steve lavin and former ucla players

hi. we're having a discussion on a bruin board about ucla players recruiting for lavin, and i recall earl watson or baron davis being vocal about ben howland's player not liking to play for him. i even read it somewhere and it was brought up in the recruitment of kyle anderson.

does anyone have a link to confirm this? thx

No one was present during these conversations so therefore no one would be able to truly answer this except for people involved.

hmmmm,,,because i read it as a quote back then and now i can't find the blurb. it had to do with earl recruiting for steve and pointing out the difference between ben's players and lavin's tight knit "family". noting how all of lav's players were helping him out.

Yeah, that "we should get a trophy for being the only team in the country to make the tourney w/o a coach" quote probably really "helped out" Lavin

Yeah, that "we should get a trophy for being the only team in the country to make the tourney w/o a coach" quote probably really "helped out" Lavin

that has haunted baron (and steve)since, but he did it with tongue firmly in cheek, knew he booboo'ed, tried to correct it, and it hasn't worked. the most infamous quote in the past decade. but baron still "recruits" for lavin, no?

Quote from: we are sju on September 27, 2013, 10:50:23 AM

Yeah, that "we should get a trophy for being the only team in the country to make the tourney w/o a coach" quote probably really "helped out" Lavin

that has haunted baron (and steve)since, but he did it with tongue firmly in cheek, knew he booboo'ed, tried to correct it, and it hasn't worked. the most infamous quote in the past decade. but baron still "recruits" for lavin, no?

It sure seems that way and aside from the Hines and Martin on staff, Watson, Davis, and Kris Johnson have supported Lavin with recruits here at St. John's.