this article and hear former Howland guys talking about how they were lied to in recruiting.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Blowhard Bill Plaschke: “This isn’t news.”
Honestly did you actually read the article beyond the headline? I don’t think you did.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:42 PM
As Parrish and Goodman detail, the NCAA is telling schools that he might be suspended for the first 20 games of next season.
Do those games really matter, though?
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Honestly did you actually read the article beyond the headline? I don’t think you did.
why would he start now?
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me0713 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Ben Howland cant change a tire
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starkweather Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Honestly did you actually read the article beyond the headline? I don’t think you did.
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing, TBL linking to an article that he’s never read or you all but admitting that you read a Bill Plaschke article.
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spencer096 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:45 PM
the dohrmann piece wasn’t that explosive. lotta hype for not a lot of juicy shit.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Honestly did you actually read the article beyond the headline? I don’t think you did.
In that amount of time he could have done an extra set of curls. So, probably not.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:46 PM
the dohrmann piece wasn’t that explosive. lotta hype for not a lot of juicy shit.
You mean you weren’t shocked that kids in Beverly Hills smoke weed?
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:47 PM
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing, TBL linking to an article that he’s never read or you all but admitting that you read a Bill Plaschke article.
Wash.
Blaschke says that the lack of control isn’t shocking. He meant that it isn’t surprising, not that it isn’t relevant or indicative of problems with Howland.
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spencer096 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:47 PM
You mean you weren’t shocked that kids in Beverly Hills smoke weed?
if anything, i was shocked russell westbrook wasn’t a big time recruit.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Can we all agree to boycott the next post?
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cursedcleveland.com Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:48 PM
the dohrmann piece wasn’t that explosive. lotta hype for not a lot of juicy shit.
I learned that elite college athletes do drugs and sometimes get mad when they don’t get the playing time they thought they deserved. Line up a Pullitzer for Dorhmmann
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:49 PM
the dohrmann piece wasn’t that explosive. lotta hype for not a lot of juicy shit.
UCLA said themselves they knew about most of the things in it already.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Damn. Tennessee is losing ANOTHER football coach. That makes 6 (or is it 7?) since their season ended.
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illformula Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Harrison twins to MD!
/shit i think
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Ben80123 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Blowhard Bill Plaschke: “This isn’t news.”
Nobody is this stupid or lazy, right? This has to be poorly disguised trolling.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:51 PM
God I love The Onion.
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me0713 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Can we all agree to boycott the next post?
Then what would I do at work?
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:53 PM
A field of a bunch of somebodies playing Golf in something called Palm Beach right now that’s pretty good.
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Ben80123 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Can we all agree to boycott the next post?
Then what would I do at work?
You can still read and mock, just come back here to do so.
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cassino Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:53 PM
if anything, i was shocked russell westbrook wasn’t a big time recruit.
And yeah, that’s really not that true. Scout.com had him as a 4* guy. He wasn’t a national type guy, but it wasn’t like he came out of nowhere either.
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starkweather Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Damn. Tennessee is losing ANOTHER football coach. That makes 6 (or is it 7?) since their season ended.
It’s not the shower discipline guy, is it? If Dooley loses his assistant shower discipline guy his seat is gonna be Richt-level hot
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MP Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:54 PM
This UCLA Story Didn’t Hurt At All: Local TV Ratings Are The Same As Last Year
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starkweather Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:54 PM
A field of a bunch of somebodies playing Golf in something called Palm Beach right now that’s pretty good.
NHOH
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:54 PM
It’s not the shower discipline guy, is it? If Dooley loses his assistant shower discipline guy his seat is gonna be Richt-level hot
DBs coach is leaving for Nebraska.
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illformula Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:55 PM
Damn. Tennessee is losing ANOTHER football coach. That makes 6 (or is it 7?) since their season ended.
link?
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Ill:
@coachingsearch I have learned that Tennessee DBs coach Terry Joseph will join the Nebraska staff under Bo Pelini.
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jthussler Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 3:57 PM
I learned that elite college athletes do drugs and sometimes get mad when they don’t get the playing time they thought they deserved. Line up a Pullitzer for Dorhmmann
This and the Ohio State expose have worn off a lot of luster for Dorhmann, which is a shame because I loved “Play Their Hearts Out.”
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illformula Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 4:00 PM
A field of a bunch of somebodies playing Golf in something called Palm Beach right now that’s pretty good.
stop stealing my material.
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spencer096 Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 4:01 PM
And yeah, that’s really not that true. Scout.com had him as a 4* guy. He wasn’t a national type guy, but it wasn’t like he came out of nowhere either.
DOHRMANN!!!
/shakes fist
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 4:05 PM
Ill: Here’s an actual link to an article. He has an offer. No word on whether or not he’s accepted it, though.
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illformula Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 4:11 PM
gotcha, thx
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Jeeves Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 4:24 PM
And yeah, that’s really not that true. Scout.com had him as a 4* guy. He wasn’t a national type guy, but it wasn’t like he came out of nowhere either
Despite that, he didn’t get any major offers. I remember reading that his best offer was to some mid-major (Ball State sticks out in my mind, but don’t quote me on that), but Howland said he would offer him a scholarship if Afflalo left for the NBA as he expected. Afflalo ended up staying, but Farmar blew up that year, clearing a scholarship for Westbrook. I wonder what would have happened to Russell if Farmar didn’t enter the draft
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volduck Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 4:26 PM
When does Guerrero start feeling some heat? It seems like he’s kind of run that athletic department into a ditch with Howland and Neuweasel.
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rodmansrage Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 5:00 PM
When does Guerrero start feeling some heat? It seems like he’s kind of run that athletic department into a ditch with Howland and Neuweasel.
dont forget karl dorrel.
how danny g still has a job, ill never know.
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volduck Says:
March 1st, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Wasn’t sure when he started – I’ve heard that Westwood is expensive, facilities aren’t great, etc., but it’s still UCLA – they should be highly competitive across the board every year.