Bruins Fans Reluctantly Trust Ben Howland

You see this story recycled all the time in college basketball. Talented player comes into established program, doesn’t fit in with said established program and then decides to transfer to a different program where he can get away with doing the things he did that prevented him from fitting in with his previous established program. Drew Gordon is just the latest example of this.

When stories like this happen, fans of the program tend to express their support for the program, not the player. Over at Bruins Nation, UCLA fans are doing exactly that.

Drew Gordon, stat wise has been the best player on this team. However, he has had issues controlling his temper and showboating a little too much on the court. Plus, it struck me as weird how he was taking 3 pointers with lots of time left on the clock in back to back games, when it was clear he wasn’t doing it within the flow of our offense.

Either way there is not much information out there right now. But right now this is big news. I tend to be on the optimist side when it comes to Ben Howland. So my gut reaction right now is that I am hoping this is a stark signal from Coach Ben Howland that this was about sending a clear signal re. who is in control at UCLA.

I’m kind of removed from the situation, being an East Coaster and all, but I personally wouldn’t mind if my team’s best player stat-wise was showboating a bit. As long as he produced, it doesn’t really matter to me.

(I keep telling myself this as a Wizards fan during the Gilbert Arenas era, though, so that might have something to do with my position).