This guy REALLY dislikes Lavin, huh?
Factually, is probably more accurate than inaccurate.
We have our own ex-coaches to beat up with frequency.
While it may be low-life to cancel your wedding reception for questionable reasons (too many accepted invitations, really?), I would imagine if Lavin won a couple of championships, everyone there would be happy, maybe even his invited guests. As far as asking Wooden to be his best man, hmm, yea that's a little suspect too.
Who do you know anywhere that doesn't wither when compared to John Wooden the person. Even Wooden has been criticized on this site, but IMO, it's unfair to compare Lavin to Wooden, the most successful NCAA coach of all time. Even Wooden sold his program and record to recruits, whether or not they sold themselves.
Is Lavin a bad game coach? A bad teacher of fundamentals? Inability to get the team to play defense as a unit? Almost no evidence of an offensive schema? Well, yes. But we knew that already. As far as not making his players better as people, hard to say, but we know he doesn't tolerate infractions to rules or bad conduct.
But the author goes over the top in his disdain. Who cares if Lavin attended the MLB all-star game during recruiting season, or if he watched some games while on an exercise bike. I mean, REALLY?
If I had to bet, I'd say Lavin won't be here in 5 years, but only if he has enough success to jump somewhere else. Right now he has a job to do, and until we start winning (or abysmally losing) he isn't going anywhere. But there's no question the program is in better shape than it was 4 years ago. Isn't that what Presidential candidates hang their campaigns on, whether or not we are better off today than 4 years ago. Thinking of the last election, maybe not.
