What's wrong with holding player's accountable for their actions? No player is bigger than the program. I thought we all learned that when Jarvis was here.
The problem is that every year Lavin butts heads with one of his players and publicly airs his grievances: Evans, Lindsey, Harrison, Jordan. Two is a coincidence. That's a pattern. I go back a long time and other than Curtis Redding don't recall anything like it. Certainly the advent of the 24 hour news cycle has something to do with it - and in the old days Lou especially had the media in hispocket - but it might reveal something a little more sinister: some people purposefully create chaos in their lives as a way of avoiding responsibility. It could be that Lavin, having flamed out spectacularly at UCLA, is consciously or unconsciously creating excuses should he fail here. It worked last year with Harrison.
That said, everyone seems to be over reacting a little bit. Coddled freshman misses class, coddled freshman gets suspended. The puppy pisses on the carpet you don't drown it in the well, you swat it with a newspaper. Certainly he's not going to transfer and sit out a year. If this is serious, and its not, maybe he goes to Europe or maybe he declares for the draft. But I suspect he's back sooner rather than later, because TGAPL needs to have a good year and for that he needs a PG.