Fair or not?

John Rothstein writes:

It's hard for me to believe as well. Howland was a candidate at Marquette before the Golden Eagles hired Steve Wojciechowski on Tuesday and now it's yet to be determined if the former UCLA coach will be able to get back into coaching after spending last season away from the sidelines.

This has nothing to do with Wojciechowski, who has all the requisites to be a terrific head coach, but I'm incredibly surprised that more programs haven't made serious pitches for Howland's services. If the goal for athletic programs across the country is to win basketball games, what coach in the sport is better served and more readily available right now than Howland?

The guy was chastised for playing a slow style throughout his career and last season at UCLA he switched things up, accelerated the pace, and wound up leading the Bruins to a Pac-12 title.

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Has the George Dohrmann article from February 2012 had an effect?

Plus, Howland is known for his prickly personality.

Or maybe it's simply a matter of just not the right match or connections.