Ironically Lavin got crushed for teaching life lessons, making men. It's all about the W's
He got crushed because when he failed to meet the fan's expectations (insert your own expectations here), he chalked it up to the importance of making boys into men RATHER than winning, as if that mattered more. Had the team won, and he preached the part about making boys into men, then people wouldn't have got on him about it (Backing up your point about winning). I think people got tired of the propaganda ... always spinning the positive, but never being critical of the negative. As if it was a sin to point out his own failing, without backing it up with excuses. Anybody will put up with someone's faults when things are going well, it's just human nature.