Watch out Chuck Norris, Howland is here.

by SFVBruin on Sep 23, 2009 6:39 PM PDT

Nothing will keep this guy down.....

Here is a link from ESPN about how nothing can stop CBH from doing his job as Caretaker of John Wooden's program. We are lucky to have this man leading out storied basketball program.

From ESPN:

"Ben Howland's right side had been bothering him for about a week. But it wasn't pressing enough to keep him from traveling during a recruiting period.

So, the UCLA men's basketball coach plugged on and flew to Portland and Detroit before coming back on Sept. 13, when he realized the ache was now a pain that wasn't going away."

Thank God for Ben Howland.

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Nice

Thanks for blogging this. I was about to post this. Also some interesting updates on TH’s health and Howland’s thoughts on playing with 3 guards in our roster.

by Nestor on Sep 23, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions

This Season

I think it’ll be good for the current program to have lesser expectation than its predecessors. Though Bruins fans still expect the team to make it to the NCAAs, the expectation is not as high.

These kids, the core, have to grow together (of course barring an enexpected Jrue type bolt), then the program will be expected to go all the way.

Personally, I would be happy if we win a few postseason games; if we get eliminated early, I’ll chalk it up to the inexperience of a young team.

by UCLAngels on Sep 23, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions

The only thing I expect of our teams

is to play with their hearts on their sleeves. Play tough, hard nosed defense and smart, efficient offense. Does not matter the sport. That’s all I ask.

You can imagine how disappointed I felt watching Lavin’s teams regularly get out muscled on rebounds. Howland’s first game as coach and I could already see the difference in mentality from our team and I knew we were going to be alright.

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

by MexiBruin on Sep 23, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions

One of the many admirable things about Wooden

was that he understood you could win a game and have a lower score on the board. If you give it everything you got, then you have no reason to hang your head at the end of the day. You don’t have to outscore everybody to be a winner. If this team consistently gets better, grows, never gives up, gameplans as a team, and shows the heart and effort we expect out of them, then they won’t lose in my eyes. (and will likely outscore a few people along the way, which is still pretty fun)
The same goes for the football team. Even though last year was one of the worst W-L records in quite a few years, it was so much easier and more fun to watch than the poorly coached, lazy teams of the years prior to Neuheisel.

by sponkey21 on Sep 23, 2009 10:45 PM PDT reply actions

I heard CBH went to the running of the bulls in Pamplona this summer.

However, he was disappointed that he only caught three.

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

by Meriones on Sep 24, 2009 8:45 AM PDT reply actions

BAHAHAHAHA

I was waiting for one of these, something along the lines of “Coach Howland would have helped the dinosaurs survive, he would have taught them how to defend themselves.”

rimshot

Thank you! I’ll be here all week!

by freesia39 on Sep 24, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions