I love Ben Howland. ESPN’s got a legit article on Howland, saying he’s the best coach to have not won a title. Here are some excerpts.
Howland isn’t steak, he’s meat loaf. He isn’t going to do a Bruce Pearl, apply a coat of body paint to his bare chest and hang out in the student section. He isn’t going to do a Rick Pitino and dress like he borrowed his white suits from Barry Gibb or Tom Wolfe. He’s just a coach, not a personality.
Nobody, in my mind, is more dedicated to his craft,” said University of California-San Diego coach Chris Carlson, who worked with or for Howland on four different staffs, the latest as UCLA’s director of basketball operations. “It’s not simply the hours. It’s his attitude. He knows he doesn’t have all the answers. … It’s always, ‘Yeah, we’re good, we’ve achieved some things, but we need to get better.’”
Ben Howland is the best coach in college ball. Period. As time passes by, the rest of the country will realize this. I’m going to write a blog post one of these days on why I think Howland is the best. The man deserves more credit than he’s getting.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Now we just need that to read: Ben Howland is the best coach in the country and HAS won a national championship.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:09 am
YEAH, son.