That's ridiculous talk about Rice!
He was excellent at a lot of things, but he didn't have that Type A personality which lead to not having player control, players did what they wanted, which lead to his demise. When he had LK's kids who respected coaches, he did extremely well until they started seeing that he wasn't going to bench kids or set them straight.
Worst coach ever and even "clueless", but he somehow he outcoached Roy Williams and Dana Altman and Sean Miller in games.