Make no mistake that I would rather have Bruce back but Howland is probably the best college coach currently available. I read the SI article that you reference and 11 players did leave the team between 2008-2012 and it was said that he had turned a blind eye to a player named Reeves Nelson that was bullying some of his teammates. So he comes with some warts but so does Bruce. Howland also turned around the Pitt program in a remarkable hurry. They won 11 games his first year but then 28 and 29 his third and fourth years. He also successfully recruited Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Darren Collison, Jordan Farmar, Arron Afflalo and Jrue Holliday just to name a few. UCLA went 10-19 in Steve Lavin's last season in 2003 but Howland made three final fours. He has no apparent ties to the southeast and might not even be interested but if we can't have Bruce back I doubt we could do better.
