if the tone of the posts from insiders mean anything. I'm not sure what is worse, the timing of it all or who they have lined up to replace him. Why we would want UCLA's leavings I have no idea. Rollie won a national championship and we know how that turned out. I wouldn't look at early results to predict the future.
I think in the long run Howland will be an epic bust. If we're lucky enough to retain Rice's players I think we'll make a run next year. Maybe even the following year. But I think Howland's recruiting will fall off, he won't have the luxury of boosters stuffing the pockets of recruits like he did at UCLA. Our microscope is much more sharp than it is there. And he will eventually flame out in spectacular fashion. That assumes he even stays more than two years. I can see him making a run with Rice's players and leveraging that for a bigger job after two seasons and us being back at square one. I'll eat a bucket of chum if five years from now we're talking about what a great hire Howland was.
I think in the long run Howland will be an epic bust. If we're lucky enough to retain Rice's players I think we'll make a run next year. Maybe even the following year. But I think Howland's recruiting will fall off, he won't have the luxury of boosters stuffing the pockets of recruits like he did at UCLA. Our microscope is much more sharp than it is there. And he will eventually flame out in spectacular fashion. That assumes he even stays more than two years. I can see him making a run with Rice's players and leveraging that for a bigger job after two seasons and us being back at square one. I'll eat a bucket of chum if five years from now we're talking about what a great hire Howland was.
