Get Well Soon Coach Howland (Who Is Finding Way To Relentlessly Plug UCLA)

by Nestor on Sep 18, 2009 4:54 AM PDT in Basketball Comment 27 comments

Bumping this up. Keep the messages coming. GO BRUINS. -N

Gen2Bruin1987 fanshotted the news about Coach Howland resting comfortably after having a standard appendectomy yesterday. Dr. Joe Hines did the procedure at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

CBH is doing all right and found way to get in another plug for UCLA (reinforcing his message for all recruits wanting to sign to be a Ben Ball warrior):

"One of the very best things about being a coach or student-athlete at UCLA is if you need medical attention, you won't find any better place in the country than at the incomparable UCLA Medical Center," Howland said. "The medical staff and community at UCLA are simply the best and I'm so grateful to all of them for their professionalism and commitment to excellence."

He is always on. Isn't he?

If you would like to leave a message for CBH make sure you leave it in the comment thread. We will do what we can to make sure it gets in his hands.

Coach comes back to work on September 21st. Rest up and get well soon Coach.

GO BRUINS.

UPDATE (N): Just tweeted this:

@BruinNation Rest Up & Get Well Soon Coach @Ben_Howland (Who Is Finding Way To Relentlessly Plug UCLA) http://sbnation.com/e/799769

Feel free to retweet that. Meanwhile, Howland was apparently tweeting away on his bberry just 2 hrs ago:

I hope to be back on the road recruiting by the end of the weekend. Our first team meeting is next Wednesday and school begins Thursday.

Like I said above, the man never stops. GO BRUINS.

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TGFBH

Get well soon, coach…you are a class act and a TRUE BRUIN!

by hicalliber on Sep 17, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get well soon Coach

Wishing all the best for a speedy recovery.

by bredbruin on Sep 17, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get Well Coach

We are glad you had the operation now because we don’t want to miss you during the regular season. Get well Coach.

by NNL on Sep 17, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

let's take the old appendix

and clone him!

Get well soon coach!

"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"

by silverlakebruin on Sep 17, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

CBH, always planning the little details...

Scheduled the appendectomy now, so as not to interfere with BB season. ;)

by Telemachus on Sep 17, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s right about UCLA Medical, the best in the nation. Also, if I may get a bit political for a moment, wouldn’t UCLA Medical be considered a public institution? Politicizing over! Ben Howland now has less to weigh him down when urging our kids to get down in defensive stance!

Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.

by bruin8uclap on Sep 17, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not sure how you categorize it, public or private institution, but you need insurance to go to the UCLA Medical Center in Westwood or pay out of pocket if yours are deep. We do have Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, just south of Westwood in Torrance, that is a county hospital and you do not need insurance to be seen here.

Speedy recovery coach, can’t wait for bball season!

by UCLAallDay on Sep 18, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Get well soon coach!

by Bellerophon on Sep 17, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

When the going gets tough . . .

You’re going to be alright Coach! This might be a hard time you are going through, but it’s not harder than you!

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Sep 17, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Best wishes Coach

Get well soon

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Sep 17, 2009 8:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

There are some who claim to be "dyed-in-the-wool" Bruins...

… and there are guys like CBH and CRN, who just seem to BLEED the Blue and Gold so much that they would cut themselves to get the blood to dye the wool to make a freaking UCLA sweater.

GET WELL SOON, COACH HOWLAND!

"In this program your passion bucket must be full to play SC." -- CRN, to Dan Patrick, 1/2008

by Meriones on Sep 17, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL

that was good.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Sep 17, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

To Coach Howland, A real class act.

May you have a very expeditious recovery and hey, no more of this nonsense.

by LongtimeBru on Sep 17, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get Well Soon, Coach!

by mcbruin on Sep 17, 2009 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Basketball program has been in good hands lately,

it’s about time the institution does a little payback.

Get well and speedy recovery, Coach!

by UCLAngels on Sep 17, 2009 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Glad that's done.

We’re hoping now for a speedy recovery. Get well soon, Coach!

greg in denver - UCLA guy for life

by gbruin on Sep 17, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Funny Story about Howland and Tennessee

So my family and I were on our way to Knoxville to see the game, with a layover from LAX. Walking to the terminal we saw a few Bruin fans. We stopped to get some sort of greasy sandwich airport food, when suddenly one of the Bruin fans I had been talking to points out Ben Howland rushing by…in the opposite direction from the flight to Knoxville. I dashed up to catch up with him and say hey but he replied he was late for a flight and did not have time to visit with me. I think he was on a recruiting trip, but I just found this pretty funny. I hope he made his flight

GO BRUINS GET WELL HOWLAND

by PopnFried on Sep 17, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs