Yet, they also all agreed that one of his main problems is his lack of communication with his team. It's been a common theme that still reverberates around the team. Fairfield spoke of the lack of discussion after games, and the common feeling of not knowing where one stands in the eyes of the coach. Powers tended to put people in and take people out of games without much discussion with the players themselves, let alone his assistant coaches, Fairfield said. His technical abilities are there, players say.
Players stress other points that seemed linked with the lack of communication.
To me, that's paramount. These kids are here, and we always say that athletics are academics are tied, so I get on them a lot academically. One difference between Fairfield and Gardner was that Fairfield said his decision to transfer was never concrete. He never really voiced that option, although he felt that had he brought it up to Powers, he would have been punished for even thinking about it. Like Gardner, he said that Powers gave him an ultimatum that he would not play for the rest of the season if he did decide to transfer.